Genealogy

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/genealogy

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the secondary research sources?Published family histories, biographical dictionaries, historical society publications, academic journals
2. What is the genetic genealogy tools?Autosomal DNA, Y-DNA, and mtDNA testing for ethnicity estimates and relative matching
3. How did people find family records before computers?They looked at birth, marriage, and death certificates, census records, land deeds, wills, military files, and old chronicles or royal archives.
4. What new tools help us discover relatives today?The internet, digitized archives, online databases, and DNA testing—especially autosomal DNA—let us find relatives and learn about our heritage.

Pedigree: A chart or record showing the lineage or ancestry of a person or family.
Primary Source: An original document or artifact created at the time under study.
Heirloom: A valuable object that has belonged to a family for generations.