Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Top 10 Genealogy Mistakes to Avoid !!

According to Wikipedia

Genealogy is the study and tracing of family pedigrees. This involves the collection of the names of relatives, both living and deceased, and establishing the relationships among them based on primary, secondary and/or circumstantial evidence or documentation, thus building up a cohesive family tree. Genealogy is often also referred to as family history, although these terms may be used distinctly: the former being the basic study of who is related to whom; the latter involving more "fleshing out" of the lives and personal histories of the individuals involved.

With that out of the way, lets look at the Top 10 Genealogy mistakes to avoid.
  1. Don't Forget Your Living Relatives
  2. Don't Trust Everything You See in Print
  3. We're Related To... Someone Famous
  4. Genealogy is More Than Just Names & Dates
  5. Beware Generic Family Histories
  6. Don't Accept Family Legends As Fact
  7. Don't Limit Yourself to Just One Spelling
  8. Don't Neglect to Document Your Sources
  9. Don't Jump Straight to the Country of Origin
  10. Don't Misspell the Word Genealogy
(Source: About.com)

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