Ollie Desalvo: A Library like any "business" needs to show interest by the public. No interest, no Library. Or find another topic to draw in the crowd. You're in a rare area where the town council or the Private firm and Donors can devote their resources to so much ancestral space. Enjoy if that's what interests you. If some other topic needs more coverage then mention it to them.
Sunshine Holets: You are probably in a rare area. Ours has a small room; less than 5% of the space is devoted to the sport. Most other libraries have a shelf or two. What city, state/province and country are you in?
Efren Clankscales: Genealogy is also called "Family History" and is the study of what your ancestors did and who they were. The hobby of Genealogy is the fastest growing in its popularity, mainly due to the availabilty of material on the Internet and various TV programmes on the subject.It is also a fairly inexpensive hobby that gives a great deal of pleasure and can be ! very rewarding spiritually.Finding out how your great grand parrent's lives differed from your own can make you think very differently about things. Knowing an ancestor was machine gunned or gassed in the First World War, or starved to death in the Poor House, or died of an illness that can be easily treated now can be a very moving discovery. That is why it is so popular....Show more
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