Richard: The place to begin is seeing what your family has — looking at all the living family members and finding out what people have at home.
Diane L. Richard: The place to begin is seeing what your family has — looking at all the living family members and finding out what people have at home. Do they have family Bibles? Do they have photos or military records? Families often have things that would be very hard for a researcher to get their hands on — you’re never going to find that kind of stuff elsewhere. It’s not just learning new information to help you then research further, but by finding it, hopefully, you’ll also help preserve it.