When a father is absent, he sets the entire family unit back many, many years. All the children miss out on first-hand leadership, sacrificial love, and what being a caretaker and a protector is all about. The children’s lives are…
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Whether you want to document your family history for medical reasons or if you just want your children to enjoy learning from their own roots, the way that you document your lineage is paramount to knowing where you come from,…
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There are many concerns about the effects of single mothers raising sons and I definitely agree that it is a problem for boys to grow up without a male influence. A boy needs someone to teach him how not only…
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Finding your family lineage is much like going on a treasure hunt, with the documentation of your family lineage much like mapping out the quest to said treasure. If you are new to researching and the documentation of your family…
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Broken bones and bruises usually heal without so much as a tell tale sign that they had ever existed… the hidden scars inflicted from constant emotional bulldozing, however often remain in plain sight for everyone to see. So how does…
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You can’t choose your family, even though sometimes you might want to. Just because you have a blood tie to someone doesn’t mean that you will necessarily get along with each other all the time. Family loyalty and keeping the…
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The family vacation, love it or dread it, it does happen once in awhile. You spend some time researching possible destinations and attractions to visit, saving money and even packing things. After all the time and effort you put into…
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The General order of Mayflower Descendants is a society of individuals who have been able to legitimately track their ancestry back to someone who arrived on the Mayflower. The Mayflower sailed with 102 passengers to America, a whole new world,…
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The negative attitude in one family member can affect the mood of all other members of the family. Having a negative attitude can also have affects on the person themselves. Dealing with this is issue is pretty difficult as some…
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Making the decision to seek family counseling is not an easy one. Typically, families first try to solve problems on their own. However, if the struggles continue, many families eventually seek outside assistance from professionals. There are different types of…
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There are four steps to abuse that make the ongoing cycle. The steps continue from the first to the fourth, then repeat themselves over and over until something breaks the cycle. The only way to break the cycle is to…
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Have you ever wondered about the lives your ancestors lead and how they’ve affected your own life? Can learning about ones family history change how you look at things? I think it can! There are many reasons a person begins…
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Every family has problems. There is simply no such thing as a perfect family. Dealing with different temperaments, conflicting ideas, and individual goals is all a normal part of the challenge of being in a family unit. Sometimes, though, a…
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Tracing a family history has had its ups and downs; the biggest up for me so far has been to trace my ancestry back to 741 to “King of the Franks. Our family first began the genealogy journey 11 years…
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Ultimately, the sad and cynical truth of the matter is that you can choose your friends, not your family. Surround yourself with good people who support you with your discretionary bonds, with your friendships, and the familial ones won’t matter…
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In the digital age, it’s much easier to restore old family photos than ever before. No longer does the consumer need to rely upon the services of the professional. In fact, with good quality equipment, mending those images and bringing…
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Do you remember when you were a child and Grandma said, “When I was a little girl” Now it’s ten or twenty years later, Grandma is gone, and you wish you had a way to revisit the many stories she…
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Tracing one’s family roots and researching their ancestral heritage can be a daunting task, and a never ending work in progress. It is an undertaking made much easier with the use of these basic genealogy forms. Ancestral/Pedigree Chart Probably this…
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Every family has a saga. The pain and passion of relationships intertwining create a gnarled family tree worthy of describing. It’s hard to put on paper the things you remember about your family, the ways your family history makes you…
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Writing a compelling family history requires more than only collecting facts about the history of your family. Your story need to fascinate readers and this is not always easy. Chronically facts will bore other people very soon and you only…
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I’m assuming this title means sleuthing out free information about the meaning of surnames and their pedigrees. If I’m right, then I’ve found a great website for doing just that. It’s the Internet Surname Database. On this website, you can…
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First you must decide if you want to be a genealogist, family historian, or both. Let me explain. A genealogist mainly collects the names of ancestors and descendants. A family historian collects more detailed information such as photos, family stories,…
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Writing a family history can help capture a lot of memories and mementos from older generations. It is a very memorable and meaningful project once complete, but it does take a lot of time and research. The most important thing…
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All families begin with you. Before you were born, your family wasn’t your family, and so it must begin with you. When writing a family history, consider names, ages, occupations, hobbies, interests, and personalities of each family member. Contemplate patterns…
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Genealogy research is addictive. It gets into your blood and it is hard to stop. You keep thinking that the clue you need is right around the corner, in the next book you read or court document you look at….
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Being a “mixed” breed, I was quite inspired to trace back my ancestors. My paternal side was not really complicated. It is all Italian, that is Sicilian and Nepolitan. My maternal side on the other hand is where tracing became…
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I am in the process of writing my family history, and I am trying to make it as compelling as I can. For me what makes a family history compelling is just as much the ‘history’ part as the ‘family’…
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Do you remember stories of your family that are not written down? Do you feel overwhelmed when you think about trying to write down all the stories? Have you started to write your family history and then remember something that…
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A family tree is one of the best things any family can put together. Not only does it tell of the ancestry of the family it also helps in finding others that are distant relations. Having a family tree will…
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Mapping your familiy’s genealogy can appear to be a mind numbing endeavor. However there are some easy ways to bring life to the seemingly lifeless names and dates of people long dead. In reality, genealogists are putting together the story…
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