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<br>• If it is a carving or design, ask what it means and how it relates to our family.<br>• Make copies of them, photograph them, or write a description of them and where they are kept if we can’t keep the original. <br>• Return the original to the owner.<br>• Write where we got them on the back of the copy.<br>• Keep the papers we write and photos we take in a safe place. | <br>• If it is a carving or design, ask what it means and how it relates to our family.<br>• Make copies of them, photograph them, or write a description of them and where they are kept if we can’t keep the original. <br>• Return the original to the owner.<br>• Write where we got them on the back of the copy.<br>• Keep the papers we write and photos we take in a safe place. | ||
== | == How to Gather Family Information== | ||
Keep a record of contacts with family members on your research log. This will help you avoid duplicating your work and can help in following up later. Write out notes about interviews, meetings, and reunions. Make paper copies of e-mails and keep copies of letters sent or received. Cite these notes, printouts, and copies on your research log. | Keep a record of contacts with family members on your research log. This will help you avoid duplicating your work and can help in following up later. Write out notes about interviews, meetings, and reunions. Make paper copies of e-mails and keep copies of letters sent or received. Cite these notes, printouts, and copies on your research log. | ||
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Lichtman, Allan J. ''Your Family History: How to Use Oral History, Personal Family Archives, and Public Documents to Discover Your Heritage.'' New York: Vintage Books, 1978. (FHL book 929.1 L617L) | Lichtman, Allan J. ''Your Family History: How to Use Oral History, Personal Family Archives, and Public Documents to Discover Your Heritage.'' New York: Vintage Books, 1978. (FHL book 929.1 L617L) | ||
== | ==Requesting Additional Information from Your Family== | ||
As you learn about your family, you may want to share the information you find with your relatives (see [[Use the Information#Share_the_Information|Step 5]]). This may also be a good opportunity to request additional information from them. If your first requests were only for basic information about a few relatives, more information may be available. Your new information may jog memories of family members who may provide more clues. Also, they may have recently found the information you were seeking. | As you learn about your family, you may want to share the information you find with your relatives (see [[Use the Information#Share_the_Information|Step 5]]). This may also be a good opportunity to request additional information from them. If your first requests were only for basic information about a few relatives, more information may be available. Your new information may jog memories of family members who may provide more clues. Also, they may have recently found the information you were seeking. | ||
Family members who were reluctant to share information earlier may have changed their minds, or may be intrigued by the information you have found. Your information may convince them of your seriousness, and they may pay more attention to your requests. | Family members who were reluctant to share information earlier may have changed their minds, or may be intrigued by the information you have found. Your information may convince them of your seriousness, and they may pay more attention to your requests. | ||
== | ==Additional Articles== | ||
*[[Collecting Previous Research by Others Part One: Home and Relative Sources]] | *[[Collecting Previous Research by Others Part One: Home and Relative Sources]] | ||
*[[Creating A Personal History]] | *[[Creating A Personal History]] | ||