Genealogy
Genealogy
What makes you who you are? Layers and layers of people who went before you. You are made up of pieces of kin folk from present day to way back. A fascinating thought and there are very few people who would not want to know from where they came.
What makes them how they are today? Which traits, personalities have been inherited and from whom?
Who then do you think you are and where did you come from?
Find your ancestors, discover new connections, and trace your family tree as far back as possible. It is much easier today that ever before with the help of the internet and dedicated web sites.
When you use the People Search Engine site it is very easy to log into the genealogy section and start immediately putting together a basic family tree.
There is a US Census Bureau which provides some information. However, their web site states:-
“Although censuses are a source of genealogical information, the Census Bureau does not provide these data. The Census Bureau is not able to locate missing persons, or provide recent information on individuals.
In keeping with the Census Bureau’s commitment to confidentiality, the Census Bureau information collected in the Decennial Census of Population and Housing on individuals does not become available to the public until after 72 years.”
Therefore it consolidates the view that using an independent site will save you time and effort as the information is provided for you to work with.
After years of researching your family history with visits to local repositories, field trips to ancestral lands or far-flung cemeteries, and hours spent online tracking clues, can you quickly answer the following questions:
- Do you know where all your genealogy research data is located?
- Has your genealogy data been backed up recently, and if so, how?
- Will you be able to access your family history data, including photos, 10 or 20 years from today?
If you had to pause and think about any of these questions, or if you answered no to any of them, then all your hard work could disappear in the blink of an eye without a simple three-step plan of 1) finding, 2) preserving and 3) maintaining your genealogy data.
Favorite Genealogy Quote
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
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