Subj : RE: Where to start
To   : Scott Styles
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Tue Jul 06 2021 19:51:34

On 7/6/2021 5:26 PM, Scott Styles wrote to All:

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-> Any suggestion on where to start with researching a family tree?  Looking on
-> line, it is a bit 
-> overwhelming.
-> 
-> Cheers,
-> Scott 

It can be a bit daunting, but a good start is to set up a free account at 
http://wikitree.com
Once activated, just start adding your immediate family members, using as much 
verifiable information as you can about them.

If you enter a name, you may see a similar name pop up.  If it refers to the same 
person you wanted to enter, that means they are already in the database, and you would 
then accept that name as someone in your tree.  That would be a good thing, since they 
already have verifiable information about themselves, hopefully with other family 
members already entered.

We live on a global planet.  We are all related to pretty much everyone else in some way.  
WikiTree helps us see those relationships.

On Fridays, I receive an email from WikiTree with cousins around the world they have 
found, and I post those relationships that WikiTree has found for me.  The same would 
eventually happen to you, if you provide enough info about your family members.

Mike Dippel

 
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