First of all, figure out what you need. Look at what you have, enter it in either a genealogy program or record your information on family group sheets. After you see what you have, look at what you don't have (your blanks). Usually, you can get the main info. you need from census reports. So, go to the census reports first. If you find your ancestors ever served in the military try to search for any pension records, or other types of records. If you know where your ancestors are buried, go there and get dates from the headstones and take pictures. Most importantly, make sure you source everything (make note of where you got your information). After you get a feel of where you are and where you are going, you can begin searching tax records & such. I hope some of this has helped you, and you need to be organized, or you'll never get anywhere, :-). Tonya Aultman-Harris mtharris@ev1.net Researching: Aultman (AR, TX, MS),Cox (TX, OK), Parker (LA, TX), Peyton (MS) ----- Original Message ----- From: Gale S. <magnoyla@hotmail.com> To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 1:50 PM Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] Surname: Wheeless, Penry > TX-GALVES listers, > > I have been searching the web, talking and talking and talking to relatives, > and have gotten a pretty nice chart of my ancestors, a few brick walls as > many have I am sure. > > I know my next step is to go to a FHL. Well, I went and they were very nice > but very busy there. They suggested that I need to document everything I > had first through a genealogy library, then come back. > > For the terrified of new things kind of person of which I am, could you give > me some advice on when I go to a library like this what do I do first? And > then what do I do second. I would never have more than an hour per week to > devote to this and I am afraid that I will do nothing but waste my time > because I will be totally lost. If I could just walk right in and go to > work, it would really boost my confidence. Anybody have a favorite game > plan for this? > > Thanks for any advise. > > Gale > > > From: ACDOGGETT@aol.com > Reply-To: TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com > To: TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] Surname: Wheeless, Penry > Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 11:05:39 EDT > > Well, I haven't logged 21 years at the Clayton library, but I have spent > quite a bit of time there. It's really a remarkable place, and I have > encouraged many of the people I have met doing this work to donate their > reference books and deposit the results of their work for the vertical > files. > > I have used the library's facilities, and reached several of the descendants > of this family, but hoped to find a few more through this posting before I > finished it up and added them to the Wheeless web page. > > Thanks for your suggestion. > > Aubrey Doggett > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >