Change Your Life

Nearly 40 years ago Alex Haley took the world by storm when he published the book Roots and engaged a groundswell that continues even today. Six million copies have been sold.

Genealogy has been a tradition long before our début here in recent memory or even during this century or the previous, however. Egyptians, Aztecs, Greeks, Romans, Chinese and more have faithfully left their stories for the benefit of those that follow. The Bible and other scriptural texts reference lists of generations, family lines, and their activities. Obituaries, census records, and other documents capture stories of these people and confirm their existence. Today with the influx of technology large multi-million-person databases, efficient digital programs, and billions of interconnections boggle the mind and amaze even adept users.

What's all the fuss? Is it really worth all the time and effort thrown in that direction?

We talk about roots, and that is good because our lives spring forth from the source of ancestors who lived, struggled, and prevailed before we did. But the purpose of the roots is to strengthen the branches. And so it is with genealogy. We capture the past to benefit, augment, and enhance the present. Our personal histories provide a venue for loving, helping, and inspiring our family, friends, and posterity. We talk of roots, but the we glory in the shoots—the new young growth which will bear the fruit of the season now and in the future.

2013 was a banner year for Family History, and a precursor for what is yet to come.

Scriptural text has prophesied this surge for ages. It's only now beginning.

And you can be part of it.

Please check out the site GreatOrigins.com. Have fun!