Researching Your Family Tree

Researching your family tree.

There are literally thousands of websites with information, links, resources and research materials; hundreds of books on the topic, and many, many physical locations that your research may take you to. These lists are aimed at assisting you to commence your journey.

Websites:
www.ancestory.com Search facilities, resources, tools (related to genealogy.com)
www.ancestory.com.au The Australian Ancestry site – search facilities, resources, tools
Australian Ancestry www.Australian-Ancestry.com.au Australian ancestry searches
Australian Family History Societies www.coraweb.com.au/society.htm A list of various Australian family history societies
Australian War Memorial www.awm.gov.au/research/family.htm Information on service history
Cyndi's List www.cyndislist.com An index page to genealogy resources on the internet
Family search www.familysearch.com Free genealogical database site; tools and advice
www.genealogy.com Search facilities, resources, tools (related to ancentory.com)
GenServ www.genserv.com Genealogy Web-Site with Searchable Online GEDCOM Datafiles
Genuki: UK and Ireland Genealogy www.genuki.org.uk A useful website for tracing English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Channel Islands and Isle of Man genealogy.
My Cinnamon Toast www.mycinnamontoast.com Conduct a search of your family name to find websites that refer to it
National Archives of Australia www.naa.gov.au Records post 1901
National Library of Australia www.nla.gov.au/oz/genelist.html An extensive list of useful sources of information
Society of Australian Genealogists www.sag.org.au Valuable research guides on accessing Australian information; course and lecture information.
Websites for Genealogists www.coraweb.com.au An extensive list of website references of interest to Australian researchers

Physical Locations:

Your local library will no doubt hold a range of book on genealogy and researching your family tree which you will be able to borrow. Main libraries will also often hold records which may be of use to you in your research.

Family History Centres – Family History Centres are operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints. Centres provide access to most of the microfilms and microfiche in the Family History Library to help patrons identify their ancestors. A full list of centres can be accessed from the website www.familysearch.com and anyone is welcome to utilise the resources.

You may be directed to many other places during your research. For accessing Australian paper based information, the Society of Australian Genealogists' research guides are invaluable (www.sag.org.au).

Books:
Genealogy Online for Dummies; Matthew and April Helm
The Everything Family Tree Book; Kimberly Powell
Websites for Genealogists, 10th edition; Cora Num
Organising your Family History Search; Sharon DeBartolo Carmack
The Australian Guide to Online Genealogy; Nicole Manktelow
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Materials

CARDSTOCK: Die Cuts With A View. PAPER: K&Company. PUNCHES: Carl 40mm circle, ¼in circle, ¾ in circle, CP2 balloon and CP1 balloon, hole punch, Jasart small heart. OTHER: Making Memories flower, butterfly and eyelet, ribbon, scissors, Tombow Mono Aqua Glue, tweezers, Artline black and gold pens, Xyron 510 creative station.

Method

Face

1 Punch one 40mm circle and two CP2 balloon shapes from brown cardstock.

2 Punch two CP1 balloon shapes from light brown cardstock, one CP1 circle from dark brown card stock and one small heart shape from dark pink cardstock.

3 Punch two CP1 ¼in circles from black cardstock and then punch two circles from white cardstock using the hole punch.

4 Attach the black circles to the white circles, using glue, to make the eyes.

5 Using a fine black pen, draw the mouth onto the small dark brown circle, then glue the dark pink heart into place to make the nose.

6 Attach the smaller CP1 light brown balloon shape onto the larger CP2 balloon shape using glue, to make the ears. Once the glue is dry, attach the ears behind the 40mm circle shape using glue.

7 Adhere the eyes into place and mount the nose using double-sided foam tape.

Tag

1 Use the template provided, to cut one oval tag shape from white cardstock and double-sided patterned paper.

2 Cut the patterned paper shape at 70mm, to create two pieces that form the same shape as the tag. Turn one piece of patterned paper over to reveal the other pattern.

3 Run the coloured paper through the Xyron machine, or use double-sided tape, to attach the paper pieces to the white cardstock tag.

4 Cover the paper join with ribbon. Embellish the tag to your liking.

5 Using an eyelet setter, set an eyelet in the top of the tag. Using the Tombow Aqua glue, attach the flower and butterfly embellishments to the tag, then use double-sided foam tape to attach the bear face to the tag.

6 Tie a piece of ribbon through the eyelet to finish off the tag.

The best day of my life

By Ruey Enanoria

CARDSTOCK: Bazzill, KI Memories. PAPER: KI Memories. RUB-ONS: Reminiscence. LETTERS: Junkitz, American Craft, EK Success, Dymo. OTHER: Luxe Designs, eyelets, Buzz n Bloom chipboard arrow, Making Memories metal frame.

Getting started

1 Select one 4in x 6in photo and four 2½ in x 3½ in photos.

2 Using repositionable tape, attach the photos to a 4in x 6in piece of scrap cardstock in a pleasing manner. This makes it easier for you to move the photos around together in a group as you select cardstock and patterned papers.

3 Attach a 9in x 9in square of KI Memories lace cardstock to the top right hand corner of the Bazzill cardstock.

4 Paint the Buzz n Bloom arrow to suit your layout.

5 Using the Crop-a-dile, punch 3/16 and 1/8 holes along the length of the arrow, alternating between the two sizes.

6 Cut the metal frame in half diagonally to create a large photo corner. Lightly brush over the frame with red paint to coordinate with the layout.

7 Set the 1/8in depth gauge on the Crop-a-dile to ¼ inch and then make three evenly spaced holes in the metal frame.

8 Lightly pull up and rotate the Top and Base black blocks of the Crop-a-dile setter to C3. Place your eyelet into the metal frame and set it using the Crop-a-dile, ensuring that the C block pin goes into the front of the eyelet hole while the tube of the eyelet (the part that flares out) meets the base block. Squeeze the Crop-a-dile handle to set the eyelet. Repeat for the other three holes.

9 With the metal ‘cherish' plate, set the depth gauge on the Crop-a-dile to ¼ inch and punch holes on either side of the word.

10 Set red brads into those holes using the instructions in Step 8.

11 Create a label using the Dymo labeller, leaving space before the word.

12 Using the Crop-a-dile, set a red 1/8 eyelet using the instructions in Step 8.

13 Adhere a foam letter to the edge of a scrap piece of paper and then, using the Crop-a-dile, set the depth gauge of the 1/8 hole punch to 3/16 inch and punch three holes along the length of the letter. Set an eyelet in each hole, following the instructions in Step 8.

14 sing the Crop-a-dile, punch a 3/16 hole on the dot of the exclamation mark in the Luxe Designs journaling block. Lightly pull up and rotate the Top and Base black blocks of the Crop-a-dile setter to A1.

15 Pace your eyelet into the metal frame and set it using the Crop-a-dile.

16 Attach your photos to the layout using permanent adhesive, then adhere the letters to the bottom of the layout for the title.

17 Using liquid glue, attach the chipboard arrow on the left of the page, pointing down to the title.

18 Using double-sided tape, adhere the metal embellishments and the journaling block to the page to finish.