There seems to be several reasons for this resurgence in popularity of genealogy.
     One of these includes the large number of aging boomers who are beginning to retire and want to learn about their family background, and now have the time to do the research.

     This is coupled with the tremendous wealth of information now available on the internet, making it easy to access family history information from home. One does not have to travel to far away cemeteries or court houses, or write dozens of letters to family members and officials to get copies of birth, death, and marriage certificates, or to obtain copies of obituaries, ship manifests, military or census records.