Let's put things in a historical perspective. People needed "pedigree" information to make a "proper" marriage and to ensure that property and titles were passed to future generations.
Someone named that "genealogy". Depending on time and place, the way an inheritance was handled might have left a spouse who produced no children with nothing - it may have all stayed "in the family", so having the bloodline was important. Many of us are interested in where we came from (both bloodlines and geographic locations), but not all of us track only direct bloodlines - there are interesting stories about some of my wife's peripheral ancestors that provide a "where we came from" perspective. If tracking a female cousin of my wife's grandfather (because I have a picture of her) or a wonderful child who is a half-sibling to a bloodline child (the mother married a member of the bloodline; they had a child) makes me a "family historian" instead of a "genealogist", then I'll just change my title. I'm at least as interested in "family" as in bloodline - I side with my wife's maternal grandfather who referred to me as his "grandson". Maybe "family history researcher and documentor" is a better title? John > Does that mean that if a married couple has no children, the spouse > should be omitted from charts and reports [unless the spouse is a > cousin]? > > I guess I am proudly not a genealogist then because there is no way > that I would omit my adopted child from my software [noting > appropriately that he is adopted]. Unfortunately, to the best of my > knowledge, there is no software just for family history. I thought > that Legacy and other popular software was adaptable for both > genealogy and family history. > > So, if I am not a genealogist, then how do I describe the bulk of my > research, which does deal with bloodlines [as far as we know them and > subject to the errors that we are all unaware of]? > > Sara > > On 10/5/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> If you believe that non blood-related individuals should be shown in >> ancestor and/or descendant charts and/or reports then you are not a >> genealogist-period. >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: marilyn E B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >> Sent: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 3:50 pm >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Is Anybody There?... same sex relationships >> >> >> >> Why can you not do both? >> >> Marilyn >> >> On 10/5/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Mike, >> > >> > Then I am a fourth group. >> > >> > I do NOT believe same-sex relationships are an abomination but DO >> > believe that they should not be shown in a genealogical presentation ( >> > as opposed to a family History presentation). >> > >> > There is nothing wrong with doing family history, as long as you >> > realize that that is what you are doing and not deceiving yourself >> into >> > believing you are doing genealogy. >> > >> > The reverse is also true. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- Unlimited storage and >> industry-leading spam and email virus protection. >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
