It's not as hard as you may think to learn how to research your family tree.
Genealogy is one of the fastest-growing hobbies today. Millions of people want
to learn how to expose the roots on their family trees, but don't know how to
start. Fortunately, it's easy to learn how to dig for and uncover even the most
elusive of ancestors. Once you've found them, you'll know a little bit more
about where you came from and what makes you who you are. You can also preserve
the memories of the original members of your family for future generations.
When researching your family tree, it's always best to start at the beginning of
the story. So, begin with what you know. Most people at least know the names of
their parents and grandparents. If you know their dates and places of birth,
write down this information, too.
Next, go to your grandparents (or their siblings, or the oldest members of your
family who are still alive) and find out the following information:
1. The names of their parents, as well as when and where they were born, when
they died, and where they are buried.
2. The names, birth and death dates, and place of burial of their grandparents.
3. The names, birth and death dates, and place of burial of any siblings of
their parents and grandparents.
Record this information somewhere, preferably on family tree software. Family
Tree Maker is a popular one, as it's easy to use and lets you record unlimited
generations, just in case you expose some really deep roots in the Middle Ages
(it can happen!). However, there are other programs available, so find the one
that's right for you.
Next, you need to look for records. Records are essential to a solid family
tree. They provide concrete proof of names, dates, events and relationships and
fill in the details of your ancestors' lives, which can help make them come
alive again. If you're planning on publishing your family tree research and hope
to get any kind of respect, you're going to have to have original records to
document each and every name, date and relationship you cite in your work.
If you're living in the United States, it's probable that at least the past
generation or two of your family have lived there, as well. Virtually every
person who ever lived in the United States left behind some sort of record.
While not every person will have every kind of record associated with them,
you're likely to find at least one or two official historical documents on any
given ancestor if you dig deeply enough. Some of the most common records that
people leave behind that you can often find are:
1. Vital Records--These include birth, death, and marriage records. You can
order these from the state department of vital statistics where they event took
place, or from the county court where the event took place. Most counties have
kept vital records for much longer than the state, so start with the county and
go from there. Be aware that most state vital records departments will charge a
fee for a record (and those fees vary wildly from state to state), but counties
will occasionally provide a record for free, or for a few cents for copying it
for you.
2. Probate and Wills--There's a wealth of genealogical information in probate
and will records. You'll find out names, relationships and dates there and can
often glean insightful personal information on your ancestors. For example, if
your great-grandfather only left his youngest son a dollar in his will, while
the other children got $100 each, you might guess there was some kind of rift
between them. The will might even say what that rift was! Wills and probate
records are found at the county court where your ancestor lived.
3. Military Records--If your ancestor served in any U.S. war from the Revolution
onward, you'll probably be able to find some sort of record on his service.
Records can include enlistment information, battlefield service records and
pension applications. Sometimes, ancestors will have written personal letters to
support their pension claims, and these will be in the records. You can find
military records through the National Records Administration in Washington, D.C.
and on some genealogy websites online.
4. Land Records--Available at the county level, land records will show you where
your ancestor lived, when he lived there, when he bought or sold land, and who
he bought from or sold to. This information can help you establish important
relationships between people. However, if your ancestor bought land from the
federal government or filed a homestead claim, these records will be held at the
National Records Administration.
5. Census Records--One of the first record sets most genealogists consult when
tracing their family trees, census records show where your ancestor lived during
the census year. For census records from 1850 onward, you'll also find out who
else lived in the household and their place of birth. From 1880 onward, you can
find out the ages of each household member, and their occupations, as well as
many other personal details. Census records are available from most libraries
with genealogy departments, as well as on several websites online, such as
Ancestry.com, Genealogy.com, and Footnote.com.
These are just a few of the records you might find on your ancestors as you
learn to research your family tree. As you discover new records, make copies of
them for yourself or transcribe the information you find in them. Then, keep
this information in a safe place so future generations can reference it. As you
start putting together the pieces of your family tree, you'll start to feel like
you knew these precious ancestors personally. When that happens then they'll
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The old Iroquoian word, Ohio, referred to Good River; it was known as a place in
the Northwest Territory that was governed as a rich and abundant state, filled
with various national treasures reflective of its cultural past and varied
history.
Apart from a vast number of public records that are available across Ohio State,
there are also heritage reports and various survey details that can be accessed
by researchers keen on knowing intricate details of Ohio genealogy, or in
simpler terms their family's bloodline traced to Ohio!
