Return to Mark & Cyndi's Family TreeOne of the most common mistakes made by beginners in the hobby of family history is to spell genealogy incorrectly. Nothing shouts out "I don't know what I'm doing!" louder than the misspelling this pivotal word in our hobby.
Typically, most failed attempts at spelling genealogy put the letter "O" where the letter "A" belongs. Like this:
Because this mis-spelling is such an endemic problem, I devised a little memory aid to assist in remembering the correct spelling of the word. The first letters of each word in this very true sentence combine to form the correct spelling of genealogy. Remember the sentence and you'll be able to spell the word correctly every time.
Please feel free to liberally reproduce this idea as an aid to the entire genealogical community.
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The Correct Spelling of the Word GENEALOGY