How does one do genealogy?
One does genealogy by seeking out factual information about events in peoples lives. This can and should be done by interviewing your parents and grandparents and older relatives. Find out what they remember of their parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, great aunts and great uncles, etc. You will find that this will often get you at least names and the make-up of your ancestor’s family units which provides an excellent starting point for your research..Attempt to get information on when and where these named individuals were born, lived and died. This information will guide you to places where you can look for records to confirm the information given you. You will quickly run out of information as you proceed backwards in time beyond peoples memories. The best source of information is written documents. You should seek out basic BMDB (birth, marriage, death, burial) records. These should be sought for all your close family members and your direct line ancestors. Unfortunately, in the
