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Contact your family and friends. Ask about family information and stories. Ask if you can make copies of any records or pictures that they might have. Find out if they know other people who might have family information. Write down everything new that you learn, while it is still fresh in | Contact your family and friends. Ask about family information and stories. Ask if you can make copies of any records or pictures that they might have. Find out if they know other people who might have family information. Write down everything new that you learn, while it is still fresh in mind. As confident as your are at the moment, in a year or two you will probably have forgotten important facts. And by then, it might be very difficult to get the information again. It is best to get it all recorded when the information is new. | ||
Stories handed down in your family are important to your family. But do not take those stories as fact, many times over the years the wording gets changed. If you hear a family story, write it down so its not forgotten. Then check the facts in the story. You should be able to verify the kernel of truth, even though the wording might not be right. | Stories handed down in your family are important to your family. But do not take those stories as fact, many times over the years the wording gets changed. If you hear a family story, write it down so its not forgotten. Then check the facts in the story. You should be able to verify the kernel of truth, even though the wording might not be right. | ||