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All of us have documents. We have all kinds of documents. Nearly every thing we do requires a document. What is a document? It is anything that records part of our life. We have school records and birth certificates and insurance papers and applications and resumes and diploma's and letters and certificates and church programs and .... the list goes on and on. There are even such records as inscriptions on jewelry and other items. Of course there are photographs, we can't forget them.

I even have a recording. One day I received an overdue phone call. It was from my daughter-in-law. It was special, but because I had to rush to the phone the telephone recorder caught the phone before I did. So part of our conversation was recorded. The part that was recorded was the announcement of my new grandson. It gives his birth date and details about his birth. This too is a document. I treasure this short recording.

You have document treasures too. So the very first step is to gather all these treasures and place them in a central location. Each time you find a document add it to your collection. At first I put all the documents in a box. Later I organized chronologically by year. I will post additional instructions as time goes on.

By the way, if you are ready to do some searching on the internet, a great place to begin is to build a FAMILY TREE at Ancestry.com. They have a FREE ONE and it is fun. All you have to do is enter your name and a few facts about your parents and perhaps your grandparents and this FAMILY TREE will do the searching for you. I have been delighted with the results. You can go there right now by clicking here. >>>>> Start Your Family Tree  - It's free!

Where to look:

Books shelves, file cabinets, boxes, old trunk, under dresser scarves, in drawers, in your purse or wallet, in books, in closets, in safety deposit box, in the car glove box, in the car trunk, in photo albums, in bibles, by the phone, or any place that a document might be hiding.

Items to gather:

Birth, marriage, & death certificates, school report cards, health records, baby books, journals, diaries, letters, awards, pictures, military service records, newspaper clippings, school year books, resumes, applications, land records, loan papers, wills, certificates, church directories, phone book (Does it have notes in it, mine does.), and many more. I will add them as I think of them.

Until next time, I am Donna K. Clark, your AncestorSpy guide.

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