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Climbing Your Family Tree

Climbing Your Family Tree. By: Kathy Coppola. What is Genealogy? Genealogy is the study and tracing of family pedigrees. This involves collecting the names of relatives, both living and deceased, and establishing the relationships between them based on primary, secondary and/or

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Climbing Your Family Tree

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  1. Climbing Your Family Tree By: Kathy Coppola

  2. What is Genealogy? Genealogy is the study and tracing of family pedigrees. This involves collecting the names of relatives, both living and deceased, and establishing the relationships between them based on primary, secondary and/or circumstantial evidence or documentation, thus building up a cohesive family tree. ... “Genealogy." Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogy>

  3. Getting Started • Choose your ancestor to research • Organize your information • Look for a published history already completed • Search for records • Share your information with others • Resources

  4. Choose Your Ancestors • Choose a Family Surname • Look for old photos • Interview relatives • Interview questions • Record them • Take pictures

  5. Organize Your Information • Computer software programs: • Legacy Family Tree • PAF (Personal Ancestral file) • Use: • Pedigree Charts • Family History Charts

  6. Look for a Published History Already Compiled • Do a Web Search • Check with • Local library • LDS library • Local Genealogists

  7. Search For Records • Census • Bible • Birth • Obituaries • Social Security Death Index • Marriage • Last Will and Testament • Diary’s • Cemeteries

  8. Share Your Information • Publish your work • Start a Family Reunion • Develop a website • Create a Newsletter

  9. Famous Men & Their Family History • President George Washington • Elvis Presley • Charles Lindberg • Brad Pitt • Albert Einstein http://www.genealogy.com http://www.ancestry.com

  10. Famous Women & Their Family History • Princess Diana • Betsy Ross • Bette Midler • Laura Bush • Grace Kelly http://www.genealogy.com http://www.ancestry.com

  11. Online Resources • Ancestory.com • Heritagequest.com • Interment.net • Social Security Death Index • Census.gov

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