Interested in getting involved?
Look through your family's collection of photos and documents: these don't have to relate just to your immediate family; you may have a photo or old newspaper article that doesn't mean much to you, but could be a treasure for another relative. Is there an old family Bible that you've never really checked out?
Join Ancestry.com You may have knowledge that will allow you to find important details about our family members that the rest of us can't. The site is fairly easy to get going on, but if it feels a little daunting, check out Amazon.com and look for books about using Ancestry.com.
Help make the website better Read all the text and alert the website manager of errors, whether of a factual nature or just plain typos. Also, consider design aspects that might improve navigation. For example, how would a Love relative who doesn't know his or her ancestry more than a couple of generations back, find the right links to discover their unknown heritage? All suggestions are welcome.
On the left is a photo of Richard Henry Love (James > Samuel > James Hamilton > John Richard > James Harvey) with a fair amount of damage; on the right is an improved version.
Photo improvement example
Digital Photos: whether you are scanning old photos or downloading new ones onto your computer, please save them as jpg images in a resolution of at least 200 dpi (print quality) and no larger than 4"x6". Don't worry about old images that have been damaged, as much can be done to resolve those issues. The same goes for old documents or newspaper stories etc. Scan and save them the same way. E-mail your items to the website manager by clicking on the link provided below and elsewhere within the site. The website manager will alert you once the items have been successfully received. When your items are uploaded to the site, you will be listed as the source unless you request that your name not be listed.
Do you have photos of or stories about our Love family ancestors or relatives you'd like to share with the rest of us?
Please note: personal information, such as birth and marriage dates and places, of living Love Family members will not be included on the LoveAncestry website without permission.
Want to really get serious about genealogy? A good way to get started is to click on the link below:
One of your best sources of family history Take the time to visit your older family members and ask for their help. You might find their knowledge of, stories about, and photos of earlier generations quite amazing AND, in asking older family members for help you might just "make their day."
Another newbie to genealogy, Mia, graciously provided this link and highly recommends the many helpful tools available at the site.
Hope you're enjoying the LoveAncestry website!
As you can easily see, there is much family information still missing and many mysteries yet to be solved . . . opportunities for you, as a member of the Love family, to get involved in the fascinating hobby of Genealogy!
