Family of Early e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The custom of recording genealogies is many centuries old, as witness the generations chronicled in the Scriptures, showing its importance in the estimation of the ancients. Later nations have also provided for the preservation of family history. There are at the public record office in Chancery Lane, London, twenty-six miles of shelves containing millions upon mil lions of documents methodically arranged, so that if you have the necessary facts to work on, you may trace family history generation by generation. Among the people who have observed the custom (which has a bearing upon nation and individual) are the Irish, who incorporated it in their system of government.