The Year Ahead – October 17

In the January/February 2024 issue of Family Tree Magazine, they have introduced The Year Ahead, 366 genealogy tips will make 2024 your best research year yet by Lisa A Alzo. Lisa mapped out a day-by-day research plan.

October 17 – Start a family health history tree using the free My Family Health Portrait software https://cbiit.github.io/FHH/html/index.html

I was never that interested in a family health history, until my intellectually challenged sister was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. They checked her blood work to see if this was inherited and part of the process was answering a series of questions that asked about close relatives and causes of death. This is when I realized, how much I didn’t know about the causes of death from my close relatives.

The Surgeon General's My Family Health Portrait tool does NOT allow the government or other entities to access your information. The tool provides the software for organizing your information, but your information is not transmitted back to government or other servers and can only be downloaded by you. Your information is never available to anyone else, unless you choose to share it. The Surgeon General's tool does not provide medical advice. For questions related to family health history and your health, talk to your doctor.

 Remember to have fun and Just do Genealogy!