| If you have ever sat and wondered about your | | | | Genealogy, so even though you don't know all the |
| family and where you come from your not alone, | | | | people from your past chances are someone has |
| you can have an emotional roller coaster ride of | | | | done some work that you can find by doing |
| an adventure seeking your kindred dead as many | | | | some simple research on the world wide web. |
| do. | | | | Second, remember all the stories you have heard |
| Doing your Family History is something that | | | | about your parents and grand parents, write |
| comes to each of us at sometime in our life, it | | | | them down as best you can. They take a |
| appears as a deep-seated desire to know more | | | | recording device and interview your parents or |
| about our ancestors, what they were like, and | | | | grand parents, or anyone that may have |
| where you come from. | | | | information about your family. Keep these |
| Many remember the made for TV minnie series | | | | recording and use them as reference material. |
| called "Roots" written by Alex Halley, which | | | | Most of all the software out there will allow you |
| seemed to start a nation wide interest in | | | | to input these stories as a part of your record, |
| something people have been doing for centuries... | | | | and pictures. |
| Genealogy, or also know today simply as Family | | | | Last of all; set aside a regular time to work on |
| History. | | | | this weekly, monthly, or whatever works best for |
| I'm here to tell you some things that can be | | | | you. The key here is to find time to spend doing |
| useful to you as you think about getting started | | | | this work on a regular basis. I can promise you |
| doing your own personal Family History research. | | | | that if you do this you will find yourself excited, |
| First start with yourself... after choosing one of | | | | and it wont be work at all, you'll look forward |
| the many Family History or Genealogy software's | | | | more and more to the time you spend with your |
| on the market today open it up and put in your | | | | kindred dead. They will become alive for you as |
| personal information. Mainly you're full name, birth | | | | you come to know who they are; this leads to a |
| date, where you were born, and whatever else is | | | | better understanding of yourself too. |
| asked for in the software. Then do your mediate | | | | Remember this last tip, share your findings with |
| family, wife or husband, children, or if your not | | | | others, and they will share with you. We are all |
| married start with your parents and siblings. If | | | | connected at some point if you go back far |
| you use the Pedigree Chart you can see how this | | | | enough. So just remember most likely others are |
| looks like a tree and the farther you go back the | | | | doing research on your family line somewhere in |
| more branches you have. That's why people | | | | the world. They will share as you share with |
| often ask "who's in your family tree"? | | | | them. |
| After that keep putting in your parents and their | | | | Because of the times we live in today this work |
| siblings, their parents and their siblings, for as far | | | | is linking the family of man on a worldwide bases, |
| back as you know or can remember. Then when | | | | mainly because of the information super highway, |
| you look at it, you start to see how very quickly | | | | and the advance in technology over the past 15 |
| your ancestors add up. Don't let the shear | | | | years. Embrace your Family History with passion, |
| magnitude of the numbers discourage you from | | | | which for many used to be just a hobby, but |
| continuing. You see in the digital age we live, the | | | | now has become an addiction. |
| second most researched topic on the Internet is | | | | |