Re: Where do I start?
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In reply to:
Where do I start?
3/18/02
Hi Shannon,
The first thing you should do is start talking to you parents, grand parents, aunts and uncles.Get everyone to label all old photos' as soon as possible.If your grandparents have passed away get their death certificates.That may give you their parents names and where they were born.You also need to check the cemetary.A good geneolgy program helps so that you do not have slips of paper all over the place.Talk to the oldest folk in your family and try to get your Mom/Dad and all their siblings to talk about their parents and just listen and take notes.When they are all together they all remember things and that triggers other things.Try the census to see where they lived, that will give you the name and ages of head of house, spouse and children and will give you a start.Once you do all of that, you will be on your way.