How to Start your Family

History

Genealogy

Genealogy: Collecting dead relatives and sometimes a live cousin!

Genealogy: Where you confuse the dead and irritate the living.

When we die, we become 'stories' in the minds of other people.

Genealogy

My Passion with many benefits Stories and pictures A gun and the “Family Bible” Dedication ceremony New relatives (Rick, Pres. Zachary

Taylor, Lady Bird, cousins, etc.) Daddy’s war letters

How to Start your Family

History

Step 1: Remember your Ancestors

Begin by remembering information about each member in your family that will identify that person. Each person can be identified by personal information, such as the following:

Information

Name ･ Other members of the family Dates and places of important events

such as birth, marriage, and death Occupation

A Place to Start

First fill out a form for your own family, and then work back to your parents and grandparents. You can quickly see what you know and what information is missing or incomplete.

Step 2. Use Sources in Your Home

Look for sources in your home that might contain the missing or incomplete family information.

What might that be?

Sources in your home

Useful sources include birth, marriage, and death certificates; family Bibles; funeral programs; obituaries; wedding announcements; family registers; and ancestral tablets.

Create a family bag or box if you have not already.

Step 3. Ask Relatives for Information

Contact the relatives - visit, call, write, or e-mail them.

Be sure to ask specifically for the information you would like. (For example, "Do you know when Aunt Jane was born?")

Step 4. Choose a Family or Ancestor You Want to Learn More About

Select a family or ancestor with missing or incomplete information. ･Start with the generations closest to you, and work your way back. Usually, it is easier to find information for a family member or ancestor born in a recent period.

Step 5. See if Someone Else Has Already Found

the Information

Look for a published family history.

Use the internet to see what research has been done.

Step 6. Search Records for Information about

Your Ancestor.

Find copies of original records, such as censuses and birth records, based on where the person lived and the time of his or her birth, marriage, or death.

Court records – land titles

Family Tree Format

Geneology standard date format :05 August 1957

Females use maiden names

Gedcom files

Organization

Start with one notebook, with dividers. As you gain information you will keep adding notebooks for each parent’s line. Then you will add notebooks for each family line.

Forms

･ Pedigree Chart -A pedigree chart lets you list your pedigree (your parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and so on).

･ Family Group Record -A family group record lets you list an entire family and their information. You will need several copies.

Descendant charts

“Cousins, Once removed!!”

First cousins

Second cousinsJonah Ferguson

Justin Ferguson

Diana Ferguson

Kayah

Greg Davis

Marilyn Davis

Kennith &Bennie Scoggins

First Cousin - the people that have the same grandparents.

Second Cousin - the people that have the same great-grandparents

Removed - is used to describe people from different generations.

Ask questions while you are young. You will have

regrets some day, because you did not ask

nor pay attention!

Genealogy meetsTechnology

You will find these on the GMS website on the genealogy link.

http://www.gunterisd.org/gms/index.html

Do a Wordle

Type With Me

http://typewith.me/Oqiu35um3c

Send an email with this link to relatives that might have some information that you can use for this project.

Animoto

Prezi

Power Point on steroids in the cloud!

Google Maps

My Genealogy Maps - Birthplaces

Google Docs Scrapbook Album

Google Doc – Scrapbook Album

Ancestry.com

Website

Is there an App for that?Of Course!!!

I do not leave home without my genealogy!

Collaborate with Others

Do a family blog.

http://mdsmemories.blogspot.com/

Do a photo galleryhttp://picasaweb.google.com/marilynsdavis

Preserve Photographs

An old picture, means less if you don’t know who the picture is of or where taken. Record information with dates!

Digitize valuable pictures. (tiff before jpg / highest resolution)

Take older pictures out of photo albums that have acid base pages.

Ziploc baggies is a GREAT solution!

Digital Pictures

Back up, Back up, and Back up! External hard-drives Burned CD or DVD Extra memory card Update with new technology

In Conclusions

A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots.

Trees without roots fall over