I was unable to get online this morning, (internet is
playing right up!) which has once again highlighted just how much I am reliant
on it in order to do pretty much anything in relation to my family ancestry
research. I have been going back through
the Edge family, checking my sources, trying to find any pieces of missing information
and printing any evidence that I have so that I don’t find myself in situations
like this in the future. I have created
two family trees; the first starting with me and my siblings and going back to
my Grandad’s parents. This tree also includes my mum’s siblings and my Grandad’s
siblings. I have found that often when trying to print off a family tree, it
will only include me, not my sisters, and then my granddad but not his
siblings. I am obviously creating more work for myself in making the trees so
as to include siblings, but that is my personal preference, and I do not think I’d
be 100% happy with the results if I hadn’t of included them. For the future
generations of my family that may be interested in my findings, won’t my
siblings and my aunties and uncles be just as important as me?
I have had to make a
conscience decision however not to include any of the partners of the siblings
in the generations going back because there is simply not enough space on a
sheet of A4 paper. I may well print off family group sheets with this information
on for each sibling though, with their children and any information that I find
on their lives. It just seems to be endless, but I want to do it properly. It would be interesting to know how other
people have documented hard copies of their family trees, if you are reading
this, please feel free to leave a comment with any advice or tips! They would
be most appreciated. =)
Thanks for the info, it’s easy to understand. BTW, if anyone needs to fill out a family group sheet, I found a blank form here: http://pdf.ac/5TCsV8
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