Table of Contents:
by
jabco (WorldCat user on 2007-11-23)
2. About the Author
3. Introduction
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5. Family Facts - Identify family members and key events
Recording Information on standardized forms
6. - Family Group Sheet
8. - Ancestor Chart
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10 Home Sources - Supporting documents that help to provide the necessary proof.
11 List of what to use, keep, and preserve
13 Important Home Sources
14 Bockman Family Home Sources (examples)
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17 Photographs - Help turn names and dates into real people
19 Identify the People, the Time, and the Place
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20 Preservation - Saving Items for Future Generations
22 Paper & Document Preservation
23 Photo Preservation
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24 Family Stories - Can only be told by someone who was a part of it
25 Timeline of Events
26 Bockman Family History (examples)
29 Organizing It All - Assembling all of the information
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30 Family History Research
30 How to Start Researching Your Family
30 - Vital Records
33 - Wills & Probate Records
34 - Cemetery Records
34 - Newspapers/Obituaries
35 - Census Records
39 - Other Records
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41 Our Family - Title page (enter data on your own family)
42 - Guidelines for Filling in Your Forms
43 - Seven Family Group Sheets
57 - Three Ancestor Charts
60 - Two Timeline pages
62 - Notes
Notes:
by
jabco (WorldCat user on 2007-11-23)
(Back Cover content)
Over the years, everyone has heard family stories and accumulated first-hand information about their family that future descendants would just love to know. While your children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews might not be very interested now, someday they will be. Now is the time for you to preserve this valuable information.
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Jeffrey A. Bockman has been researching his family since 1988 and writing and lecturing about family history since 1996. He is grateful that many of his ancestors had their picture taken and that others had the foresight to write the person's name on the back and hand them down to future generations along with numerous important papers. His inheritance was a collection of interesting ancestors, numerous photographs, a variety of unique records, and a few family stories. He hopes that everyone will be as kind to his or her own descendants and family members.
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This book can help everyone to record and preserve their family's history. It is also the perfect starting point for those people that already have an interest in researching their family's history.
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