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Ancestral Chart
An ancestor chart records the ancestors from whom you directly descend - it shows at a glance the progress you have made and what remains to be done.
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Family Group Sheet
Each piece of information concerning a pedigree ancestor and his/her family is placed on this worksheet which will make the compilation much easier.
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UK Census Forms
Census forms are valuable as they not only allow researchers to see the format and column headings for various census years but they also provide a clean and convenient method for extracting and filing important information you find.
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Other Charts and Forms
Download these other useful forms that will help keep your research organised and on track:
Research Extract
Research Calendar
Correspondence Record
Source Summary
Canadian Census
Tip 5: Get a Map
One of the problems researchers find is where they discover that their ancestors have moved into a town or parish from another locality. In order to make your research more effective it is worth locating the places where your ancestors lived on a map. If you do this you will then see where they lived in relation to other nearby towns and villages. This may provide you with clues as to where they may have moved from by looking at the road, rivers and other lines of communication.
Similarly, you may find that there are several places of the same name in the country in which you are researching and a map will help make sure that you are concentrating on records of the correct locality and not the one of the same name three hundred kilometres away!
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