Hello all!
I recently began writing my family tree, and I have been asking my extended family with providing me as much as they can about all my great aunts and uncles. Has anyone here done a family tree or have access to their family tree? How far back are you able to go?
Unfortunately, most of my family’s memories goes no older than the 1900s (maybe a few late 1800s), and I was wondering if anyone here has a family tree going further back? Has anyone here contacted someone official in Macedonia to get older names from archival documents? I was trying to find if there was a place where records of our ancestors would be kept, but I wasn’t able to see much information online. I tried this site but it seemed generic: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en...onia_Genealogy My friends suggested churches or the local villages where your parents lived would have places where they keep archival records, but it may not be accessible to everyone.
Has anyone here tried to get access this way and if they have had any luck? For records pre 1913 I wouldn’t be surprised if the Ottomans didn’t keep great records of the Macedonian region, but even a name/birthdate/death date would be great to have.
Also does anyone have any good family tree website suggestions? I am using familyecho.com because it is free, but I am willing to try ones you would suggest.
I feel like this would be something all Macedonians should try to do. I began my basic research and I found I was able to find long distant cousins on Facebook, so it was easy to begin with, but of course, when trying to find information about the dedovci and babi, it becomes a bit harder, and a lot of the mladi I spoke with for the first time didn’t really seem to care too much about their ancestors (za zal).
Fala za shto citavte!
I recently began writing my family tree, and I have been asking my extended family with providing me as much as they can about all my great aunts and uncles. Has anyone here done a family tree or have access to their family tree? How far back are you able to go?
Unfortunately, most of my family’s memories goes no older than the 1900s (maybe a few late 1800s), and I was wondering if anyone here has a family tree going further back? Has anyone here contacted someone official in Macedonia to get older names from archival documents? I was trying to find if there was a place where records of our ancestors would be kept, but I wasn’t able to see much information online. I tried this site but it seemed generic: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en...onia_Genealogy My friends suggested churches or the local villages where your parents lived would have places where they keep archival records, but it may not be accessible to everyone.
Has anyone here tried to get access this way and if they have had any luck? For records pre 1913 I wouldn’t be surprised if the Ottomans didn’t keep great records of the Macedonian region, but even a name/birthdate/death date would be great to have.
Also does anyone have any good family tree website suggestions? I am using familyecho.com because it is free, but I am willing to try ones you would suggest.
I feel like this would be something all Macedonians should try to do. I began my basic research and I found I was able to find long distant cousins on Facebook, so it was easy to begin with, but of course, when trying to find information about the dedovci and babi, it becomes a bit harder, and a lot of the mladi I spoke with for the first time didn’t really seem to care too much about their ancestors (za zal).
Fala za shto citavte!
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