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Thursday, September 12. 1974
University Dally Kausan
Interest climbs in family genealogy
Bv CARL YOUNG
Reporter
If you ever get the urge to check into that old family story about how one of your ancestors once saved the life of George Washington, then join the millions of Americans who are tracing their family histories.
Inquiries for family histories at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., have increased from 3,000 a month in 1954 to 4,000 a week in 1974.
Several area residents explained their in-
vestment in genealogy, the study of family dex-
gest.
"I feel our society often produces rootlessness," Ted Fauche, who teaches a genealogy class for the Lawrence Church of the Latter Day Saints, said recently.
*When one knows the events, problems and solutions one's ancestors went through,*
*and one wants to trace them.
Fauche said that while spending the last years tracing his ancestors back to New York, he felt "thanks to him."
"It's one of the few hobbies that costs money, but the cost isn't prohibitive for the average consumer."
The average family can trace a couple of generations for about $10, Fauche said.
"For a lack of money you have to substitute letter writing and a lot of your time," said
Gladys Aiken, 1019 W. 29th St., had several reasons for taking up genealogy.
"I guess I like history," she said. "That's one thing you have to like if you want to get
Leaders of campus political clubs said yesterday that the primary function of the clubs was supplying workers for local and state campaigns.
Barry Shalinsky, president of Young Democrats, said the philosophy of the club was to invite as many candidates as possible to the campus to enable club members to choose the campaign they wished to join.
Campus clubs aid campaigns
Shalinsky and Polard said that they had been discussing plans to sponsor joint discussions of Democratic and Republican candidates but that plans were indefinite
Larry Cook, chairman of the Kansas College Republican Federation, a statewide organization, said that the group's mem-
bers had been active previously because of poor publicity.
Steve Polard, president of the University of Kansas Republican Club, said he hoped the club would be more effective this year than it has been. "I had become accustomed to campainning."
Robert Bennett, state senate president and Republican gubernatorial candidate, will speak at 8 p.m. Monday in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union. Bennett's speech is sponsored by the campus Republicans, Cook said.
anywhere. It's kind of like being a reporter.
There is where some kind of a
a quest for knowledge.
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the solos by various instruments were excellent.
Aiken said she had spent a lot of time on genealogy since taking it up in 1971, doing things such as traveling to North and South Carolina, Kentucky and Missouri.
The performance was concluded with a standing ovation from the audience, followed by applause.
Previn's appearance after the performance indicated the energy he must put into each performance. In one of the parts of the "Romeo and Juliet Suite," he seemed to be immersed in the music. At other times his conducting was marked by great grace and sensitivity.
The cost of a genealogy is something a person starting a genealogy should consider. Alken said, because costs for filing documents run from $ 3 to $ 1 a copy.
"I envy you the admirable audience," he beamed. "I wish more were as enthusiastic."
Previn said he planned to tour the United States for two more weeks, then return to London Symphony Orchestra usually perform 60 concerts a year on tour and 60 in England.
"You can get a picture of your ancestors that make them come alive," Thomas Gorton, dean of the School of Fine Arts, said.
For the last 10 years Gorton has been working on a family genealogy. He said he enjoyed learning how his relatives once worked, lived and died.
"It's fantastic," Betty J. Stuart, 805
and Katherine J. Stuart, 805
and I don't want to go out
with you and I don't want to go out
Stuart said she had traveled to Kentucky, Ohio and Maryland to track down information about her family she received from family Bibles and letters.
Stories about famous relatives aroused her interest in genealogy. Stuart said.
"What better gift could I leave to my wife than a smile as we as a family have done?" she asked.
Gorton, giving advice to beginning genealogists, said, "Be sure that you pump information from all of your older relatives who are still alive and able to answer questions and reminisce."
The information your older relatives produce can be checked by examining birth, death and marriage records, Lance Republished at the Lawrence public library, said.
The Kansas State Historical Society Library and Museum, the Missouri Valley Room in Kansas City, Mo., the Public Library and the Kansas City, Mo., branch of the National Archives all have census records of the late 19th and 20th centuries, Reppert said. Such records are usually necessary for any genealogist, he said.
Vital statistics can come from old family Bibles, birth and death certificates, newspaper obituaries, cemetery and funeral records, family history histories and family wills, he said.
Census records give the name of the head of the family, the number of dependents and the name of the mother.
Reppert gave a family tree to one of his cousins as a wedding gift, he said. The tree, which begins in 1737, is $11\frac{1}{2}$ feet long and contains over 350 names.
Reppert said he had worked over 100 hours since March on that genealogy, in addition to his work at the library.
Only four relatives responded to his letters, Reppert said.
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