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Beginning Your Family History

Step 3. Go from the present to the past, start with yourself

You know the most about yourself. On family group sheets and pedigree charts, fill in the information that you already know about yourself and the preceding generations. As you go farther into the past you will find that you will be developing a list of information to find. This will become your research plan.


 

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