So, you've spent who knows how many years ferreting out your ancestors- tracking down the obituaries, scrutinizing the censuses and the passenger lists, roaming the cemeteries. You have your family tree, your dates of births and deaths, your tidbits of miscellaneous information. You know that Uncle Franz arrived in 1911 aboard the
Rotterdam; that great-aunt Katie was living in Newark in 1920, that your great-great-grandfather was a general in the Confederate army or that you are a descendant of a Mayflower signer.
However glorious or humble your family history is, it’s worthy of a write-up. Here's another brief article from
About.com(where would we be without our friends at
About?), that helps you kick start the culmination of all your work:
10-steps-to-writing-your-family-history
Not enough? Visit your local library and peruse the collection of books on writing your family history.
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