| It is very wise to have a book on genealogy and | | | | where family members or couples are written in |
| genealogy forms to help you begin your research. | | | | boxes. There are usually optional lines to highlight |
| A good genealogy book will tell you where to | | | | the relationships. This chart is very helpful because |
| start and guide you through the process | | | | you can find generations going down or across |
| depending on how far you want to expand on | | | | the chart. |
| your family history. The first thing you must do is | | | | A genealogy timeline form allows you to chart out |
| organize your genealogical records. | | | | specific family history events during arbitrary time |
| To organize these genealogical records you will | | | | periods. There are also genealogy cemetery |
| need specific genealogy forms. The family group | | | | forms that will keep track of your history in |
| records or the individual records are the logical | | | | cemeteries. This is a great reference sheet and |
| genealogy forms to begin with. The individual | | | | can keep track of a lot of information gathered |
| genealogy form is the biography form and the | | | | at one cemetery. A genealogy research log form |
| family record sheet is the form that is used to | | | | is a fairly standard form. It will keep track of the |
| keep track of the family data. It normally | | | | research you are performing on a specific |
| features references for each piece of information. | | | | individual in a particular locality. This form helps to |
| The next genealogy form that is needed is a | | | | keep those minute details from escaping your |
| pedigree chart. A pedigree chart shows you the | | | | memory. |
| complete family line. This form also features | | | | Finally, a correspondence log sheet is a valuable |
| references for each lineage. The references used | | | | genealogy form that will help you to keep track |
| in making these charts depend on the author and | | | | of the letters you have sent to others for |
| how he wants to reference his family ancestors. | | | | information. There is a document number that will |
| It may be by culture or could simply be by | | | | refer to letters and responses that you have |
| geography. A pedigree fan chart will hold at least | | | | sent out and received. It helps to be organized |
| eight generations. A general family relationship | | | | when tracking your family history and genealogy |
| chart is the family ‘graph’ paper. This is | | | | forms will definitely help you do just that. |