/ Baptismal certificates / Bible / Bir& certificates. r' Divorce papers. / Marriage certificates / Military records / Naturalization information

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1 Getting Started in Genealgy By Dave Tiefenbach Hw t Start Start with yurself. Gather all yur imprtant papers and recrd the infrmatin. (Surces) / Baptismal certificates / Bible / Bir& certificates r' Diplmas r' Divrce papers r' Letters / Marriage certificates / Military recrds / Naturaliatin infrmatin y' Phts,justafew r' Anythng else that has valuable infrmatin abut yu. Recrd infrmatin. (acts) y' chart - a chart shwing a persn and up t six generatins f ancestrs. keep a recrd f cemeteries and results f visit. Cemetery recrd - / Crrespndence lg - keep a recrd f everyne yu have crrespnded with fr yur research. { anily Grup Sheet - single family. / Research lg - a recrd shwing the facts and events fr a a lg fyur research fr a persn. Blank cpies f the abve frms are included at the end f these instructins. (Cmpliments f Ancestry.cm and RtsMagic). Perfrm the abve fr yur spuse, children, siblings, parents and grandparents etc.

2 Take a rad trip (great hbby fr RVers). Visit repsitries in lcatins f yur family. Cemeteries - visit yur deceased relative, take pictures f gravestnes, recrd plt lcatin and inscriptins. baptismal & marriage recrds lk fr recrds f yur family. talk t ttrem abut yur ancestrs. Churches - Curt huses - amily - Libraries - lk fr genealgical sectin; ask librarian fr help. State Archives - lk fr recrds f yur family. r nternet Research Ancestry.cm is the largest fr-prfit genealgy cmpany in the wrld, it perates a netwrk f genealgical, histrical recrd and genetic genealgy websites. The cmpany claims t prvide access t apprximately 1 6 billin histrical recrds. ven thugh Ancestry charges fr membership, there are abut 1,900 free cllectins. G t click n Search>Card Catalg, in keywrd bx type "free." Cyndi's List f Genealgy Sites is a categried and crss referenced list flinks fr genealgical research. The site cntains rughly 332,000 links in mre than 200 categries. Cyndi's List supplements perating expenses with affiliate advertising (free). amilysearch is a genealgy rganiatin perated by The Church f Jesus ist flatter-day Saints and is the largest genealgy rgxiatin in the wrld. amilysearch maintains a cllectin f recrds, resurces, and services designed t help peple leam mre abut their family histry. amilysearch gathers, preserves, and shares genealgical recrds wrldwide. t access t its resurces and service nline. ind A Grave is a website that allws the public t search and add t an nline database f cemetery recrds. t receives and uplads digital phtgraphs fheadstnes frm burial sites taken by unpaid vlunteers at cemeteries. ind A Grave then psts the phts n its website. (ree)

3 r Additinal llelp amily Tree Magaine is a publicatin abut genealgy and family histry. Tpics include resurce guides fr specific ethnicities, technlgy hw-t articles, histry and genealgy news. SaddleBrke Genealgy Club. The MSSON f the club is t prmte interest in the study f genealgy, t help thers in their pursuit f ancestrs and t encurage fellwship amng the members. The club is pen t SaddleBrke residents wh wish t research their ancestrs. Membership cnsists f peple just beginning their research and peple wh have a great deal f experience in ancestral research. The club meets the first Thursday f every mnth. There are many n-line resurces fr getting started ne being Click n Search>Research Wiki, in the search bx, type amily Histry fr Beginners. Organiatin t's imprtant t keep cpies f all recrds fund fr future reference and t prve yur facts. fyu are nt cmputer literate, yu will need a file cabinet, file flders and a system fr rganiing. The bk Organie Yur Genealgy: Strategies and Slutins fr very Researcher, may help. The best way t rganie yur material is with yur cmputer and a scanner. Yu will need a genealgy prgrrm such as amily Tree Maker, $79.95 fr ne cmputer, r my persnal chice, RtsMagic, $29.95 can use n up t five cmputers. Bth prgrams assist family histrians in tracking, rganiing, printing, and sharing family histry. sing yur cmputer as a strage device will allw yu t stre all dcuments and ther media such as phts related t yur research. Yu can print ffmany diffbrent reprts t share with peple r start yu wn persnal histry bk.

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6 Cnespndence Lg Dtg Name / Address Beasn fr letter Resprse Researcher:

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