<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339588922063458933</id><updated>2012-02-16T10:09:40.147-08:00</updated><category term='court records'/><category term='divorce records'/><category term='family'/><category term='marriage records'/><category term='public records'/><category term='us army records'/><category term='family history'/><category term='ancestry'/><category term='birth records'/><category term='family tree'/><category term='criminal records'/><category term='us army'/><category term='death records'/><category term='military records'/><category term='genealogy'/><title type='text'>Family Tree Research - A Rewarding Hobby</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://familytreeresearch-arewardinghobby.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7339588922063458933/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://familytreeresearch-arewardinghobby.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Steve Dutton</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05312670922715268680</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xm7LyvFyMVw/SgmnCBN8LNI/AAAAAAAAAAM/EIXLOEyspz4/S220/P1010728.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339588922063458933.post-6839302056646296762</id><published>2009-06-17T04:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-17T05:33:51.023-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='us army'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='criminal records'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='genealogy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marriage records'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ancestry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='public records'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birth records'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family history'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='us army records'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='military records'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='court records'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='divorce records'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family tree'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='death records'/><title type='text'>Family Tree Research</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.familytreeresearch.info/"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 107px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348273570096926546" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xm7LyvFyMVw/SjjiecM8z1I/AAAAAAAAABQ/xwVLOSo1MBY/s400/header_family_history.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.familytreeresearch.info/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you have a large family ?&lt;br /&gt;Do you have a small family ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you know where your family name originated and when it first appeared in any legal document?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A fascinating hobby which you can get all of your family involved and maybe bring you closer as a unit or introduce you to relatives you never knew you had is creating a family tree by researching your own &lt;a href="http://www.familytreeresearch.info/"&gt;family history&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the mass availability of the internet and documents being uploaded and made accessible it is now easier to trace back your own family history to its earliest origin. This information can be used to create a &lt;a href="http://www.familytreeresearch.info/"&gt;family tree&lt;/a&gt; detailing how your family evolved and maybe even some close connections to famous people in history that you were un-aware of.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Relatives are a great source of family history information as they always have tales to tell passed down through the ages. They may also be surprised to find out connections which they never knew existed and their involvement could be just as exciting to them too. Who knows, you may find out that inheritance along the passage of time is still waiting to be claimed, or your family may be entitled to a share of some fortune from famous people from the past.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Research into this field can be obtained via Official Government sources and you'll be surprised how much information is available out there on individuals.&lt;br /&gt;Once you sign up to the &lt;a href="http://www.familytreeresearch.info/"&gt;Official Government &lt;/a&gt;service you will have an access to a multitude of records through various options. These include&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Birth Records&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Death Records&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Marriage/Divorce Records&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Criminal Records&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Court Records&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Arrest Records&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sex Offender Records&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Family Tree Records&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bankruptcy Records&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;As you can see from this small sample there really is a lot of information accessible to you and you don't necessarily need to confine your research to your own family. How about your neighbours, work colleagues, friends, school pals ? Just imagine the things you may uncover.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have family members in the US Army past or present then you can also gain access to their military records at &lt;a href="http://www.usarmy-records-search.info/"&gt;http://www.usarmy-records-search.info/&lt;/a&gt; which could give a different perspective to the look of your family tree and again you may uncover some unsung heroes from the past military manoeuvres being linked to your own family.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;All in all this is a worthwhile hobby to consider if you're looking for that special past-time. You could do the same exercise for your partner and see if your families had crossed paths earlier in time.......you never know.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Good Luck and enjoy your detective work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Best Resources at &lt;a href="http://www.familytreeresearch.info/"&gt;http://www.familytreeresearch.info/&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.usarmy-records-search.info/"&gt;http://www.usarmy-records-search.info/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7339588922063458933-6839302056646296762?l=familytreeresearch-arewardinghobby.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://familytreeresearch-arewardinghobby.blogspot.com/feeds/6839302056646296762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://familytreeresearch-arewardinghobby.blogspot.com/2009/06/family-tree-research.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7339588922063458933/posts/default/6839302056646296762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7339588922063458933/posts/default/6839302056646296762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://familytreeresearch-arewardinghobby.blogspot.com/2009/06/family-tree-research.html' title='Family Tree Research'/><author><name>Steve Dutton</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05312670922715268680</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xm7LyvFyMVw/SgmnCBN8LNI/AAAAAAAAAAM/EIXLOEyspz4/S220/P1010728.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xm7LyvFyMVw/SjjiecM8z1I/AAAAAAAAABQ/xwVLOSo1MBY/s72-c/header_family_history.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
