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*A record of your family with you as a parent, containing recollections of your children and your other descendants. | *A record of your family with you as a parent, containing recollections of your children and your other descendants. | ||
*A written history of an ancestor containing several generations of family information going back in time. | *A written history of an ancestor containing several generations of family information going back in time. | ||
*An | *An ancestral family history with a chapter for the couple you start with and additional chapters for each descendant family. | ||
*A collection of family traditions and their origins. | *A collection of family traditions and their origins. | ||
*Newsletters. | *Newsletters. | ||
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| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | '''Expert Tip:''' If you plan to make your family history available to other family members, begin now to compile a mailing list of relatives and friends who may be interested in owning a copy or who may be | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | '''Expert Tip:''' If you plan to make your family history available to other family members, begin now to compile a mailing list of relatives and friends who may be interested in owning a copy or who may be interested in contributing to the project. | ||
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| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | '''Expert Tip:''' If you are a genealogist, you will know the importance of documentation. When you create a family history, documentation is also important. You can use footnotes or endnotes to document the sources of your information. Some people find notes located at the end of the chapter less distracting than notes located at the bottom of a page. These chapter end notes are also easier for you since you can add extra end notes without disrupting page layout and format. An easy alternative is to include short parenthetical notes in the text, with a “Works Cited” section at the end of the book for more extensive information. If you use a computer to write your history remember to save and back up your work often. | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | '''Expert Tip:''' If you are a genealogist, you will know the importance of documentation. When you create a family history, documentation is also important. You can use footnotes or endnotes to document the sources of your information. Some people find notes located at the end of the chapter less distracting than notes located at the bottom of a page. These chapter end notes are also easier for you since you can add extra end notes without disrupting page layout and format. An easy alternative is to include short parenthetical notes in the text, with a “Works Cited” section at the end of the book for more extensive information. If you use a computer to write your history remember to save and back up your work often. | ||
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| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | '''Expert Tip:''' If you use a computer to write your history, remember to back up your work often. After all your hard work and effort, it would be very frustrating to lose the information because of a computer failure. | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | '''Expert Tip:''' If you use a computer to write your history, remember to back up your work often. After all your hard work and effort, it would be very frustrating to lose the information because of a computer failure. | ||
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