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*Information can be copied easily and more accurately from the computer and re-used many times without re-typing it. We can get paper printouts from the computer when we want them.  

*Our information must be on a computer in order to prepare names for LDS temples (using TempleReady). This is because the Official Temple Record is a computer database.[[Image:Temple tapa.png|thumb|right|400px]]<br>You can use the computers without charge at a family history center and in some ward meetinghouses worldwide. If you need help in using a computer, you can ask a staff member to help you. Because the information on '''hohoko charts''' is already organized into families and generations, we can refer to them as a guide as we enter the information into the computer. If our information is not already organized into families and linked according to generations, we can write it on paper Oral Genealogy Lineage charts, Pedigree charts and Family Group Records. ==== Why should I use paper forms for family history and how can I get them? ==== These forms help us put the names, relationships, dates, places, and other information into an organized format. We can use these forms as a working copy of our information, adding to it as we go along. ===== Oral Genealogy Lineage Chart ===== An Oral Genealogy Lineage Chart may be best to use if we customarily record our lineage by starting with an ancestor and naming the generations until we come down to ourselves. An example follows. *Use a separate chart for each lineage, and show all children from each marriage at each generational level. *Write all the names each person was known by. *Write dates or an approximate year, if known, in the ''“Necessary Explanations''” space. *The Informant is the person who provided the information on the form (the person we are *The Interviewer is the person filling out the form, (usually yourself). It may be the same as the informant, if we are filling out the chart showing our own ancestors. *The Page space is where we put the total number of pages in this lineage and the number of this particular page. For example, if there were 8 pages, the first page would be “1 of 8.” *Generation number: Begin numbering the generations with the ancestor furthest back as 1. For example, the first ancestor is number 1. His son is number 2. His grandson is number 3, his great grandson is number 4, and so on. *Sex: Write M for male or F for female. *The Ancestor is the first person you are starting with. *List every spouse the ancestor was married to. Indent for each spouse, and write them in the order of marriage, even if divorced. (Write ''“divorced''” in “''Necessary Explanations''.”) If the spouse is not known, leave the space blank. *List all of the children from each marriage in order of birth, if known. All children will be considered natural children unless you write “Adopted” in the ''“Necessary ''Explanations” column. *Show the sex of the person in the column to the left. *Check the Check if Living box, if the person is living. Put any dates you know, such as the birth date, in the ''Necessary Explanations ''column. *''Necessary Explanations'': Record as much information as you have for each person in this column, such as whether living, age at the time of death, birth date, place of birth, place of family residence, ancestral village, chiefly titles, whether adopted, divorced, etc. [[Image:Oral pedigree1.png|center|745px]] ===== Pedigree Chart ===== A Pedigree Chart records our parents, their parents, and their parents, going as many generations back as possible. It shows at a glance the information we have and what we still need to look for. We can use this chart as a map in organizing our family records. The example below is a Pedigree chart of Nani Olsen Kelly of Hawaii.