LOL...not sure about YOUR family tree but I am busy keeping track of the babies born before the marriage dates that my ancestors conveniently forgot about...and for the record that is BOTH genealogy and family history. Your results may vary...
-------Original Message------- From: JLB Date: 07/10/12 01:42:02 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Family history or genealogy (was Re: [LegacyUG] Same sex marriage". snip..... Genealogy or family history. I hadn't thought about it that way before. So I guess 'genealogy' means I should get busy recording the babies born through rape. (Pure bloodlines! biological on at least one side ... ) And 'family history' means picking and choosing what you please? OK now I'm totally confused. --- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ On 7/9/2012 10:24 PM, familytree wrote: > I KNOW I am committing one of the lists unpardonable sins by hijacking a > thread but really DO feel the previous topic had surpassed its useful life . > I still think that's a decision you make at the outset....are you doing > family history or genealogy...although I admit that I have changed my > mind sometimes when the family history becomes particularly intriguing. > I also tend to change my mind on the subject when I find many > intermarriages between families....then I just CAN'T resist the > temptation to find out more...It is family history AND genealogy in my > case...and I rather enjoy the sounds of the skeletons hanging in the closet > /-------Original Message-------/ > /*From:*/ JLB <mailto:[email protected]> > /*Date:*/ 07/10/12 00:58:25 > /*To:*/ [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > /*Subject:*/ Re: [LegacyUG] Same sex "marriage". > I was just thinking along the same lines. How do you record the > child(ren) of a heterosexual couple who used a sperm donor? No different > Than how you would record the child(ren) of gay couples. One of the > parents is not biological. > Certainly I have adopted children in my database. Probably within my > lifetime they will marry and there's no bloodlines there at all. Should > I stop recording at that point? Should I kick them out right now because > they're mucking up the 'purity' of my bloodlines? > --- > JL Beeken > JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists > http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ > > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> > Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5122 - Release Date: 07/09/12 > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2195 / Virus Database: 2437/5122 - Release Date: 07/09/12 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