A land of various agencies and institutions that hold a wealth of rich records
made available to the public for research purposes, Ohio makes for the perfect
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The comprehensive information available to genealogists searching for a
foundation to build their family tree in Ohio is not a joking matter; it is
indeed more than sufficient to give researchers of Ohio family history much to
chew on besides the minimal framework to begin their genealogical link research
with! They also have the benefits of accessing and comparing biographies,
personal details, civil documentation against various types of paper and
electronic reports that allow for a closer verification to give them accurate,
up to date family history information.
Thus, Ohio genealogy search can begin with persons using basic records such as
forefathers born around 1867 and who died thereafter, who married who and how
many children they had etc. Ohio birth and death records are easily available to
the genealogist visiting the Probate Court in Ohio, but these were made more
easy to access around the 20th century, (1908 to the current times, to be
precise) recently with related details also being made available to the health
department one can visit easily. Another great site to pick up clues on the
invisible family members who had Ohio links is The Ohio Historical Society.
The Probate Court mentioned earlier in the article and the Health Dept. of Ohio
also keeps marriage certificates on record; however, genealogists needn't limit
themselves sto only visiting these places to verify oral family history facts.
The Ohio County Recorder's Office is another great starting point for conducting
a comprehensive genealogy research as it is the place where land and tax records
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You have probably already done a lot of genealogy research. I'm sure you have
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searching the Internet to speaking to friends and family. You may have been
searching online for hours and hours. You may have talked to relatives or
friends of the person you are searching for, but you just have not gotten the
information you need and are not able to find this person living in Mexico.
Let's start with the fundamentals of what information you should be searching
for.
Your first goal should be to have the complete name of the person you are
looking for. Let's use the name Juan Carlos Garcia Gonzalez as an example.
If you have a friend who has a name like Juan Carlos, that is his name. In
English we might separate out two names. Someone with a name such as Billy Bob
may also be called Bob or Billy. However, in Mexico Juan Carlos is this person's
name. It's not correct to call him Juan or to him Carlos. His name is Juan
Carlos. Be aware of this because having the complete and full name is very
important in your search and will help you to more quickly locate this person.
The complete name is not only their first name(s) but also both of their last
names. In Spanish a person has two last names. The first last name in Spanish is
the name of the father (for example: Garcia). Gonzalez is the second last name
and this is the equivalent of our mother's maiden name. By putting the two
together and you have a complete name. Doing Mexico family genealogy can often
be easier because the two last names minimize the chance of accidentally
researching someone else's family lineage.
You can also discover this information by talking to every relative this person
has. You can ask questions such as where did this person come from. Ask how they
came to be in the United States. Ask where they went to school or where they
vacationed as they were growing up. Asking different questions can help trigger
memories and details that will help you to find the information and the person
you are looking for.
A great way to get information is to get a person to tell you stories using
questions like, "So how did you and my father meet?" or "What did he/she like to
do during the weekends?" Engaging the people that you talk to in your family and
circle of friends in stories is a great way to jog their memory. Sometimes with
story telling they recall a particular person or item they may have otherwise
forgotten.
Story telling is an incredible tool to get people to tell you the information
you want. It will also give you an idea of who this person was and what they
were doing and may lead you to other ideas.
Here is a key. Talk to every relative you have. There is always someone in every
family who knows a little bit about everyone. And it does not matter if they are
your third cousin or they are four times removed. They could be an ex-husband,
an ex-uncle. It does not matter. You would be amazed at how much information
other people in the family have about your side of the family. You may think
that your immediate family should know everything about the family, but that is
not always true. I urge you to go talk to every possible relative.
Maybe they talked to someone from another group, such as a priest or business
owner. Go after as many leads as you can. You are going to have to interview
many people to gather all the facts.
The second key piece of information that you need to have is the city and the
state of where they are or where they were living.
Finding out where they did live can be helpful if you do not know where they are
living right now. If someone has lived in Guadalajara and they came to the
United States for, say, ten years, there is a very good possibility they may be
going back to Guadalajara at some point. Also finding where they did live is
very helpful because their family and friends may still be there.
