How To Get Your Kids Interested In Genealogy
In the United States today, genealogy is rapidly becoming an interest for many families. Genealogy and ancestry sites are popping up everyday.
Genealogy can be made into a family activity. Children as young as five years old can participate. Genealogy can be a fun way for children to learn about their heritage. Once your children have started creating a family tree, they will want to continue finding out more about their family.
To start out, have your children create fact sheets on everyone in the immediate family. Mom and dad can provide information on themselves and their brothers and sisters such as names and birth dates.
Once this step is finished, have your children talk to their grandparents. They are a wealth of information, full of facts and stories that will keep your children enthralled and anticipating more information. The stories that your children get from their grandparents will last a lifetime and can be passed down to their children. By starting the tradition of genealogy today your children can pass the knowledge down to another generation.
Ron Kolb, who grew up to be the owner of FamilyHeritageConsulting.com
Be prepared to answer an onslaught of questions. Once your children start with genealogy, their fascination will grow. If your child appears not to be interested, do not force him or her to participate. As you discuss and create your fact sheets with your other children or spouse, chances are that the child will become interested and join in.
As you get further into the genealogy of your family, your research will take you to the library. This is an incredible place for your children to find information. There are thousands of books on genealogy and family crests; the meaning of last names and some can also contain logs from ships that their ancestors sailed on when they first came to America. Older children can also be taken to the records department of local courthouses where information can be researched and documented. Once you have done all this with your children, you can go online to the courthouses of countries from which your ancestors came. By sending a simple email requesting information regarding your family members, your children can find out if they still have family relations in their country of origin.
By encouraging your children to participate in genealogy, you are opening up the door to the world. If your children find that they have relatives in their country of origin, encourage them to write letters and establish a line of communication to new found family members.
By getting your children involved in genealogy, you are giving them the knowledge of their heritage and they will pass this incredible gift down to their children.
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Copyright 2006. This article about genealogy was sent to us by Heather Colman from: http://genealogy-talk.info
September 1, 2010
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Midwestern United States Genealogy Research Services
Although I specialize in Illinois Genealogy Research as well as Midwestern United States genealogy research, my past experiences have included genealogical research not only in the United States and Canada, but also in Sweden, Norway, Germany, British Isles including England, Ireland and Scotland, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Greece, Hungary, Russia, Poland, Austria, and all countries in South America.
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July 28, 2010
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Military records research
My last few genealogy research projects have been wide in scope but always seem to gain the most information in military records. Many of our veterans of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and the Civil War submitted paperwork to receive a pension if they were fortunate enough to survive. Some of the information found in a veterans pension packet can be very insightful. There will probably be personal information about the soldier and his family such as birth, marriage and death certificates which give researchers great leads about those hard to find family members. But sometimes you will find amazing items such as letters written home while the soldier was on the front or testimonies of the soldier of what it it was like while he (or she) was in the service.
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During the summer, I am offering discounts for my research work especially if some of the work involves military research. Please mention that you are interested in whether or not your ancestors were in any of the early wars our country was involved in. I will also give discounts to any veterans or any men or woman serving our country presently. All of my estimates for research inquiries are free. Just give me some information to get started such as names and approximate dates and places your ancestors lived in. It need not be too involved but enough information to give me a head start. I will get back to you within a day or so with an estimate for further research and possibly creating a “family book”
I look forward to hearing from you and hopefully working with you. Just email Ronald (Ron) Kolb at klbmarlene@aol.com
Happy researching Ron
July 13, 2010
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Civil War pension packets
I want to add some thoughts about why military research can be so revealing and interesting. In many genealogy research projects I have worked on  (including my own family research), inside our ancestors’ pension packets I have found some items which can only be considered family heirlooms. I have located old copies of family photographs taken during the Civil War, copies of pages from family bibles, and letters written by soldiers  to members of the family still at home.
Finding such items is like hitting the “genealogical jackpot” There are other areas where to locate such treasures such as some library archives and even in old courthouse records but if you are lucky enough and honored enough to have a Civil War veteran in the family, it is definitely worth the effort to see if your veteran received a pension. I can help you locate your ancestors in various records such as census and vital records (birth, marriage and death) and then determine if your family lines had any veterans in any of our countries earlier wars. It would be my honor.
Best regards, Ron Kolb
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June 29, 2010
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During a professional genealogy research consultation, a professional genealogical researcher reviews the information you have about your ancestors, and identifies the best records for you to search next. A consultation is perfect for genealogy clients who want advice on which records to search, but who want to do the searching themselves. Let Ron, a professional genealogist, study your findings and steer you in the right direction!
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Are you looking for Vital Records as part of your family tree research?
The records I obtain during the course of my genealogical research services are not limited to the united states. Do you need hard to locate records from the UK or other European countries? I can also help with those searches too.
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Records that are typically used in genealogy research include, but are not limited to:
- Vital records
- Birth records
- Death records
- Marriage and divorce records
- Adoption records
- Biographies and biographical profiles
- Census records
- Church records
- Baptism or christening
- Confirmation
- Bar or bat mitzvah
- Marriage
- Funeral or death
- Membership
- City directories and telephone directories
- Coroner’s reports
- Court records
- Criminal records
- Civil records
- Diaries, personal letters and family Bibles
- Emigration, immigration and naturalization records
- Hereditary & lineage organization records
- Land and property records, deeds
- Medical records
- Military and conscription records
- Newspaper articles
- Obituaries
- Occupational records
- Oral histories
- Passports
- Photographs
- Poorhouse, workhouse, almshouse, and asylum records
- School and alumni association records
- Ship passenger lists
- Social Security (within the USA) and pension records
- Tax records
- Tombstones, cemetery records, and funeral home records
- Voter registration records
- Wills and probate records
May 18, 2010
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Large or small, it doesn’t matter – I’m here to help make the whole process easier and less confusing for you. What are you waiting for? Contact me today and find out what a professional genealogist can do for your family history research project!
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