Getting to Your Roots--Lessons, tutorials, forms, etc.

• Ancestry  Lots of great info here for beginners.  http://www.ancestry.com    Also a good source for charts and forms.      http://www.ancestry.com/save/charts/ancchart.htm

• BYU Independent Studies http://ce.byu.edu/is/genealogy Online tutorial as well as details on becoming a certified genealogist.

• Family Search  This site by the LDS Church includes over 150 research guides for doing research in each state, various countries, etc. http://www.familysearch.org/sg/

• Genealogy Home Page  How-to information for beginners as well as lots of links. http://www.genhomepage.com

Adding Roots and Branches to Your Family Tree 

• About.com     A selection of some popular web sites on the topic of genealogy.  http://genealogy.about.com/hobbies/genealogy/index.htm

• Ancestry  One of the top genealogy sites with many databases available for searching. Those which require subscription may be accessed free of charge at Family History Centers in Utah http://www.ancestry.com

• Cyndi's List  Probably the best known collection of links to genealogy web sites. Over 107,000 links! http:// www.cyndislist.com

• Family Search   You can't do genealogy without this site by the LDS Church. http://www.familysearch.org

• Genealogy.com  Search over 470 million names, including those submitted to Family Tree Maker. http://www.genealogy.com

• Geneanet  Genealogical Database Network searches over 56 million entries.  http://www.geneanet.org

• Rootsweb One of the most widely used genealogy web sites. Billed as the oldest and largest free genealogy site on the Internet.  http://www.rootsweb.com

• US GenWeb The starting place for links to genealogy information for each of the US counties and states. http://www.usgenweb.org

• World GenWeb   Links to information on many countries around the world.  http://www.worldgenweb.org
  

Branching Out by Communicating with Others

• Ancestry  Sign up for free genealogy news updates via email.  http://www.ancestry.com
  
  
• Genealogy Resources on the Internet   Links to a wide variety of mailing lists, etc. compiled by John Fuller and Chris Gaunt.    http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/internet.html
  
• Rootsweb  Home of the best known and biggest mailing lists. You can also subscribe to genealogy news updates via email. http://www.rootsweb.com

  
  
  

Have You Tried These?

Birthdate Calculator  Know the death date and age at death? This site calculates the birth date for you.  http://www.angelfire.com/va/ValsGenealogyPage/Calculator.html

Computer programs for genealogy Site by Louis Kessler has good comparisons of major genealogical computer programs. http://www.lkessler.com/gplinks.shtml

Family Chronicle   This companion site for the print magazine includes some of the best articles from previous issues. http://www.familychronicle.com

Family History Questionnaire  See a variety of questionnaires at this site by the Genealogical Society of Washtenaw County, MI http://www.hvcn.org/info/gswc/links/toollogs.htm#question

Family Tree Magazine A companion site for the print magazine. Take a look at their article "101 Best Web Sites." http://www.familytreemagazine.com

Find A Grave   This new site has over 6.7 million names listed with burial information. Add information for your family members free of charge.  http://www.findagrave.com

Find a Place Type in the name of a town, geographic feature, etc.  in the USA and get the location http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form

Relationship Chart  Confused about how you are related to someone else? Try this chart.
http://www.cswnet.com/~sbooks/genealogy/cousins/cousins.htm

Social Security Death Index  Over 75 million names, updated monthly. Use the Post-Its to contact others searching the same person.  http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

StateGenSites organizes genealogy web sites by state. http://www.stategensites.com

Your Dictionary   Need a foreign language dictionary? Here's the place to find it. http://yourdictionary.com

Tips

• Use the Edit--Find in Page option to quickly find a particular word or name in a long list.
• Use the tab key to move around pages which require filling in boxes.
• Keep a research log of sites you search. It's easy to forget which sources you've already checked when you're on the web!
• Just because it's on the web doesn't make it true! It's important to verify and document the data you find.
• REMEMBER everything is NOT on the web! Contacting family members and researching records in  libraries, courthouses, etc. is still necessary. 

Happy ancestor hunting!

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