Page #2..Class Weekly Notes
"USING ADDITIONAL SOURCES"
1. Pray for guidance
2. Use theRecord Selection Table to help you decide what kind of records you might search to find the info. you are looking for.
3. Contact the place where the record is kept...or visit, call, write, e-mail or use the internet for contact.
4. Record the results of your search on your "research log". Add any new info on the New Family Search site.
5. Don't give up. The information is out there.
6. Go back to #1.
1. Pray for guidance
2. Use theRecord Selection Table to help you decide what kind of records you might search to find the info. you are looking for.
3. Contact the place where the record is kept...or visit, call, write, e-mail or use the internet for contact.
4. Record the results of your search on your "research log". Add any new info on the New Family Search site.
5. Don't give up. The information is out there.
6. Go back to #1.
Lesson #4
Lesson # 5
" WRITING YOUR 'FAMILY' HISTORY"
" WRITING YOUR 'FAMILY' HISTORY"
Lesson #6
"WRITING YOUR 'PERSONAL' STORY"
"WRITING YOUR 'PERSONAL' STORY"
Please go to the "download document" page to print out directions and information in order to proceed with this project. All you will need is contained in that document.
This assignment is vital to your future descendants...They won't have to wonder about their family...Your voice and your ancestor's voices will be heard through this document. Don't give up....Keep going....
Remember, as you write, to keep things as interesting and entertaining as you can. Future generations will appreciate any "creativity efforts" you use.
This assignment is vital to your future descendants...They won't have to wonder about their family...Your voice and your ancestor's voices will be heard through this document. Don't give up....Keep going....
Remember, as you write, to keep things as interesting and entertaining as you can. Future generations will appreciate any "creativity efforts" you use.
This page is a continuation of the previous
"lesson outline" page......
"lesson outline" page......
Please go to the "download document" page and print out the documents that can assist you in beginning this project.
Your "story" can be one of the best gifts you will give / leave for your family and future generations.....There is not a "wrong way" to accomplish this task....
Use which ever type of structure / style that appeals to you the most. Writing in 1st person or in 3rd person....journaling photos...using "catch" phrases such as lines from a poem or song or scriptures...
Remember that it is nice to include photos, drawings, etc. to this project. It can make the document more interesting and appealing for the reader..
GOOD LUCK AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD...THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS YOU WILL EVER CREATE.
*** There are several other ways to present your family &/or personal history if this assignment seems to BIG to proceed with.
1. Pedigree Chart
2. Family cook books
3. Family photo albums (we have albums designated
by the "year" photos were taken) You could start
with the current year.
NANCY NETTIE BURLINGHAM...1871-1944
If you double click on the information above, it will take you directly to an instruction sheet (that you can print), that shows how to use this source...Very good information collected from a recent on-line class.