Macomb Genealogy Research Service
Macomb County Genealogy Group (MCGG) volunteers perform research to benefit the Local History and Genealogy Room of the Mount Clemens Public Library. To learn more please see the details at the library's website page, Macomb Genealogy Research Service.
NEW! Are you working with DNA Matches at Ancestry or MyHeritage? Both Ancestry and MyHeritage have introduced Custom Groups and Labels -- essentially colored dots to help you group and filter your DNA matches. MCGG has created forms featuring two popular strategies for using these colored dot groups/labels.
Strategy #1 is Group/Label by Cousin Level
This strategy uses 14 colors, leaving you extra dots for special projects/groups. It also identifies the most recent common ancestor couple you and the match share. For example, for a first cousin on your father's side your paternal grandparents are your most recent common ancestors so you create a group/label using that couple's surnames and give them a color. And so on. We have a form for Strategy #1 to use with Ancestry and its 24 color dots and a form for MyHeritage and its 30 color dots.
MCGG_DNAGroups_Ancestry_Strategy1_CousinLevel
MCGG_DNALabels_MyHeritage_Strategy1_CousinLevel
Strategy #2 is Group/Label by 2nd Great Grandparents
This
strategy uses 16 colors, leaving you extra dots for special
projects/groups. It is useful in cases of multiple marriages and cases of related on both sides (can identify just the one second great grandparent in common.) For example, you and a half great uncle (sometimes called grand uncle) [a half brother to your grandparent] who tested only have one of your great grandparents in common so this half great (grand) uncle would get two color dots instead of four color dots that a full great (grand) uncle [full brother to your grandparent] would receive due to two great grandparents in common. Each dot group/label would carry the surname of that 2nd great grandparents. We have a form to use for this Strategy #2 with Ancestry and
its 24 color dots and with MyHeritage and its 30 color dots. We also have a second version of the form with a different color scheme.
MCGG_DNAGroups_Ancestry_Strategy2_2ndGreatsVerA
MCGG_DNAGroups_Ancestry_Strategy2_2ndGreatsVerB
MCGG_DNALabels_MyHeritage_Strategy2_2ndGreatsVerA
Are you just beginning your family history adventure?
MCGG has created and maintained a Beginner's Kit for Family Research. In past years, the complete Beginner's Kit was only available in printed form when visiting our favorite library. (Some of the kit's pages were available on the library's old website.) With a bit of tweaking we are now able to make the complete MCGG Beginner's Kit available here with links to some extras.
Note: if your printer supports duplex (double-sided) printing you can save some paper by printing on both sides. Also although some of these pages have items in color you do not have to print the documents in color. They will print perfectly fine in grayscale only too.
Please note that these MCGG documents are copyrighted by MCGG and are only for personal use to do your personal genealogy. They are not for commercial use, or for re-distribution and/or sale to others.
MCGG Beginner's Kit for Family Research
MCGG Family Group Sheet
MCGG Pedigree/Ancestral Chart
MCGG Relationship Chart
We are providing three versions of the following Simple Research Log and Simple Source Log. Use the PDF if you simply want a printed form to write on with pencil or pen. Use either the Word document file or Excel spreadsheet file if you want to keep your logs electronically on your computer. Don't worry the three versions contain exactly the same information. Just pick the file format you need.
MCGG Simple Research Log _ Print version (PDF)
MCGG Simple Research Log _ Electronic version (Word File)
MCGG Simple Research Log _ Electronic version (Excel File)
MCGG Simple Source Log _ Print version (PDF)
MCGG Simple Source Log _ Electronic version (Word File)
MCGG Simple Source Log _ Electronic version (Excel File)
Census Forms (So you can read those column headers and know what question was being answered.) This link to ancestry.com's census forms covers all years of the U.S. Federal Census, U.K. Census, and Canadian Census.
A lot of other different forms can be found out there on the internet. Most are free but some are pay and copyright restrictions will vary. Most forms are in PDF -- Portable Document Format. Some are type-able (use your computer to fill them in and save the file) in PDF, word-processing file, or spreadsheet format. But most are not and are simply for printing and filling in with pencil or pen.
The website Cyndislist has a whole category on Organizing Your Research that includes many links to a variety of forms and charts genealogists find helpful. Forms vary by creator so explore and pick the one that works for you. If you use a genealogy program, most of them will print filled-in or blank family group sheets and pedigree/ancestral charts for you as well as other types of forms.
If you are a beginner, do not forget to visit MCPL's Local History and Genealogy Room when a volunteer is available to help and answer your questions.
Are working to join a lineage society? MCGG has created a few new resources to help with your research work to join a lineage society.
MCGG Lineage Source Log to use with lineage society worksheets.
It coordinates with our Family Group Sheet and Pedigree/Ancestral Chart.
MCGG's Lineage Resources at Mount Clemens Public Library
MCGG's Digitized Civil Vital Records List
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