how far do I go


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The extent of who you record in your family tree is entirely your decision but it can be useful to have guidelines.

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Digger - Pioneer Index. Victoria 1836-1888 Surname: TUCKER Given Names: William Henry Event: M Spouse Surname-Father: PULLIN Spouse Gvn Names-Mother: Sarah Ann Age: love: M Birth Place: rest...

The minimum would comprise yourself, your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents etc and your descendants, if any. This comprises your basic family tree.

You would then decide if you want to include siblings at each of the above levels, ie your brothers and sisters, your aunts and uncles etc

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The next expansion, as it were, is do you include spouses at each of these levels and if you do you include spouse parents.

Note up to now you haven't included any cousins so you now have to decide on how far down you want to go from each level. Including your siblings children adds nephews and nieces. Including your parents siblings children adds your cousins and so on.

It's probably reasonable to set some limits and these might vary as you get further away from yourself but it's really a matter of what you're trying to do.

-- Robert G. Eldridge Toronto NSW Australia Now researching ELDRIDGE families world wide 1000's at my Web site * Wanted * Any Eldridge related information

 


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