Fritz Sisomphou: Look on this site, it will help you make a start in understanding the principles of researching your family history http://www.familytreefolk.co.uk/page_11010.html , also www.bbc.co.uk is another good website that will give you all the information to get you startedDown load family history sheets http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/genlh/forms/ & starting with yourself fill one in. You will find the sheets act as a check list you may also find that you don't have all your own information & have to go searching in your home and asking your parents/other relations about it, look for any certificates, baptism cards, wedding invitations, newspaper clippings and any other papers which can give you information, we all have these and most are put away and forgotten about. Look at your own birth certificate, it gives you lots of information.Fill a sheet in for your parents /any living relations you have, go & talk to them, ask to see any certificates they have, write all! the information down they give you, just from a marriage cert you will get both names including the maternal name, where they lived, married the date, their fathers names, occupations & names of witnesses...also if the bride/ groom could read & write at that time as if there is an x in the signature box they couldn’t, which also then helps you later on looking at other records should you find different spelling of their name.....ask if they have any old photographs as this gets people talking and remembering other people in the family they had ‘forgotten’ about...write down any 'family stories' you are told, it is all part of your family’s history and culture....some may be correct, however many are not or have some truth in them and different people in your family will tell you different versions of the same story, you find once you start researching you can sometimes use these stories in your research for clues about where to look at records...........before you ! go near a website, this information give you a 'feel' for who ! your family is and makes it s much easier to find ancestors once you do start looking at websites By using the family sheets it makes it very easy for other relations to see what you are doing & to understand the information you are collecting, they are more likely to help & give you more information....as most at first will say, “I don't know or I haven't got any idea about our ancestors". It is also nice to be able to give you relations a copy, as by doing this they will look at the information, talk about it and may remember more information for you or even find some paperwork that has been long forgotten. I very often leave these sheets with family & tell them to add information if they remember, the more family you ask the better, this information is first hand information, most family historians regret not having asked these questions of older family members once they realise how valuable their knowledge could have been, however many often leave it too late to ask .! The very best sources of information is in your home, memories of your living relations, any documents, certificates and newspaper clippings that many people keep....you will get lots of information, start lots of interest in what you are doing and will get your family involved in helping you get started and are more likely to have correct information Good luck in your research...Show more
Evelin Turlich: There is an excellent tutorial for those who are new to family research at http://rwguide.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ; everyone starting out in genealogy should understand the basics and this tutorial covers them.While I was unable to find a meaning for your name, I was able to confirm that it was an Italian surname and I found another user that has the name…this is a link to their post in resolved questions: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=A0WTZ...I also found these immigration records that you might find helpful: Chechile Surname : Italian Immigration to! Americahttp://www.lookupthe.name/italians.php?f=ln&q=Chec...When you g! et ready to do research that is beyond what you family can provide, search our resolved questions for "free sources" or " free genealogy sites"....Show more
Leora Klingelhoets: First off, individual initiatives, ughhhhh. Oh the fun of the IB. What field do you wish it to be in? History: historical past of the game or an occasion that modified the game (ex: the 1961 crash) Physics: the physics of skating Bio: muscle tissues used, results of coaching at the frame Psych: the psychology in the back of the game Good good fortune!
Jess Grizzel: Look here for help. Ask your parents and grandparents questions about where all their parents and grandparents came from. http://genealogy.about.com/library/onestop/bl_begi...
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