African Oral History Project
Document the Genealogy
In this section, you’ll learn how to:
- Record the family's names, dates, and events on paper.
- Enter and transfer family information to Legacy Family Tree, a FamilySearch certified online family history program.
- Prepare and provide the primary interviewee a copy of the family history.
Audio Transcript
Documenting the information you receive from those you interview is one of the most important steps in the interviewing process.
In this section, you’ll learn to do the following:
- Record the family's names, dates, and events on paper.
- Enter and transfer family information to Legacy Family Tree, a FamilySearch certified online family history program.
- Prepare and provide the primary interviewee a copy of the family history.
As you navigate this course, click the forward button at the bottom right of the screen to continue.
Write down all of the information you gather in these settings on your paper record.
Audio Transcript
As an interviewer, you'll write down what you have learned about the family's history, including dates, names, places, and events of multiple generations.
As the interviewee invites others to join them for the interviews, you may be able to fill in family history gaps that can occur when only one family member shares the history.
You may replay your audio recordings at a later time to review the information you need to create the family record.
As the interviewee invites others to join them for the interviews, you may be able to fill in family history gaps that can occurs when only one family member shares the history. Record all of the information you gather in these settings in your paper record.
Record the names, events (birth, death, marriage), locations, and dates of the family (living and dead) on paper. This information will then be entered into Legacy Family Tree on a computer.
Audio Transcript
After you've interviewed and recorded on paper the names of ancestors, you will enter that information into Legacy Family Tree using your laptop. You may use the audio recording to verify that you have recorded the information correctly.
Use these links to access training videos for Legacy Family Tree.
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Use the links below to access training videos for Legacy Family Tree.
Verify the accuracy of all family data you have collected with the interviewee. If there is something to correct, make appropriate changes.
Deliver a printed copy of the family tree to the interviewee.
Audio Transcript
Arrange to visit the interviewee after collecting the family history information on paper. Use this copy of the family tree, verify the accuracy of all family data you have collected with the interviewee. If there is something to correct, make appropriate changes.
Once you’ve made any needed changes and have an accurate final copy of the family history, deliver a printed copy of the family tree to the interviewee. Delivering this copy of their history as part of the collection process is a gesture of gratitude and thanks for their time and assistance in sharing memories and history, and preserving these records for themselves and others.
The family history will be made available on FamilySearch.org in a few months following the interview, for those who are able to access the website. The printed family copy is important to distribute for those who do not have this access.
Congratulations! You’ve completed the Document the Family History section of the African Oral History Training.
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Congratulations! You’ve completed the Document the Family History section of the African Oral History Training.
You have completed this course.
Click here to learn about Entering Information to Legacy Family Tree.
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