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Description
Karen Fortin presents this five-part series designed for beginners interested in learning how to start researching their family history. Each episode will premiere on the third Tuesday of the month and will take participants through some of the basic steps in genealogy and provide them with instructions on how they can practice what they learn on their own.
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This
series
is
designed
for
people
who
are
new
to
genealogy
and
want
to
learn
how
to
get
started,
researching
your
family
tree
in
this
first
lesson:
we'll
look
at
some
basic
genealogical
concepts
and
explore
some
of
the
items
that
you
may
already
have
in
your
family
collection
that
can
help
you
get
started
in
lesson.
Two
we'll
learn
how
to
take
that
information
and
begin,
recording
and
organizing
it
in
pedigree,
charts
and
family
group
sheets.
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We'll
also
look
at
how
to
set
basic
research
goals
so
that
you
can
begin
researching
more
effectively
in
lesson.
Three
we'll
look
at
some
of
the
common
types
of
records
that
you'll
likely
be
working
with,
with
a
focus
on
census
records
and,
in
particular
the
1940
united
states
census
in
lesson.
Four
we'll
look
at
how
to
start
doing
a
basic
online
search
for
genealogical
records
using
a
free
site
called
familysearch.org.
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One
of
the
goals
for
this
series
is
to
try
and
make
it
easy
for
you
to
get
started
from
home
at
little
or
no
cost
in
lesson.
Five
we'll
look
at
how
to
start
putting
some
of
the
pieces
together,
we'll
first
look
at
simple
source
citations
and
why
it's
important
to
record
where
the
information
you
find
came
from
we'll
look
at
how
to
create
a
basic
timeline
so
that
you
can
put
the
pieces
of
your
ancestors
lives
into
context.
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You
need
to
know
enough
about
a
person
in
order
to
recognize
when
you
have
found
the
right
record
for
them
often
you'll
start
with
their
name,
but
that's
not
always
as
easy
as
it
sounds.
Nowadays.
We
generally
spell
our
last
name,
the
same
way
in
every
record,
but
that
was
not
always
the
case
in
the
past.
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For
the
first
exercise,
I
like
to
call
this
one:
the
scavenger
hunt
try
to
find
out
what
you
may
already
have
that
can
provide
information,
look
to
see.
What's
in
your
family
history
collection
such
as
birth
records,
newspaper
clippings
and
other
types
of
items,
maybe
they're
in
an
old
shoe
box,
that's
been
stored
in
the
back
of
a
closet
if
you're
very
lucky,
it
may
even
be
an
entire
trunk.
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This
is
a
great
time
to
start
interviewing,
the
oldest
members
of
your
family,
to
find
out
what
stories
they
know
before.
Those
stories
are
lost
next
time.
We'll
look
at
how
to
take
the
information
either
that
you
already
know,
or
that
you
learn
through
your
scavenger
hunt
and
start
recording
and
organizing
it,
so
that
you'll
be
able
to
have
it
ready
to
move
on
to
the
next
step
in
your
genealogical
journey.