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Anyone wishing to start a search for their ancestors needs to start with themselves and work backwards one generation at a time. This way, each generation can be documented as linking to the previous one, and a family genealogy can be accurately connected back to it's earliest recorded ancestors. One needs to find all the important family papers that might contain genealogy documents, and those are described in the pages to follow.

Before the patron begins searching for all her family documents, however, she needs to learn about the forms used to record and organize the data that found, so that all documentation will be accurately recorded and easy to retrieve later if necessary to prove relationships. These forms are still available on paper, but now also in fancy computer programs that will sort and index the information entered.

Forms 

What forms does my patron need to record genealogical information?

Software

What software programs are available for organizing genealogical data?

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Return to:

• Table of Contents
• Geography of Locality
• History of Locality
• Government of Locality
• Book Resources
• Collecting Family Documents
• Documents at Home
• Vital Records
• Government Records

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This website written and designed by:
Sharon Marie Centanne,
Genealogy Research Instructor and Internet Trainer
Please direct any questions to:
Sharon.

This page updated July 20, 2009

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