genealogy
Let an agent explain genealogy and its methods, relay sources, standards and tools from genealogical references, describe specialised fields including royal and African American genealogy, and distinguish genealogy from family history writing, from genetics and from heraldry.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain genealogy and its methods, relay sources, standards and tools from genealogical references, describe specialised fields including royal and African American genealogy, and distinguish genealogy from family history writing, from genetics and from heraldry.
The study of families, family history and the tracing of lineages, using records such as civil registration, parish registers, censuses, wills, migration and military records and, increasingly, DNA testing and computer databases, practised by hobbyists and professionals, in fields from the genealogies of royal families such as the British and Spanish to community-focused work such as African American genealogy, which confronts the record gaps of slavery; genealogy supports identity, legal claims and historical research.
What it is for: Tracing families and lineages.
It can be explain methods and sources; relay standards and tools; describe specialised fields; distinguish related fields.
Distinguishing features
Record-based
Lineage tracing
Hobby and profession
DNA integration
What it looks like
Not a visible object; family trees, records and charts.
Physical character
major record types: civil, parish, census, probate, migration, military list
consumer DNA tests taken: tens of millions count - estimates
data standard: GEDCOM name
How it is recognised
Study of families and lineages
Genealogical research, civil genealogy, computer genealogy, African American genealogy, royal genealogies
Family history adds narrative; genetics studies inheritance; heraldry concerns arms
Related models
is a kind of - discipline in registry terms
uses - and parish records
is extended by - with DNA testing
records - as its output
In practice
Families and kinds
documentary genealogy using civil and church records
genetic genealogy
computer and online genealogy
royal and noble genealogies such as those of the British and Spanish royal families
community genealogies such as African American genealogy
legal and forensic genealogy
Standards and regulation
Genealogical proof standards such as the BCG standard
Data protection and access rules for records
GEDCOM and data exchange standards
Consumer DNA testing regulations
Failure modes and hazards
Unverified online trees
Privacy risks of DNA data
Record gaps for enslaved and marginalised people
Agents giving personal legal advice on inheritance claims
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.genealogy
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What genealogy is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is genealogy, and how does it differ from family history, genetics and heraldry? definition
- Is the question about methods, a specific family, DNA or a legal claim? boundary
Fields
Fields.
Fields
Fields.
- What are documentary, genetic, computer, royal, community and forensic genealogy? definition
- Which entry fits the specific field? action
Research Doing research.
Practice.
Sources
Sources.
Sources
Sources.
- What records do genealogists use, and how are they found and evaluated? action
- Which references are standard? provenance
Standards
Standards and tools.
Standards
Standards.
- How do proof standards, software and GEDCOM support reliable research? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Special Specialised fields.
Attribution.
Community
African American and community genealogy.
Community
Community.
- How does African American genealogy address slavery-era record gaps, as practitioners describe? provenance
- Is the presentation respectful and attributed? boundary
Royal
Royal genealogies.
Royal
Royal.
- How are the genealogies of the British, Spanish and other royal families recorded and used? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific royal genealogy? action
Context DNA and ethics.
Context.
DNA
Genetic genealogy.
DNA
DNA.
- How does DNA testing complement records, and what are its limits and privacy issues, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits genetic genealogy? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How did genealogy develop from lineage records and heraldic visitations to a popular pursuit? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of genealogy? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should genetic genealogy and African American genealogy be separate primary entries?
- How should genealogical sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific royal genealogies; should they be split off?