How to gather information about ancestors, interview the elders, keep heritage documents, and bring family history alive for the generations to come.
21 articles published in 4 categories.
Building a family tree looks like a daunting job, but it is really one step repeated many times over: find a name, confirm it, and move to the next one. Step 1: Start with yourself Do not start with...
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Read articleIn Islam, preserving lineage is one of the five fundamentals that must be protected (maqasid syariah). It is not merely a matter of family pride. Lineage determines mahram Mahram relationships — who...
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Malaysia's humid climate is paper's worst enemy. Your grandfather's marriage certificate, kept in a wooden cabinet, may not last until your grandchildren are grown. Scan at a high resolution Scan at...
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When we first proposed a QR code for a family tree, the first reaction was usually the same: what for? At feasts and family gatherings In a gathering of 150 people from seven branches of one family,...
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Every family has one person who remembers everything. When that person goes, the average family loses three generations of information in a single day. Before you begin Record the conversation on you...
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Almost every family that begins recording its lineage asks this. The short answer: four to six generations, with moderate effort. Generations 1 to 3: straightforward Yourself, your parents and your g...
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Every family tree needs one thing before anything else: a way of saying who sits on which level. Without it, "great-grandparent on my mother's side" and "great-grandparent on my father's side" blur in...
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Dividing an estate under faraid is a fixed calculation, but it rests entirely on one thing that is often unclear: who the eligible heirs actually are. Why the lineage record comes first A faraid calc...
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"He is my cousin, but what kind of cousin exactly?" The question comes up at every family gathering, and two people rarely agree on the answer. How a relationship is actually calculated The relations...
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Every family has one grave nobody can find any more. Usually it belongs to a great-grandparent, in a village the family left long ago, and the last person who knew the way has passed on. What needs t...
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These guides help, but a family tree only exists once the first name is entered. Start on the free plan.
