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Source Summary
A source summary chart used in genealogy research is another chart that sounds just like its title. A source summary is a chart that you would fill out that helps you find the information you have on a particular family member very quickly. You would refer to this chart when you need to find out where you found the information about that family. You will want a separate source summary chart for each individual family you are researching.
A great example of a source summary chart can be found here: http://www.ancestry.com/trees/charts/sourcesum.aspx
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Census Forms
Census forms are not the only chart genealogy tools that help make sense of confusing census forms. You can use a spreadsheet to make census forms more easily readable. But one of the easiest methods of researching ancestory is through visiting Ancestry.com, for a vast collection of records.
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Free Pedigree Chart
A pedigree chart is one that people use to record data when researching family genealogy. It records your ancestors and their information for you. You can even complete this chart online for easy sharing with family and friends if you wish. This type of charting makes it easier to record and see what you have done and what you have left to do.
Pedigree charts can be downloaded for free for you to use on your own! An online search will result in various sites dedicated to helping you and your family create a free pedigree chart.
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Genealogy Relationship Chart
Whew! Keeping all of those relatives straight can be difficult. Who is related to whom? How is someone related to you? How am I related to my second cousin?
These questions often arise when people are charting their genealogy. One great way to keep them all straight is to find a genealogy relationship chart. These types of charts can be great for determining how people are related in a family.
For example, you would look at the chart after you have determined two people you want to compare. Once you have selected these people you would look at the top row of the chart and find the relationship that person has to the common ancestor. You would then look at the far left part of the chart that runs vertically and find the other person's relationship to the common ancestor, you would then run your fingers along the rows towards each other until they meet. Where your fingers meet should tell you what the relationship is between the two people.
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Watch Your Dates!
One source of date confusion is the practice of listing just the numbers for the month/day/year. You will find that Europeans and others generally use a day/month/year format, while Americans use a month/day/year format. In order to avoid confusion, you should use the following format: Day- 3 character month - full year; i.e., 23 Mar 1958.
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Make Family History a Family Project!
Don´t forget to include your children in your genealogy research. The study of family history can help bring a family closer together and provide children with a sense of who their ancestors were, where they came from and how they lived their lives.
Help the children in your family - sons, daughters, nieces, or nephews - learn about your family´s cultural and ethnic traditions for future generations.
Here´s a great site to help you get started:
WorldGenWeb For Kids
This site is geared to helping school age children learn about genealogy, history, and world geography. There are pages for educators as well as special pages such as holidays and traditions in different countries, and there are numerous links to other sources for kids. There is a link for subscribing to GEN-TEEN-L, a mailing list for kids doing their genealogy, and there is a link to a chat room for kids.
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Family Group Sheet
A family group sheet in genealogy is just like it sounds. This is a chart someone would use to record information about ancestors onto paper. This chart allows you to record the name of the husband in the family and then follow that with information about him, his spouse and children. You would record information such as death, birth, marriage, names of his father and mother, and where they are buried. This type of chart allows you to easily see the information you have gathered about each immediate family of your ancestors.
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Census Forms
Census forms are helpful for people doing genealogy research in that it lists all the people alive during certain years. The census forms can be downloaded for free and you would use them to see different columns and headings for different census years. The forms provide you with a neat and concise way of recording the information you need under different years. Different census forms can be downloaded online.
Census forms are not the only chart genealogy tools that help make sense of confusing census forms. You can use a spreadsheet to make census forms more easily readable. There are several other census forms and tools available for you to use for your research.
