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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.  


A [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/getting_started '''pedigree chart'''] may be used to show you, your parents, grandparents, and great grandparents, also a chart that will show a husband, wife and children.  
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.


A [https://www.familysearch.org/products <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Personal Ancestral File&nbsp;</span></span>] may be uploaded to your computor to keep the genealogy on
Download [https://www.familysearch.org/products|genealogy software]to help you organize and share your genealogy.
 
&nbsp;about a husband and wife with their children.&nbsp; If you do not know exact dates and places, estimate them.


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