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Gather Family Resources
Begin with family and home sources. Your home is an important source of family history. Look for these items and other similar sources.


 * Birth, marriage, and death certificates, *Family Bibles *Family records *Journals, diaries, and letters *Old photographs *Obituaries and newspaper clippings&lt;br&gt;

Next ask your relatives for any additional information they may have. It is likely that your second cousin, great-aunt, or other relative already has some family information.

Organize Your Information
Organize the information you find, and record it on family group records and pedigree charts.&amp;nbsp;For guidance in preparing family group records, see Family group record: roadmap for researchers.&amp;nbsp;

Information can be organized most effectively by using computer genealogy software.&amp;nbsp; See Organize the New Records. For free Windows genealogy software, see Windows Genealogy Software.&amp;nbsp; For free Mac genealogy software, see Mac Genealogy Software.