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EL UVALDE TIMES
April 11, 1992
Who Am I?
By Willis J. Wood
The Group Family Record
Now we have the skeleton — that is, the pedigree chart— finished, so let’s start fleshing it out. This is done with another form called the “Family Group Record”. I hope you got several of these when you went to the Uvalde Genealogical Center.
By the way, I hope you read the article that appeared in Spanish in the March issue of El Uvalde Times written by Manuel Castillo. He tells you just about everything there is to know about the Uvalde Genealogical Center. We’ll also discuss it later when we get into researching our ancestors.
A Family Group Record should be filled out for at least everyone on the pedigree chart with the exception of number 1 if that person has not yet married and/or had children.
On the family group records from the Uvalde Genealogical Center is a block in the upper right corner. Unless you’re a Mormon, it is unimportantand can be disregarded. Names, dates, places on the family group record will be the same as on the pedigree chart and should be written in the same way as on that chart—surnames first, wife’s maiden name, etc.
Chr on the record stands for Christened and it’s well to put in that date and place, if known. Include the name of the church— sometimes baptismal records arc goldmines of information.
Mar is Short for Marriage—put in these dates and places.
Under Bur (Buried) include the name of cemetery, if known, as well
as town in which the cemetery is located.
Be sure to fill in Husband’s/ Wife’s father and mother as this ties family group records together. Again, be sure to use mother’s maiden name.
Other wives/husbands arc really only necessary if there were children as a result of those marriages. I use capital letters in parentheses before each other wife/husband to indicate the order in which they were married. Some people use numbers in parentheses. Thus, if RI Chavez had been married three times and I was filling out a family group sheet on his second marriage, I would write for his other wives (A)ESCOB AR, Celia and (C)HERNANDEZ, Julia. (B), of course, is the wife about whom this particular group record is being made.
Now, for the children of this marriage. Enter their names in the order they were born. Sometimes the order isn’t known, so enter them in the best order possible—it’s important that they get a number.
Under each number put M if the child was a boy or F if she was a gril. Include all children, even if they are dead.
In the next space write their given names. It’snot necessary to put their surnames unless they are different from the father’s surname. For instance, a child bom out of wedlock may lake his mother’s surname or in a marriage, as often happens today, a woman may prefer to retain her maiden name or the husband may even take his wife’s maiden name
giving up his own family name. In cases like these it’s well to indicate the surname given the child.
Keep going across the page entering the child’s birthdate, the town, county, state or country he was bom in and date of marriage. Under that date enter the spouse’s name (again using a woman’s maiden name).
In the heavily outlined block, put in the child’s date of death if he is deceased.
At the bottom of the page is space to enter where you obtained the information for the family record page. For instance: Family Bible in possession of Andres LUNA, or Gracie Ojeda, oral.
There is also space to enter other marriages of any of the children. Thus: No. 1 married (b)Lozier, Paul, 25 Nov. 1922, Bronx, NY.
It’s a good idea, also, to write your name as compiler of the information with your address and date you got the information.
If you run outof room for everything or there arc more than eleven children, use the back of the form.
Next month we’ll talk about researching the family pedigree and how to number family group records and the people on them.
Send me your questions; family pedigrees are too important for one not to know what he’s doing. Mail inquiries to: Willis J. Wood
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Willis John Wood was bom in Ft. smith, Arkansas. He and his wife Irene have two children and 5 grandchildren. He obtained his degree in Public Administration from American University, Washington DC in 1960. He served for 22 years in the US Naval Reserve and was in active duty during W WII, in the Korean conflict and during the Berlin Call Up.
Among his occupations throughout his life he lists printer’s apprentice, ditch digger,
punch press operator, stenographer, map maker, medical photographer and building manager for 60 U.S. government buildings.
He is a member of the Naval Reserve Enlisted Association, Masons, Greenpeace, The Nature Conservancy, Common Cause, and Southwest Texas Genealogical Society.
His hobbies include music, literature, photography, writing, genealogy, and dem near anything else.
Deje a sus descendientes la historia de su familia
En esta ocasión, el Sr. Wood nos enseña como emepezar a llenar los datos en el cuadro genealógico. Ustedes que han estado leyendo sus artículos mensuales, se habrán dado cuenta de lo interesante que es reunir los datos de nuestro árbol familiar. Para ustedes que no hayan leído los artículos anteriores, y que les interese empezar a reunir los datos de su cuadro genalogico, el Sr. Wood les invita a enviarle sus preguntas para
más información. En nuestro periódico de Marzo, el Sr. Manuel Castillo dió una amplia explicación sobre la bibliteca que esta ubicada en la Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Ultimos Dias en 121 Ruth aquí en Uvalde. Alli encontrará las formas necesarias para empezar su cuadro genalogico.
Deje a sus hijos, nietos y demás decendientes el regalo mas precioso, la historia de su familia. Descubra quienes fueron sus antepasados. Este
puede ser un interesantísimo pasatiempo y razón de mucho orgullo para su familia. Empieze hoy mismo a reunir su historia familiar con la ayuda de el Sr. Wood y sus artículos. Escriba al Sr. Wood a la siguiente dirección:
Willis J. Wood
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