The Canistota Clarks Legacy - Read Legacy Stories

The Canistota Clarks Legacy - Read Legacy Stories

This is the first ancestor I started researching. Little did I know he would be the hardest. I learned the hard way what I was looking for and how the best way to go about getting it was. Click on the link above to read the story. Rachel

1. Organize Before You Research

I thought I was organized when I got started.  But, really, you can't call manilla folders organization.  So I made a 3 ring binder that had plastic sheet protectors, links of interest to me, what information I was lookin for, and any pictures, documents, phone numbers or address I might use.  I also included forms that I might need to use.  So if I went to a cemetery to do research I had all the information I might need.

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If I Would Have Known Then...

If I would have known then....what I know today.... they say that hindsite is 20/20!  Isn't that the truth.  I started my family research about five years ago.  I just jumped in with both feet, without really thinking of the best way to organize my material, carry that information around and add to the material when I found something new.  That is what this website is about.  My 20/20 hindsite.  I hope that you will be able to start in a more organized fashion then I did.  Rachel