Quotes about Genealogy

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Some of us can live without a society but not without a family. — Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
In united families, they might sleep with half filled stomach but no one sleeps with empty stomach. — Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
You can take the Indian out of the family, but you cannot take the family out of the Indian. — Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
In your name, the family name is at last because it's the family name that lasts. — Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
Meditation works in many layers. It works in our genes, in our DNA — Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations
History is the essence of innumerable biographies. — Thomas Carlyle
The past could be jettisoned . . . but seeds got carried. — Joan Didion, Where I Was From
All our ancestors were murdered, murderers, complicit to murder, or combating murder. — Lucy Knisley, An Age of License: A Travelogue
If you don't know history, you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree. — Michael Chrichton
Your ancestors are rooting for you. — Eleanor Brownn
I suppose it must be admitted that I was raised in a "dysfunctional" family, but in truth, I do not think I had any sens — Carlfred Broderick
Genealogy itself is something of a privilege, coming far more easily to those of us for whom enslavement, conquest, and — Tim Wise
Do try The House by fresh new author, Susannah Mansfield, it's funny, sad and very different, you'll love the characters — Susannah Mansfield
The story of his great-grandfather . . . was his own story, too. — Kelly Cherry, The Exiled Heart: A Meditative Autobiography
Over the course of the millennia, all these multitudes of ancestors, generation upon generation, have come down to this — Laurence Overmire, One Immigrant's Legacy: The Overmyer Family in America, 1751-2009: A Biographical Record of Revolutionary War Veteran Capt. John George Overmire and His Descendants
Every person is defined by the communities she belongs to. — Orson Scott Card, Speaker for the Dead
Look to the past to see what the future holds. — Celia Conrad, Wilful Murder
A personal journey is part of the generational relay. Live your legacy then pass it on. — Jo Ann V. Glim
History will be kind to me for I have written it. Winston Churchill — Ron Mayes, Sherrod's Legacy: Reflections of Sherrod Mayes and His Descendants
I had never thought much of genealogy. A lot of wasted time collecting the names of the dead. Then stringing those names — Joshua Ferris, To Rise Again at a Decent Hour