Cultural
History of Genealogy
lAncestor
Worship – Oral Transmission
lEarly
Western Written Genealogies
µTribes
of Israel
(as recorded in [the Hebrew Tanach &] the Bible)
µGreeks and Romans
Throughout history, genealogies have been used as evidence
for “inheritance
of power, rank and property.”
Crowe, Elizabeth Powell. Genealogy Online: Researching Your Roots – Web Edition. New York: The McGraw –Hill
Companies. Inc. 1998.