| Tracing your family ancestry has been
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| | interview. This information may help
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| around for many generations. Originally,
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| | trigger new stories and additional
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| it was done by the matriarch of the
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| | details that will further enhance your
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| family, as she recorded the births,
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| | understanding of your family's past. Be
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| marriages and deaths of all of her
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| | sure to ask for any additional
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| relatives and close friends. Frequently,
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| | scrapbooks, articles, old photographs
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| these records were kept in the family
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| | that you might borrow to study in more
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| Bible or a scrapbook. Fortunately, many
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| | detail. Make sure you put this
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| of these books have been passed down from
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| | information in a separate file, carefully
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| generation to generation. If you're
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| | marked so that you can return it to the
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| lucky, you may be in possession of one of
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| | original owner, exactly as it was
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| those rare books today. When we first
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| | provided.
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| start out researching our genealogy, we
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| | As soon as possible, after the interview,
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| frequently start with these rare books as
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| | review the stories, documents, and
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| our initial source.
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| | photographs to try and incorporate this
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| These books provide an excellent source
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| | information into your family tree
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| of information about our families. In
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| | research files. Take copies of all of
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| many cases, we find not only important
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| | the documents and photographs, and
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| facts about our family we also find
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| | clearly mark on the back of each copy the
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| newspaper clippings, old photographs,
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| | source of the document, the date it was
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| wedding invitations, and family reunion
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| | obtained, and the condition of the
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| invitations to name a few. These items
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| | original document. These details will be
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| provide us with important clues and
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| | invaluable when you revisit this
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| valuable stories that bring our family
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| | information, months and even years from
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| history to life. Take the time to review
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| | now.
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| each of these items to understand and
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| | As much as we would like to believe that
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| properly document them.
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| | genealogy is the discovery of important
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| Once we have recorded all of the
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| | and influential ancestors, it is in
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| information that is contained in these
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| | reality, a complex process of uncovering
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| books, we start interviewing close family
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| | and documenting historical facts and
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| members for other information that they
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| | stories. However, as dry as that sounds,
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| might have. It is a good idea to take
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| | it can also be a very rewarding and
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| your family tree charts and notes with
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| | challenging hobby. Knowing that we are
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| you to these interviews. The notes
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| | discovering our family's history and
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| you've made will help your family
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| | heritage and putting it into context for
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| visualize the branch of the family tree
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| | future generations makes this a very
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| that you are tracing. Be sure and
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| | worthwhile project that our family will
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| display all of the source information
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| | be able to cherish forever.
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| that you have found to date, during the
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