| Show r l L f B GENEA LO GY ft D tt f t 1 I hi y t M 1 MI ih k 11 1 f f I y I All AI ln this rt should bo l 16 to tho CI lap tury oC all society mUel F Smith Jr ft euro of Historians Kat Rolt Oily j Utah Ll FOR FOil SAINTS IN TUH WORLD III III havo hlll this tlc do 1 rn MI tI Ctr dl a s Iii Iri tho nM nf tho earth or who are arc out 1 ml To Tn alt all wo 10 gladly the l es I fe feIhel Then uri U 10 two classes e of 11 wio o this help those In III cities cillo und and t o who well II in the country l lh this article will 1111 bo 1 11 tn tho Jl t of these two ellipses Tin The sahit or UI elder who finds i In III n u city It of I sumo size or Ill Im Importance Is nIT 1011 for fOI col Kom He may think that as 1 his father en 1 mother born In th country or Ill many from OKI th he In Is that Illat ho he Is I not rIY this is nut Ihn tJUI fuse IJ been ii e havo JulO almost II public library In thu th United Stites and vl I h ha ha a if torn Of fl I I ami books I rL mom mOl Information titu an bo I In ono OH duy could he in III f NII h the I 11 r I from till the tombstones of It would be II far ar moro 1110 ablo for fill n t lit III go gI to a city Washington or 11 Now Xu York or lIl or 11 or 01 Chicago than to timo money In searching tho of sup supposed posed and travels of or his rs IS In London more real I help can call he obtained at al IS 8 Somerset nou or In British mission than thanIn In III all tho parishes In III tho United It Is truo trun that when these I ly 1 libraries 3 linen thor tho exhausted by b tho searcher or JI when some particular nc ils un 1111 unraveling raveling i ho tho point of contact con eun lunn It will bo he necessary ar to t sally out ami visit th particular place oC of clue cille But this exception hJ I not the rule rul Now XII therefore what wo we say ay to thol who live In III larco FIst First Kit down In tho Iho of your own memory and write out carefully till nil that you OU know about your own That Is tho full of your Oll father Then Thon the tho date of or his hl birth bilth ria month lilt and year ear Add 11 tho place Illace whom bo ho was born tho town county country co the date of bin death ilay month and year Next proceed In sumo man manner ner lo chronicle tho same Information your mother giving hot maiden name Next write out careful carefully ly tho ot your paternal Krand fut ho r according to the samo plan as that Riven for your fathers anil the immo of hl your pa paternal grandmother with her distinct It will surprise you my friends to how little of tills Information mation you can it IB vastly important that you sat about finding out these facts now to today day Then tio names of your on sumo family line all statistical concerning them Go back just as asfar far your memory or your family will let you do on this line Then toko up the collateral lines That Is after you have Rot this direct information tion you will want to out how much you know about your uncles and aunts your anil your to the earliest generation Now you have to begin on onIt It may be very little It usually Is for forthe the person who begins this work But certainly you In no condition to be begin gin your labors until yoi have sol down every scrap of Information you can re recall call or others can recall for you In proper shape und form The of this step la to prepare these In a notebook in family form Ing to tho pattern given in former arti articles cles Now the is ready to tako up his mothers line and proceed In pre precisely tho samo manner Ono oj Information may be add d bore It is Impossible to proper or places of birth these can bo approximated As for Instance if you know when your father you may maywell well that ho was about 25 years of when that event occurred And write about Just preceding your esti estimated mated date That Is born about such and such u date The same with any other known date us when he en entered collese or fought In the Revolutionary war or deeded property All these dates give Important clues for es estimating dates And If you cannot rightly approximate the birth or death or marriage dote of tho man you are searching perhaps you can cantell tell from some known circumstance such as hla being witness to a awill will or a marriage that ho lived at ata a certain date then living be before fore this known date thus Indicating that ho lived at such or such a lime It ItIs Is well to add adult after such a If the facts you are in possession of Indicate that ho was so For In Instance stance It ho witness to a will Df a marriage or signed a deed it la that ho of disposing age and this should be noted Having thus prepared every scrap ot Information possible for you to re ord there is now the next step ready for your taking Second for information to all allour our relations friends who may 30 In possession of valuable facts Ask hem to semi you the sarno detailed In which has buen hero out Ined File all such replies away ready for future reference And right here at another of advice bo strongly upon always keep our genealogical letters und papers in ini i separate drawer apart from every ither mutter or notes Label this draw