Since so many of you are esteemed educators, what do you all feel would be the teaching of genealogy and how the persons in your family history either affected or precipitated history. 
I have taught briefly at a Jr. College in Baytown, Texas a genealogy course. Primarily this was only for family research, HOWEVER as I was able to show what was happening during a family member was in Scotland, Ireland, England (Cromwell for my family), Germany, or Spain. The students started seeing the factors that MADE their ancestor pack up and leave their homes. 
ALSO, they started to understand economic and sociological factors that made them to move to the new world.
Professor Gates of Harvard has received loads of attention for his PBS series, but I feel that this could be a great addition to the History departments, especially in Virginia, North Carolina and Massachusetts. 
Anyone's opinion?
Thanks 
John Philip Adams 
Texas

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