Family Trees Are So Much Fun!

I've been visiting with dead relatives lately and finding a few new ones. It's amazing to find people you never knew you were related to in documents and census records. Marriage records are a valuable source because they reveal the maiden name of the wife and open up all kinds of hidden delights for the family researchers and genealogists. 

If you are interested in looking into you family history, begin with yourself and your parents. Ask lots of questions about where your parents and grandparents lived and worked. Write it all down. List the years they were born, where they went to school, and where they worked. Look for interesting facts like family traditions and names of friends and acquaintances. In a narrative these details make your story come alive.

As you research your families, you will learn to recognize original sources and identify hints to pursue to find the most interesting events in your family history. .