Apolie Turtz asked:


In our times, more and more people are developing an interest in conducting a genealogical research. One factor of this may be because that the advancements of technology (the internet, in particular) have really made it easier to obtain and share information even worldwide. Unlike in the past, you wouldn’t have to go to cemeteries or to visit far-flung relatives anymore when you need some information. If you haven’t started doing this yourself, then now is the time. Learn more about the past and the lives your ancestors lived by doing a genealogical research. As you start researching, you have to know that some of the most important resources that you should access online are the  vital records.

Vital records are legal documents that have a lot of useful information for you since these records are filed in important events in life such as birth, death, marriages and even divorces. With access to these vital records, you will find a lot of names, dates, and places that might lead you to more information. 

Let’s take the birth records, for example. A birth record, as most know, is the record filled up when a birth needs to get registered. Birth records contain the name of the child, the date, time and place of birth, the name of the parents, their respective dates of birth, plus their address or addresses during the time of the child’s birth. So aside from the name of the person in that type of vital records, you can also get access to the names of the parents. With that, you can then access other vital records to know more about the family history information of the father and/ or the mother.

And because there are now a lot of websites that offer vital records access, there really isn’t any reason why you shouldn’t conduct one.

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Terri

sunshine02 asked:


Genealogy has been a popular hobby among people who are eager to learn their family history. Building a family tree requires time, patience and research, but the knowledge gained from searching old family records is well worth the effort.

Genealogy isn’t an easy process, and often takes hours of research analyzing census records, marriage and death certificates, and even tax records. Certificates of birth, marriage, divorce and death are considered “vital records” and searching vital records is an important part of composing a genealogy. All these records can help give a well-rounded picture of your family tree. Most records are kept by the state in which the event took place, so knowing where grandma and grandpa got hitched is important if you’re looking for their marriage record.

The Internet has taken researching genealogy records to a whole new level. The amount of information available online as well as in traditional offline sources is staggering. Determine what information you want to find out. Family tree research can be addictive once you start, so it is important to set goals such as knowing where in the old country your ancestors came from or to take your history back to a particular period in history.

Keep track of all the records you’ve requested and note whether or not you received them. If you can’t find a record, note the reason. This will prevent you from repeating your request for an unavailable record.

Family records are only as reliable as the person who filled them out. Death certificates are notorious for being wrong about certain things because the information is often gleaned from surviving family members who may be unsure of the facts.

If there are discrepancies in dates on family records, you may have to search for public or church documents to find the accurate date.

If you can, visit with older family members personally–you may be in for a fabulous ride down memory lane. Take a notebook and pen with you to write down all those nuggets of family history.



Ruth