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Researching your family history can be both fun and gratifying. You may want to go farther than just filling in missing names and dates.

One thing, you may want to do is get a better understanding of your family stories and the unique communities surrounding your relatives.

Whatever your reasons for researching your family history, the effort will be challenging, time consuming — and worthwhile.

Follow these tips to make your genealogy research fun, rewarding, and easy as possible.

  1. Gather Family Documents, Pictures, and Notes

  2. Interview Living Relatives

  3. Document Your Family Tree

  4. Back Up Your Genealogy Work!

  5. Find Good Genealogy Sources

  6. Filling Gaps and Building Your Family Tree

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