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GENEALOGY

FOR

BEGINNERS

Greenup County Public Library Genealogy & Family History Room

Attn: Vicki Evans 508 Main Street

Greenup, KY 41144 (606) 473-6514

[email protected]

508 Main Street * Greenup KY 41144 * (606) 473-6514

GREENUP COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY Genealogy & Local History Room

Tips On Tracing Your Family Tree

1) Start with what you know. Use the Pedigree Chart and fill in as much as you know. Start with yourself and continue on to your parents, grandparents, etc. Your chart will be #1. You are going to be working backwards. For a genealogist each new generation back is the prize.

2) Fill out Family Group Sheet. This helps keep your families together in groups and makes them easier to sort out.

3) TALK TO YOUR FAMILY! I cannot express the importance of this step. If at all possible do this in a group

setting. Asking your grandfather what his grandmothers maiden name was may get a response of “I don’t think I ever remember hearing it” but if you are talking to a group of siblings or cousins, one may say “I think I recall Mother telling me her mother was an Gayhart” then you may hear your grandfather say “I believe you are right, Mother had an Uncle Lee Gayhart”. This gives you two clues. Your grandfather’s grandmother (your great grant grandmother) was a Gayhart and she had a brother named Lee. Take notes! Jot down, names, dates, marriages, where they lived at the time, occupations, anything that may help you on your trek. But also, try to take an oral or video recording. You take notes because something may happen to your electronics and besides that, when your relatives are no longer around, it sure is good to see or hear them again. Go through your notes as soon as possible and get them into some type of working order.

4) Check family resources. Bibles, the stack of letter’s tied with a ribbon, your grandmothers scrap book, that

envelope of obituaries that someone saved, the box of photos in the attic (don’t forget to look on the backs!), etc. Chests and trunks are wonderful places to find these things. If they do not belong to you, always ask for permission first.

5) Check out the family plots in the cemeteries. If you mother, father or grandparents visited a grave then that

person meant something to them, chances are, that they were a relative. Take down the name of the cemetery, the location of the cemetery, the location of the grave and the names and dates of the persons on the tombstone. Take a photo of the tombstone.

6) Gather official documents. Birth certificates, marriage certificates, social security card applications, death

certificates, baptismal records, wills, deeds, estate records, etc. You have to pay close attention to who provides the information for death records. The informant on the death certificate is not always a close family member or someone “in the know”. A death certificate is only as accurate as the informant. The same holds true with marriage records. I know that my mother’s age is wrong on her marriage license. She was fifteen and eloping and told the clerk that she was 21.

7) United States Census records are wonderful sources of information. Check with your local library or genealogy

societies, most will have subscriptions to Ancestry.com where you can access these records for free.

8) Visit your local library or genealogical society. Someone there will be willing to help you.

Great Grandparents Chart No. _____

8 b. Cont. on Chart # __Grandparents w.

m.4 d.

b. w.w. br.m.

Father d. 9w. b. Cont. on Chart # __

2 br. w.b. d.w. w.m. br.d.w. 10br. b. Cont. on Chart # __

w.m.

5 d.b. w.w. br.d.w. 11br. b. Cont. on Chart # __

1 w.b. d.w. w.m. br.d.w. 12br. b. Cont. on Chart # __

w.m.

6 d.b. w.w. br.m.

Mother d. 13w. b. Cont. on Chart # __

2 br. w.b. d.w. w.d. br.w.br. 14

b. Cont. on Chart # __w.m.

7 d.b. w.w. br.d.w. 15

KEY br. b. Cont. on Chart # __b. - born w.w. - where d.m. - married w.d. - died br.

GCPLGENFORM 13-01

No. _____ on this chart is the same asNo. ____ on pedigree Chart No. ____

PEDIGREECHART

Spouse

br. - buried

Greenup County Public Library Genealogy & Family History Room 508 Main Street, Greenup KY 41144

FIRST & BIRTH DATE NAME OF DEATH DATE CEMETERYMIDDLE NAME PLACE SPOUSE PLACE LOCATION

GCPLGENFORM 13-02

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CAUSE OF DEATH: CAUSE OF DEATH:

CEMETERY: CEMETERY:

FATHERS NAME: FATHERS NAME:

MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME: MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME:

OTHER SPOUSES: OTHER SPOUSES:

CHILDREN

MILITARY RECORD: MILITARY RECORD:

DATE OF DEATH: DATE OF DEATH:

PLACE OF DEATH: PLACE OF DEATH:

BIRTHPLACE: BIRTHPLACE:

MARRIED: PLACE MARRIED:

OCCUPATION: OCCUPATION:

