The following are some of the many guides about how to do genealogy research that are available on the internet.
- JellyJar.com has has a good
introduction
for beginners starting genealogy research
- Jeffery Johnson gives Genealogy Instruction for Beginners, Teenagers, and Kids
- Maura Petzolt's Helpful Hints for Successful Searching has a variety of good tips both for those starting and well into researching their ancestors.
- GenHelp: is a blog with genealogy news
and help run by five experienced genealogists.
- A number of general and specific genealogy help and information
files are available from the
ROOTS-L Library,
which is associated with the ROOTS-L mailing list.
Some of the features of the 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 available.
- DearMYRTLE's Daily Genealogy Column includes Genealogy Lessons for beginners and everyone
- SurNames.com includes a primer on
how to
begin genealogy research
- Genealogy for WebTV Owners
- Robert Bickham has a list of
26 tips to get you
started with genealogy.
- Phil Stringer's
Getting Started in Genealogy and Family History is a good introduction
to genealogy.
- Genealogy-Geneology.net
has articles on doing genealogy research
- Genealogy for Beginners, some tips before you start.
- Genealogy Today and
Genealogy Today U.K. Edition,
articles, databases and news.
- "Treasure Maps", has
an extensive collection of genealogy tutorials on topics such as
Getting Started, Deciphering Old Handwriting and
using the U.S. Federal Census.
- The /pub/genealogy/text
directory of the anonymous ftp site
ftp.cac.psu.edu
contains more guides and
help.
- Family History Radio,
Genealogy Training, News, & events
- 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.
- Genealogy On and
Offline, with
Naturalization Paper
examples and
Passenger lists on
the internet has some tips for beginning genealogists
- Headstone Hunter is a volunteer
project to hunt for and take pictures of tombstones
- Serendipity
Mystical Discoveries in Genealogy accepts interesting stories of
serendipitous discoveries.
- Family Newsletter News, is a newsletter about family newsletters
- Ben Buckner has list of
surname
frequency and distribution studies
- Genealogy Privacy Organization - Guidelines to protect privacy of living people
- The Center
for Life Stories Preservation covers the importance of recording
the stories of living relatives.
- Paper Roots is a weekly roundup of genealogy in the news
- Chip Rowe's Things I Hate and Love About Genealogy discusses the pitfalls and great things
about genealogy
- 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.
- A guide to
English Versions of Foreign Given Names
- Information about planning family reunions and a registry are at
Family-Reunion.com
- For a bit of humor, read how you can
Buy an Ancestor Online
- Genealogy for Beginners
- AncestorNews is a free
E-mail genealogy newletter with news, information and tips.
- Your Past Connections is a
database of family documents and memorabilia that have been found at auctions,
flea markets etc.
- GenSuck.com discusses the pitfalls of online genealogy
- Advice about respecting the
privacy of
living relatives when posting genealogy on the internet
- Center for Life Stories Preservation has tips for writing family stories
- Family Newsletter News
- Genealogy: Advice for Effective Searches
