Obituaries. Wedding Invitations. Birth Records. Explore

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Enjoying Your Family History
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Start With What You Have!

• School papers
• Photos
• Mementos
• Newspaper clippings
• Military papers
• Obituaries
• Wedding Invitations
• Birth Records

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Explore!

• Talk to extended family members
• Learn about family stories and traditions
• Search your family tree
• Visit family cemeteries
• Check family records

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Family and Home Information

• Baby Books
• Report Card
• Baptismal Records
• Diaries
• Service Records
• Deeds
• Social Security Card
• Dishes
• Drivers license

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Organize!

• Integrate family heirlooms into your family life
• Create scrapbooks
• Build a family tree

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Use Your Family History!

• Reunions
• History
• Roots
• Memories
• Traditions
• Heritage
• Personal Pleasure

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Record Your Story!

• Journals
• Scrapbook
• Computer
• Files
• Letters
• Audio or Video Recordings

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Connect to the Strength of Your Familys Past!
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• Prepared by Dana L. Horton
• Steven A. Dennis

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