Why is Genealogy important?

Interesting question!, Hi we're John and Julie Luger, the owners of Family History Hunter and

Genealogy and History have been passions of ours for a long time. We can give a few reasons

as to why they are important: First of all, we believe that every action and effect that happens

has a cause behind it. Nothing happens that doesn't have something causing it to happen in

advance! We believe that if we want to understand why we do as we do today, we need to

know and understand our own and families' pasts first. That being said, Secondly, the past

has never really passed on-We know that this might be a mouthful to take in, but when

we consider how an event that happened 120 years ago is still making an impact today,

we'll understand this concept better. When I(John), for example, think about how I like to

try a new way of doing things, when I think about my Great Grandfather came to America in

the 1890's because life in Ireland wasn't going to work out for him, I understand. When

Julie laughs in a certain style, when thinking of how her own Grandma laughed in the

same style, it makes sense! A third reason is that we all want to and should know where

we came from and our ancestors' life stories, because they become our stories. America

is a product of the world and we should know of how the world has impacted and

created our country. I(John) have been at it on my own family tree for only over 40

years, and am still at work researching on it because I want to know all of the

life stories of my ancestors as far back as possible and see how they influence and

affect me.When I(Julie) met John, I got hooked on wanting to find my ancestors