1. The Origin of Surnames
A surname is the symbol and name of a family. Researching the origin of a surname means researching who the ancestor is, where the family's roots are, and explaining the reason and meaning of the family's surname. Our country's surnames have a long history, and a family's surnames are also very complicated. Some have multiple ways of getting their surnames, and some have become a mystery for different reasons, making it very difficult to verify. For example, China's great navigators, diplomats, and military officers Zheng He's surname was given by Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty. His true surname, ancestors, place of origin, and life experience have not been known for more than 500 years.
2. Topography of the place of residence
Human history is the accumulation of human activities to understand and transform the world. A family tree is a book form that records the activities and lineage of family members. The birthplace of a family is the environment where the ancestors were born, thrived and engaged in activities. It records the natural, geographical, economic environment, customs, folklore, etc. of the family settlement centered on the ancestor.
3. Migration situation
With the development of society, people's scope of activities gradually expands from their hometown, so family migration occurs. In fact, families that have always lived in one place undergo family migration.
4. Lineage chart
Lineage is an important part of the family tree and an important symbol that distinguishes the family tree from other historical books. It takes a lot of effort to clarify the origin of the family lineage, the elders and younger generations, and record it carefully and accurately. While researching the origin of the surname, starting from the first ancestor or first ancestor, that is, the ancestor of the first generation, they are arranged one generation after another according to the order of their descendants and the seniority of their descendants. The order of the generations is clear and clear at a glance.
5. Biography
Biography is an important part of the family tree and occupies an important position in the family tree. Characters involve the standards, scope and methods of biographies as well as the evaluation of characters, which will be described in detail in "Preparing Biographies".
6. Memorabilia
Memorial is a genre for compiling local chronicles, which is used to record major and important events in a place. In modern new genealogy, major events are also used to compile family trees. Compiling a new family tree is worthy of promotion and should be listed as an important part of the family tree.
7. Character genealogy
The character genealogy is a very important content in the genealogy of each family with a surname. Simply put, the seniority in the genealogy is the lineage relationship of blood inheritance in the family, also known as generation and generation line.