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Genealogy, A Hobby or Scholarship?

Genealogy is often called only a “hobby,” but in actuality, we genealogists structure the skeleton of a scholarly view of our migrant ancestors. What held communities together? Marital relationships, finances, religion, politics? According to anthropology scholar and genealogist, Carolyn Earle Billingsley, in her book Communities of Kinship, “genealogical methodology is essential to anthropological study.” (p.100) …

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