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ARE YOU A GOOD ANCESTOR?
A good ancestor keeps certificates including birth and death
certificates;
records including health, military, naturalization, and school;
passports;
newspaper and church notices; awards; photos; art and craft work;
journals;
Bibles; diaries; baby, school and wedding books; heirlooms.
He or she dates correspondence, cares for tombstones, keeps research
organized, writes or tapes the family stories, and supports family
organizations.
A good ancestor dates everything, is sure that full names are
included,
records where material may be found and always sees that at least one
other
copy of important data is somewhere else.
A hundred years from now, will they think you were a good ancestor?
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If I had to nominate anyone for "Ancestor of the Year", I would nominate Rosalinda! Talk about documentation! This girl has binders, binders and more binders of EVERYTHING she finds regarding her family tree (as opposed to my little ONE binder of everything crammed in there - complete with stuff falling out!!). She's inspired me
to be more thorough, organized, and not to let ONE leaf go unturned. That girl's awesome! Peggy
Natalie wrote:
Found this on-line - thought you might enjoy it.
ARE YOU A GOOD ANCESTOR?
A good ancestor keeps certificates including birth and death
certificates;
records including health, military, naturalization, and school;
passports;
newspaper and church notices; awards;
photos; art and craft work;
journals;
Bibles; diaries; baby, school and wedding books; heirlooms.
He or she dates correspondence, cares for tombstones, keeps research
organized, writes or tapes the family stories, and supports family
organizations.
A good
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I second the emotion 8^)
Rosalinda for the Nuestros Ranchos "Ancestor of the Year" first annual
award.
Rosalinda has been a great inspiration to me and a very very giving
individual when it comes to helping. Also if it wasn't for her I
wouldn't even know that I was related to 1/2 (half) of Southern
California. Hijola there sure are a lot of Bañuelos all over the place
in S. Cal.
Hip Hip Hor-rey---I mean hip hip horrey for la-reina
(lareina2@ix.netcom.com)
joseph
Peggy Delgado wrote:
If I had to nominate anyone for "Ancestor of the Year", I would
nominate Rosalinda!
Talk about documentation! This girl has binders, binders and
more binders of EVERYTHING she finds regarding her family tree (as
opposed to my little ONE binder of everything crammed in there -
complete with stuff falling out!!). She's inspired me
to be more thorough, organized, and not to let ONE leaf go unturned.
That girl's awesome!
Peggy
Natalie wrote:Fo
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I agree wholeheartedly with Peggy and Joseph. The passion and dedication Rosalinda pours into her research is truly awesome. Her organizational skills are something for all researchers to aspire to. If your families are like mine, not too many take an interest in genealogy, but many will come around asking family questions when the need arises. I'm sure Rosalinda's family benefits greatly from her efforts. She truly deserves the award for "Ancestor of the Year"
Olivia
Joseph Puentes wrote:
I second the emotion 8^)
Rosalinda for the Nuestros Ranchos "Ancestor of the Year" first annual
award.
Rosalinda has been a great inspiration to me and a very very giving
individual when it comes to helping. Also if it wasn't for her I
wouldn't even know that I was related
to 1/2 (half) of Southern
California. Hijola there sure are a lot of Ba�uelos all over the place
in S. Cal.
Hip Hip Hor-rey---I mean hip hip horrey for la-reina
(lareina2@ix.netcom.com)
joseph
Peggy Delgado
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Thank you all, but you are making me blush. I can't say that I started off as organized as I am now-- much of the credit goes to Kitty and Rich Cortez, my primos. Kitty showed me how she organized her records, and she's even better than I am. She updates her family group sheets with a "doc" notation next to each name when she has a document for that event. I've just about finished updating my binders, in preparation for my trip to Utah.
Again, my first trip to Utah was 2 years ago, and Kitty and Rich met me there and showed me the ropes. They are so skilled and generous. I wouldn't have survived my SLC Family History Library trip without them.
I also have to say that the numerous cousins I have met over the years also have helped me, so whatever I've learned has been wholly dependant on their kindness.
The Southern California Ranchos meeting was a great success, thanks to Olivia and to all who came. I know I was in my element, seeing how we all shared what we had
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Sounds like an "acceptance speech"! You forgot to "thank the academy"... lol 
lareina2@ix.netcom.com wrote:
Thank you all, but you are making me blush. I can't say that I started off as organized as I am now-- much of the credit goes to Kitty and Rich Cortez, my primos. Kitty showed me how she organized her records, and she's even better than I am. She updates her family group sheets with a "doc" notation next to each name when she has a document for that event. I've just about finished updating my binders, in preparation for my trip to Utah. Again, my first trip to Utah was 2 years ago, and Kitty and Rich met me there and showed me
the ropes. They are so skilled and generous. I wouldn't have survived my SLC Family History Library trip without them. I also have to say that the numerous cousins I have met over the years also have helped me, so whatever I've learned has been wholly dependant on their kindness. The Southern California Ranchos meeting was a
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