Old Beginnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

This section will focus on bringing you items that will make your genealogical endeavor easier. From charts, to forms, to software and more. If you know of something that maybe useful, please let us know.

 

                                                           Donnie & Audrey Krippendorf

 

You may need some of the following software:

 

    

 

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Odds ‘n’ Ends

 

Calendar - This is a great little program I found. You can get a calendar for any year/month from the past to the future. A great way to find out what day a particular day fell on..

 

 

Forms, Charts & More

 

Census Abstract Forms – Forms for transcribing census data from 1790 – 1930, provided by Genealogy.com

 

Census Extaction Forms – From Ancestry.com

 

Pedigree Chart (PDF) – From the Ancestors series on PBS

 

Family Group Record  (PDF) – From the Ancestors series on PBS

 

Timeline Page (PDF) – From the Ancestors series on PBS

 

Research Log (PDF) – From the Ancestors series on PBS

 

Family & Home Information Sources Checklist (PDF) – From the Ancestors series on PBS

 

Activities Sheet for Using Forms (PDF) – From the Ancestors series on PBS

 

Family Tree Fan Chart (PDF) – This chart is from Martha Stewart, if she can stay out of jail, maybe she will give us some more

 

Online Family Data Form – This is a neat way to be able to email somebody your family information. It says it doesn’t work well with IE, but I sent myself a message and it worked fine. Really neat, check it out.

 

 

There are many more out there, this is just a few to get you started.

 

 

 

Software &Stuff

 

Ged2Web – this is a great program that allows you to turn your GEDCOMs into web pages.

 

Ged4Web – another good program for converting your GEDCOM into a web page. This one offers a variety of formats to use.

 

Family Origins – A family tree database

 

Family Tree Maker – probably the most popular Family Tree Software

 

Brother’s Keeper – a shareware family tree database

 

Heritage Family Trees Deluxe 3.0 – This is the software that I use and highly recommend. It is very user friendly with lots of frills.

 

 

 

There are a lot more out there, this is just a sampling of some that I found. There are also numerous ones available for free, if you would like to know about them, just let me know and I’ll post them.