r or desk or box Genealogy and herein store all your notes mems and ther genealogical Information It will help you If you uso some string o fasten together thus separate In your various lines of work workmen men as personal letters newspaper per clippings and temple sheets will avo much time trouble and nay prevent loss ot Important paper lio your answered general letters In Ini i bundle In such a drawer and on ho edge ot the envelope write tho of tho sender tho date and kind ot tc Ditto of ill QUi tha city to begin your public library with you a book pencil and you tha up to thu a woi n n l genealogy in thi it you wish fw Instance search tor Allen look In this drawer book about tho good for It and work If you mul nothing at then ask for Index for American names or for If it Is you aro after Hero you will ai leist bo able to lint What books aro aronow now In circulation the Aliens und alter you can for helps as Co ami IF for tho English xa or ury for American DUCK Then to nut on your tho names and numbers ot books as may bi found In tho library you at work got them out on tho desk and proceed with your labors as has boon you In this in for former mer articles Such In brief would lino ot In a largo city libra ry Third After completing this work which may tako months to do you will necessary wend your way tho parish where your was horn or You will need needa a quarter or shilling In most of for hero aro usually f es chars oil for examination ot these Dont try to agents or clerks In Inthe the parish to do this work for such people usually charge from 10 to 23 cents a It yon want help homo lo this and ll there Is not some per person son In that of country who 11 with this society anil who only ilo you work hut will also get you the complete information tion you desire anil not send you sim simply ply direct lino of ancestors without any collateral as la always ilono by tho genealogists In the world Fourth You may go to tho county court house for wills deeds and for forwar war records Hero you will usually will prepared Indexes and should always bo consulted in order to obtain full directions to search County or parish clerks do not to many questions and you aro supposed to know enough ot tho of pro In u public library lu help yourself to plain and obvious information tion The clerk will hand you an In Index dex with great courtesy but It you want him to upend an hour listening to your story about your Aunt Nolly and grandfather Jones and all your family history In order to ask him where lo look for Aliens and Jones ho IH apt to charge you bin tha hour or altogether refuse to spend with you Fifth If you aro really interested In this work you will bo willing to spend a momy to get or Indirect Information If you live in a city you will the bound volumes ot of those two splendid exponents genealogical Information England Historical and Register In tho public library or the New York Genealogical and Biographical l ical Record Those magazines can bo for If you can afford It Tho 4 ii Transcript has luid a column devoted to this subject semi semiweekly weekly tor many years You can gut for about 1 these semiweekly papers u year Then tho New York Herald as well as many other papers have weekly departments dealing with this subject Some ot these papers ami both magazines havo a query depart department ment where you can write for information tion and you will often thus come hilo communication with distant branches oC your family Certainly every ono who really do to further tho cause ot genealogy or temple work will hasten to Join without further delay This Is really the first ami step In this direction Ono final piece of Information and then wo will close this ono paper It Is this Many ask If they can take up work for their mothers or fathers lino or family oven If unable to make con connecting links For Instance If James Allen wanted to start work on his gen genealogy and could not find any traces of his fathers people but knew ho could hundreds of Allans would ho bo justified In taking up tho work for tho Allen family In general Yes ho writes first to thu four telling of his purpose and then writes a similar to dopart so that It any ono wishes to as assist him or Is working on the samo lino there need not be confusion This notice will be published In this de department and thus brought tp the at attention of all tho saints Then Jamas Allen may well tako up tho work be beginning Si ginning of course with tho Aliens In his own section of country and gradually ally branching out Into other parts of the country provided he docs not find other Aliens In the Church working on tho same Thus we shall gradually ally como to a unity of purpose and action In this temple la labor bor NOTICE TO Members of the Genealogical society are requested lo send In to the secre secretary tary the various lines you arc working upon as tho auxiliary committee de hires to prepare a Index of such names for reference to place the sumo In tho rooms ot tho general library thu assisting nil who desire to avoid duplication of work as well as to help to distant branches of families lies |
