| On this page there are certain entries which give a genealogical researching tip e.g. "Remember something your grandfather told you about his father". Other entries include relationship strings denoting ancestors according to their relationship to you e.g. "Father's Mother". If you place your cursor overtop the relationship string, it should highlight in blue and become underlined, signifying that it is an active link. Click on the link and you will access a linked page on which you may enter data regarding that particular ancestor. By clicking on your browser's 'back' button, you will be returned to this page, and the relationship string will be changed to green. |
September 1
| Father's Mother's Father's Mother's Mother's Mother's Father |
September 2
| Father's Mother's Father's Mother's Mother's Mother's Mother |
September 3
| Discover if any ancestor of yours was awarded an heraldic achievement of arms. Click on this icon to be taken to the website: Heraldry, where you will find additional information on the subject of heraldry and heraldic achievements of arms. |
September 4
| Father's Mother's Mother's Father's Father's Father's Father |
September 5
| Go to flea markets and/or antique shops to look for postcards sent to an ancestor, or from an ancestor, or illustrating the region from which your ancestors came. |
September 6
| Father's Mother's Mother's Father's Father's Father's Mother |
September 7
| If your ancestors were British, consider registering your pedigree in the National Pedigree index. |
September 8
| Start a family newsletter to keep your cousins in touch with each other. A newsletter does not need to be large. It does not need to be flashy. It does not need to give the entire history of the family in one issue. The important things for a newsletter is that it is distributed to as many members of the family as possible, that it provide a forum for all members, and that it supply actual news that is intended for the betterment of the family. A publication that is called a 'newsletter', but which does not provide for these three things is not really a newsletter. |
September 9
| Father's Mother's Mother's Father's Father's Mother's Father |
September 10
| Father's Mother's Mother's Father's Father's Mother's Mother |
September 11
| Father's Mother's Mother's Father's Mother's Father's Father |
September 12
| Check the treasurer's records at the court house for payments made when settling your ancestors' estates. They might give you clues about the daily lives of your ancestors. |
September 13
| Father's Mother's Mother's Father's Mother's Father's Mother |
September 14
| Obtain and utilize an Old-Style to New-Style date conversion table for 1752 records. |
September 15
| Father's Mother's Mother's Father's Mother's Mother's Father |
September 16
| Begin a project of collecting each of the items listed on an estate inventory from the 1700s or early 1800s. Since most household inventories did not consist of too many items, this project is not as difficult as it might at first seem. |
September 17
| Father's Mother's Mother's Father's Mother's Mother's Mother |
September 18
| Mark your ancestors' homesteads (or perhaps all of your relatives's homes) on a plat map from the local tax assessment office. |
September 19
| Father's Mother's Mother's Mother's Father's Father's Father |
September 20
| Father's Mother's Mother's Mother's Father's Father's Mother |
September 21
| Chart patterns of physical and/or health traits through several generations of your ancestry. This is a good idea to get an idea of how a particular trait has traveled down the family tree to your family and yourself. It is especially useful to track health problems, such as diabetes or heart disease. |
September 22
| Father's Mother's Mother's Mother's Father's Mother's Father |
September 23
| Father's Mother's Mother's Mother's Father's Mother's Mother |
September 24
| Photocopy any and all family Bible records that your cousns own. And make sure to give them all copies of the collection. |
September 25
| Father's Mother's Mother's Mother's Mother's Father's Father |
September 26
| Father's Mother's Mother's Mother's Mother's Father's Mother |
September 27
| Look through scrapbooks your relatives kept, to get a glimpse of their interests. |
September 28
| Father's Mother's Mother's Mother's Mother's Mother's Father |
September 29
| Father's Mother's Mother's Mother's Mother's Mother's Mother |
September 30
| Obtain newspaper obituary notices for as many of your direct-line ancestors as possible. |
