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Description
This five-part series is 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 viewers through some of the basic steps in genealogy and provide them with simple exercises to practice what they learn on their own.
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You
have
more
ancestors
than
you've,
probably
ever
really
stopped
to
think
about.
Each
generation
doubles
the
number
of
direct
ancestors,
for
example,
two
parents,
four
grandparents,
eight
great-grandparents,
16
great-great-grandparents
and
32
third-grandparents
within
just
a
few
generations.
You
already
have
62
ancestors
and
that's
not
including
all
of
the
siblings
cousins
and
other
family
members,
there's
simply
too
many
people
to
keep
track
of
all
of
this
information
in
your
head.
Instead,
you
need
to
find
a
way
to
record
and
organize
this
information.
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This
is
fine,
because
these
lines
allow
you
to
identify
what
information
is
missing
and
what
you
can
use
to
target
new
research
later
in
time.
We'll
discuss
that
a
little
bit
more
toward
the
end
of
this
lesson,
for
each
person
on
your
pedigree
chart
enter
the
name
and
the
dates
and
places
associated
with
their
birth,
marriage
and
death.
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If
you
use
the
number
in
place
of
the
month,
this
can
possibly
lead
to
confusion
as
different
parts
of
the
world
arrange
the
numbers
in
a
different
order
than
we
may
be
used
to
so
no
matter
how
it
appeared
in
the
original
record
by
recording
it.
In
this
way,
it
avoids
any
possible
confusion.
Later
on,
locations
are
also
entered
in
a
certain
formula
from
the
smallest
geographical
unit
to
the
largest,
for
example,
the
city
or
town,
the
county,
the
state,
and
it
may
be
the
country.
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It's
also
a
good
idea
to
list
the
children
in
birth
order
from
oldest
to
youngest.
This
can
be
helpful
in
a
number
of
ways.
For
example,
it
may
allow
you
to
see
how
the
family
moved
around
in
at
in
different
times
by
listing
where
and
when
each
of
the
children
was
born,
you
can
trace.
The
movements
of
the
family
can
also
be
helpful
when
you're
looking
in
census
records,
many
census
records
will
list
the
children
in
birth
order.
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This
will
allow
you
to
match
up
the
family
unit
that
you
see
in
the
family
group
sheet
with
that
in
the
census
record
by
being
able
to
see
the
same
order
of
the
children
and
which
children
may
not
have
been
born.
Yet
in
that
census
year,
there's
also
room
to
record
the
information
for
each
of
the
children's
spouses.
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As
you
begin
looking
for
information
about
your
ancestors,
it
can
be
helpful
to
do
so
by
setting
specific
research
goals
instead
of
just
doing
broad
general
searches
to
see
what
records
might
show
up.
Instead,
it's
more
effective
to
set
the
goal
of
identifying
where
each
piece
of
information
may
be
located.
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For
example,
when
was
my
grandmother
born
next
think
of
all
the
different
types
of
records
that
may
be
available
that
can
help
you
find
that
information
for
a
birthday
or
an
age
from
which
you
can
get
an
estimated
birth
year.
It's
likely
that
there
are
many
different
types
of
records
that
can
be
found
if
you're
lucky,
you
may
find
a
birth
certificate.
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For
example,
a
draft
registration
from
world
war,
one
world
war
ii
or
even
the
civil
war,
may
have
asked
for
their
age
or
birth
date.
This
was
because
only
men
within
a
certain
age
range
were
required
to
register
many
other
legal
records
might
also
have
their
age.
Even
a
passenger
manifest
may
list
the
ages
of
each
of
the
passengers
aboard.
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The
easiest
way
to
find
a
form
is
to
do
a
search
in
a
search
engine
such
as
google
just
enter
the
terms
pedigree
chart,
form
and
you'll
find
many
to
choose
from
do
the
same.
To
find
a
family
group
sheet
form
then
begin,
recording
all
of
the
facts
that
you
know
or
that
you've
discovered
from
the
scavenger
hunt
exercise.