Where do I start?  Backwards with one Family Group Sheet at a time!

I figured the only way to start was to take at least one small step. I decided to synchronise to best of my ability Ancestral Quest and FamilySearch.

Ancestral Quest is a great tool especially for someone in my situation. It will connect with the following accounts (if you have them):

FamilySearch
Ancestry
MyHeritage and
FindMyPast

It is possible to synchronise entire families between Ancestral Quest and FamilyTree in FamilySearch. So I figured this was a place to start.

I selected my maiden name and went to the oldest ancestor I could find in Ancestral Quest. He was born in 1740 in a small German town near the dutch border. I displayed his entire family and printed out a Family Group Sheet showing all his children. Then I selected each of his children and printed out Family Group sheets for them and so worked my way backwards up the family tree. Or from right to left in my pedigree chart. This enabled me to "fix up" all the people on the way that were related to each other. Each family I synchronised with FamilyTree and after a while I had at least a few families that were identical in both places.

One completed this will mean that Ancestral Quest and FamilyTree in FamilySearch match perfectly and all gaps are filled in. On my way I look at all hints and have managed to find new ancestors.

This process will take me quite a long time. I am only part of the way through one branch of my father's line. Once that branch is "clean" I intend to check against Reunion and see if there is anything there I have missed out on. I will do this the same way, one family group sheet at a time.

As I continue there will be much to learn and each hurdle I overcome I will create a new post. Thank you for reading. Feel free to share your own method here for others to rea.