How do I start family history research?

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Getting started in family history or genealogy research isn't terribly difficult, it just requires a little bit of information. It's often best to interview relatives that you know about ancestors that they can remember. Start by making a list of your grandparents and their pertinent information, including birth, death, and marriage dates, etc. Hopefully you can find out the names of their parents too and you'll have a great start.

After you have a base of info, find a family tree software package or site of your choice and enter that information. I like to use family tree maker and ancestry.com, but there are a multitude of other great options out there. The advantage of using software like family tree maker, is that it is linked to ancestry.com and will help you make discoveries automatically.