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only a person's name without the city and state you are not going to get any
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person is living. If you do not have that basic information, you are not going
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It can throw up surprizes and let skeletons out of the family tree. In your
family history you might have royalty, knights, pirates, convicts, executed
persons, rich people, poor people. Researching you family tree can take you all
over the world. Broaden your perspective, learn more about who you are. It also
might teach you respect for the sacrifices of others to help you to where you
are today, or at least broaden your perspective due to the fact you are likely
to come across a variety of people who in a small part make you - you.
Further it can help you appreciate that all humans are just distant relatives.
Consider this is you go back 20 generations (assuming of course there are
merging branches which there will be) you quickly get to one million ancestors -
thats alot of people. In other words take any person/stranger sitting next to
you at random and you will probably be linked somewhere in the past - there just
weren't that many people living over 1000 years ago compared to our now current
6 billion world family. The point is this - with this in mind it becomes clear
that as human beings we are just one big family.
How do you research your own family history?
You can start by asking your oldest relations to start mapping your family tree.
Then go to government records, births, deaths and marriages, etc to fill in more
details and go back further. Your local library can be a surprizing help as
well.
But by far the greatest source for researching genealogy is the internet.
Believe it or not genealogy is one of the biggest topics on the internet and you
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When we first start searching for our ancestors we often come across printed or
online genealogies for our family lines, and the temptation is very strong to
simply accept what is written as accurate. Unfortunately, such a blanket
acceptance of the work of others can lead to much frustration further along your
research path. The plain truth is that not everything you find about a
particular family tree will be accurate. While such works may provide good clues
for your own further research, it is strongly urged that you verify for yourself
any new data you encounter before adding it to your own family tree.
With the advent of the Internet as a research tool for genealogists, any
inaccurate info about a family line can be spread very rapidly. Prior to the
Internet, mistakes in data traveled far slower as most researchers relied on the
mail service to exchange information. But with today's high-speed connections
and large online databases, misinformation can sweep through the genealogy
community like wildfire. Though this happens primarily with ancestries
concerning better-known ancestors, especially royalty, it is still a problem
with the less famous as well.
When looking at a new piece of data, the first clue to a potential problem will
be in the sources given for the data, if any. If there are no sources listed at
all for a piece of information, or the only source listed is another genealogy,
treat the data as suspect. It may be fine, but until you research it further,
you simply have no way of knowing for sure. Though printed genealogies are
perhaps less likely to contain errors, they are not immune to this problem.
The most accurate sources are those that were created at the time of the event
in question. Generally, these will be original documents such as birth
certificates, wills, baptismal records and so on - the key is that such records
were made when the event happened. Though mistakes are still possible; with such
primary sources that would be the exception rather than the rule. It is
important to keep in mind, however, that such records are often created as a
result of one person transcribing verbal information and, therefore, are only as
good as the person recording the information.
Next in line in terms of accuracy are those records that are compilations or
summaries of original records. These may include such works, as will abstracts
and indexes, transcriptions of microfilmed records, family bibles and
biographies. Because these works are one step further removed from the original
information, the potential for errors is somewhat higher than it is for primary
sources. Much like the children's game of Gossip, each repetition increases the
likelihood of a mistake between introduced to the original information.
Still further removed from the original data are tertiary sources - works
created from a combination of primary and secondary sources. The vast majority
of published genealogies, both written and online, fall into this category. So
it is important to realize that these works are several layers removed from the
original data and are more likely to contain errors.
Many modern genealogy programs allow the user to note the reliability of the
source of the data. If you are using a program that supports a feature of this
kind, it is strongly recommended that you make use of it, not only for your own
sake, but for those as well with whom you may share that data in the future. If
your program does not include this kind of feature, you can still increase the
value of your own research by carefully noting the source of the information and
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fact, millions of people search for information about their ancestors every
year. This is really no surprise when you consider how valuable and rewarding it
can be to have a good grasp of your family history. Genealogy research isn't
just a pastime; this is information that you'll someday be able to pass down to
your children with pride. And believe it or not conducting genealogy research is
actually quite easy and enjoyable, thanks to useful resources like online public
records finders.
Online public records finders are a new breed of internet search tool that
specializes in providing all kinds of useful genealogy and public information.
Normally, public records are only available by querying the specific database
that has the certificate you're looking for. Since different documents are held
in different places, this can make searching for multiple public records at the
same time really complicated. That is of course, unless you use an online
finder.
