Genealogy Resources

Below are some helpful links to just a few online resources to search for either your family genealogy or help on how (or where) to search on the internet. This page was previously taken from another website.

Genealogy Instruction for Beginners, Teenagers, and Kids By Jeffery Johnson
Helpful Hints for Successful Searching by Maura Petzolt. This site has a variety of good tips both for those starting and well into researching their ancestors.
The Genealogy Records Service has a free collection of printable genealogy and research charts as well as some help documents available for download.
ROOTS-L Library offers a number of general and specific genealogy help and information files It is associated with the ROOTS-L mailing list. Some of the features of the site collection include FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Files, lists of documents held by the Library of Congress that have state names in their titles, and archives of the ROOTS-L mailing list. An introduction. to this archive is also available.
DearMYRTLE's Daily Genealogy Column includes Genealogy Lessons for beginners and everyone.
SurNames.com includes a primer on how to begin genealogy research.
26 tips by Robert Bickham offers a list of to get you started with genealogy.
Phil Stringer's Getting Started in Genealogy and Family History is a good introduction to genealogy.
"Treasure Maps", has an extensive collection of genealogy tutorials on topics such as Getting Started, getting past the "Stone Wall Syndrome," and using the U.S. Federal Census.
The /pub/genealogy/text directory of the anonymous ftp site ftp://ftp.cac.psu.edu/pub/genealogy/INDEX.html contains more guides and help.
The Journal of Online Genealogy is an excellent free e-zine which focuses on the use of online resources and techniques in genealogy and family history.
Serendipity Mystical Discoveries in Genealogy accepts interesting stories of serendipitous discoveries.
Ben Buckner has list of surname frequency and distribution studies
The Center for Life Stories Preservation covers the importance of recording the stories of living relatives.
The San Antonio Express-News has an online genealogy column
Mic Barnette publishes a weekly genealogy column in the Houston Chronicle.
Suite 101, a guide to the web, has a bi-weekly Genealogy Column.
Genealogical Web Sites Watchdog exposes web sites with misleading or inaccurate information.
English Versions of Foreign Given Names
Publishers Genealogical Coding Service encourages a standardized code to be published with obituaries.
Family-Reunion.com for information about planning family reunions with a registry.
Buy an Ancestor Online for a bit of humor.
Genealogy for Beginners
AncestorNews is a free E-mail genealogy newletter with news, information and tips.

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