1. Start with yourself. Write down everything you remember about your family members.
2. Search your home for birth, marriage and death certificates, funeral programs, obituaries, wedding announcements, family photos, wills, land deeds and immigration records.
3. Ask other family members what they know.
4. Do a search on the internet.
5. Visit the place your family lived. Look in cemeteries, courthouses and churches.
2. Search your home for birth, marriage and death certificates, funeral programs, obituaries, wedding announcements, family photos, wills, land deeds and immigration records.
3. Ask other family members what they know.
4. Do a search on the internet.
5. Visit the place your family lived. Look in cemeteries, courthouses and churches.