My Personal Family Lineage

Name# / Date of Birth / Place of Birth / Generation or
Date of Death
Me, of generation§
Spouse#
Father
Mother#
Fraternal grandfather
Fraternal grandmother #
Maternal grandfather
Maternal grandfather #
Spouse's father
Spouse's mother #

Siblings

Name# / Date of Birth / Place of Birth / Date of Death

Our Children

Name # / Date of Birth / Place of Birth / Date of Death

Our Children's Marriage Record

Name # / Date / Place

Our Children's Marriage Record continued

Name # / Date / Place

Our Grandchildren

Name # / Parents / Date of Birth

Our Grandchildren's Marriage Record

Name / Date / Place

Events (other deaths, baptisms, graduations, awards, armed forces separations, other)

Event and Witness / Date / Place

(for both keyboard& handwritten entries)effective August 27, 2009

§ Regarding the form's first line "Me, of generation" the generation is to be recorded in the right columnand according to pattern established by Rufus Grimes where William Grimes II (1813-1902) is generation VI.

About theenhanced "My Personal Family Lineage" This version is not protected : a protected version to come!

The “My Personal Family Lineage” on unnumbered pages 62-68 of the original 1972 edition is now available in a separate file online.

Since each descendant should have their own "My Personal Family Lineage," it is offered as a MS Word 2003 document. You can print it and make handwritten entries, or as an option, make keyboard entries. The form is protected from inadvertent layout changes, but it is not password protected: so you can change it. However, only a form with an unchanged layout can be used to submit amendments to the online family tree..

The form is found at

If you do not have Word on your computer, the fileis compatible with "OpenOffice writer" which is free online at

"My Personal Family Lineage" forms may also be used to submit amendmentsif they contain sufficient information. Amendments add or change online family tree information.

(1) A form maybe submitted by anyone with allthe needed information; however, the last page must be complete.

(2) Only a form with anunchanged layout can be used to submit amendments to the online family tree. Font: Arial 10 Bold

For a Lineage form with keyboard entries:

(1) After the Lineage form is completed, highlight in yellow the online family tree information to be added or changed,

(2) Be sure to complete the "Amendment submittal page," unnumbered page 7, save, and

(3) Attach the whole word file to an e-mail addressed

TO: SUBJECT: TREE_AMENDMENT

For a handwritten Lineage form:

If the information on the form is written in clear, easy-to-read, block print, black or blue-black letters, then

(1) Photocopy the completedform and thenhighlight with ayellow marker the online family tree information to be added or changed,

(2) Be sure to complete the "Amendment submittal page," unnumbered page 7,and

(3) Mail to T.L. Grimes, 950 Tender Drive, Apex, NC 27502-2406; do not mailthe page 6instructions or any other page without entries.

Amendment submittal page

My Personal Family Lineage forms may also be used to submit amendmentsif it contains sufficient information. Amendments add or change family tree information for individual descendants.

The critical phrase is "if it contains sufficient information:" the lineage form should contain two or more generations so the descendant can be properly placed with ease and without doubt.

The lineage form's first line "Me, of generation…" should be complete with generation according to pattern established by Rufus Grimes where William Grimes II (1813-1902) is generation VI and his children are generation VII.

Only a "My Personal Family Lineage" form prepared for the parent is suitable to submit an amendment to add that parent's children; i.e., that parent is "Me, of generation…" It may be submitted by anyone with the required information.

The backup is another person who has knowledge and preferably a different address.

date
submitter's name
submitter's address
submitter's phone number
submitter's e-mail address
backup's name
backup's address
backup's phone number
backup's e-mail address

# Maiden name when applicable