Ge#ng started! • Start with yourself! • You may have access to FIVE genera>ons • Grandparents • Parents • YOU • Children • Grandchildren
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Ge#ng started!
• Start with yourself! • You may have access to FIVE genera>ons
• Grandparents • Parents • YOU • Children • Grandchildren
How do I get informa>on?
• First – contact your family. • Collect all the documents you can from your family – Birth, marriage, and death cer>ficates – Family bibles, diaries, photos, leJers, newspaper cu#ngs
• Visit and gather those stories (while you can!) • Note the sources of each piece of informa>on
How do I get MORE informa>on
• Visit repositories (libraries/museums/archives • Join genealogical/family history groups
• Read books about the place/ period in >me
• Go on-‐line and search
• BUT most of all use other people with an interest in family history to help you in your journey.
More about more informa>on ☺
• Repositories – Museums – Na>onal, regional and local,
– Libraries – Na>onal, special focused libraries such as the NZSG library.
– Archives – Na>onal and special archives such as Church archives, military archives.
– Special historical places – such as Pioneer buildings, churches,
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• Books/magazines – Quick aids to countries – how to...., – GazeJeers – help you find those liJle places not always on the map – Social histories – learn about the life and >mes rela>ng to your family
– Personal family stories – here you could find others who might have wriJen about your wider family
– Magazines focusing on a special area/ place.
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• On-‐line – a teaser! • Free websites – NZ archives; NZ historical BDMs – Family search; Papers Past; NZSG; Na>onal archives of Ireland; and so much more.
• Pay to view websites – Ancestry.com; FindMyPast; Bri>sh library newspapers; The genealogist; Scotland’s people
Use Genealogical/Family history groups
• Local branches throughout the country • Interest groups, • Family history socie>es
• Each of these groups offer personal help from their members – assis>ng point you in the right direc>on to further your research
How can I record the informa>on?
• Hard copy – A box/file for each family
– A pedigree chart recording your direct ancestors – A family group sheet for the wider family – Census forms following the family over the years
– Copies of cer>ficates, photos, leJers, newspapers,
Pedigree chart & Family Group sheets
Census records
• Check dates –eg. UK/ Scotland 1841 – 1911 • Ireland – 1901 -‐ 1911
How can I record informa>on (2) Computer databases
• Genealogy computer programmes exist for PCs, Mac, laptops, tablets and smart phones: – ‘Legacy’ ‘family tree maker’ ‘Roots magic’ – ‘iFamily’; ‘reunion’
You can enter your data into a digital programme, carry it with you, add informa>on from a variety of repositories, alter it as you get new informa>on, copy notes, wills, maps, photos etc. and share with others.
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A Legacy page
A Family Tree Maker page
Don’t forget!
• Record your findings (hard copy or on a computer programme)
• Note the sources • Check for more than one source
• Join a group/ Branch/ Interest group • Go to an educa>on session or start one! • Have fun!
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