Making the decision to seek family counseling is not an easy one. Typically, families first try to solve problems on their own. However, if the struggles continue, many families eventually seek outside assistance from professionals. There are different types of…
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There are four steps to abuse that make the ongoing cycle. The steps continue from the first to the fourth, then repeat themselves over and over until something breaks the cycle. The only way to break the cycle is to…
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Have you ever wondered about the lives your ancestors lead and how they’ve affected your own life? Can learning about ones family history change how you look at things? I think it can! There are many reasons a person begins…
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Every family has problems. There is simply no such thing as a perfect family. Dealing with different temperaments, conflicting ideas, and individual goals is all a normal part of the challenge of being in a family unit. Sometimes, though, a…
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Tracing a family history has had its ups and downs; the biggest up for me so far has been to trace my ancestry back to 741 to “King of the Franks. Our family first began the genealogy journey 11 years…
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Ultimately, the sad and cynical truth of the matter is that you can choose your friends, not your family. Surround yourself with good people who support you with your discretionary bonds, with your friendships, and the familial ones won’t matter…
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Do you remember when you were a child and Grandma said, “When I was a little girl” Now it’s ten or twenty years later, Grandma is gone, and you wish you had a way to revisit the many stories she…
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In the digital age, it’s much easier to restore old family photos than ever before. No longer does the consumer need to rely upon the services of the professional. In fact, with good quality equipment, mending those images and bringing…
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Tracing one’s family roots and researching their ancestral heritage can be a daunting task, and a never ending work in progress. It is an undertaking made much easier with the use of these basic genealogy forms. Ancestral/Pedigree Chart Probably this…
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Every family has a saga. The pain and passion of relationships intertwining create a gnarled family tree worthy of describing. It’s hard to put on paper the things you remember about your family, the ways your family history makes you…
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Writing a compelling family history requires more than only collecting facts about the history of your family. Your story need to fascinate readers and this is not always easy. Chronically facts will bore other people very soon and you only…
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I’m assuming this title means sleuthing out free information about the meaning of surnames and their pedigrees. If I’m right, then I’ve found a great website for doing just that. It’s the Internet Surname Database. On this website, you can…
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First you must decide if you want to be a genealogist, family historian, or both. Let me explain. A genealogist mainly collects the names of ancestors and descendants. A family historian collects more detailed information such as photos, family stories,…
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Writing a family history can help capture a lot of memories and mementos from older generations. It is a very memorable and meaningful project once complete, but it does take a lot of time and research. The most important thing…
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All families begin with you. Before you were born, your family wasn’t your family, and so it must begin with you. When writing a family history, consider names, ages, occupations, hobbies, interests, and personalities of each family member. Contemplate patterns…
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Genealogy research is addictive. It gets into your blood and it is hard to stop. You keep thinking that the clue you need is right around the corner, in the next book you read or court document you look at….
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Being a “mixed” breed, I was quite inspired to trace back my ancestors. My paternal side was not really complicated. It is all Italian, that is Sicilian and Nepolitan. My maternal side on the other hand is where tracing became…
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I am in the process of writing my family history, and I am trying to make it as compelling as I can. For me what makes a family history compelling is just as much the ‘history’ part as the ‘family’…
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Do you remember stories of your family that are not written down? Do you feel overwhelmed when you think about trying to write down all the stories? Have you started to write your family history and then remember something that…
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A family tree is one of the best things any family can put together. Not only does it tell of the ancestry of the family it also helps in finding others that are distant relations. Having a family tree will…
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Mapping your familiy’s genealogy can appear to be a mind numbing endeavor. However there are some easy ways to bring life to the seemingly lifeless names and dates of people long dead. In reality, genealogists are putting together the story…
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How Do I Start My Family Research? Interested in starting your family tree but just unsure where to start? That is a question that many amateur genealogists find themselves asking. There are so many family history web sites and programs…
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As parents age making the decision to put them in a nursing home will be one of the most difficult choices you will have to make in your life. Caring for loved ones is a daunting task. There comes a…
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Researching family history is a popular pastime. Many people are choosing to spend their free-time trawling through public records such as census returns and registers of births, deaths and marriages. Why has this interest become such a growth area? One…
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Researching your own family history and building a family tree is a very interesting hobby, and using the Internet and a home computer makes it easier than ever before. Some of the steps are the same no matter where your…
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Perusing old letters, research papers, essays, and legal documents can have all kinds of useful purposes. Historians study older documents to learn about the past, as do professional philologists, genealogists, or those who are simply passionate about learning family, local, or…
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Good nursing homes can be found in every state of the union. None can compare or compete with the benefits of home health care for the elderly. Not only do seniors receive one on one, private-duty care, the families of…
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Writing a compelling family history is a gigantic undertaking that takes time, thought and energy. Before beginning, there are a number of details that should be considered. Decide exactly what type of format you wish to present information. Do you…
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In a perfect world, our parents would age with good health and maintain their independence until the day they leave this world. However, for most of our parents this will not be the reality. There will be many different health…
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Many aging parents do not need a great deal of looking after when it comes to personal care but they may still be in need of other attention especially if they are housebound. Ensure that company is available if they…
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