Quick Tips on Finding Information

Submitted by: ROBS1974GIRL@aol.com

 

If you are having problems finding out someone's birth date and you know where they died and the year, look up obituaries in the newspapers that were around in the time they died. Obituaries sometimes give birthdays. This will at least give you something to go on.

If you live far away from the place you are researching, hook up with someone in that town such as a historian, someone from a historical society or a person from the Family History Center of a Mormon Church. They may be willing to look up some things for you, although you may want to reimburse them for their time. It's sure less expensive than hopping on a plane and doing the research yourself. There are a lot of people out there that do genealogy as a hobby.

Also send all your family history that you have discovered to the Mormon Church in Utah because other people may be able to add to your tree or your great-great-grandchildren may want to look you up when you are gone. Have fun discovering your family.

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