Comments on: How can I get a hold of my family genealogy on paper? http://www.culturegenealogysociety.com/genealogy/how-can-i-get-a-hold-of-my-family-genealogy-on-paper/ A blog about genealogy and its effects on culture and society. Fri, 18 May 2012 23:35:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Nothingusefullearnedinschool http://www.culturegenealogysociety.com/genealogy/how-can-i-get-a-hold-of-my-family-genealogy-on-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-350 Nothingusefullearnedinschool Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:27:17 +0000 http://www.culturegenealogysociety.com/genealogy/how-can-i-get-a-hold-of-my-family-genealogy-on-paper/#comment-350 Okey-dokey! As gene-e said, it is not likely to be found on paper. Parts of mine are printed out in books; cousins have sent part of their tree that also happens to be mine, all printed out and nice and neat, with lots of anecdotes and stories to add. For the most part, my recent ancestors came from Europe. However, my wife is from the Philippines. All my efforts to trace her ancestors has proven futile. Her Mom is dead; her Dad died last month. But, I have found out that in the Philippines surnames did not come into standard useage until the late 1800s. My best suggestion would be a DNA test, which at least will show just WHERE your ancestors came from (such as perhaps being part Spanish, part Chinese, of course Malay, etc.). Okey-dokey! As gene-e said, it is not likely to be found on paper. Parts of mine are printed out in books; cousins have sent part of their tree that also happens to be mine, all printed out and nice and neat, with lots of anecdotes and stories to add. For the most part, my recent ancestors came from Europe. However, my wife is from the Philippines. All my efforts to trace her ancestors has proven futile. Her Mom is dead; her Dad died last month.

But, I have found out that in the Philippines surnames did not come into standard useage until the late 1800s.

My best suggestion would be a DNA test, which at least will show just WHERE your ancestors came from (such as perhaps being part Spanish, part Chinese, of course Malay, etc.).

]]> By: gene-e http://www.culturegenealogysociety.com/genealogy/how-can-i-get-a-hold-of-my-family-genealogy-on-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-349 gene-e Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:51:11 +0000 http://www.culturegenealogysociety.com/genealogy/how-can-i-get-a-hold-of-my-family-genealogy-on-paper/#comment-349 Unless a relative (perhaps a cousin or an aunt?) has researched and published your tree, or unless your ancestors were "noteworthy" your tree will not be published somewhere. Even if you did find parts of your tree online or in a book, it might not be accurate or true. Unfortunately many "tree-makers" are not skilled researchers, or they like to "guesstimate" --- or a few just lie so that they have an interesting tree! To truly find your ancestry, you need to research your family yourself. Familysearch.org has a wonderful free online research guide for the Philippines. See=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Philippines.ASP It will walk you step-by-step discovering your heritage. I hope you will decide to research your family yourself! It's a wonderful hobby! Unless a relative (perhaps a cousin or an aunt?) has researched and published your tree, or unless your ancestors were “noteworthy” your tree will not be published somewhere.

Even if you did find parts of your tree online or in a book, it might not be accurate or true. Unfortunately many “tree-makers” are not skilled researchers, or they like to “guesstimate” — or a few just lie so that they have an interesting tree!

To truly find your ancestry, you need to research your family yourself.

Familysearch.org has a wonderful free online research guide for the Philippines. See=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Philippines.ASP

It will walk you step-by-step discovering your heritage.

I hope you will decide to research your family yourself! It’s a wonderful hobby!

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