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Build your ancestor's identity.

Step 1: Identify What You Know.

Start by reviewing what information you already know. Record that information on appropriate forms and keep your records organized.

By the end of step one you should have:

Facts and information recorded on family group records, pedigree charts and, if desired, in personal and family history notes.
Organized copies of documents and family memorabilia.

Table of Contents for Step 1. Identify What You Know

1 Use Appropriate Forms

1.1 Computer Programs for Generating Forms

1.2 Family Group Record

1.3 Pedigree Chart

1.4 Prepare a Research Log

1.5 Suggestions for Recording Information

2 Recall Information

2.1 Types of Genealogical Information

3 Gather Family Information

3.1 Family Records

3.2 Family Traditions

3.3 Family Memorabilia

3.4 How to Gather Family Information

3.5 Requesting Additional Information from Your Family

4 Gather Low-Hanging-Fruit Sources

4.1 Online databases

4.2 Family histories

4.3 County, town, and village histories.

4.4 Censuses.

5 Record Useful Information

6 Organize Your Records

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-'''Step 1: Identify What You Know.'''
+Build your ancestor's identity.
-Start by reviewing what information you already know. Record that information on appropriate forms and keep your records organized.
+'''Step 1: Identify What You Know.'''
-By the end of step one you should have:
+Start by reviewing what information you already know. Record that information on appropriate forms and keep your records organized.
-* Facts and information recorded on family group records, pedigree charts, and if desired in personal and family history notes.
+By the end of step one you should have:
-* Organized copies of documents and family memorabilia.
-= Use Appropriate Forms =
+*Facts and information recorded on family group records, pedigree charts and, if desired, in personal and family history notes.
+*Organized copies of documents and family memorabilia.
-Begin by carefully recording and organizing your information so important facts and clues will not be lost. You can use computer programs to create standard genealogical forms, or fill out by hand pre-printed forms such as family group records, and pedigree charts. These forms are familiar to other researchers and assure that your findings will be understandable to others. The following forms, used by most researchers, can be purchased at genealogical stores, the Family History Library, Family History Centers, and most genealogical libraries:
+=== Table of Contents for Step 1. Identify What You Know  ===
-== Family Group Record ==
+[[Use Appropriate Forms|Use Appropriate Forms]]
-[[Image:Family Group Record blank side 1.png|thumb|Blank family group record]]Family group records are forms with space to record information about the parents and children in one family. Good family group records show names, dates and places of births, marriages, and deaths (see the example to the right). You can enhance their value by citing the sources that document these events in the lives of family members. If you use computers to generate family group records, you also can easily display additional events such as censuses, change of residence, land purchases or sales, wills proved, and any other events in the family members' lives. The most useful family group records display as many events and sources as possible.<br>
+:1.1 [[Use Appropriate Forms#Computer_Programs_for_Generating_Forms|Computer Programs for Generating Forms]]
+:1.2 [[Use Appropriate Forms#Family_Group_Record|Family Group Record]]
+:1.3 [[Use Appropriate Forms#Pedigree_Chart|Pedigree Chart]]
+:1.4 [[Use Appropriate Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log|Prepare a Research Log]]
+:1.5 [[Use Appropriate Forms#Suggestions_for_Recording_Information|Suggestions for Recording Information]]<br><br>
-Start research on a new family by compiling a well-documented family group record. This will help you gather, correlate, and analyze information. A well source-footnoted family group record bristles with clues to help you find further sources. For a more detailed explanation of their value see [[Family group record: roadmap for researchers]].
+[[Recall Information|Recall Information]]
-You may need additional pages for large families. While modern family group records are usually letter size, other sizes such as legal size have been common in the past and can still be used.
+:2.1 [[Recall Information#Types_of_Genealogical_Information|Types of Genealogical Information]]<br><br>
-Create a family group record for each couple on your pedigree chart. A four-generation pedigree chart has seven couples, so you would make up to seven family group records for such a pedigree.
+[[Gather Family Information|Gather Family Information]]
-For a person who married more than once, make another family group record for each additional marriage, especially if the marriage produced children. <!--{12073184956560} --> <!--{12073184956561} --> <!--{12073184956562} -->
+:3.1 [[Gather Family Information#Family_Records|Family Records]]
+:3.2 [[Gather Family Information#Family_Traditions|Family Traditions]]
+:3.3 [[Gather Family Information#Family_Memorabilia|Family Memorabilia]]
+:3.4 [[Gather Family Information#How_to_Gather_Family_Information|How to Gather Family Information]]
+:3.5 [[Gather Family Information#Requesting_Additional_Information_from_Your_Family|Requesting Additional Information from Your Family]]<br><br>
-== Pedigree Chart ==
+[[Gather Low-Hanging-Fruit Sources|Gather Low-Hanging-Fruit Sources]]
-[[Image:Pedigree Chart Blank.png|thumb|Blank pedigree chart]] Most pedigree charts, sometimes called “Ancestor” or “Lineage” Charts, have space for four or five generations (parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents.) There is space for dates and places of birth, marriage, and death. See the example at the right. Ancestral lines can continue onto other charts. <br>
+:4.1 [[Gather Low-Hanging-Fruit Sources#Online_databases.|Online databases]]
+:4.2 [[Gather Low-Hanging-Fruit Sources#Family_histories.|Family histories]]
+:4.3 [[Gather Low-Hanging-Fruit Sources#County.2C_town.2C_and_village_histories.|County, town, and village histories.]]
+:4.4 [[Gather Low-Hanging-Fruit Sources#Censuses.|Censuses.]]<br><br>
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+[[Record Useful Information|Record Useful Information]]
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+[[Organize Your Records|Organize Your Records]]
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