Hi John!
Thanks for making me a friend, I think you are the first!!! I'm new at this particular site, so I'm still learning, for all I know I might have a dozen messages! lol Anyway...good luck with everything.
Theresa Resh
It's nice to meet you and welcome to the wonderful world of genealogy. It's at once both gratifying and frustrating, with hours of tedious searching and exhilerating stretches of sleuthing, but boy, those rare "eureka!" moments keep you coming back!
The best place to start researching your family history is your own direct family. If possible, start by having your parents write down as many ancestors as they can remember with approximate years they lived and died, etc. t may help to have a questionaire to trigger their memories. Some genealogy software packages, such as Legacy, have such interview aides or someone in this group can supply some.
Get hold of some blank 3 or 4 generation Pedigree forms for recording birth, marriage and death dates and locations of ancestors.and a number of blank Family Record forms for recording parents and children's vital records. Then keep these family records safely in a loose leaf binder. You'll be adding birth certificates, marriage announcements and death records, census and City Directory records, along with numerous artifacts and photographs from their lives. To avoid punching holes in documents and for safe keeping, I keep all of my documents in clear plastic, non-yellowing, acid free, archival quality sheet protectors.
One error most of us have to come back and corrected is taking the time right from the start to document our sources. There is a well known saying: "Genealogy without documentation is merely hearsay." Everyone seems to learn that the hard way, myself included.
But after about three generations, you'll have the kinks worked out and be ready to order your data in a genealogy database software. Good software will help you keep track of what you have and have not done and guide you in your research To Do lists. And lots more!
Lesson Two is about the types of trees you can build, the goals and purposes of your tree and a few common traps people fall into.
Happy hunting and I hope this has been at least a little helpful.
Thanks for adding me to your friends list, John. You seem really cool. Continue to live and enjoy life...That's what it's all about. Write me for any questions/comments you may have, as I will you-For you can say I'm beginning too! lol.
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Thank you for the invite into your friends list. Good luck with your research.
Barb
Thanks for making me a friend, I think you are the first!!! I'm new at this particular site, so I'm still learning, for all I know I might have a dozen messages! lol Anyway...good luck with everything.
Theresa Resh
It's nice to meet you and welcome to the wonderful world of genealogy. It's at once both gratifying and frustrating, with hours of tedious searching and exhilerating stretches of sleuthing, but boy, those rare "eureka!" moments keep you coming back!
The best place to start researching your family history is your own direct family. If possible, start by having your parents write down as many ancestors as they can remember with approximate years they lived and died, etc. t may help to have a questionaire to trigger their memories. Some genealogy software packages, such as Legacy, have such interview aides or someone in this group can supply some.
Get hold of some blank 3 or 4 generation Pedigree forms for recording birth, marriage and death dates and locations of ancestors.and a number of blank Family Record forms for recording parents and children's vital records. Then keep these family records safely in a loose leaf binder. You'll be adding birth certificates, marriage announcements and death records, census and City Directory records, along with numerous artifacts and photographs from their lives. To avoid punching holes in documents and for safe keeping, I keep all of my documents in clear plastic, non-yellowing, acid free, archival quality sheet protectors.
One error most of us have to come back and corrected is taking the time right from the start to document our sources. There is a well known saying: "Genealogy without documentation is merely hearsay." Everyone seems to learn that the hard way, myself included.
But after about three generations, you'll have the kinks worked out and be ready to order your data in a genealogy database software. Good software will help you keep track of what you have and have not done and guide you in your research To Do lists. And lots more!
Lesson Two is about the types of trees you can build, the goals and purposes of your tree and a few common traps people fall into.
Happy hunting and I hope this has been at least a little helpful.
BTW, where are you from?
Hugh
Do come & join the England group -
http://www.genealogywise.com/group/england/
It has links to many of the county groups now, and over 80 members.
Wendy
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