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Project 4: Research


Goal 8: Descendant Research



Goal 8: Learn how to do descendancy research. Vault


Descendancy research can be an efficient way to find descendants of ancestors (such as distant cousins). For a detailed look at how cousin relationships work, see "Are Your Cousins Removed?" Remember that FamilySearch does not display information for living people, beyond your immediate family.



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Choices


A Learn the basics of descendancy research.


  1. Learn about the "why's" of descendancy research in this article.

    FS—Finding the Past in the Present

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  2. Learn about easy steps for descendancy research.

    FS—Easy Steps Handout

  3. Get an overview of descendant research.

    AAC—Descendant Research—3:34
    PR—Descendant Research

  4. Learn the basic approaches for descendancy research.

    BYU—Strategies for Finding an Ancestor Through Descendancy Research—18:14 - 2016



Exercise



B Learn more about descendancy research.


  1. Find additional information on descendancy research here:

    FS—9 Ingredients for Descendancy View - 2015
    AC—Descendancy Research—30:23   



  2. For a more detailed look at descendancy research, watch these videos.

    RT—Beginning Descendancy Research—53:40 - 2017


    FS—Descendancy Research—62:10

  3. Learn how to break through research brick walls using descendancy research.

    FHF—Using Descendancy Research for Clues to Bust a Genealogy Brick Wall Research—13:23 - 2020   



    RT—Tracing Descendants: An Essential Strategy to Solve Your Brickwall—21:28 - 2022   



Exercise



C Use collateral and cousin research to solve problems.


  1. Learn about collateral research, for those who are not your direct ancestors.

    AAC—Collateral Genealogy Research—3:15

  2. Watch this video to learn more about sibling research.

    RT—Unlocking Answers through Sibling Research—18:22 - 2022   



  3. Learn about researching cousins in your family lines.

    FS—Cousin Research
    RIV—Finding Your Cousins - 2018

D Print a descendancy chart for your MyHeritage tree.


  1. Click the Family Tree tab and then click My Family Tree.
  2. When the Tree is created, click on the person you want to create a descendancy chart for.
  3. Click on Profile (left side).
  4. In the top menu click Family Tree
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  5. Click "Print Charts and Books".
  6. In Charts click Descendants and then select the number of generations to display.
  7. Click "Generate Chart".
  8. MyHeritage will send the chart to you in an email. When it arrives, you can view and print the descendancy chart.