Pananaliksik sa Native American Records: Paano Magsisimula – FORT

Ang interes ko sa pagsasaliksik ng Katutubong Amerikano ay dahil sa linya ng aking lola sa fraternal na si Choctaw. Noong bata pa kami, pinapa-memorize namin ng tatay namin ang mga pangalan ng Five Civilized Tribe at madalas na ipaalala sa amin ang aming pamana. Lahat kami ay nakatala bilang mga miyembro ng tribo dahil ang aming pamana ay maaaring masubaybayan sa pamamagitan ng Dawes Rolls na isang census na kinuha para sa limang tribo ng Katutubong Amerikano sa Oklahoma noong unang bahagi ng 1900s.

Ang interes ko sa pagsasaliksik ng family history ay bumilis nang tawagin kami ni Elaine na maglingkod sa Salt Lake City Headquarters Mission noong Hulyo 2017. Mayroong 20 iba't ibang zone na maaari sana kaming makatanggap ng assignment. Pinagpala kaming maglingkod sa Family History Library, na kilala ngayon bilang FamilySearch Library.

Being the oldest of five siblings, I’ve had the unofficial assignment of keeping track of the Fort and Stratton family histories for my mom and dad’s family lines. My mother’s family has had a family reunion every three years for her mother and father’s descendants over the last 24 years and usually has more than 200 family members participate for four days during the Labor Day weekend.  My father’s family is much smaller, with only one brother that survived childhood, and he only had one daughter. We don’t have any contact with any extended family on his family line.