Research Help

New to genealogy?....just beginning your family history?
There are many places to learn how to do genealogy. The following are a few on-line sites which will help you get started:

Rootsweb has a great guide to help you:
http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/

LDS Family History Library
Research Outlines:
http://www.familysearch.org/

Here's CyndisList with an assortment of different places to learn:
http://www.CyndisList.com/howtotut.htm

Genealogy.com's Beginning Genealogy:
http://www.genealogy.com/uni-begin.html

From the National Archives and Records Administration:
Beginning Your Genealogical Research
http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/begin.html

There are many more genealogy research help sites on the internet which you can locate by searching with your favorite search engine.

NOTE: Use this data as a finding tool, just as you would any other secondary source. When you find the name of an ancestor listed, confirm the facts in original sources.

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When you use this site, please keep in mind the difference between primary and secondary sources and the importance of checking those sources. Accept nothing without further checking. It is our hope that through this collection of data from many sources, you will find a piece of the puzzle that you are working on and that may lead you to other discoveries.

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