Table of Contents• Love a good mystery• Photos in the attic• Why get involved with

Ancestry• My reasons why• Where to begin• On your mark• Resources• Extra Information

Do you love a good

mystery?Do you like

CSI, Cold Case, Criminal Minds?

Welcome to My World!

Always wonderedWho they were?

??

To find origins, roots

To find out family

heritage

Find lost relatives

Find out lost family

history

Make new family

connections

Why this is so addicting• Insatiable

curiosity of the your past

• To feel connected• Fun, exciting, sense

of accomplishment• “OH, for the Love

of” researching• Plain and simple;

just because!

Let the addiction begin!! ….• Choose the program you want to

use– Ancestry.ca and MyHeritage.com

• Register – Create a log-in and password

• Follow set-up instructions• Create and name your tree

– Thornton-Chittick Family Tree• Enter the data into the dialog boxes

– Use the data you have, even incomplete

On your mark, get ready, get set …

Begin with people you know best• Start with yourself• Add your parents, siblings

Enter dates that you know• Birth, death, marriage, divorce• Other: wedding, baptism, immigrationGet to know your family• Add your children, your spouse (s)• Add grandparents, adding other family members

Resources

• Family members– Family bible, birth records, death notices

• Genealogy Society/Groups– Ontario Genealogy Society, Lambton Branch

• Newspapers, periodicals, historical archives, microfiche – Census records, death notices

• Libraries, Town Hall archives, Museums

Discovering Your Ancestry

• PTST Part-Time Studies, • HLSA 0240• In-Class, 6 sessions, • 6:30pm - 9:30pm, • Fee: $129.77• Instructor: Dan Oatman

Websites

– Ancestry.com, Ancestry.ca, Ancestry.uk–MyHeritage.com– Familysearch.org– Commonwealth War Graves Commissio

n– Library and Archives Canada– Bible Records Online– Dead Fred.com

Summery• Love a good mystery• Photos in the attic• Why get involved

with Ancestry• My reasons why• Where to begin• On your mark• Resources