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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. | ||
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 [https://www.familysearch.org/ | 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 == | ||
Circle any missing or incomplete information on your worksheet. Decide what information you want to find first | Circle any missing or incomplete information on your worksheet. Decide what information you want to find first | ||
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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 [https://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 [https://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 Family History Center near you, go to [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|FamilySearch]] . | 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 Family History Center near you, go to [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|FamilySearch]] . | ||
== Step 4. Share What You Have and Decide What You Want to Learn Next == | == Step 4. Share What You Have and Decide What You Want to Learn Next == | ||
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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