How to get started with geneaology? How do I begin to build my family tree?
Here are some tips for getting into genealogy. First, you need to collect your basic family information – start with your parents. You’ll want to collect information like names, birthdates, places of birth, wedding dates and locations, dates of death and where buried. You’ll continue your research talking to aunts and uncles and grandparents if they are alive. You can search the internet for your last name and mother’s maiden name to find other possible relatives — put some feelers out and maybe you can track down others who have already done some research and can connect the dots on your tree for you. If you know graveyards where relatives are buried, you can sometimes pick up additional data on birth and death dates and names, if you don’t already have that information. The Mormon Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) also maintains a huge archive of geneaology records in Utah, with family lines dating back hundreds of years. But you don’t have to visit Utah – local churches can help yo