With an online public records finder, you can search dozens of databases all at
the same time to really speed up your genealogy research. And online public
records finders have access to hundreds of millions of public documents, so that
you that the chances of you finding the data you need go through the roof.
Simply start by searching for your eldest known relative, and follow the trail
backwards. Soon you'll be able to add lots of names to your family tree, and
have a much better idea of just what your ancestors were like.
And you can use a public records search to search for state records, county
records, military records, cemetery records and much more. With so many
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The International Genealogical Index, also known as IGI, is a method of
organizing data from vital, church and civic records on individuals dating back
hundreds of years, most before 1900. The data collected was from their
"Controlled Extraction Program" which started in 1969 using actual formal
records from chiefly the United States, Europe and Canada.
However, many other locations in the continents of Asia, South America and
Africa are being added. This is a painstaking transcribing process which does
take a long time and then needs to be indexed. It is used primarily by the
Family Search program of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints (LDS) in their main
Library in Utah, their Family Search web site and with their thousands of Family
History Centers across the globe.
It can really help you tap into some new areas of information on your ancestors
but you should be made aware there is a few tricks to its usage. First, you can
not search just by a surname. A full name must be used. If only a surname is
known and a general location then using the batch numbers maybe of further
assistance. You can check though the IGI for all mentions of the family surname
within a specific church parish or civic record.
What are batch numbers? The vast array of the IGI records are categorize into
'batches'. Each batch is based on when and where the original information was
located. So if you were looking for an ancestor whose hometown was Hanover, York
County, Pennsylvania, you would first start with the correct batch numbers for
that locality. For births / christenings the batch numbers for York County run
from C506861 to C506881 and cover 1733 to 1875.
For marriages the batch numbers run from M506861 to M506881 and cover 1735 to
1878. Note the numbers are the same, just a 'C' for christenings and 'M' for
marriages. After putting in a batch number and a region (example: North America)
to the IGI search box, just a surname can be placed and then a search will
reveal any matches.
There is even submitted data by LDS members on ancestors and organized into
batches. With LDS submitted records you can also just place a surname, next a
region and / or state and then a search can be performed. Always view the
'message' section with each viewed individual to see the source information. If
your ancestor has a very unusual given name (Arvilla, Cristobal, Euphemia or
Llewellyn) it can be placed along with a region name into the search instead of
a surname.
When you do find a match, view the listing for parents and / or spouse to see if
that matches with what information you already had discovered. If you are
unsure, write the information down but placing a question mark or note to
yourself that it will need extra investigation.
Whether the IGI records were extracted from a church or civic record or
submitted by a LDS member, the information on these 286 million individuals
should still be considered 'secondary source', in other words, someone's use of
a primary source. In such cases there is plenty of room for errors and omissions
in names or dates. So always check with other sources any dates, names or
locations discovered using the IGI.
Also you can request through the Family History Center the loan of the microfilm
from which that IGI record came from. Reviewing that original record on film
will help determine if there were any omissions and possibly provide some extra
information.
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church parishes however many were not extracted and indexed for the IGI. The
microfilm of those original records (even if not on the IGI) is still available
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Think of it like a family tree. Each branch is the father, mother, brother,
sister, aunt, uncle, grandma or grandpa in the tree. There is a logical pattern
to the tree as it branches from one generation to the next. When you view a
family tree it doesn't take long to figure out where everyone fits in the
history of a singular family.
If you take this same idea and begin to work on your website you find the
'patriarch' of your website and make it the home page. What does that page look
like, what will be most important to the proper functioning of the home page.
Each additional page is another branch in your web design tree. What are the
most important 'next generation' pages? These should have some of the other
vital categories.
You may find that some secondary categories won't have any branches. They may
work all by themselves. These would be pages like the "About Us" section or the
"Contact Us" page. However, many secondary pages may include other branches.
These could be pages filled with knowledge-based content, photos or product
pages.
You might even find that these third generation pages have sub topic content.
Remember, you can make the job of website design much easier my mapping out the
web design (site map) prior to actually developing the site.
This is also a key step that shortens the time it can take to produce your own
website design using template rich web building technology.
It is interesting that many businesses will spend quality time developing a
business plan, organizing the office and developing a strategy for marketing,
but they are never really very sure what they should do for their website
design.
The good news is you can develop a 'tree' for your website and it really doesn't
have to take a significant amount of time to develop. It might take a time of
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http://funnyopic.zoomshare.com/files/funny.htm