Genetic Genealogy - DNA artifact testing This is now a real possibility, and it is pretty darned exciting! image source The biggest downside - currently, at least - is the price of testing. It is very

Who's Who? Naming Patterns - both a hindrance and a help image source This is perhaps a cautionary tale about never assuming you have found the right person and matched them to the right family. There

How To Save Your Research image source You may start off recording your research on a simple piece of paper ... then a notebook ... then a stack of notebooks, and papers, and photos, and documents ...

Births, Deaths, Marriages part 2 image source So aside from the certificates you can get (which we covered in the previous lesson) there are other, related places to check for similar information. Again,

Births, Deaths, Marriages part 1 image source These documents are a wealth of information for the researcher, and go a long way to proving (or disproving) who is who and what is what. (While you probably

Once you have actually decided to jump in and create a family tree, it would be a good idea to start your records off with a good system. image created by me, using generic surnames and generational labels

image source While genealogical research can become more intricate, starting your own family tree research isn't all that difficult - assuming you aren't adopted or your circumstance of birth isn't more