Family Mystery Class

Mrs. Cutter’s 4th Grade

What is Genealogy?

Genealogy is :

• You • Study of Family History • Genes The materials in every cell of your body that makes the one and only special you.

Genes

You from your parents Parents / Grandparents Grandparents / Great-grand Great-grand / Great,Great-grand Etc.

Why Study Genealogy?

To live History

and You might find that you are kin to someone famous.

Benjamin Franklin

Meriwether Lewis

John Muir

James Madison

Andrew Jackson

Theodore Roosevelt

Do You Know Who These People Are?

George Washington

David Crockett

Oklahoma Land-runners

Milton Hershey

John Wilks Booth

Oklahoma Lighthorsemem

Austin Box

Your Family Tree A family tree shows how family members are related to one another.

Goes back over many years.

Called a tree because of how it shows family members “branching out” from one another.

Growing Your Family Tree Even if you start small, remember that big family trees grow from tiny roots.

You have two sets of grandparents your mother’s parents and your fathers parents.

It will grow quickly once you start.

Bring Your Family To Life Full Name (First, Middle, Last) Year of Birth State at Birth

Digging For Your Roots Primary Sources of Genealogy is: Your parents and relatives Secondary Sources: Searching records They will help you dig deeper, and go farther and farther back into time.

Great Secondary Source The Computer On-line you can find information, listings, copies of documents.

Let’s Dig http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi

http://www.google.com/

Genealogy is NEVER done!

Where are your Ancestors from?

What’s in a Name?

Trace Medical history.

Family Stories Family Traditions - Recipes, Holidays, etc

You Have Started Your Family Genealogy

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