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Article #175: Genealogy - Trace Your Family's History

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Did you ever consider that your history and had quite a collection of
great-great-grandfather may have fought information about our ancestors. When my
in the civil war? Perhaps your sister took over the work on the family
great-great-great grandfather made his tree that my father had started one thing
way here from the "old country" on a she did was to contact the local
great old sailing ship with just a few historical society in the town where we
pence in his pocket. What of your knew my great-grandparents lived. They
grandmother? Perhaps she was the local were able to give some family history as
librarian in her town. Once they start a my great-grandfather was a rather
genealogy search most people find tracing prominent citizen. From there she
their family history fascinating. What contacted the cemetery where family
may start with the simple desire to know members were buried and was able to get
a few names and dates turns into nothing birth dates and dates of death. When she
short of a fascinating archaeological made a visit to another town where some
"dig" of sorts. of our ancestors lived she took a camera
There are many ways to get tidbits on to the cemetery and took pictures of the
your family history. Perhaps you're lucky tomb stones.
like me and your family never threw any The internet is a great starting point
scrap of paper away. You may have a for your genealogy search. You can visit
handwritten birth certificate, as I do, a website where you can check the
for my great-great-grandfather who was passenger arrival records from Ellis
born in England in the 1800's. Birth, Island. AOL has a site where you can type
death and marriage records are generally in name, birth and death info on your
easy to find, especially if the family ancestors to see if there is any
members you are searching about were born information online. Some sites offer
here in this country. Maybe you have genealogy information by country. There
letters sent back and forth that have are some sights that offer the ability to
information about your ancestors in them. see information that others have already
I have a bible that belonged to my searched out. Some of these are paid
great-great-grandmother that has in the membership sites. You may even find out
back pages where she recorded family that you have an unknown family member
births, deaths and marriages. out there doing the same search on your
My father was interested in our family family members.






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