geneology is about your family tree to know about your origins.this is intresting subject is part of my studies on senior sitizen documenting programme.
What is genealogy?
Genealogy is: "an account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree
Where did you come from? What is your family history?
please spend some time with sr members of your family and start collect information about family hisory of yoursBe exact with dates and place names, if you are not sure, ask your parents to confirm with correct dates . You can collect special things about your life at this time, where you lived, if you've moved at all and special memories you have.
Next, do the same as above for your brothers and sisters, if you have them. If you have step-siblings, or half brothers/sisters be sure to include with their information.
Parents:
Now it's time to move onto your parents. Sit down with your appa and amma and record their information. Get birth dates, and where they were born. Also include marriage dates and location.
please ask memories about your parents, or have them tell you something about what they remember as children. Also include your parents occupations.
please sitting down with your parents, you can also ask them about their parents, brothers and sisters. If you do not have access to your living relatives, or if they are deceased, be sure to write down this information as well.
Grandparents:
If your grandparents live near by, call them and ask to set up a day to record their family history. Most grandparents love doing this. It's a great way to spend the day with them.
please be with your parents ask their Record their full names, birth dates, birth locations, marriage date and other pertinent information. If one of your grandparents has passed away, you can get that information from the other.
If you have step-grandparents you can do the same for them.
In your leisure ask your grandparents about their lives, what they did, where they have lived and travelled. You can also ask about their other children, your Aunts and Uncles. If your grandparents immigrated from another country be sure to collect information about how they got where they are now.
Grandparents can be a key to going back in your family history. If their parents, your Great Grandparents, have passed on, be sure to collect information about them as well. If your Great Grandparents are alive, you can set up meetings to talk to them yourself if they live nearby.
Going Further Back:
In addition to parents and grandparents, you can talk with living relatives you have to record their information. Aunts, Uncles and cousins can all be very helpful with dates and information.
Once you have interviewed all of the living relatives you possibly can, there are still ways to go further back in your family tree. Once you determine where your family came from, Census records, Church and Parish records, cemetery records from those locations may help you determine who your ancestors were.
Newspaper archives will also help you trace birth, death and marriage records. Many newspapers keep archives that are often searchable at their locations.
There may also be a local genealogy club or jothidar of your family that can help you find the information you need.
On of my favorite sources is Family Search Organization. Not only do they have wonderful resources to help you get started, they have a vast database of ancestry information that is searchable and free.
There are hundreds of resources online for searching for your ancestors. While some are free, some are pay to use. Be sure to read all details when visiting these sites. Doing a simple search on a search engine, like Google, of your surname, may help you get started online.
I have done extensive research on my own family. If you have questions or get stuck, feel free to post a question and I'll try to help you out. My areas of research are mainly in tamilnadu and orissa Tracing your family can be a lot of fun, and also sometimes, frustrating but with some digging you may uncover some interesting stories about who you are and where you came from.
Did you know that a 16-year-old princess from Ayodhya went to Korea in 48 ce? A 13th-century Korean text recounts Princess Heo Hwang-ok explaining that her parents: "dreamt a God came who said, 'I have sent down Suro to be king of Kaya. Suro is a holy man and is not yet married. So send your daughter to be his Queen." She sailed from India, taking a stone pagoda (left) to what is now Kimhae city. South Korea's 72nd generation descendents of King Suro believe they are related to India's present day Raja Bimlendra Mohan Prasad Mishra, whose ancestors ruled Ayodhya. (Both families have two fishes as their insignia.) They sent delegations to India to built a monument in Ayodhya to commemorate the relationship. Though Mishra is unable to trace his ancestry back more than 300 years, he is happy to accept the Koreans' belief and their initiative to invest $2 billion to make Ayodhya a sister city of Kimhae. "It will lead to the progress of Ayodhya and I am happy, " he said. "The fact that it is associated with my family makes it special."
we hail from a small village near tirukoyiloor called T kolathur. My grand dad was the village headman ( isum maniam) and he had with him our vamsavali pattiyal right from the first inhabitant of the village - right back till 1723. - am trying to trace this and will revert to once i get my hands on it
During world war I my mother family left chennai and got setteled at V.kottamangalam of kanai block.as per my knowledge my family ancestors are belongs to kottamangalam. My village is 12 km from villupuram on the way to thirukoillur by bus via konur. for rail route villupuram to thiruvannamalai route next to venkatesapuram , the station called Teli before mambalapattu.
with lot difficulties we made family tree up to 12 generations.now roots and branches are everywhere.