France Getting Started: Difference between revisions

France Getting Started (view source)

Revision as of 10:06, 23 January 2025

1,949 bytes added , 23 January

Record finder updated

VisualWikitext

Marilynbgardner49

Reviewer, editor, pagecreator

25,284

edits

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-Austria &nbsp;Beginners Corner Getting StartedEdit This Page From FamilySearch Wiki <br>Jump to: navigation , search <br>Back to&nbsp;Austria Page►
+{{CountrySidebar
+|Country=France
+|Name=France
+|Type=Topic
+|Topic Type=Getting Started
+|Getting Started=Getting Started
+|Rating=In-Progress
+}}{{breadcrumb
+| link1=[[France Genealogy|France]]
+| link2=[[France Research Tips and Strategies|Research Tips and Strategies]]
+| link3=
+| link4=
+| link5=[[France Getting Started|Getting Started]]
+}}__NOTOC__
-Begin with family and home sources. Look for names, dates, and places on certificates, family Bibles, obituaries, diaries, and similar sources. Ask your relatives for any additional information they may have. It's likely that your second cousin, great-aunt, or other relative already has some family information. Organize the information you find, and record it on pedigree charts and family group records.
+==How to Research==
+# '''[[Identify What You Know|Identify what you know]]:''' Work from the known to the unknown. Don't jump straight back to a distant ancestor. Begin with the present and confirm/document the information and relationships as you work your way back.
+# '''Document/source your tree:''' As you gather information, identify where and who each piece of information came from. [[Evaluate the Evidence|Evaluate how reliable the sources are]], and ensure you are interpreting them correctly. Don't simply accept ancestral information on your tree. Instead, look for records or other reliable sources to support each date, place, and relationship.
+# '''[[Decide What You Want to Learn|Decide what you want to learn]]:''' Have a specific research goal or objective. This is defined by pursuing a [[A_Guide_to_Research#2._Decide_What_You_Want_to_Learn_About_Your_Family|specific piece of information]] about a specific ancestor. An example of a ''bad'', or ''too-generic'' research goal is: "I want to know more about my great-grandfather." An example of a ''good'' research goal is: "I want to find the marriage date of my great-grandparents."
+# '''[[Select Records to Search|Select records to search]]:''' Each country's record-keeping practices are different. See your country's [[France Record Finder|Record Finder]] table to determine what kind of record could provide the desired ancestral information. Search the desired records.
+# '''[[Use the Information|Analyze/use the information]]:''' When you find new sources, carefully [[Evaluate the Evidence|evaluate them]] to ensure they are about the correct ancestors, and that the information in the evidence is being accurately interpreted. [[Transfer_the_Information#Cite_Your_Sources|Cite]] or document your sources in your family tree establish the accuracy of your findings.
-Select a specific relative or ancestor born in&nbsp;France for whom you know at least a name, the village or parish where he or she lived in France, and an approximate date when he or she was born there. It is also very helpful to know the names of other family members born in France.
+==Beginning Research in France==
+*[[France Finding Town of Origin|Finding Town of Origin]]
+*[[France Online Learning|Online Learning]] - video classes
+*[[France Record Finder|Record Finder]] - gives suggestions for records to search
+*[[Finding Your Basque Ancestors|Finding Your Basque Ancestors]]
-As you look over your family group records, or pedigree charts, ask yourself “What do I want to find next?” Common goals might be:
+===Search Strategy===
+* Begin with the death information of the focus ancestor and locate the death record.
-The last person on a specific line of your pedigree chart <br>A missing parent on the family group record <br>A gap between the birth years of the children on a family group record (a wide enough gap that there may be missing children in between siblings) <br>Finding the last children to the parents (during the mothers’ child bearing years) <br>To find the birth date and place for an individual listed on the family group record without one <br>Locating the marriage date and place for the parents on a family group record <br>
+* Use the information on that death record to locate the ancestor's marriage record.
+* Use the information on that marriage record to locate the ancestor's birth record.
+* Once the birth record is found, search for the focus ancestor's siblings.
+* Next, search for the marriage of the focus ancestor's parents. The marriage record will have information that often helps locate the birth records of the parents.
+* Search the death registers for all known family members.
+* Repeat this process for both the father and the mother, starting with their birth records, then their siblings' births, then their parents' marriages, and so on.
+* If earlier generations (parents, grandparents, etc.) do not appear in the records, search neighboring parishes. It is possible they may have moved or boundaries changed.
+[[Category:France]][[Category:Research Tips and Strategies]]