Start Your Family Tree with YOU.
The big picture - It is important to start your family tree information with yourself because it can be added to in an organized manner from there and it is the information that you know the best.
Next add your Father and Mother and then if you can add your both sets of Grandparents. Once you have added what you know then you can start the ancestor treasure hunt for more names and information.
How to Start your giant puzzle of your Family Tree. The first piece is YOU.
The reason I am repeating the first piece is because to often we don't do it - it is to easy - and we press on for the older ancestors.
The problem with not doing it correctly - is our information becomes a tangled mess (bits and pieces all over the place) and we have to go back to the beginning and sort it all out.
Photograph Family Trees are always fun to look at.
A marriage tree on my side of the family
First - my Marriage date and then my ancestors marriage dates with the picture connections
Scan documents and keep the orginal in a safe place.
Documentation is always important whenever you can obtain it.
The biggest treasures you have is any document. All sorts of clues about your ancestors are found in them and will greatly aid your research.
Collect Pictures of the Transportation used in the different time periods.
Additional pictures will bring your family history to life.
My Grandmother Miller and my Great-Grandfather Dodd both traveled on the BX Paddlewheeler up the Fraser River from Soda Creek to Fort George, BC.
My Great-grandfather in May 1910
My Grandmother in August 1911
Handwritten notes and diaries are the GOLD of your family tree project.
Now you are getting a privileged look into their personalities and relationships.
This card is from my Grandmother's twin brother when she was still living in Sweden - 1911.
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Genealogy is Fun
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Ireland and Vance Genealogy
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The photograph to the left was taken by Mark Vance May 1999 on his trip to visit the Vance homeland and he wrote "1700s or 1800s Cottage in Northern Ireland. Not unlike what would have been the original Vance homstead in 1773. Learn how to...
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How to make Genealogy Fun for the Entire Family
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Genealogy is the study of family ancestries & histories. These are activities that are enjoyable and often amusing; and you will say, "I do it for the fun of it"! Don't forget to keep your family antiques.&nb...
Genealogy Books and Links
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Genealogy Columns and Articles
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Genealogy Lens with a variety of how-to articles or sites which offer a daily, weekly or monthly genealogy column (with old columns archived). The question I get asked all the time is "How do I get started with my family tree?" &...
A burl cribbage table that was handcrafted by my Dad, Harry Peterson.
Write the Story about your Favorite Family Possession
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A Cribbage Game with Grampa
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A burl cribbage table that was handcrafted by my Dad, Harry Peterson. What is a burl? Burls yield a very peculiar and highly figured wood, one prized for its beauty by many; its rarity also adds to its expense. It is sought after by people such as fu...
Grow Your Own Family Tree: The easy guide to researching family history (Paperback)
Grow Your Own Family Tree: The easy guide to researching family history
Amazon Price: $14.04 (as of 12/31/2009)
An accessible, modern guide to the hugely popular art of tracing your family tree, "Grow Your Own Family Tree" offers a concise and comprehensive summary of how to locate and use a range of records and information to track down your own family history.
The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy
This book offers a trememdous amount of very useful information for doing online genealogy.
The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy: A complete resource to using the Web to trace your family history (Everything Series)
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With millions of records now available online, those interested in their family history have a wealth of information-and misinformation-at their fingertips. This book helps both novice and experienced genealogists sort it all out.
1895 - A Baby Picture of my Grandmother
When you let your family know you are working on the family tree - you may get a picture like this 'gem' in the mail..
My Aunt sent me this photograph of her mother and my grandmother.
Any Questions or comments?
I hope I have inspired you to start your family tree.
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- AnnRadley AnnRadley Nov 6, 2009 @ 11:05 am
- I really enjoyed your lens. I am substitute teaching today in a highschool. The kids have been given an assignment to look into their family roots. But it is a challenge to motivate them. They just don't seem to understand how fascinating it can be. I'm printing out your lens - as I think it may inspire them. thank you!
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- ChapelHillFiddler ChapelHillFiddler Aug 22, 2009 @ 7:49 am
- Great idea. I am lensrolling you to my experimental "Peppler Family Tree" lens - seeing how genealogy looks as a lens - my brother got interested in our family for the first time ever this way, because a lens can be a narrative -
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- JaguarJulie JaguarJulie Aug 7, 2009 @ 10:38 am
- Hi there GramaBarb -- how the heck are you today? You know, I was just visiting another genealogy lens to see if they would be interested in having a Genealogy cobrand template -- something like SquidGen. I have created a number of lenses on this topic, to research our family tree. I think this is such a hot topic!
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- KimGiancaterino KimGiancaterino Jul 27, 2009 @ 5:26 pm
- You've been blessed by a Squid Angel, and this lens was included in Another Day of One Hundred Squid Angel Blessings.
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- KarateKatGraphics KarateKatGraphics Jul 15, 2009 @ 2:07 pm
- Wonderful topic and lens!! 5*
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A FUN interactive Family Tree site - this is a short Demo of how easy it is.
My Family uses this because we can all get involved and network with each other online.
How to Start your Family Tree Index
- How to Start your giant puzzle of your Family Tree. The first piece is YOU.
- Photograph Family Trees are always fun to look at.
- Scan documents and keep the orginal in a safe place.
- Collect Pictures of the Transportation used in the different time periods.
- Handwritten notes and diaries are the GOLD of your family tree project.
- Family Tree Maker 2009 Essentials
- Genealogy is Fun
- Genealogy Books and Links
- A burl cribbage table that was handcrafted by my Dad, Harry Peterson.
- Write the Story about your Favorite Family Possession
- Grow Your Own Family Tree: The easy guide to researching family history (Paperback)
- The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy
- 1895 - A Baby Picture of my Grandmother
- Any Questions or comments?
- A FUN interactive Family Tree site - this is a short Demo of how easy it is.
- Search Genealogy
- Genealogy places in Canada and US Maps
- Giant RocketMom List - vote for your favorite
Search Genealogy
Genealogy places in Canada and US Maps
Giant RocketMom List - vote for your favorite
Projects for the summer school of 2009
Project 1 - About Me Lens
Project 1 (Advanced) - Caption Contest
Project 2 - Niche
Project 2 (Advanced) - Your Most Prized Possession
Project 3 - Top 10 List
Project 3 (Advanced) - Restaurant Review
Project 4 -Holiday
Project 4 (Advanced) - Acknowledgment Lens
Project 5 -Recipe Lens
Project 5 (Advanced) - How-To Lens
Project 6 - Travel Lens
Project 6 (Advanced) - Space Lens
Project 7 - Charity Lens
Project 7 (Advanced) - Reading NEXT
Project 8 - Lensography
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