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k tt4ttttoj2 mmmtimmmmmmmimtmmmmmmmm mmmmtmmmhtmxummwjm o xy41 aj jjmi 4 i iif eesndrastsunfribune3 sr j p by nancy devine special to the economist 6- suntribune aveyoueverwonderedabout the people who make up your family tree who were theywhatweretheylike computers the internet and data- base computer programs- created- specifically to catalogue your familys genealogy are making it easier than ever to take iip this fescinatingkobby bear in mind though tracking family history is a long process very much like solving a complicated mystery it has to be seen as a work in progress one that might be an important legacy to leave i for your kids and their kids- j sometimes- your feseafch can lead down someiriteresting paths as philip pack of camrosealta discovered when he emailed my cousin doug who lives inbc lj for the past 20 years philip has been compiling his famflytfeehe found my cousins name during one of his tireless searches for information in his email he explained- he k believed he was the last of his line he and his wife esther had four lovely daughters and no sons to carry on the pack name was it possible we were related after several days of e-mailirigback- andforth between bg albertaand aurora wedetermjnedwe wereindeed aufrohmesame faniily and pretty j t closely relatedtoo philip pack is my sixth rcoushv according to the kirishiptable his com puter program provided he is asemi- retired accountant he is the great- greatgreatgrandson of richard pack the brother of my greatgreatgreat grandfather thomas pack they both lived in ippleton devonshire england thomas came th6new world to seek his fortunes richard stayed on in england curiously they both maintained the same lifestyle they had enjoyed as chil- dren farming and fishing going to church socializing only an ocean separated them but in the mid1800s thomas might as wellhave been living on the dark side of the moon over the years the families lost touch computers and the internet have made just about anything possible so 200- years later wete talking to each other again over the past few weeks i have with the help of a previously unknown piece together her familys history this cousin from albertajdevine was able to photo is of her family in 1930 gour northern ireland and in 1976 emigrat ed to canada- at the time said esther they believed themselves the only packs in north america now as the family tree starts to learned thatjphilip was born not far grow branchesthey are finding cousins from ippleton n moved to ireland across me country wiihhis family when he was- nine he the computer has made this hobby- married heganto raise a family in much much easier philip said i start ed doing this around 1982 i was in a bookstoreahd i found an angus baxter book called searching your british and irish roots- tiiink though the interest started much earlier wheni was a child in ireland i asked my mother about our farhilyydu know where did we come see technology page 25 review orgdnizingyour family history search by sharon debartolo cormack betterway books 1999 paperback 150 pages 2699 by carol cooper special to the economist suntribune if you trace your family back 10 generations youll be dealing with 2046 rela tives and a lot of material says the author of i organizing your family history search as the title suggests sharon debartolo cormack a certified genealogical record special ist offers amateur family historians and professional genealogists tips on effi cient gathering and storing of ancestral information she assumes you know where arid how to do family research and goes straight to dealing with the material generated starting with irritatingly obvious basics will that be a horizontal or vertical filing cabinet debartolo cormack describes differ ent methods of filing family material then she describes fables of contents crossreferencing and note- taking and includes form templates in an appendix thats jiist the beginning the author discusses how to file correspondence jfill out a correspondence log and file oddshaped scraps of papertorkeep on top of things she recommends purgingpaper andcqrripw er files regularly once you have your material at home under control- debartolo cormack organizes the reader for a research trip to collect more as she forces rreaders to set goals thinking throughwhere they are going and why then she suggests researching the buildings they plan jo visit listing things to find out ahead of time including address hours and parking the author listscontents for bags for different types of trips arid describes appropriate attire for vari- ous venues more to the point she instructs in tran- scribmg and abstracting documents oncethere organizing and storing stacks of tapes cds and journals gets one chapter setting up a home office to put them in gets another professional genealogists another finally the author dis cusses how to preserve this hardwon research for the future she warns that todays technology could be tomorrows f dinosaur presehtdaydisks contain ing family records may be computerless t- and use- less 30 years from now typical of her breezy style debartolo cormack suggests -that- stone pre serves family information best barring that the author settles for paper compared to6ther datastorage njeth- qds archivalquality paper lasts iongest500 years com pared to 10 for audioand videotapes j- paper or not the geneal ogist willing to overlook the books sometimesgrinding detail can learn a lot from organizing your family history search icons signal important information and sidebars- present tips from professionals a compre hensive bibliography rounds out the book j i mwmmmmm success starts here oxford students develop skills for success in school and life grl through high school mall cl little reader children who learn how to read early are more confident learners sses caring teachers enriched programs 36 years old learning centres 4261 hwy 7 east near kennedy 905 5138186 reading writing spelling aaath 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