I have only one brother, but both my parents had huge families. (One of my grandmothers had) 44 grandchildren. ... I have 60 first cousins.

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If you're successful doing genealogy, there's a necessity to be organized. I also love working jigsaw puzzles — and our genealogy is a great big jigsaw puzzle. And buy a computer with lots of memory.

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This is very elementary. This is something someone can do to get started (plotting family history).

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You may have to listen to a lot of stories before you get the data you need ... but it's up to the interviewer to stay on track.

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If you're into genealogy, read the newspaper. If I don't read anything else in the newspaper, I read the births, weddings and obituaries.

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I have 10 to 15 volumes of names just connected to (my immediate family). I got so carried away with this, I (researched) my cousins' (families).

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