Posts about researching family history
As I work on the family history, I am trying to get the most accurate information I can. So I want to find the source closest to the event.
Primary (or original) sources would be a birth certificate, marriage license, death certificate or something similar. A secondary (or derivative) source would be from a newspaper article, a book or even a transcription of a record.
Each new year, I take some time to clean out file folders and straighten up things. I like to start fresh and it gives me a chance to see what needs fixing, updating, mending and so on. One of the things I do is update my files on family history.
Nina Warren was born on December 19, 1898 in Upton, Wyoming. She married Michelle’s great-uncle, Joseph Durfee.
It seems appropriate to talk about cemeteries on Halloween. One of the reports I can do on my software is Burials. So I can see all the people who have a burial fact.
We’ve been working on our family history for many years now, and had a good start from the information given to us by Walt’s mom and her cousin Leonard Brune. But what if you are starting from scratch? Then start with you!
As we are over 200 Family History posts and nearly 4 years in the blog, I thought I might share a little insight on the software I use and how it helps me to determine who to write about.
Hope our US readers had a good Thanksgiving! Once Thanksgiving is over, most people turn their thoughts to the next holiday. And there are bunches in the next few weeks, Chanukah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa among others. So what does this have to do with family history? Obviously there are many traditions, like the cookies we talked about last year.
When you are doing family research, it can be tricky to track all of the relationships. I thought it might be helpful to explain what some of the relationship descriptors actually mean. My software helps me sort it all out, but it’s not too complicated if you know where to start.
Last week, I posted about finding that a large number of relatives were from a smallish area in Germany. I had some requests from people who wanted to know where their relatives were from. So here are some tips you can use to try to find out.
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