الجمعة، 24 مارس 2017

Family Genealogy Websites And How To Make One

By Edward Long


As a human being, people are naturally curious and one area of curiosity are the questions of who their ancestors are and where they came from. You may have always wondered if your family are native to the area or some of them came from other countries. Knowing these mysteries may help you understand why you look the way you do and the prevalent characteristics your family members have.

The older and harder way of knowing these is by asking your elders and parents, and grandparents if they are still alive, on information regarding the names of your ancestors and their history. But these process becomes easier now thanks to the internet and family genealogy websites available for people to use. Records are more accessible now so researching becomes much easier and can be done any time.

Making the family tree, also known as genealogy, starts with providing data about yourself and the immediately family members you have. These basic information are names, birthdays, birth places, civil statuses and information regarding their parents and children as well. More information could be asked if a comprehensive family history is what you want to make.

These questions must be asked as soon as you get the chance to do so and note them down to prevent the answers to be forgotten and asking them again in the process. Older relatives should be asked first to grab the chance that they are still alive. Rare information about older generations could also be acquired from them and might not be found anywhere else.

If ever you are too late in asking your elders, do not worry as there are other sources you can use although it makes the research harder. There might be old records lying around in their houses that could be of use containing some of the information you need. Public records might be available as well for you to use so take advantage of them as soon as you discover these papers.

The best way in getting the information you want is by not asking direct questions. Let them share some anecdotes of the old times they have and doing this is a helpful way of making them remember things. Chances that forgotten tales might me recalled during their sharing of old stories.

You could also use general search engines in helping you with your research. Use them effectively by adding words such as genealogy so that false hits will likely be eliminated and only show sites that have this word in their pages. Although there is a chance that web pages containing useful data regarding your family could not be shown because of this so be careful.

Adding the name of a place is another way of narrowing the search results and increasing the chances in finding useful info. Search events that happened on that place and its history may give you info that you need. Try searching for different words and you may be surprised that there are topics available on those things which may assist you in your quest.

Keeping your findings and recording the details in a website is a great way to do it. There is always a possibility that others like you are doing the same research on the same genealogy so sharing of progress will be easier. Completing your genealogy is easier as well with more people helping.




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