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I dream of genealogy
Could be that nearing the end of the millenium makes you a little nervous. What does the your future hold? Could it be related to your past? Could slogging through the muddy waters of your gene pool bring you to the shores of truth and light? With perseverance, luck, and at least a little bit of knowledge of your biological parents, you can go home again -- way, way back home -- at least back to some intriguing detail about some foredad or mom. With help from a variety of Internet resources, you can learn about those who went before you. You can also find out, once and for all, just what your connection is to Kevin Bacon. Take six degrees of separation one step further. What used to be a preoccupation limited to spinsterly great aunts and those looking to inherit, is now fascinating to many of us. You might think it's too much trouble to see how you're related to the great or humble figures of history, but using the Net to research your family takes a fraction of the time that you'd spend otherwise, writing endless letters to libraries, historical societies, and town clerks, or traveling to read gravestones. Thousands of civic files are abstracted for your convenience. Genealogists are on tap, ready to dispense advice on how to find the family's missing link. Heritage groups are bursting with cultural as well as contact information. Of course, you might find some scoundrels and slimedogs while looking for glorious ancestors. Let's hope so: It'll make a great story.
-- Angela Eaton
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