My History

So how do you start your family history?  Compile items in a special place. I chose a plastic bin.

 

 

What kind of items?

--Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificates, Special dates, Journal Entries, Cards, Letters, Photos, other items of interest.

NEXT START WITH YOUR INFORMATION AND WORK OUT TO YOUR PARENTS (AUNTS, UNCLES) Grandparents.  What do you ask or say to get the conversation flowing?

Here are 50 questions to get you started.

http://familyhistorymadeeasy.blogspot.com/2010/08/50-questions-for-family-history.html

 

Remember the information you gather will be useful to the next generation.

 

and last but not least if I can suggest one major part of your personal history

WRITE IN A JOURNAL.  No matter how boring and dull you think your life is, one day it may become someones most prized possesion.

My mom was an avid journal writer.  She wrote simple information, like when someone had a baby, bought a new car, concerns, hopes, and feelings.  It is PRICELESS gift you can leave behind one day.  To you life may be boring, but to know my parents paid $50 for rent in their first apartment and when they raised the rent to $55 they were going to be forced to move is interesting to me today, so don't forget tidbits like that.  Have I rambled enough?  Seriously though I am a strong believer in preserving your life for those who are in the next generation!!!!