Genies love
beginners!! Enclosed are some tips that will help you get started finding your
family.
1.
Come to our
meetings, make a friend, and pick up some of the forms mentioned below.
2.
Talk to your
relatives and collect all the names, dates and places you can find. Record everything you know so others can help
you.
3.
Start a Pedigree or
Ancestor Chart so you will have all the information you need handy.
Use pencil. Start with yourself as #1. Your father is
#2 and all the fathers are even numbers. Your mother is #3 and all
the mothers are odd numbers. Add 1 to a man's number and you have his
wife's number. Here’s one: http://www.familytreemagazine.com/upload/images/PDF/ancestor.pdf There is a larger 7-generation form available at meetings.
4.
Read Basic
Genealogy Tips (Tab on left).
5.
Leave a comment on
this blog if you have questions or want individual help Getting Started.
6.
Put what you know
in a family tree website. Hint:
familysearch.org is free. (See Family
Tree Websites on left.)
7.
Read Census Tips
(Tab on left).
8.
Birth and Death were
only filed with the counties and states after 1900. Look for church records before that. Marriage records, wills and deeds go way
back. Death records may have parents
info in addition to cause, date and place of death.
Sit back and relax. How are you doing? Time to move on?
9.
Take an online
beginner class or webinar (see Beginner Classes on left).
10. Check out some of the places where volunteers offer
help. Hint: Family History Center or
Bellingham Library. (See Local Resources
on top bar.)
11. Google your surname with “genealogy”.
12. If you use Facebook, search for a facebook group by
surname or topic.
13. Don’t be overwhelmed.
This can be a wonderful lifetime hobby.
Ask for help.
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