Rebuilding Your Family History

Investigating your family involves who they are, what they did, where they were born, when they died, and sometimes why they did what they did. It comes down to learning your personal history. It is a great way to teach your children to be aware of their past and to develop an interest so they can learn to search further back. It can be exciting and is a great learning experience.

Where should you start?

One of the easiest ways to get other members of your family involved is to pull out your old selection of pictures that you probably have stored away in a shoe box somewhere. It is always interesting to scan through these memories of past generations. But do you know who is in the picture and when it was taken?

Plan on having a family get together. Place the pictures that you need more information on in an album with plastic sleeves. Number each picture and provide a numbered list to each family member so they can look at the individual pictures and list the name of who they think it is and the place where it was taken and when. They can also add a note or two about how the person in the picture is somehow related to your family history.

If anyone in your family has researched your family genealogy, ask them to bring the information with them to the get together. They might be able to add more details or information that was not known previously.

Request Basic Information

Hand out information sheets to each person, including the younger generation, and ask them to fill it out for the new "Family Tree" you plan on creating. Ask simple question and provide an area on the form for them to write down comments.

Some suggested questions:

NameDate of BirthPlace of BirthWhen MarriedName of SpouseMother's NameMother's date of birthMother's date of deathFather's NameFather's date of birthFather's date of death

You can have questions that include names of other relatives and if a family member is deceased they can include where they were buried. The more information and knowledge you can gather the better off you will be.

Your Job After the Party is Over

Now that you have all this information it is your turn to put it in some semblance of order. Purchase a special pen to write on the back of each picture the basic information: name(s) of people in the picture; the date it was taken (or approximate date); where it was taken; and if it was for a special occasion (wedding, baptism etc.).

Fill out the other information on either genealogical forms or input into a genealogical software program. A very advanced but user friendly software program is Family Tree Maker. It is also rated as the #1 software available. It can be purchased in both PC version and Apple version. Legacy and Roots Maker are two other software programs that are rated 2nd and 3rd in popularity.

There are multiple online web pages that are available for you to research more data regarding your family. One of the best known online genealogical website is http://www.ancestry.com/. This program requires a subscription fee. Roots Web if a free genealogical site http://www.rootsweb.com/ that is owned by Ancestry. Don't forget to use Google or any other normal search engine. Just put in your ancestor's name and you might be surprised by all the replies you receive.

If a family get together is not possible, try emailing the information sheet; send attached pictures and ask for input on who's who. For those who do not use email use the old standby-snail mail.


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