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VI. Look through the text and write out the key historical terms. VII. Find in the text a word or phrase that means:




VII. Find in the text a word or phrase that means:

¨ a drawing that gives the names of all the members of a family over a long period of time, and shows how they are related to each other;

¨ a member of your family who lived a long time ago;

¨ the way a person or group of people live, including the place they live in, the things they own, the kind of job they do, and the activities they enjoy;

¨ the process of entering another country in order to live there permanently;

¨ a member of the highest social class; member of the gentry;

¨ the study of coats of arms;

¨ the area that a priest in some Christian churches is responsible for;

¨ a substance that carries genetic information in the cells of the body;

¨ someone who legally belongs to a particular country and has rights and responsibilities there, whether they are living there or not

 

VIII. Try to explain the words and expressions in other words:

- biography;

- to keep family traditions alive;

- disrupted families;

- within a certain time frame;

- ethnic origin;

- the paper trail;

- a license, permit or report

 

IX. Error correction. Define false statements and give their right version:

v Genealogy involves the collection of the names of relatives and establishing the relationships among them based on primary, secondary and/or circumstantial evidence or documentation, thus building up a cohesive family tree.

v Genealogy is often also referred to as family history and these terms may be used interchangeably.

v Genealogists attempt to understand only where and when people lived.

v From the very beginning, genealogy dealt with the ancestry of rulers and nobles, often arguing or demonstrating the legitimacy of claims to wealth and power.

v Many of the claimed ancestries are considered by modern scholars to be true, especially the claims of kings and emperors who trace their ancestry to gods or the founders of their civilization.

v The results of genetic methods can be used to trace human migratory patterns and to determine biogeographical and ethnic origin.

v Genealogists locate records in offices and archives and extract information to discover family relationships and recreate timelines of persons' lives.

v The main activity in the genealogist’s work is to interview living relatives as to who and where their children and grandchildren are.

 

X. Check if you remember the text:

1. What does genealogy study?

2. How does genealogy and family history differ?

3. What are the main purposes of genealogy?

4. Does an unsuccessful search lead to a better understanding of history?

5. What disciplines does genealogy overlap with?

6. What do research efforts of the discipline specialize on?

7. What methods and analysis are used in genealogy?

8. Why and when did records of citizens begin to be taken?

9. What records do genealogists use in their research?

10. What exceptions are there in genealogical research?

 


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