Beginning Your Family History
by Kay Clarke and Diane Granger
| Step 1. | Identify what you know about your family |
| Information on hand | |
| Getting organized | |
| Computers and the Internet | |
| Use of charts | |
| Step 2. | Decide what you want to learn about your family |
| Research log | |
| Step 3. | Start your research |
| Interviewing your family | |
| Correspondence | |
| Locating records | |
| Vital records and church or parish records | |
| Census records | |
| Maps and gazetteers | |
| Step 4. | Evaluate the information |
| Truth or fiction |
