Many people think about the history of their family. A genealogical search for ancestors allows you to connect with previous generations, verify some family legends, get to know your great-grandfathers better and learn the mystery of your own origins.
Genealogy studies individual and family ancestral relationships that are based on common ancestry and kinship. Today, research in this area finds a very lively response in various segments of society. After all, the fact of belonging to a spiritual, noble or other caste in our time does not harm the descendants, but even vice versa – worthy to decorate your family tree.
The main stages of the genealogical search for ancestors
Gathering of paper information. All available documents and old photos – birth, death, marriage certificates, passports, certificates of military service, school diplomas and so on.
Interviews with relatives. To search for ancestors it is very important to talk to living relatives – they are often able to provide more information than can be found in old documents.
Working out of strategy and work with archives. Specialists of International Genealogical Center have a big experience of successful cooperation with different kind of archive documents. It’s quite a laborious and painstaking work based on the sophisticated research, IT-technologies and huge amount of data. The formalization of the research results.
What advantages does genealogical research give you besides the possibility to search for your ancestors?
- To establish your family’s class roots;
- to find out their national origin;
- to build a genealogical tree and write a genealogical book;
- prove certain family ties and much more.