Begin Your Genealogy Quest


 * First step: What do you know?
 * Gather family information from around the house and put into a box.
 * Certificates - Birth, Marriage, and Death
 * Bibles
 * Letters
 * Photos
 * Diaries, Journals
 * Obituaries, Newspaper articles
 * Anything else that might contain family information


 * While gathering material download a Pedigree Chart
 * Fill in Pedigree Chart with what you personally know
 * Made a list of items that you need to find out
 * Download a Family Group Sheet for each couple on Pedigree Chart
 * Fill in each Family Group Sheet from personal knowledge
 * Go to box and look for items that might help you fill in the blank spaces on the Pedigree Chart and Family Group Sheet