Genealogy Online.
Genealogist are perculiar people, in a good way of course! Researching ones
family and kin is like being an archeologist and detective combined. When
you start untangling this web you may very well get stuck and have a new
hobby for life!
A Group on Facebook !
If you are too you will find the Group
Långörasläkten
- Descendants of Hakan Kraak.
All relatives may join this group, paying member of the society or not.
The Group is created on a private initiative by our webmaster. Something
for our younger kin perhaps?
Unfortunately there are few young genealogists in our society. And they are
badly needed to keep the society alive.
We think that the Internet and the networking available might increase
interest in getting to know your kin and we want to encourage you to take
advantage of it. After all how cool is it to have gramps as a friend on
Facebook?
How to Start
This you can do easily on your own or even with your children or
grandchildren. You may not be able to pry them away from the computer to
find family history interesting - and if you cant beat them: join them!
Start with contacting Arne
Olsson and ask him to do a
Descendent chart for you. The Descendant chart shows how you are connected
with our ancestor Håkan Svensson Kraak. There you have names and dates of
births and deaths for many generations.
How to make it real
The best thing is of course to get a picture of the family tree made - as
most people learn that way. There are many ways to get this done. You can
start with pen and paper.
Just google family tree and you may find charts for sale and charts for
free. Misbach
has free charts to download as a way to start.
Genealogy websites
Trouble is - once you start you
want to expand into the white areas of you family. And you might
want to get in touch with other family members or second cousins.
There are a number of ways of doing this. Some are free - and
some will cost you a small fee. Be sure to read the terms and
conditions of each site before you start!
My Heritage
-
www.myheritage.com -
(free trial month)
Ancestry -
www.ancestry.com - (free
trial fortnight)
Family Search -
www.familysearch.org -
(free)
Genealogy software
