| Getting older seems to make finding our "roots" | | | | learn about other people--how they lived, what they |
| more important. But where to start? Here you'll find a | | | | did, who they knew. But I've also learned along the |
| list of 15 resources to get you started on your family | | | | way that most people haven't a clue what resources |
| tree adventure. If you're like me, when you were | | | | are available to them beyond the usual - interviewing |
| young, looking beyond your mother and father to | | | | family, checking birth certificates and newspapers, |
| find out where you came from just wasn't important. | | | | etc. So here I've compiled a list of 25 resources you |
| Well, I've found that the older you get, the more | | | | should take advantage of if you're really serious |
| important your ancestry becomes. I'm not sure why. | | | | about finding out "where you came from." 1.The |
| Maybe I have a broader perspective on things now. | | | | obvious, of course, is interviewing family members; |
| Maybe I'm just curious as to whether there was | | | | not only mom and dad, but aunts, uncles, distant |
| nobility in my family. Perhaps I'm looking for some | | | | cousins. Start by drawing a quick family tree going |
| closet skeletons. Whatever my reasons, I do find | | | | back just two generations and start making calls or |
| tracing my ancestry fascinating. It is so interesting to | | | | sending mail or emails. |