Many people research their family's history and enter their family data into a software package like Family Tree Maker. Unfortunately, with the massive amount of information available on the internet - today's...
One of the most successful sources for research on early Texas history and genealogy is the old FRONTIER TIMES MAGAZINE published in Texas by J. Marvin Hunter from October, 1923 until October, 1954. Mr....
Have A Famous Ancestor? Do you or your friends have an ancestor who was famous from 1900s-1930s (or perhaps even infamous)? Maybe your great granfather, grandma, uncle, auntie was a movie star, soccer...
Since food is a part of each country's culture, the study of our ancestors in genealogy sometimes leads to the foods they ate. The primary reason for Genealogy is to determine "where we come from" so that we...
Part 1Family Group Sheet Each piece of information concerning a pedigree ancestor and his/her family is placed on a worksheet. Since the end result of your research efforts will be to compile complete, correct...
part 2 Names. Dates. Places. While it is important to ask the basic questions about the whens and wheres of births, marriages, and deaths, you can sometimes get more information from relatives by asking about...
part 3 FAMILY TRADITIONS You should treat family traditions with a certain amount of healthy skepticism. These stories - often embellished from generation to generation - are great clues for further research,...
part 4 Sometimes the story will be credited to a person in the wrong generation.Mistakes about national origin can confuse a family's history. Your great grandmother may have denied a particular nationality...
part 5 With the exception of No. 1, who can be either male or female, all even-numbered persons are males and all odd-numbered are females. The spouse of No. 1 is not assigned a number.If you don't have...
part 6 While you may not be directly interested in facts about the brothers and sisters (siblings) of your ancestors, this information often can provide a vital clue about your own direct line.For instance,...