BIRTHDATE: BIRTHDATE:

FAMILY GROUP SHEET

FATHER: MOTHER (Maiden Name):RESIDENT: RESIDENCE:


FIRST & BIRTH DATE NAME OF DEATH DATE CEMETERYMIDDLE NAME PLACE SPOUSE PLACE LOCATION

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FATHERS NAME: FATHERS NAME:

MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME: MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME:

OTHER SPOUSES: OTHER SPOUSES:

CHILDREN

MILITARY RECORD: MILITARY RECORD:

DATE OF DEATH: DATE OF DEATH:

PLACE OF DEATH: PLACE OF DEATH:

BIRTHPLACE: BIRTHPLACE:

MARRIED: PLACE MARRIED:

OCCUPATION: OCCUPATION:

BIRTHDATE: BIRTHDATE:

FAMILY GROUP SHEET - PAGE 2

FATHER: MOTHER (Maiden Name):RESIDENT: RESIDENCE:


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GREENUP COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY Genealogy & Local History Room

FREE Genealogy Websites

US Gen Web Launching Point for State & County Sites

http://www.usgenweb.org

Boyd County Kentucky US Gen Web http://kykinfolk.com/kyboyd

Carter County Kentucky US Gen Web

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kycarter

Greenup County Kentucky US Gen Web http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kygreen2

Lewis County Kentucky US Gen Web

http://hollyhockfarms.com/ky-lewis/

Mason County Kentucky US Gen Web http://kykinfolk.com/mason/

Lawrence County Ohio US Gen Web

http://theusgenweb.org/oh/lawrence/

Scioto County Ohio US Gen Web http://theusgenweb.org/oh/scioto/

Kentucky Department of Libraries & Archives

http://kdla.ky.gov/records/e-archives/pages/default.aspx

Kentucky Land Office Database http://sos.ky.gov/admin/land/Pages/default.aspx

West Virginia Vital Records

http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx

Family Search (Latter Day Saints Website) https://familysearch.org/

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Example:

Name 1790 1800Julius Chatham Guilford

Coley NC NC

Name 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940

CENSUS CHECK LIST

GCPLGENFORM 14-02


GENELAOGY RELATIONSHIP CHART

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1

Common Ancestor

2

Brother or

Sister

Niece or

Nephew

Grand Niece or

Nephew

Great Grand Niece or Nephew

2nd Great Grand Niece Or Nephew

3rd Great Grand Niece Or Nephew

4th Great Grand Niece or Nephew



3

Niece or

Nephew

First

Cousin

First Cousin Once

Removed

First Cousin Twice

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First Cousin 3 Times

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Grand Niece or

Nephew

First Cousin Once

Removed

Second Cousin

Second Cousin Once

Removed

Second Cousin Twice

Removed

Second Cousin 3

Times Removed

Second Cousin 4

Times Removed

Second Cousin 5

Times Removed

Second Cousin 6

Times Removed

5

Great Grand Niece or Nephew

First Cousin Twice

Removed

Second Cousin Once

Removed

Third

Cousin

Third Cousin Once

Removed

Third Cousin Twice

Removed

Third Cousin 3 Times

Removed


Removed


Removed 6

2nd Great Grand Niece Or Nephew


Removed

Second Cousin Twice

Removed

Third Cousin Once

Removed

Fourth

Cousin

Fourth Cousin Once

Removed

Fourth Cousin Twice

Removed

Fourth Cousin 3 Times

Removed


Removed 7

3rd Great Grand Niece Or Nephew


Removed

Second Cousin 3

Times Removed

Third Cousin Twice

Removed

Fourth Cousin Once

Removed

Fifth

Cousin

Fifth Cousin Once

Removed

Fifth Cousin Twice

Removed

Fifth Cousin 3 Times

Removed

8



Removed

Second Cousin 4

Times Removed


Removed

Fourth Cousin Twice

Removed

Fifth Cousin Once

Removed

Sixth

Cousin

Sixth Cousin Once

Removed

Sixth Cousin Twice

Removed

9



Removed

Second Cousin 5

Times Removed


Removed


Removed

Fifth Cousin Twice

Removed

Sixth Cousin Once

Removed

Seventh

Cousin

Seventh Cousin Once

Removed

10



Removed

Second Cousin 6

Times Removed


Removed


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Fifth Cousin 3 Times

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Sixth Cousin Twice

Removed

Seventh Cousin Once

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Eighth

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Greenup County Public Library

Genealogy & Family History Room 508 Main Street, Greenup KY 41144

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MAINE State or Equivalent Area

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Fairfax Independent CityShoreline


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