SO YOU WANT TO CLIMB YOUR FAMILY TREE.

The article offers suggestions on how to personally trace one's genealogy. The first step in drawing up a family tree is to ask relatives to list names, dates and family relationships as far as they can remember. Additional information can also be drawn from photographs and archival documents that can be inquired through local historical society. Old addresses, occupations, children's ages and other personal data about one's predecessors are also helpful.