How to Conduct a Genealogy Report

by Neal Spoton

When you construct your family tree (or someone else’s), you need “concrete evidence” (more on this later) that you have identified the correct person. Otherwise, you could be going down the wrong path through someone elses family.

There are some things in life that are more important than finding vital records. You may want to see how far you can go back, but you should never do that at the expense of not being sure you have the right people. What would happen if you put years into your research — only to find that you went the wrong way? You would have wasted all of that time. Make sure that you “triangulate” your evidence so you can justify your findings before you move on.

The public records that are available to most people that you want to add to your family tree are available. These include records of marriage/ divorce, death, and so on. There are some cases where records were destroyed in fires or lost forever, but most people can find the vital records to support their family heritage claims. They name specific people, and verify they are indeed in your family.

Vital records for those that are still alive are very hard to find. Some sites that deal with genealogy records will not list vital stats and records for privacy reasons. When someone is still living, you can get your information elsewhere anyway. The records you find through these sites are going to be for the members of your family that have passed on. Along with vital records, you may find things like property deeds and immigration records that can verify or dismiss what you have.

Searching these sites is often helpful. You can decide if you want to pay for a membership through some of the other sites, or rely on what you can find through the free ones. The ones that have no membership fees are that way thanks to support from those that use them, and the good will of volunteers. Most of them have some information, but not nearly what you can get through the other web sites.

So, what if you must find someone’s family’s vital records, but you dont have a lot of time to search? Well, you can always find new clues through a source that can give you what you need in due time. Sometimes, this can come up in minutes if you are willing to pay the fee. This is great for your family’s public records, or when you think you have hit a brick wall at any other time.

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