jeudi 23 mars 2017

Family Genealogy Websites And How To Make One

By Edward Long


The natural curiosity of human being makes them question a lot of things including their ancestry and their place of origin. There could be times that you want to know if you are a descendant of the natives of that place or a descendant of someone who migrated from another country. Being able to have answers to these questions could make you understand the reason behind your physical and character traits better.

The usual way of getting information about these things are normally harder due to the need of personally asking older family members for info. Luckily, advancement in technology helps doing these things easier like using family genealogy websites in your research and creating one to help others in need of it. The records are easier to access and you have your own pace in doing your research.

In making a genealogy or family tree, you must start with information about yourself and your immediate family. These information include the name, birth date, birth place, married or not and the information regarding their children and parents. More information will be needed for you to provide if you want to make a comprehensive family history but those are the basic info required in the beginning.

Questions like these must be asked whenever you have the chance and the earlier the better. Take down their answers immediately in order to prevent losing these information. Older relatives may able to provide information that you would not be able to find anywhere else so asking them is a priority while they are alive still.

In an unfortunate event that you are unable to ask them on time, there are different sources usable although researching them could possibly become harder. Old records may be found and can be used as a source of information needed. Public records are another source as well that you can take advantage of when you are able to get a hold of them.

Asking questions that require direct answers might not be the best way of getting information from your relatives. It is better to request them to share an old story or anecdote about them or other members as it will help them remember better. There might be things they thought they have forgotten that will be remembered in doing this.

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.

You can also narrow down search results further by adding the place and increase the chances of locating useful info. Searching for events and history of the place would also provide with possible useful data. Searching of different words would likely give you results that you may need so do not be afraid to try different combinations.

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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