{"id":205,"date":"2009-03-22T00:23:40","date_gmt":"2009-03-22T05:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wessyngton.com\/blog\/?p=205"},"modified":"2009-03-30T10:01:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-30T15:01:00","slug":"tips-on-tracing-your-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wessyngton.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/tips-on-tracing-your-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Genealogy Tips #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

1.\u00a0 <\/span>Start with yourself<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>The first step in tracing genealogy is to start with yourself and work backwards.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Start with what you know such as the names of parents, grandparents etc. then search<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>for the unknown.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 <\/span>Interview older relatives<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span> Older family members can give you personal information about your ancestors \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>not found in official records.\u00a0 <\/span>They may also give you information that will lead you \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>you to other genealogical resources such as the names of extended family members, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>locations where family members lived during a certain period, birth, marriage, and <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>death dates of family members.\u00a0 <\/span>Always record the interviews if possible.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 <\/span>Copy old photographs<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Copy all old family photographs and share them with family members.\u00a0 <\/span>Be sure to <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>record the names of all persons featured in photographs on the back.\u00a0 <\/span>We have all <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>seen old photographs of family members that no one can identify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Share information with family members.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Always share what you find with family members.\u00a0 <\/span>If you share information others <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>will likely share with you.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 <\/span>Organize your work<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Always organize your research and cite sources so the information you find is<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>useful to others.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1.\u00a0 Start with yourself \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The first step in tracing genealogy is to start with yourself and work backwards.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Start with what you know such as the names of parents, grandparents etc. then search \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for the unknown. \u00a0 2.\u00a0 Interview older relatives \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Older family members can give you personal information […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,21],"tags":[92,91,78,53,575,90],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wessyngton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wessyngton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wessyngton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wessyngton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wessyngton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wessyngton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207,"href":"https:\/\/www.wessyngton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions\/207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wessyngton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wessyngton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wessyngton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}