Following our ancestor's trails can be both fun and educational. An adventure that will take you to places around the world. Find out who you are related to, one of the first pilgrams to arrive on the Mayflower, a famous outlaw like Bill the Kid, or simply a person trying to start life in a newfound land.

Getting started can be a little overwhelming, just remember that Rome wasn't built in a day so do a little at a time and follow a systematic path. Keep good notes, it's the key to finding clues to help you track down hard to find relatives. Notes also keep you from repeating research as you trace your ancestor's trails.

When interviewing family members, its a good idea to bring along a voice recorder. Then you can focus on an enjoyable interview without having to worry about taking notes. A great place to talk about family history is at a family reunion, bring a video camera and have fun gathering information about your ancestors. Keep in mind your relatives may have trouble remembering exact dates and places so don't push, just have fun. Then when you have gotten your information, it's time to organize and store it.

Edna Elizabeth Talley Mills

1915 - 1978

 How To Get Started

• Start with yourself, what do you know about your parents, your grandparents, cousins, uncles, aunts?
  
  
• Talk with your parents, gather information they know about their parents, siblings, and grandparents.
  
  
• If possible ask your grandparents for information about their parents, siblings, and grandparents.
  
  
• Contuine on with your Aunts, Uncles, Cousins. You can easily gather a lot of family history this way directly.

Interview Questions

• Place and date of births, deaths, marriages?
  
  
• When did our relatives arrive in America? 

• What port did they arrive at?

• Where and when were they naturalized?

• What if any, wars did they fight in?

• Do they have any metals, discharge papers, other military records?

• What occupations where they in? Did they start their own business?

• Any family rumors or mysteries, interesting stories about wars or unusual or interesting activities?

Interested in having a hardcopy guide to help you get started following your ancestor's trails? This is a step by step easy to understand, colorfully illustrated book designed to help you get started researching your family tree in three easy steps. This third edition provides new resources not conveniently available elsewhere, that will help even seasoned genealogists connect with their ancestors.

This free ebook by Aisling D'art will show you some of her journaling tips to help you create a great family history journal to share with your family down through the generations. The ebook is just 26 pages long and packed with information to get you recording your ancestor's trails in just a few minutes a day. Download your free copy now, just click on the image. Just our way of saying thanks for visiting Ancestor's Trails.