We seem to understand instinctively that there is some connection between church and the milestones of life, from birth to christening to marriage to death.
Even a cursory knowledge of the records available to the genealogist reveals an awareness of the availability and the reliability of church records for family historians.
Which is to say, the church is one of the important human institutions that ties us to our past, links our generations, tells our family stories. At least it has been, until recent times. What is replacing it?
More than that, the cumulative effect is that at least in the West the church tells the story of our human family.
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