My greatest passion has always been genealogy (or family research)!

Over the years, I have not only pursued my own family history but I have tried to help others in their individual hunt for their 'roots'.

Here are links to MY family tree as well as my husbands.

I am also including web addresses for the USGenWeb counties I am both County Coordinator and webmaster for.

So you want to trace your family tree!

Where do you start?

1st - Gather the data you KNOW!
Write down all those facts you heard from Grandma and Uncle Phil.   You know you heard about where  and when Nonna and her family came to the US.

2nd - Ask questions!
Talk to your OLDEST living relative 1st.   But keep in mind, not everyone is going to be either as interested or as excited as you are!

3rd - Compile your data.
It doesn't matter whether you are using a computer or not, you still need to put all the data together and into some kind of 'order'.  This order will have to be something that works for YOU!  (I would suggest you break your data into 'family' groups.  There are all sorts of resources available to help you organize your chaos!!!   And key among them is a computer!  Find yourself a very reliable computer as well as 'decent' software!  Do your research BEFORE you buy and  you won't suffer after!