tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post2187372399943260263..comments2024-03-03T16:35:25.083-05:00Comments on Marian's Roots and Rambles: Where does genealogy end and history begin?Marianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738104230962644360noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-56519255180307692062010-10-04T13:51:06.516-04:002010-10-04T13:51:06.516-04:00I agree with those who have stated that you cannot...I agree with those who have stated that you cannot separate history from genealogy. They are one. Our culture's accepted understanding of a "historian" is one that chronicles a large story. But, without the stories of each soldier, mother, inventor or farmer, there would be no large story. Some of us choose to chronicle the untold individual stories that impact the community as well as our own families. Thanks for posing this question. Your thoughts inspired some interesting responses.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05746711706106826716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-42294786085045632062010-10-01T20:25:24.312-04:002010-10-01T20:25:24.312-04:00You can get a Ph.D. in history at any major univer...You can get a Ph.D. in history at any major university. At best you can get a certificate in genealogy. One is an accredited academic pursuit and the other is a hobby (which some people pursue as a livelihood). Annette Gordon Reed used genealogy in her Hemingses of Monticello, but it was a history (and she just won a MacArthur Genius Grant). Genealogists do not get pulitzer prizes nor genius grants. <br /><br />It is scale. Even if you are a good genealogist and analyze records correctly, you are just providing analysis for one individual or one family. A historian analyzes records and provides a basis for entire communities and nations on why things happen. It may be the doing of one person, but it has larger ramifications. Most of us do not have the types of ancestors a historian would study. <br /><br />So a family historian may have the essential skills and scope of a regular historian, but they lack the scope of impact on a community, culture, nation and the world that the subjects of a historian would have.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205797878738290997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-91217333456992406432010-09-27T10:42:58.114-04:002010-09-27T10:42:58.114-04:00History and genealogy walk hand in hand. If you di...History and genealogy walk hand in hand. If you disconnect the connection, you are not doing either justice and only get half the story.Brenda Joyce Jeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07878338519744358017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-84600733622423916892010-09-26T22:14:20.553-04:002010-09-26T22:14:20.553-04:00I'm a historian that works as a genealogist. T...I'm a historian that works as a genealogist. There is no "line" for me.Cheryll Toney Holleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01670750533120443409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-58822402149052677892010-09-26T19:34:43.673-04:002010-09-26T19:34:43.673-04:00I agree with Lucie - I think of genealogy as one o...I agree with Lucie - I think of genealogy as one of the components or building blocks of history. It tends more toward the micro level, then local history is a little broader, and so on. A smart historian will use the results of well-done research of all types when it is relevant.Greta Koehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429623811794360612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-48047563563339871722010-09-26T17:12:22.567-04:002010-09-26T17:12:22.567-04:00Hi Marian,
I really do not think you can separate...Hi Marian,<br /><br />I really do not think you can separate the genealogist from the historian. When doing genealogy you are chronicling ancestral or family history. It all works together. That is how I view it.Lucie LeBlanc Consentinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13480035657625949265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-77306634076642613192010-09-26T14:06:03.965-04:002010-09-26T14:06:03.965-04:00At some point I tend to begin writing what I consi...At some point I tend to begin writing what I consider biography! You can find so much detail on a few ancestors that after compiling pages and pages I'm sure it has crossed over into biography. However, since I'm always looking at cousins, siblings, ancestry, and the other minutiae of cluster genealogy this is different from what most other biographers write.Heather Wilkinson Rojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704949156266722016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691016683378293851.post-30954760300577164552010-09-26T13:50:28.249-04:002010-09-26T13:50:28.249-04:00very good question. As I write this book I am thi...very good question. As I write this book I am thinking it is historical, however it originated from genealogical research -so maybe I am a genealogcial historian. Even though History is not a strongpoint with me. Hummm!!Marblehead Foreverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09597271290184702809noreply@blogger.com