More than Research



Family History work is more than research.  It is layers and degrees of genealogy, because of this there is no way to ever complete your genealogy and find everyone in your family.

Family history is:
·         Searching for documents, histories, headstones, signatures, or any fascinating item of interest
·         Filing documents, certificates, and other collected papers
·         Copying and sharing documents, certificates, and other collected papers
·         Transferring information to personal software and to other research tools
·         Organizing all those files, papers and photographs
·         Collecting documents, histories, headstones, signatures, heirlooms, artifacts, photographs, or any other fascinating item of interest
·         Analyzing information that has been collected
·         Sourcing:  sourcing in personal software the information that you have found
·         Comparing and hypothesizing theories and ideas you might have
·         Timelines and how your family fits into history

Family history research is more than working on direct ancestors:
·         Collateral lines
·         Descendant lines

Paying it forward through:
·         Indexing
·         Billion graves or Findagrave
·         Genweb Projects
·         Blogs or Web sites
·         Newsletters
·         Organizing Family Reunions
·         Writing and sharing family histories and stories
·         Look ups for other researchers

Recording current family events:
·         Document and chronicle your own life
·         Keep records for your immediate and extended family
·         Through personal  journaling
·         Photographs
·         Scrap books

Family history is:
·         Stories
·         Photographs
·         Documents and sources
·         Heirlooms
·         Temple work
·         Preservation
·         Publishing
·         Sharing

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