Genealogy,
Also Known As Family
History
Submitted
by HOST GFS Robin@aol.com
It
would be hard to imagine
researching Genealogy without
learning anything about history.
Never was this more true than
when researching my husbands
family. While my family was
pretty much farmers, his family
was too busy founding towns,
serving in the House of
Representatives, building
Churches, putting together the
first Lewis and Clark Exposition,
making the Applegate Trail,
serving in all the Wars etc... to
farm.
Throughout
our research we have had to
seriously cram on history to
learn as much as possible about
the times and places they lived.
Some examples:
The
Great Uncle who founded Ashland
Oregon, for instance, forced a
crash course in Steamships, the
Isthmus of Panama (He did not
take the Oregon Trail, but went
by boat to California), Oregon
history and the California Gold
Rush.
The
Great Uncle who owned a store in
Wooster Ohio, Served on the
Montana House of Representatives,
Became a Lieutenant in the Civil
War and helped his brother out in
Ashland Ohio, served as a base
for a lot of historical research
in Montana, Civil War battles,
Wooster Ohio history
etc...
The
Great Great Grandfather who built
the Church in Rowsburg Ohio in
1854 started us researching
history in that area, including a
trip to find the Church.
The
cousin in Portland Oregon who was
instrumental in the first Lewis
& Clark Exposition of 1905
caused an interest in researching
the history of the
exposition.
Then,
of course, there were the
Applegates. A field of history
unto themselves.
Genealogy
is not just a gathering of names
to complete a chart. In this day
and age, that is becoming much
simpilar. Gathering the history
is much more fun and challenging.
Just think, when you go to your
next High School Reunion and
start talking to your former
History teacher, they will think
THEY actually taught you
something ;)
Robin
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