What else can I write about for geneology??

Question

I have a essay on geneology and it's 4 pages...So far I've only did two complete pages. What are topics that I should include in my essay??

I have a four page essay on my family's history. But does anyone know any topics that I can write about?? to include..

Answer 1

Hey ihgirl_2005,

For an Essay on genealogy, there are a variety of topics that can be included. Each paragraph following is a topic you should cover.

Vital Records - the importance, where to find, who can find, how to find, and what information can be found.

How one vital record gives leads to another, for example Death Record states parents names and places of birth with dates. Birth records state parents birth dates and names.

Obituaries, Cemetaries, - what information can be obtained from these sources. Death dates, people related still living, parents and where they were from (giving leads to other records).

Census records give different information, but generally the Head of household, number of residents and sometimes thier names and ages on the date of the census.

The powers of 2. If you are researching your genealogy, don't forget that each generation is a power of 2, which adds many additional names to who you are. In 6 generations there are 64 Ancestors. The sum of all these contributors is who you are (genealogically speaking). For every person found, there are 2 new people to ask questions about.

The power of 2 gives rise to other people doing the same research. After you get back 3 to 6 generations, you can find people in Forums on the internet researching the same ancestral branches.

DNA - today there are DNA groups researching any surname you can name - and if there is not a group, you can start one. There are National Geographic Global DNA projects and others. This evidence does not say who your parents or ancestors are, but that you have the right people- because they relate to the people with the same surname on a different decendent branch. Your distant cousins will have many DNA markers in common with you. That confirms you are researching the same ancestors.

How and where to research. There are genealogy libraries, which you should research and include as sources. The LDS site is one of the largest sources. The Mormons keep an extensive database in Salt Lake City - and their churches throughout the US allow visitors to do research at their branches.

You should caution your audience that surname and crests are hype. You are a combination of your 4096 genealogical contributors in 11 generations, there are thousands of surnames over the many generations (baring cousins that married). You could easily be sitting in class near your distant cousins.

You can draw your own conclusions, but after 10 years of research, I have come to know that we have more in common with eachother than we know. Even people that don't know where they come from have genealogy, just undiscovered. And all this goes back to the beginning of - well - time (creation, evolution, etc).

Also, you should spell it correctly. Your question has an O instead of an A.

Answer 2

start with your own family tree, explain about the genetic traits of your own family eg, is your hair colour the same as your father or your mother,if you have brothers who do they take after for looks, sometimes genes will skip a generation to go back to grand parents ,eg, my sons take not after my father but my grand father, in thier build. it is an interesting fact that names play a big part of the genetic makeup of a family,eg the name Richard is represented in every generation of my family as far as i can trace them back to, 1756., so is the name Thomas.
Location and employment, families stayed in the same place. sons followed fathers into the similar type of work that their fathers father did, this is where we see names that are called after the work that someone did, eg Smith, could have been a blacksmith or a coppersmith,Cooper, was a maker of barrels,
Carter,drove a wagon, Cartwright made the wagon Archer fired a bow.Fletcher made the arrows(flights) Arrowsmith made the shanks etc etc,. a good way to start to look up the names in your
town is to look in the phone book, if you live in a smallish town the names will be descended from the local industry of that area.
look at the names in your town or the nearest smallish town, for the prominent families, Johnson, son of john etc you could if you really wanted fill four exercise books ,never mind four pages.
good luck FL

Answer 3

you can also bring up if they were in the service, what they did in the service what they may have received in the service, where they traveled, if your family has story's . if their was criminal activity like western bank robbers or such. i found out my great, great, grandfather stole cows and crossed a border with them. i also found out i had family that were original settlers of a certain Town. i found out that my family once owned a part of a state that was taken by the military from them before paper was the only proof to owning the land. even see if you have any artists or musical people in your back ground. you can even bring up where people may think they git their passed down abilities.for instance, my sister is artistic in paint as was my great grand mother. even check if at one point in history if your last name was spelled differently than today. i have a family line called wicks(current spelling) but many generation ago it was spelled weeks, the spelling changed because the family member didn't know how to read or write and when he gave his name they spelled it for them that way and it stuck. its stuck as wicks and still is. if you have other question you can email me. i am currently doing allthe differant stuff i mentioned and its pretty big.

Answer 4

Look into a history book, or ask your grandparents if they are still living, and put some flesh on the bones. Did your grandfather fight in a war? Did your grandmother learn to fry chicken? Did your GF woo your GM by playing tunes on his banjo/guitar/ukelele?

Birth, death and marriage dates are great, but they don't tell what the people wer elike. If your grandparents are still living and remember stories of THIER grandparents, you could go back five generations.

Answer 5

write about the Mormons and how they have the largest genealogy library and research center in the WORLD. It's deep inside a mountain in solid rock just like NORAD.

Answer 6

Not knowing what you have already in cluded, i would suggest DNA tracing, either through mitochondrial DNA (use to trace back to the tribe or country) or ADME (used to determine the % racial makeup) tests.

Answer 7

you can discuss how to do the research your family tree and what the benefits of knowing your ancestry

Answer 8

try where your ancestry from and how long did they live and what they did for a living..... how and what made them pass