Your Family Tree

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Your Family Tree

• A personal exploration into your
• FAMILY ANCESTRY

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The Family Tree

• Prepared
• by
• Mr. Russell Hayden NBCT
• a National Board Certified Teacher
• March 2006

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Know your terms

• Maternal side (think ma)
• means your mothers family.
• Paternal side (think pa)
• means your fathers family.

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WHO 0N YOUR MATERNAL SIDE IS YOUR

• GREAT
• GRANDMOTHER?
• GREAT GRANDFATHER?

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WHAT WERE THE NAMES OFTHEIR CHILDREN?

• In order of birth
• List their names
• Male/Female
• Birth dates if known
• Which one are you a descendant?
• This is your Grand ___________ ?

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This Grand_______ marriedGrand_________ on
_______

• What is the new Grandparent name____________
• In order of birth their children
• List their names Male/Female
• Birth dates if known
• Which one are you a descendant?
• This is your Mother.

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KNOW YOURPATERNAL ANCESTRY

• WHO IS YOUR
• GREAT
• GRANDMOTHER?
• GREAT GRANDFATHER?

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WHAT WERE THE NAMES OFTHEIR CHILDREN?

• In order of birth
• List their names
• Male/Female
• Birth dates if known
• Which one are you a descendant?
• This is your Grand ___________ ?

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This Grand_______ marriedGrand_________ on
_______

• What is the new Grandparent name____________
• In order of birth their children
• List their names Male/Female
• Birth dates if known
• Which one are you a descendant?
• This is your Father.

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Your father married your mother on ______

• What is the new parent name____________
• In order of birth their children
• List their names Male/Female
• Birth dates if known
• Which one are you?

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Has your family begun the next generation ?

• What is the new parent(s) name__________
• and spouse(s)________
• In order of birth their children
• List their names Male/Female
• Birth dates if known

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Parts of a FAMILY TREE

• The Great Grandparents
• are the first generation we
• will identify as the
• P 1
• Maternal or Paternal sides

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The Filial generations

• The Grandparents
• on both sides
• will be identified as the
• F 1
• generations

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The Filial generations

• The Parents
• on both sides
• will be identified as the
• F 2
• generations

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Your Filial generation

• You Your
• Brothers and Sisters
• will be identified as the
• F 3
• generations

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• the
• Cycle
• of
• Life
• Continues
• The F4 generation

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Commonly usedFamily Tree symbols

• Female
• Male

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More Family Tree symbols

• Sex unknown
• Identical Twins
• Fraternal twins

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P1 generation 4 great grandparents

• 2 Maternal 2 Paternal
• Their children the F 1 generation

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• Now You
• May Begin
• Your Family
• Tree