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Your Miniature Tree would consist of: | Your Miniature Tree would consist of: | ||
[[Image:A Miniature Tree.jpg|center|A Miniature Tree. | [[Image:A Miniature Tree.jpg|center|A Miniature Tree.jp[[Category:Setting research objectives]]] | ||
and so on..... | and so on..... | ||
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The higher up on your miniature tree you go, naturally the more ancestors there will be to find. Let’s look at this logically. When you look at my lineage these are the family surnames you see: | The higher up on your miniature tree you go, naturally the more ancestors there will be to find. Let’s look at this logically. When you look at my lineage these are the family surnames you see: | ||
::[[Image:Whose Genealogy Do You Want to Trace.jpg|center|Whose Genealogy Do You Want to Trace. | ::[[Image:Whose Genealogy Do You Want to Trace.jpg|center|Whose Genealogy Do You Want to Trace.jp[[Category:Setting research objectives]]]<br> | ||
You may choose to trace just one of these lines. If I’m tracing just my St Denis ancestors, and not my mother’s ancestors (Blais), I would simply start my miniature tree with my father. This would give me my St Denis pedigree or ancestral chart.<br> | You may choose to trace just one of these lines. If I’m tracing just my St Denis ancestors, and not my mother’s ancestors (Blais), I would simply start my miniature tree with my father. This would give me my St Denis pedigree or ancestral chart.<br> | ||
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<br> If you research all four grandparents’ families, then you are tracing your complete lineage, both female and male ancestors. The number of ancestors you will find will double for each generation completed. When you have completed the research for 3 generations you have 6 ancestors. After completing 5 generations you have 30 ancestors. | <br> If you research all four grandparents’ families, then you are tracing your complete lineage, both female and male ancestors. The number of ancestors you will find will double for each generation completed. When you have completed the research for 3 generations you have 6 ancestors. After completing 5 generations you have 30 ancestors. | ||
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If you are successful in researching 10 generations, you will have 1022 ancestors. And by the time all ancestors are found to complete 15 generations you will have 32,766 ancestors. '''WOW!!!''' | If you are successful in researching 10 generations, you will have 1022 ancestors. And by the time all ancestors are found to complete 15 generations you will have 32,766 ancestors. '''WOW!!!''' | ||
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The decisions of whose genealogy you are tracing should be made early in your project so that you can set up your charts properly. But don’t worry, you can change your mind along the way; you may decide to add to your research or to not proceed with certain other branches of your family. | The decisions of whose genealogy you are tracing should be made early in your project so that you can set up your charts properly. But don’t worry, you can change your mind along the way; you may decide to add to your research or to not proceed with certain other branches of your family. | ||
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Information in this Wiki page is excerpted from the online courses {{Methodology, parts 1-6}} offered by [http://www.genealogicalstudies.com The National Institute for Genealogical | Information in this Wiki page is excerpted from the online courses {{Methodology, parts 1-6}} offered by [http://www.genealogicalstudies.com The National Institute for Genealogical Studie[[Category:Setting research objectives]]. To learn more about these courses or other courses available from the Institute, see our website. We can be contacted at [mailto:wiki@genealogicalstudies.com wiki@genealogicalstudies.com] <br> | ||
We welcome updates and additions to this Wiki page. | We welcome updates and additions to this Wiki page. | ||
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