How/where does one start a family tree?

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Rob

How/where does one start a family tree?

Legg inn av Rob » 29 okt 2004 20:00:53

There are so many places on the internet, but most do not say what country
they have records for or it's only the USA, I am from Canada and would like
to trace my family, mostly on my mom's side.

Where do I go where do I start??

Thanks for any info!

:)

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Rob...

Lesley Robertson

Re: How/where does one start a family tree?

Legg inn av Lesley Robertson » 29 okt 2004 21:08:38

"Rob" <rob@stupidguytalk.org> schreef in bericht
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There are so many places on the internet, but most do not say what country
they have records for or it's only the USA, I am from Canada and would
like to trace my family, mostly on my mom's side.

Where do I go where do I start??

You start with your family - ask questions, borrow birth, marriage and

death certificates, borrow photos, get them scanned and then go back and get
the names of the people.
Where you look after that depends on where your family was from.
There's a good collection of Beginner's stuff here
http://www.cyndislist.com/beginner.htm
Lesley Robertson

JD

Re: How/where does one start a family tree?

Legg inn av JD » 29 okt 2004 22:04:42

There are so many places on the internet, but most do not say what country
they have records for or it's only the USA, I am from Canada and would
like to trace my family, mostly on my mom's side.

Where do I go where do I start??

Most of the larger cities (and many smaller ones) here in Canada have
genealogy groups and societies that you will be welcome in. Plus,
check for your nearest LDS (Mormon) Church and their family research
centers. They have about the best info there is all nicely files and
microfilmed. Depends where in Canada you are. What is your nearest
major city?

JD

LyleH29423

Re: How/where does one start a family tree?

Legg inn av LyleH29423 » 30 okt 2004 22:42:41

The tradiional first step is to talk with the the older living relatives, in
your case, your mother if still surviving; if not, any of her relatives
(siblings, cousins). Ask about names and dates of birth, marriage, places, etc.
Then get marriage certificates, birth certificates, death certificates, census
listings. Repeat all this with the next oldest generatioln, etc. Good luck.
lyleh@aol.com

Gjest

Re: How/where does one start a family tree?

Legg inn av Gjest » 31 okt 2004 20:01:01

On 30 Oct 2004 20:42:41 GMT, lyleh29423@aol.com (LyleH29423) wrote:

The tradiional first step is to talk with the the older living relatives, in
your case, your mother if still surviving; if not, any of her relatives
(siblings, cousins). Ask about names and dates of birth, marriage, places, etc.
Then get marriage certificates, birth certificates, death certificates, census
listings. Repeat all this with the next oldest generatioln, etc. Good luck.
lyleh@aol.com


For basic Canadian research try the ArchivaNet site on the Canadian
Government website. It has a lot of sources and links, but it does
take some perseverance to track down the information you're looking
for:

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/0201_e.html

Jim

Nearl J Icarus

Re: How/where does one start a family tree?

Legg inn av Nearl J Icarus » 01 nov 2004 07:54:47

Some sources could be right under your nose and you'd never know it. I talked
to my Dad one time about tracing the family back. He told me that I wouldn't
get very far since some of the places that kept records had burned down quite
a few years back.

A decade after I grew up and left home (and moved half way across the
country), I got a call from a retired gentleman who was researching his
family. He traveled a bit, and he'd look names up in the phone book. So he
gave me a call.

He had a father-son line from the first Mc Mindes that moved to this country
during the Revolution. Only problem was that I didn't know anybody past my
grandfather so I didn't know where I fit in all that.

There was a lady who lived 13 miles from where I grew up who was doing
genealogy on her line. I've been to that town a couple times, never even knew
there was a Mc Mindes living there. The first, second, and fourth generation
sons are buring around that town. I'm the seventh generation.

She gave me a stack of papers on the family. (small stack, but each page had
more information than I ever thought of getting).

And when you do start getting information, it does get a little interesting.
The info for my Dad's branch came from one of my uncles. I never did get a
chance to ask him why he said that his Dad never remarried. It was his second
wife that I grew up calling "Grandma Fern." They were married, even though
some members of the family expressed a little surprise over that. Even today
even though they got married nearly 50 years ago. Mom told me that Grandpa Guy
tried to keep it hush hush. Guess he kept it quiet too good.

When I started keying it all into a genealogy program, I started with me. Not
a bad place to start with.

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