Comments - Defining Today's Family - Genealogy Wise2024-03-28T14:24:22Zhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=3463583%3ABlogPost%3A211310&xn_auth=noHello Lynn,
I come to your p…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2010-02-02:3463583:Comment:2259142010-02-02T16:54:15.859ZGeorge Gederhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/GeorgeGeder
Hello Lynn,<br />
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I come to your post late via William Douglass'; <a href="http://www.genealogywise.com/group/legacyfamilytreefans/forum/topics/defining-todays-family">http://www.genealogywise.com/group/legacyfamilytreefans/forum/topics/defining-todays-family</a>.<br />
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I initially responded to the comment that stated, among other things "Genealogy is about tracing bloodlines". I was so upset, that I forgot to click the link to your well thought out post.<br />
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I agree with you. Churches and governments are…
Hello Lynn,<br />
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I come to your post late via William Douglass'; <a href="http://www.genealogywise.com/group/legacyfamilytreefans/forum/topics/defining-todays-family">http://www.genealogywise.com/group/legacyfamilytreefans/forum/topics/defining-todays-family</a>.<br />
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I initially responded to the comment that stated, among other things "Genealogy is about tracing bloodlines". I was so upset, that I forgot to click the link to your well thought out post.<br />
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I agree with you. Churches and governments are not dealing with the recording of non-traditional families; and neither is many of our genealogy software programs.<br />
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Peace,<br />
"Guided by the Ancestors" Thanks Katie, I hope more fam…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2009-12-08:3463583:Comment:2113512009-12-08T04:18:25.502ZLynn Palermohttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/LynnPalermo
Thanks Katie, I hope more family historians realize how important they will be in recording our non-traditional families because right now our churches and governments are not.
Thanks Katie, I hope more family historians realize how important they will be in recording our non-traditional families because right now our churches and governments are not. Lynn --- thank you for a thou…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2009-12-08:3463583:Comment:2113472009-12-08T04:04:19.299ZKatie Heitert Wilkinsonhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/KatieHeitertWilkinson
Lynn --- thank you for a thought-provoking blog entry. It raises a critical issue for all family historians, one - I must admit - that I haven't given much thought until now. There are several instances in my own family in which the child-parent situation is non-traditional. You are on spot when you state that the future will bring an increase in the number births and relationships which do not fit the generally accepted definition of what constitutes a "family."
Lynn --- thank you for a thought-provoking blog entry. It raises a critical issue for all family historians, one - I must admit - that I haven't given much thought until now. There are several instances in my own family in which the child-parent situation is non-traditional. You are on spot when you state that the future will bring an increase in the number births and relationships which do not fit the generally accepted definition of what constitutes a "family."