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Advances in technology and the Internet provide immediate access to information that would have been prohibitively expensive to obtain.
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Each year, more records are digitized and become available online: birth, death, marriage indexes, electoral rolls, immigration and passenger lists, probate and inquest records, church and parish records, and more. Even photos and maps from centuries past are often a click away, and these can paint a picture of what your ancestor experienced upon walking down the street.
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Some see this as an invasion of privacy, but if you have nothing to hide, you might see this as a blessing. Besides, who among us doesn’t have a scoundrel or hero lurking on some branch of their family tree? Discovering the details of stories that have been hidden in closets for centuries can set to right many misconceptions, more often than not, with beneficial results.
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As the population increases, it is natural for families and individuals to want to know what makes them different from everyone else, and to want to preserve such distinctions in a way that can be a benefit to future generations.
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Documenting the history of your family or even a single family-member may seem a monumental task, but that’s where BiolgraphiesUnlimited comes in. We do much of the work for you, and usually, the process will be fun!
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Answers to questions you never thought to ask can suddenly reveal themselves. Your brother might turn out to be, for all practical purposes, the twin of your great-great-great-grandfather. Something intangible is at work. An ancient photo of the family patriarch polishing the headlights of his brand new Model-T might reveal a glint in his eye that is surprisingly similar to one you’ve notice in your son. Such discoveries can generate hours of discussion when you present them to the rest of your family.
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| Despite all efforts, some questions are destined to remain unanswered. Noted author William Zinsser says, “One of the saddest sentences I know is ‘I wish I had asked my mother about that.’” |
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