Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Book O' Beggs: A Genealogical Study of the Beggs Family in America, Also Gleanings Concerning This Ancient Gaelic Family of Beg-Begg-Beig-Beggs
If it is evidence Of wisdom to know one's own father, it is surely further proof of one's sapiency to know one's grandfather.
Seriously, I have been very much impressed with the need Of greater care in the preparation and preservation Of family records.
These records usually note only births, marriages, and deaths, taking no account Of change Of residence; and are liable to loss in many ways. Public records, while permanent, are Very meagre and not always properly indexed. In a shifting population like ours, especially in the west, it soon becomes difficult and Often impossible to trace relationships.
I have recently had a practical illustration of the paucity Of information to be derived from these records. In making applica tion for admission to the Sons Of the American Revolution, I found that while I had no difficulty in finding official proof of my grand father's Revolutionary services, I was unable to ascertain the date Of either his birth or his death; though my grandfather's family Bible, more than a century Old - he was married in I797-throws no light on these questions.
The insufficiency Of family and public records is greatly to be regretted.
For the savage it is sufficient to know who are his friends and who his enemies.
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