“I was once again struck by the key to genealogy: stick-to-itiveness. “Genealogists: they're just grad students without the Pell Grant funding or a degree waiting for them at the end.”― Buzzy Jackson, Shaking the Family Tree: Blue Bloods, Black Sheep, and Other Obsessions of an Accidental Genealogist …It is not that they had lived…but how.”― Sarah Blake, The Guest Book In the inexplicable, invisible turns and decisions. But history lies in the cracks in between. “Wars, plagues, names upon tombs tell us only what happened. Amato, Jacob's Well: A Case for Rethinking Family History What, after all, is truth without anecdote, history without events, explanation without narration-or yet life itself without a story? Stories are not just the wells from which we drink most deeply but at the same time the golden threads that hold and bind-Ariadne's precious string that leads us through the labyrinth that connects living present and the living past.”― Joseph A. “The family historian must master the art of storytelling. “How many stories are there that have been lived, but will never be told? Far too many for me to squander the one that I’m living.”― Craig D. “How can we know where we are going if we don’t know where we came from?”― Becky Williamson-Martin Do we use it wisely? Do we use it well? Do we make a name for ourselves and for our children of which we can be proud?”― Laurence Overmire, A Revolutionary American Family: The McDonalds of Somerset County, New Jersey “All of our ancestors give us the precious gift of life. the pursuit of origins is a way of rescuing territory from death and oblivion, a reconquest that ought to be patient, devoted, relentless and faithful.”― Amin Maalouf, Orígenes “In your name, the family name is at last because it's the family name that lasts.”― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words “Every person is defined by the communities she belongs to.”― Orson Scott Card, Speaker for the Dead Here are some of the best quotes about family trees and history, some of which are happy, others may be sad, just like the reality of studying genealogy. With a 14-day free trial, it's very easy to get started and discover your past! Get Started → Inspiring Ancestry Quotes With over 30 billion (seriously!) records in their database, you can research your family and discover amazing details you may never have known about your ancestors. They are the best way to discover the rich stories of your family! If you love genealogy and family history research, then you must know Ancestry.
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