Suggested Ways To Start
- Compile as much information as possible about your
family. Start with yourself, parents, and grandparents.
- Ask your relatives about your family history. Often,
family members remember stories or information, or
possess documents, that can help start you on your
way.
- Look in family records (letters, family Bibles, scrapbooks,
diaries, photographs, baptisms, and new clippings,
etc).
- Consult non-Federal local sources for records such
as births, deaths, marriages, deeds, and wills.
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Your research likely will yield better results if you
first obtain the following information:
- Names of ancestors, their spouses, their siblings,
their children, and other relatives, if known
- Approximate dates of their birth and death, and,
if applicable, dates of military service, of marriage,
and of divorce
- The places (such as the town, county, state or
province, and country) of birth and death, and residence.
Any record that gives a name, place, and/or date may
be of interest to you as you conduct your family research.
There could be a wealth of information about your family
in our holdings, just awaiting your discovery! |
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