Here are two Star Wars family trees for your enjoyment….

Basic chart

http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/video/stills/star-wars/sw3-famtree.l.jpg

Pedigree  based on expended universe (Chewie’s parents and Han and Leah’s kids etc…)

Select the  preview screen at http://starwarsatlas.uw.hu/map/tree.htm for a quick glance. Loyalist can select higher resolutions to get all the details.

May the (genealogy) force be with you!

Here are some great free forms:

Research Questions

(use to help formulate questions, and record a plan of action)

Research  Log

(used to record  what you have d one, saves time when you go back in a month or two review what you’ve done and start according to where you are)

Time line

(useful for organizing visually your ancestors life)

Family Group Record

(many gen. software programs print these filled in, if this is not avaible  it is always useful so take the time to fill one in by hand )

3 Generation Pedigree Chart

(many gen. software programs print these filled in, if this is not avaible  it is always useful so take the time to fill one in by hand)

5 generation pedigree chart

(many gen. software programs print these filled in, if this is not avaible  it is always useful so take the time to fill one in by hand)

Cute family tree fill in online and print

How are we related?

(use to figure out if that person is your 2nd cousin, or first cousin once removed)

Census and Form Letters

(census is useful for rewriting census forms , helps highlight info you night otherwise miss

form letters great for saving tiime, just add what you are looking for and mail or e-mail off your request.)

Check lists

Angelina Jolie is related to Hillary Clinton, and her beau is related to none other than Obama.  You must read this to see who else is part of the family!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23797072/

FamilySearch

• www.familysearch.org  

A great source for research tools ( the very useful Research Guides are a fantastic tool for genealogists of all levels) .

• www.new.familysearch.org

This is still being rolled out, extremely useful to members of the LDS faith.

• www.labs.familysearch.org

A beta site that  shows, “the future tools to dig up the past.” It’s fun to see what is coming down the road, interesting posts/blogs as well. I love the “Life Browser” concept.

• http://pilot.familysearch.org

Another beta site, with this one you are able to search records in an easy and quick manner.  Sometimes doesn’t work as updates are made to the content or program itself.  They encourage feedback so they can make it even more like what we want.

• https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Main_Page

Just like wikipedia but for genealogists.  Very useful when so many great minds come together!

• www.familysearchindexing.org

Help index records that eventually get posted (always avaible for free at familysearch.org and piolt.familysearch.org).  You download a document transcribe it and then send it back, it’s that easy. Although it’s hard to imagine it is fun, and calming!! Many have said it is addicting.  Don’t fret about the pressure of getting it perfect, another person does the same document  as you and then an arbuiter confirms accuracercy, making therecords some of the most accurately transcribed to date.

References/ Resources:

• www.cyndislist.com

The website for genealogy links, if it isn’t on Cindy’s list it may not exsist.

• http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/

Easily read blog which gives interesting and important up dates in the genealogical world.

www.usgenweb.org

Very useful site if you need help obtaing documents from another area or state. Volunteers find your information and send it back to you, generally for the cost of postage and copies.