"A family will always have history whether we choose to heed it or not". There is a thought that goes something like this: The study of family is therefore possibly the most personal and absorbing of studies when seeking answers to the intriguing question: ?Who am I? This curiosity should not be regarded as self-indulgent, self-obsessed, a luxury, but a valid motivation for study, particularly of family and the conditions under which they lived and indeed shaped the family?s destiny. We seek answers to problems that threaten our existence and discover and preserve those features which enhance or prolong it.Ĭuriosity may lead us to study objects/subjects allied to matters which touch upon our own existence, our place in the world, our niche in the continua of time and family. The HUNT Family of South Australia (formerly of Northamptonshire, U.K.)īy way of introduction to this genealogical study we may consider the question why do we wish to embark on such an enterprise in the first place? Some of the answers may be couched in prosaic terms, others poetic but surely, however we couch them, the foremost drive is curiosity about our forebears who they were, what they did, the times and conditions under which they lived and the challenges they faced.Ĭuriosity seems part of the human condition and in general terms may be considered the reason why we survive as a species. see page 2 of The HUNT family for the continuance of story This is page 1 of The HUNT family of South Australia
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