| Genealogy, or documenting your family
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| | history.
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| history, is a popular and rewarding
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| | The first step to your family tree is
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| hobby. Your family tree can open up
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| | what you already know: your name, your
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| beautiful love stories, war heroes,
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| | parents' names, and your grandparents'
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| family traditions, and rich histories
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| | names. The second step is to interview
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| from foreign lands. Maybe you'll find
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| | your family members, especially ones with
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| you're related to a famous person. Maybe
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| | family documents like legal papers, birth
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| your family has a rich historical or
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| | and death certificates, or obituaries.
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| religious background. A written family
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| | Also look for letters, books, newspaper
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| history is a gift you can pass to your
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| | clippings, yearbooks, diaries, and
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| children and grandchildren.
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| | photographs.
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| First, genealogy requires understanding a
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| | Next, find sources of records of your
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| few key words. A lineage or a pedigree
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| | ancestors. Census records are one of the
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| is a line of descendants of a particular
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| | most helpful tools in documenting family
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| person or group. First cousins have two
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| | history. Also check records of
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| of the same grandparents, while second
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| | immigration, court, probate, military,
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| cousins have the same great-grandparents,
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| | and vital records. While some of these
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| third cousins have the same great-great
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| | records are public, there may still be a
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| grandparents, and so forth. Once removed
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| | small fee to search, copy, or print the
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| is a common term to classify different
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| | materials. If you are requesting the
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| generations. A cousin once removed is
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| | records through the mail, you will most
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| the difference of one generation.
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| | likely pay for the actual postage costs.
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| A family tree has many benefits. Other
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| | The further back in history you research,
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| than a basic history of names,
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| | the more difficult, but interesting the
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| birthplaces, and birthdays, a family tree
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| | findings. Generations ago, literacy was
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| can document family medical history.
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| | not as prominent, and many people could
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| This is especially important to track the
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| | not spell their own names. You may have
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| occurrence of certain genetic diseases
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| | trouble deciphering handwriting and there
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| such as diabetes, heart disease, and
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| | may also be typos in records. Name
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| cancer.
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| | misspellings are common in historical
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| Need help organizing? Computer software
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| | documents, especially with immigration
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| and Internet based programs ask simple
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| | records.
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| questions to build a text or graphic
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| | With expanding popularity of genealogy,
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| family tree with as much or as little
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| | there are many historical associations
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| information you have available, which
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| | which can offer assistance in your
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| helps you better search for ancestors.
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| | research. Most public libraries also
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| There are also many Web site databases to
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| | have available resources. Internet sites
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| research and build your family tree.
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| | are an invaluable tool to connect family
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| Some of these sites are free and others
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| | members and researchers. You can post
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| charge a small fee.
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| | your own family tree so distant relatives
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| Are you researching your family history
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| | can find you. Many sites also offer
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| alone? Talk to your family members to
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| | family history classes. Watch your
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| see if they've already done genealogy
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| | family tree grow and bloom as you
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| research or are currently building a
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| | discover more about your ancestors.
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| family tree. You can incorporate the
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| | Create an eternally rewarding gift to
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| work they've already done and link your
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| | your family's future.
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| information together for a more complete
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