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Instructions Do you have a good hint, tip, trick, fact, joke or other short tidbit that you would like to share? Please email it to the webmaster for consideration.
We wish to thank the Lee County Genealogical Society (FLorida) for graciously allowing KCGS to copy their massive group of "Tips and Facts". While KCGS will add to the tips and facts from Lee County from time to time, at this point the majority of information has been supplied by Lee County!
Content is quite large so be sure to open the "drop down" and select a category to minimize the amount of information displayed. Also, that will filter the content to a specific category.
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Can't find any male relatives who inherited your maternal grandfather's Y-DNA? Cast your net wider by climbing further up your family tree. See if that grandfather had brothers who had sons, or if his father (your great-grandfather) had brothers who had sons.
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Join the local genealogy society in the location where you are researching.
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Did you know that in the country music song "I've Been Everywhere" Kittitas County is mentioned as one of the places visited? Yes, the locality mentioned is our county seat town of ELLENSBURG! It is mentioned in the 4th verse. Check it out by Googling "I've Been Everywhere lyrics."
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On January 29, 1977, "Roots," a groundbreaking television program, premieres on ABC. The eight-episode miniseries, which aired on Consecutive nights, follows a family from West Africa through generations of slavery and the end of the Civil War. (from "TIDBITS of Yakima County" newspaper, Issue 324, Yakima, WA)
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The airport in Ellensburg is named Bowers Field in honor of Ellensburg native son Ensign Keith Bowers who died at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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Western artist John Ford Clymer (1907-1989) was born in Ellensburg. He painted more than 80 covers for the Saturday Evening Post and other magazines. The Clymer Museun in Ellensburg has many of his paintings in its gallery. Mr. Clymer and his wife Doris are buried in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Cemetery in Ellensburg.
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Genealogy is incredibly personal.
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Genealogy is an incredible way to make a connection with the past.
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Historical societies vary in specialization, with focuses ranging from specific geographical areas such as countries or towns, universities, railways, ethnic and religious groups, to genealogy, pioneer history, and the preservation of antiques or historic buildings.
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A historical society is an organization dedicated to preserving, collecting, researching, and interpreting historical information or items. Originally, these societies were created as a way to help future generations understand their heritage.
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Some "one-namers" may restrict their research geographically, perhaps to one country, but to register a surname with the Guild a member must commit to researching on a world-wide basis.
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A one-name study is a project researching all occurrences of a surname, as opposed to a particular pedigree (ancestors of one person) or descendency (descendants of one person or couple).
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Family organizations or associations centered on a more distant common ancestor are often referred to as "ancestral family associations," while those centered on a commonly shared surname are commonly referred to as "single surname family organizations".
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A family association or family organization is formed by people who share a common ancestor or surname.
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Lineage societies are societies that limit their membership to descendants of a particular person or group of people of historical importance.
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Genealogy Society, which may be called a Family History Society in other countries, is a society, often charitable or not-for-profit, that allows member genealogists and family historians to profit from shared knowledge.
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Add Social Networking to Your Research.
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Understand the history of the area you are searching on.
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Look for places, not just people.
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Go beyond genealogy websites. Try county histories, biographies, etc.
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Make a list of what information you want to find.
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Prepare a Genealogical Memorandum to your Last Will and Testament to make arrangements where your research goes, other than the circular file.
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Prepare a storm protection program (i.e. weather conditions, fire, computer crashes, etc.) for your research.
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Expect to collect lots of papers.
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Learn how to "Google."
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Read the terms and conditions of websites.
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Don't search websites only once and think that's all there is. Visit websites often for new information.
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Use Message Boards and Mailing Lists to find other family researchers.
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Don't believe everything on the Internet!
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Join your local genealogy society. Take advantage of their special interest groups, workshops and other educational opportunities.
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Use Timelines to see the areas where you need to concentrate your research.
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Make copies of original documents for your files/binders and place the originals in a safe place.
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You are going to be collecting many papers and documents and you will need to determine what method of keeping track of your information works best for you.
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Get in the habit of jotting down memories.
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Prepare a list of questions that you might like to ask your family members about their lives.
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Our family memories are important. Don't let them be forgotten for the future generations in your family. Begin collecting these stories by writing down your memories today.
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Depending upon the time period, how you view the documentation and who provided it, you may find different dates, different name spellings and different locations.
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Why document your research? Helps to prevent duplication of research.
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Start with yourself and work backwards in your family tree.
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Look for alternative records for your research: Legal papers, Family papers, Personal items, Military papers, Church papers, Announcements, Financial papers, Citizenship papers, Health documents, Licenses, Education, Memberships, Newspaper articles and clippings, Books and Albums.
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What will happen to our research if something happens to us? Will your research be saved or tossed in the trash? Decide where your research should go after your passing.
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Just because a document is old does not mean the information is accurate for your ancestor. Consider when it was created and for what purpose.
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If your goal is to collect information on one surname, expect to collect lots of paperwork.
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Broaden your horizons - seek out others who are researching your surnames and in the same time periods and locations.
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Sometmes you need to research collaterally to find where the family settled. Look for their records in the Census.
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Stop looking for that "Magic" document to confirm that "gut" feeling and look at what you have.
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If your supporting documentation does not fit together, it probably is not the
right family.
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Avoid forming a theory and never changing it. Remember the three "R's": Rethink - Reanalyze - Redo!
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Consult other documents to help avoid errors and confirm the information you have found. Look at everything you can possibly find and don't forget to source your information.
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It's okay to prove something incorrect.
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