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== Step 1. Write Down What You Already Know about Your Family  ==
== Step 1. Write Down What You Already Know about Your Family  ==
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Start with yourself. Use a worksheet such as a pedigree chart or family group sheet to write down the information you already know about yourself and your family.  
Start with yourself. Use a worksheet such as a pedigree chart or family group sheet to write down the information you already know about yourself and your family.  
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Use a [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/getting_started '''pedigree chart'''] to record information about yourself, your parents, grandparents, and great grandparents. If you do not know exact dates and places, estimate them.  
Use a [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/getting_started '''pedigree chart'''] to record information about yourself, your parents, grandparents, and great grandparents. If you do not know exact dates and places, estimate them.  


Download software for [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/PAF_and_Other_Genealogy_Software Personal Ancestral File (PAF)], [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Windows_Genealogy_Software Windows] or [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Mac_Genealogy_Software Mac] to help you organize and share your genealogy.  
Download software for [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/PAF_and_Other_Genealogy_Software Personal Ancestral File (PAF)], [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Windows_Genealogy_Software Windows] or [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Mac_Genealogy_Software Mac] to help you organize and share your genealogy.


== Step 2. Review What Is Missing  ==
== Step 2. Review What Is Missing  ==