How is the traditional genealogy process

In ancient times, genealogy is one of the most important, most detailed, the most need for responsibility, the most sense of mission, the need for manpower and material resources, time-consuming and long. The entire process of genealogy is divided into seven major links:

The first step: the establishment of the Editorial Committee (Bureau) to form a family of respected people mainly in the genealogy committee. The main repair is generally served by the head of the family, another initiative to repair (editing), supervise the repair, repair, proofreading, etc., clear responsibilities and division of labor.

The second step: fund-raising Committee (Bureau) was built, the most important thing is to raise funds for genealogy. In ancient times, the funds for genealogy generally come from the family field, sacrificial field and other family *** with income; each genealogy of the male should also pay a certain amount of genealogy silver. Now generally through donations and genealogy pre-sale to raise funds.

The third step: the opening

The so-called "opening", that is, to start repairing the genealogy. The most important thing is to set up a professional editorial team under the organization of the editorial committee, make a detailed and complete revision plan, and implement it step by step according to the plan.

1, read the old spectrum

The old spectrum of historical sources and branches of the genealogy is an important source of material for the revision of the new spectrum, can be directly quoted.

2, drawing the lineage map

The old genealogy of the people recorded on the line according to the generation drawing, drawing the lineage map.

3, the development of the "rules"

After the completion of the above work, the need to finalize the content of the new genealogy layout, called "rules". The editorial committee to determine the "rules", but also to let the clan know the purpose of this revision, style, data submission requirements.

4, census

Comprehensive and detailed investigation and recording of the last revision of the genealogy of the living members of the clan, the last revision of the genealogy of the clan to the birth of the current revision. The content of the census includes the name of the genealogy, the birth and death dates of the deceased, their occupation, and the branches they belong to. In the old genealogy of the deceased clansmen and not into the old genealogy of the newborn clansmen should be registered separately.

5. Organize the census data

According to each census form, write the articles of each member of the clan and take the genealogical name for the members. The name of the census can be taken by the editorial staff or by the clansmen themselves, but to ensure that there is no duplication. The same generation to take this same word, another different word to form the genealogical name, his daily use of the name as the name or word.

6, the old genealogy content take

The pre-liberation of the old genealogy generally have a preface, the preface of the previous revision of the genealogy, the previous revision of the genealogy staff list, family rules and family training, graveyard maps, ancestral ancestral halls, ritual rituals, historical information, art, trekking, postscripts, lineage and other information. It is not necessary to enter all these contents into the new genealogy. The editorial team can first determine the deletion and retention of content, and then submitted to the Editorial Committee for discussion and decision.

7, collect information, write the source of the examination

The editorial team can be based on the source of the old spectrum contained in the collection and reference to the current status of the source of the family name, as detailed as possible to prove that the origin of the family lineage, which can be a separate article, or can be placed in the preamble.

8, writing and reading

After the completion of the entire genealogy, the editorial committee generally invited the relevant personnel to read the first draft, read through the final draft.

9, write the preface

After the final draft, the family can invite respected or learned people to write the preface, can also be written by the editorial team.

The fourth step: out of the genealogy and worship genealogy of the new draft and binding is completed, to inform the clan to choose an auspicious day to repair the genealogy to welcome back to the ancestral hall, known as "out of the genealogy". After the genealogy is welcomed into the ancestral hall and then choose an auspicious day to worship the clan, known as "worship spectrum".

Fifth step: the genealogy of the ancient times, after the end of the worship spectrum, will be taken out by the head of the family Zhu pen according to the order of the genealogy. Now the main thing is to send the new spectrum to the printing house offset printing, lead printing. After the printing is completed, the genealogy will be sent to the clansmen one by one.

After this series of complex and long process, the genealogy is completed.

But this traditional genealogy process takes too long and requires a lot of manpower and resources. For ordinary people, it is still a cumbersome and "luxury" thing. Many families have spared no expense and spent a lot of time and energy searching all over the world for information to renew their family tree. Original: www.zupu.cn