Rootsweb's
Lesson on Starting: record what you know,
interview living relatives, more
Finding
Family for Free: listing of many tips for doing family history research
with little or no cost as you begin, with links to entries on our Relative Musings blog
Genealogy
101: a clear outline of how to begin your research, with 5 key steps and
essays.
Genealogy.com's
Lessons: 85 free lessons grouped into the following categories. Use as an
intro or as a checklist of approaches
· Beginning Genealogy
· Internet Genealogy
· Tracing Immigrant
Origins
26 Tips to Get You
Started and a helpful listing of Genealogy
Terms and abbreviations
Genealogy and Family History
Research: resources from the
National Archives on how to get started tracing your family tree
Start
Your Genealogy Research: census,
immigration, land, military and naturalization
Blog:
Relative Musings: ideas on finding your family with free resources, as well
as the editor's family research. A handy index of blog
topics.
Super Secrets
of Successful Genealogists: tips from the pros on getting past brick walls or
dead ends in your family research
Brick Wall Genealogy
Solutions: guide to the best advice on overcoming family research dead ends,
with articles, lessons and more
Free
Genealogy Charts & Forms: some of the best sites for free resources
Family
History Forms including a Family Group Sheet in Excel format for ease of use.
Genealogy Forms: family
record sheet, pedigree chart, more - free in pdf format
Genealogy
Charts: wide selection of charts free in pdf format -- organize the results
of your work
Family Relationship
Chart: figuring out aunts, uncles, cousins, gg-grandparents and more
Guides to Resources [ Top ]
100
Genealogy Resources: includes Web sites for both traditional records-based
and genetic genealogy research. Check for a new resouce.
Cyndi's List: a massive collection of resources with more than 250,000 links to
genealogy resources organized by countries, states, surnames, record types and much more
Family
History Internet Resources: an A to Z list of Web site to help with genealogy
Guides
at Rootsweb: a large collection of guides
with advice and links to sources of information by type, countries, ethnic groups
Genealogy Roots
Blog: get the latest news about genealogy resources, online databases and
records, from Joe Beine, creator of the large and helpful GermanRoots.com,
more
Research Online [ Top ]
Research
Checklist: monitor your research using many listed types of genealogy
resources
FamilySearch.org: 1880 Census, plus
individual genealogical records, GEDCOMS, more
FamilySearch
Labs.com: free access to scans of some census records, more new resources
Rootsweb.com: use the wealth of information posted by other researchers, but
remember to find records to support ancestral connections
U.S. GenWeb: free resources transcribed and posted by volunteers for every state
and county in the USA. Also see WorldGenWeb
Census-Online
- Links: large directory of links to
online census transcriptions, by state, county
Censusfinder: links to free online census records, USA, Canada, more
Castle
Garden
: search for immigrant
ancestors who came through New York's first immigration station between 1830-1892
Ellis Island: search for immigrant ancestors who came through New York between
1892-1954
Immigrant
Ships: start with 1st of 8 volumes of
transcribed ships' passenger lists - search ISTG site by search engine, index or year
Immigrant
Genealogical Society: searches available for European countries
Name
Changes: discover how many European immigrants changed their given names --
with numerous examples. By H.L. Mencken.
Given
and Surnames in varied countries including British names
and Czech names
Family History
Centers: search for a center near you, where you can use books, computer
tools and order microfilms
Books We Own: volunteers
who own books of genalogical value do look-ups
General Land Office
Records with searchable database of early land purchases, from BLM
Using
the SSDI: guide to the Social Security Death Index and the SSDI search tool
Interment.net:
a free database of burials, and for gravesites, memorials use Find a Grave
Random Acts of Genealogical
Kindness: an online source for look-ups by volunteers
Ancestry.com: wealth
of resources in this subscription service
Genealogy Bank:
search historic documents and newspapers free, subscribe for full access
Footnote.com:
search original documents online including civil war, naturalization records, more
Google
Genealogy Searches: use search tools on this page for special genealogy
searches
Sites to Post Queries [ Top ]
CousinConnect: search and post queries,
searchable by surname and country
GenForums: post your family research
query based on surname, country, region of a country, state, county in a state, and
selected topics.
Message
Boards at Ancestry.com for surnames, localities, selected topics
Message
Boards at RootsWeb.com, with 161,000 boards: surname, location,
specialty
Migrations.org: whether your ancestor
migrated between or within countries, post them here and add a brief query for assistance
Progenealogists
offer space for posting free queries and a way to search past queries
Queries & Message Boards:
at Cyndi's List
6 Steps to a Successful Genealogy Query
Sharing Family History [ Top ]
Genealogy Bios:
contribute biographies for your family or read those posted by others
GenForum: submit what you know about ancestors by surname and location
including countries, states, counties, more
Migrations.org:
post a description of how your ancestors moved from place to place
Rootsweb Surname
List: post your surname and find others researching your name
Share
Research via Rootsweb: you can submit
records, upload family trees, post to message boards and more to share or find information
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