{"id":8140,"date":"2020-02-29T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T06:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=8140"},"modified":"2025-12-18T14:48:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:48:27","slug":"it-is-time-to-clean-out-the-attic-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/it-is-time-to-clean-out-the-attic-2\/","title":{"rendered":"It is time to clean out the attic!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is another article describing the first steps in genealogy and we are going on a treasure hunt. <\/p>\n

What can be found in our own home that might help us in our search for ancestors?<\/strong><\/p>\n

This article is a re-run to accommodate new readers\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

I hope you have had the opportunity to read my article Start your family search here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you have no places to search, there is no reason to despair as you have many other possibilities to find your ancestors. Be sure to check back later as we are looking into these.<\/p>\n

In the first article, I asked you to write down everything you know about your family and relatives. It’s now time to put down the coffee cup and start moving around, as you need to take a look at what information can be found in your own home. As I hinted at in the heading you have to get into drawers, closets and crawl the basement or attic. Depending on your age, you might have to ask for permission to do this in your parents’ or grandparents’ homes.<\/p>\n

The big question is: “What should you be looking for?” The answer is “Anything that in any way relates to your family” I will come back to this as I get into more details on what you should look for.<\/p>\n

Before you start your treasure hunt I recommend that you equip yourself with a number of large envelopes, zip-lock plastic bags, sticky labels, a medium-size black marker pen, and a pen\/pencil. I will come back to this later.<\/p>\n

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