Climbing Your Family Tree: Getting Started In Genealogy

What you'll learn
Start their journey on creating their family tree
Understand different resources that can help them locate relatives
Understand value of different forms of documents and evidence when adding people to the family tree
Get beyond the date to understand the heart of the family story and the triumps and struggles that the family came through to get here
Effecetivly use technology when searching to genealogy resources
Get their family involved to get new stories as well a pass on the family history to a new generation
See the significants of going to gravesites and battlefield to get a glimpse of what those who came beofre us saw
Requirements
Some basic computer knowledge such as how to do a web search or input data
Some basic research knowledge such as how to read or look up information in an index
A desire to understand more about your family and you came to be where you are
Description
A course for those who are interesting in beginning the search of there roots and looking into their family tree. Perhaps you have thought it would be nice to know more about your family lineage but don't know where to start. Or you are thinking about taking genealogy us as a hobby. Or your kids are asking you questions about family history that you can't answer. Knowing how to search for your family tree can be rewarding and fulfilling. Everyone ponders where they came from and finding out is only the tip of the iceberg. Seeing how and where you family came from and why they moved to a particular location can be enlightening. This course will help you get started climbing your family tree. From starting out...

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