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'''Search other sources.''' If you have a computer, it is often helpful to visit family history Web sites on the Internet. For example, the FamilySearch™ Web site at [http://www.familysearch.org/ www.familysearch.org] provides access to millions of names, dates, and other worthwhile information. FamilySearch can also connect you to other useful family history Web sites and resources. These Web sites often provide valuable family history information. | '''Search other sources.''' If you have a computer, it is often helpful to visit family history Web sites on the Internet. For example, the FamilySearch™ Web site at [http://www.familysearch.org/ www.familysearch.org] provides access to millions of names, dates, and other worthwhile information. FamilySearch can also connect you to other useful family history Web sites and resources. These Web sites often provide valuable family history information. | ||
Visit a family history center near you to receive help on how to use FamilySearch, evaluate the information you find on the Internet, and get free research assistance. Staff members will gladly help you with your research questions. For the location of a center near you, go to [http://www.familysearch.org/ www.familysearch.org] or call 1- | Visit a family history center near you to receive help on how to use FamilySearch, evaluate the information you find on the Internet, and get free research assistance. Staff members will gladly help you with your research questions. For the location of a center near you, go to [http://www.familysearch.org/ www.familysearch.org] or call 1-866-406-1830 in the (United States and Canada). | ||
== '''<span><span><span></span></span></span>''''''<span>Step 4. Share What You Have and Decide What You Want to Learn Next</span>''' == | == '''<span><span><span></span></span></span>''''''<span>Step 4. Share What You Have and Decide What You Want to Learn Next</span>''' == | ||
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After you have organized your information make copies of family charts, photographs, and stories, and share them with family members. This will ensure that your family information is preserved and may help to interest other family members in their family history. Using what you have gathered, decide what you would like to learn next. Decide which ancestors you would like to know more about and where you might find additional information about them. You could also leave a written history of yourself for family members and posterity. | After you have organized your information make copies of family charts, photographs, and stories, and share them with family members. This will ensure that your family information is preserved and may help to interest other family members in their family history. Using what you have gathered, decide what you would like to learn next. Decide which ancestors you would like to know more about and where you might find additional information about them. You could also leave a written history of yourself for family members and posterity. | ||
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