Personal Heritage Project
Explore your past
Understand your present
Discover your future
ANCESTORS
IF YOU COULD SEE YOUR
ANCESTORS
ALL STANDING IN A ROW,
WOULD YOU BE PROUD OF THEM
OR NOT,
OR DON’T YOU REALLY KNOW.
SOME STRANGE DISCOVERIES
ARE MADE
IN CLIMBING FAMILY TREES,
AND SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW,
DO NOT PARTICULARLY PLEASE.
IF YOU COULD SEE YOUR
ANCESTORS
ALL STANDING IN A ROW,
THERE MIGHT BE SOME OF THEM
PERHAPS
YOU WOULDN’T CARE TO KNOW.
BUT THERE’S ANOTHER QUESTION
WHICH REQUIRES ANOTHER
VIEW.
IF YOU COULD MEET YOUR
ANCESTORS,
WOULD THEY BE PROUD OF YOU?
BY RUTH BETHEA JOHNSON
FROM BRADY JOHNSON PROJECT
CONGRATULATIONS!
You
are about
to become
an AUTHOR!
Personal Heritage Project
Objectives
CONDUCT RESEARCH
 CITE YOUR SOURCES
GET ACQUAINTED WITH YOUR OWN
PERSONAL HERITAGE
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Minimum Requirements
Cover Sheet
(Opening Page of Project)
 Title of the project
 Name
 Due Date
 Class
The Montgomery Family
Dottie Montgomery
January 18, 2005
Green Class
Ancestor Chart
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Use the charts provided or create
your own chart
Include at least three generations
1.You
2.Your parents
3.Your grandparents
Hubert Theron Montgomery
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2 Gene Montgomery
Father (of number 1)
Born
Place
Married
Place
Died
Place
4. Father (of number 2)
Born
Place
Married
Place
Died
Place
Edna Thomas
5. MOTHER (of number 2)
Born
Place
Married
Place
Died
Place
Place
Montgomery
1 Dottie
YOU
Born
Place
Married
Place
3
Benjamin Franklin Hammett
6. Father (of number 3)
Clara Lee Hammett
MOTHER (of number 1)
Born
Place
Married
Place
Died
Place
Place
Born
Place
Married
Place
Died
Place
Eloise Lee
7. MOTHER (of number 3)
Born
Place
Married
Place
Died
Place
Place
Data Sheets
Include information about you and your family.
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Personal Data – Birth and Marriage information
Honors
Organizations
Schools
Important Personal Events
Memorable Personal Events
Interview family members and then complete
the chart. Three are required.
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You
Your Mother ( or guardian)
Your Father ( or guardian)
Data Sheet Example
Dottie Montgomery
DATE
EVENT
LOCATION
SOURCE
Dec. 30
1961
Birth
Sylacauga
Hospital
Mother
11/63
JFK Funeral
Mimi’s House
Self – first
memory
Aug. 24,
‘65
Tonsils out
Sylacauga
Hospital
Mother/self
Dec. 30,
1969
Eight Birthday – best
party/sleep over
House on
Cherokee Drive
Self
Aug, 71
Won State Swim Meet
Florence, AL
Scrap book, self
May 1972 6th Grade Confirmation
First United
Self, Scrapbook
Methodist Church
May 1973 Best Friend Moves
Sylacauga to NC
Self
List of Sources
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List ALL Sources
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Interviews with parents, grandparents, aunts,
uncles, etc. Include date and time.
Text Sources – Yearbooks, family Bible,
scrapbooks, etc.
Websites – List all websites. Include original
source of information and date. Check your
direction sheet for help.
Time Log
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This is the record of
time you spent
working on this
project.
Include:
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Date
Beginning and Ending
time
Activity
Time Log
DATE
Dec. 5,
2004
Dec. 5,
2004
Dec. 8,
2004
Dec. 9,
2004
TIME
8:00-9:15
am
10:00 –
11:00 am
10:00 –
11:30 am
6:00 –
8:00 pm
ACTIVITY
Interviewed Mom for my data sheet
Completed my data sheet
Interviewed Mimi for her data sheet
Used ancestory.com to explore family
history online
Minimum Requirements
1.Cover Sheet
2.Ancestor Chart
3.Data Sheets
4.Sources List
5.Time Log
Optional Areas
You are only limited by your
imagination!
Optional Areas
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Documents
Pedigree of
Johnson
Family C 1870
Approach to Mobile where
my family settled in 1821
Optional Areas
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Photographs - Current
Alicia at Prom 2004
Alicia Pretending to go to Prom 1990
Optional Areas
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Photographs – Old
Family Pictures
Family Reunion 1923
Grandma
Mimi (age 2)
with sister
Vela and
nurse @ 1905
Cousin Cork
and family in
Arizona
C 1900
Optional Areas
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Dedication page
Copyright notice
Problems or Concerns
If you have any concerns you MUST let your
teacher know as soon as possible! You
may check with the teacher during work
time in class or make an appointment to
discuss your concern before or after
school. DO NOT wait until the week the
project is due; it’s too late by then.
Final Touches
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Due Dates must be met.
Presentation- Projects will only be shared
by the student.
Portfolios must be in a binder, not a folder
with a plastic slide.