And in my case, of course, Waterbury, Connecticut, as luck has it there's also a Lynch family, a Patrick Lynch family in Waterbury, Vermont. Genealogists , I'm not looking for just one or two, I'm looking for maybe 25 to 100 because then what do I wanna do?
So to jump right in, I'd like to get a quick show of hands, how many genealogists do we have in the audience? audience member: What's a genealogist ? Dan Lynch: Okay, that's good.
I'm a big believer that, in some way shape or form, almost everybody's a family historian. I try to stay away from using the term genealogist because it often, I think, incorrectly suggests to people that genealogy is something that requires an advanced degree, it's maybe more academic, it's maybe reserved only for certain types of people that connect to royalty or something.
word is often misunderstood. So when I asked the question how many genealogists are here there were only one or two hands. Someone appropriately asked the question, "What's a genealogist ?" But when I asked the questions that talk about what it is that we kind of do in family history and the types of things that are involved, there starts
And in my case, of course, Waterbury, Connecticut, as luck has it there's also a Lynch family, a Patrick Lynch family in Waterbury, Vermont. And then I picked up the phone cause people like genealogists still use these other devices.
And in my case, of course, Waterbury, Connecticut, as luck has it there's also a Lynch family, a Patrick Lynch family in Waterbury, Vermont. There's this neat thing that we do as genealogists and it's called random acts of genealogical kindness.
Actually I'm glad that somebody just said that. They said, "What's a genealogist ?" But just by show of hands, if you view yourself as a genealogist . So we have a couple, so that's good to know.
So when I asked the question how many genealogists are here there were only one or two hands. Someone appropriately asked the question, "What's a genealogist ?" But when I asked the questions that talk about what it is that we kind of do in family history and the types of things that are involved, there starts to be a lot of familiarity.
Dan Lynch: So I show this and I always remind people because I know the question's gonna come up and I'd say about half the time they ask it before I get to it, and they say, "What's that do I feel lucky thing?" and I say, "First of all you're a genealogist so don't click it because you're not that lucky." But I explain to me, of course, what it is so they know what you guys are creating and how and why etcetera.
so I won't be able to get kind of the full show of hands, but, at least, for those that are here I'd like to kind of start off with some questions that help me. So to jump right in, I'd like to get a quick show of hands, how many genealogists do we have in the audience? audience member: What's a genealogist ?
So I'm just gonna look up there. Dan Lynch: So family historians and Google, so again, I'm gonna try to go out of my way not to use the term genealogists but you could kind of put an equal sign between them. We have an awful lot in common.
And in my case, of course, Waterbury, Connecticut, as luck has it there's also a Lynch family, a Patrick Lynch family in Waterbury, Vermont. Now, the other thing I'd kind of like to share is there's this mindset, of course, there's this thought, you know, that family history and genealogists like old stuff
And in my case, of course, Waterbury, Connecticut, as luck has it there's also a Lynch family, a Patrick Lynch family in Waterbury, Vermont. I mean, there's a lot of other, there's this other thing that I shared too, in genealogy, and genealogists like to share with one another all over the