Classroom Documents

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Week 1: Basic Tools

• Ancestor chart
• Family group sheets
• Pencils
• Pencil sharpener
• Eraser
• Highlighter
• Sticky notes
• Paper
• External storage device
• Notebook/3-ring binder
• File folders

Week 2: Filling in the Charts

• Ancestor Chart
  • Comes in 3, 4, 5, 8+ generations
  • Provides biological lineage
  • Start with yourself as Number 1
  • Top part is for the paternal lineage; bottom part is for the maternal lineage
• Family Group Sheet
  • Shows a family unit, including Father, Mother, and Children
  • All children born to the father and mother should be shown. List from the oldest to the youngest child.
  • Has an area to expand on the known information -- such as occupation, military, religion.
• Websites with forms
  • Ohio Genealogical Society
  • National Genealogical Society
  • Cyndi's List - Charts & Forms
• Use all uppercase for surnames. This helps to distinguish a surname from a middle name. It is not uncommon for surnames from previous generations to be used as middle names for more recent generations.
  • Example: Joseph Arnold vs. Joseph ARNOLD
• Genealogy dates should be written in a dd-mmm-yyyy format.
  • Example: 06-11-20
    • Is this June 11, 1920?
    • Is this November 6, 1820?
    • Preferable format is 11 Jun 1920.

Gallery

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  Baltzer BEIERLA
  Family Group Sheet

• Fischer Joseph Sr FamilyGroupSheet.jpg

  Joseph FISCHER, Sr.
  Family Group Sheet