9. Now you are well on your way. Don’t expect this to take a week or a month, because family histories can take years of work, depending on how much you want to collect. Don’t expect to find famous people, presidents, or royalty somewhere along the line, either. The “common folk” who worked their whole lives, went to church on Sundays, and never had a school named after them are the same folks who built this country and made it the great nation that it is. Not that I don't enjoy finding those famous cousins myself - some day I'll write a post on my 10 Presidential Cousins!
10. My opinion on internet genealogy. You’ll probably think this is funny coming from a person with such a large web page but here goes. Don’t believe everything you see on the web. I cannot stress this point enough so forgive me because I know I mentioned it the other day. Don’t be afraid to ask for those sources for other people’s work or hesitate to correct an error if you have documentation to prove your info is correct. Personally, I look at other people’s work and use it as a sign post along my road back in time. If they list sources, I check some or all of the information to see if I can find it, too. If it’s undocumented, it doesn’t mean it’s not valid. But no one is perfect and one of the biggest parts of genealogy is correcting honest mistakes made long before you ever entered the game.
Even though this is an article about the 10 easy steps to tracing your family tree, this Family Tree Hunter has one more blog to add with additional comments before moving on to the next topic - Genealogy on a Dime!
Even though this is an article about the 10 easy steps to tracing your family tree, this Family Tree Hunter has one more blog to add with additional comments before moving on to the next topic - Genealogy on a Dime!
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