Don2 (Don1 Revised)
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It's one of my hobbies. Perhaps, we could use this thread to see if anyone else has the hobby or anyone has problems/roadblocks.
And he's amazing at it too. Don - I sent in the test...looking forward to seeing what comes back.It's one of my hobbies. Perhaps, we could use this thread to see if anyone else has the hobby or anyone has problems/roadblocks.
I joined talkfreethought recently, planning to observe a little before making a big splash with some outrageous controversy! But I may as well get my feet wet by mentioning that I'm also a genealogy hobbyist.
I could babble for hours about this hobby, but for now I'll just say that ... it got rather out of hand. ::gak:: Charlemagne appears in my fully expanded pedigree 70,945,747 times (but only 10,121 times when all but "most probable" lines are excluded).
And he's amazing at it too.It's one of my hobbies. Perhaps, we could use this thread to see if anyone else has the hobby or anyone has problems/roadblocks.
Playball40 said:Don - I sent in the test...looking forward to seeing what comes back.
Playball40 said:My hobby is Doctor Who. I love collecting memorabilia, travelling to conventions to meet actors and of course watching and listening (through Big Finish). I enjoy other pop culture but Doctor Who is my favorite.
It's one of my hobbies. Perhaps, we could use this thread to see if anyone else has the hobby or anyone has problems/roadblocks.
I have only rudimentary knowledge of my family tree. A name change, holocaust, and repeated emigrations will do that.
So how does one preserve the name change for future gens? My FIL changed his last name when he emmigrated. Where would we record that so 100 years from now our descendants aren’t frustrated?
So how does one preserve the name change for future gens? My FIL changed his last name when he emmigrated. Where would we record that so 100 years from now our descendants aren’t frustrated?
So many things are digitized these days. Normally, in genealogy you trace backward. So there ought to be digital records to trace back on--such as a future obituary that might specify his birth surname or have info on his brothers and their unchanged names. A naturalization record may have both names also and/or may link to a ship arrival date and time/name. With people coming to the US on airplanes much more frequently, I am not quite sure what this piece will look like in 100 years. I am also not sure what a site like ancestry.com will look like or the Internets. For now, I would say that generally (goes beyond just your FIL), placing vital info in an obituary is very helpful as well as electronically recording family trees etc for future use.