Organizing Your Genealogy with Forms

When you first set out to discover your ancestors you should have the right forms and charts to help you stay organized thru your genealogy journey. A good way to do this is to have a pedigree chart beginning with you as #1, your father #2 and your mother #3. From there you will begin adding your grandparents. Your dad's dad will be #4, your dad's mom #5, your mom's dad #6 and your mom's mom #7 and so on. If you are a beginner or have not started your pedigree chart there are several places on the internet that you can find free pedigree charts or you can make your own. The other main form you will need is family group record sheets. You will need a lot of these forms because you will need to fill out one for each married couple in your genealogy research. The main information that these forms list is the husband and wife's given names, surnames, date of birth, place of birth, date of marriage, place of marriage, date of death and place of death. They also list the names of the children and the information for each child. You will find some family group record sheets where you can record more information than others. How much information that you store on your family group records is totally up to you but the more information that you list on this form the easier it is to research for more information on that family. You can search in your browser for pedigree charts and family group sheets or you can start with forms from here and here. If you wish you can also get a free document, from the LDS Online Store explaining how to fill out a family group record here.