Ready to rock the Genealogy World!

Hello John -

Do come & join the England group -
http://www.genealogywise.com/group/england/

It has links to many of the county groups now, and over 80 members.

Wendy

Thank you for the friend request John. :)

Thanks for adding me to your friends list, John. You seem really cool. Continue to live and enjoy life...That's what it's all about. Write me for any questions/comments you may have, as I will you-For you can say I'm beginning too! lol.

Hi John,

It's nice to meet you and welcome to the wonderful world of genealogy. It's at once both gratifying and frustrating, with hours of tedious searching and exhilerating stretches of sleuthing, but boy, those rare "eureka!" moments keep you coming back!

The best place to start researching your family history is your own direct family. If possible, start by having your parents write down as many ancestors as they can remember with approximate years they lived and died, etc. t may help to have a questionaire to trigger their memories. Some genealogy software packages, such as Legacy, have such interview aides or someone in this group can supply some.

Get hold of some blank 3 or 4 generation Pedigree forms for recording birth, marriage and death dates and locations of ancestors.and a number of blank Family Record forms for recording parents and children's vital records. Then keep these family records safely in a loose leaf binder. You'll be adding birth certificates, marriage announcements and death records, census and City Directory records, along with numerous artifacts and photographs from their lives. To avoid punching holes in documents and for safe keeping, I keep all of my documents in clear plastic, non-yellowing, acid free, archival quality sheet protectors.

One error most of us have to come back and corrected is taking the time right from the start to document our sources. There is a well known saying: "Genealogy without documentation is merely hearsay." Everyone seems to learn that the hard way, myself included.

But after about three generations, you'll have the kinks worked out and be ready to order your data in a genealogy database software. Good software will help you keep track of what you have and have not done and guide you in your research To Do lists. And lots more!

Lesson Two is about the types of trees you can build, the goals and purposes of your tree and a few common traps people fall into.

Happy hunting and I hope this has been at least a little helpful.

BTW, where are you from?

Hugh

Hi John!
Thanks for making me a friend, I think you are the first!!! I'm new at this particular site, so I'm still learning, for all I know I might have a dozen messages! lol Anyway...good luck with everything.
Theresa Resh

You too, enjoy!!

Havn't found my way around this website yet, but with time will do. Looing for family connection inYorkshire, UK in 1744. Hit a very thick brick wall.

Hi John,
Thank you for the invite into your friends list. Good luck with your research.

Barb

I am still learning about this website. Working on my British
lines from Lancashire at the moment. Enjoy

Thanks and likewise :)

Thank you for the invitation...I would love to join in!

Where in England does your family come from?

I just joined so will take me a minute to catch on

Thank you for asking me to be your friend. I accept. I am new to this site and am hoping that working together will bring all of us rewards in finding our ancestors. I am going to gather all that I know about my Thomas Price Jr. of Barnwell Co. SC. and post it hoping someone will have more info. 15 years or so a cousin went into DAR on him. Now my sister is trying to do a supplement and they say he was to young to fight in the Revolution.

Hi John~ Thanks for the friend request!
Love genealogy & this will site be such a great help to me as I am far from home!
Looking for ~ Clifford, Lewington, Watson, from England, Wales, Canada & USA.
Chabot, LaLaiberte', Sherbutt(e), Chene', Roiroux from Quebec, Ontario & the USA.
Larsen from Norway & USA.

Who are you? Do you work for SW? or are you looking for kinfolk like the rest of us?

I am getting all my papers together so I can give more information. They are in file boxes and I have to get each one down and look for the info I need. Research of 30 years and not using a computer until two years ago has slowed me down in getting things together. Also my husband has a serious health problem and I can't spend as much time on the computer as I would like. Thank you for offering help. I will certainly take you up on your offer.

John, I'm married to the "Great" Bill Buzbee (who by chance has the middle name Bruce). Seriously, I do not know Bruce Buzbee's lineage (and have only just heard of him), but perhaps I'll connect with him at some point. Thanks for connecting.

Hi, thanks for the request! :)

Hi John
Thanks for the request! How can I help you? Do we have any connectons to our families? Just wondering?
Annie

Well I have two Kohler's in my tree. Kathleen "Kathy" b in 1956 m.to Michael Kenney on 15 april 1979 with three children and a Rose Kohler m. to a George Norton they had 8 children both in the Michigan area. Do you know about these two people at all?
Annie

I also have a few Ritchie's in my tree too!
William Edgar Ritchie m Jane Sutherland two children.
Mary Ann Ritchie m Goerge Pinkerton
Edwin Ritchie m Ella Pinkerton
All in Ontario.

Hi John
I just received a friend request from you - are we researching any of the same surnames? Same locations? I see you are in Salt Lake - I was there several yrs ago and had a wonderful tearing my way through the Library.
Cheers
Kevin

Hello John,
I saw your request to be a friend and I was wondering what surnames do we have in common?

Hi John , nice to meet you , and have you as a friend !

Hi John, thanks for the add, did you see a surname of mine that could be interesting to you? shaun

Hi John, thanks for the add. See u in Salt Lake. My son is attending Univ. of Utah on a football scholarship. What a place it is..