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genealogy source
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to bring your family history to life
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| GenTutorial GenGuides Develop a research plan that works for you, one that you will be able to adhere to and follow consistently. Remember, there is no one single plan that works for everyone. The GenGuides below will help you to develop your research and organizational skills. Beginning Your Research: Taking the first steps The Interview: Tips and Techniques Evaluating Web Sites: Tips and Techniques Notetaking Skills: Save time and frustration Develop an Organizational Plan: One that will grow as your research grows
Articles on the Web Common Research Wrong Turns, an article by George G. Morgan Genealogy: 26 tips to get you started by Robert Bickham In the Very Beginning by Halvor Moorshead Organizing Your Research by Diana Smith Ten Reasons to Join a Local Genealogy Society by Kathleen W. Hinckley 10 First Steps to Finding Your Roots by Kimberly Powell
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Genealogy Web sites to get you started Family Search Ancestry.com
Rootsweb The Olive Tree Genealogy
Cyndi's List The US GenWeb Project The World GenWeb Project Genealogy.com Ellis Island United States Vital Records Information Social
Security Death Index
Give Your Family a Gift That Money Can’t Buy: Record and Preserve Your Family’s History, 4th ed., by Jeffrey A. Bockman This slim but informative book begins with an overview of the genealogy research process by detailing the family group sheet and ancestor chart. Following those examples are several pages devoted to finding and using home sources. Through several examples from his personal research, Mr. Bockman offers guidance in using home sources to build a story about our ancestors’ lives. Photographs are often overlooked in their value to further a genealogy research plan. Mr. Bockman provides a history of photography that defines the many forms of photographs through the years. He talks at length about preserving photographs and other documents and devotes several pages to this very important process by sharing a variety of solid preservation tips. The meat of the book follows when Mr. Bockman talks about writing the family stories—going beyond the names and dates in a family group sheet and getting to know our ancestors as people. He offers many resources for locating the information to fill in those years between birth and death. An excerpt from his Bockman Family History shows how to bring it all together in a narrative form. Give Your Family a Gift That Money Can’t Buy provides the impetus to start writing. His techniques are based on sound genealogical research principles. He identifies a variety of records that are useful when building our family’s history. The book can be ordered by visiting www.alenjes.com.
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Build a Genealogy Library An abundance of print resources are available to help you get started researching your family history. A Bibliography of Genealogy Reference Books has been compiled as a guide to start you on your way. Many of these books are available at your local library, favorite bookseller, or online at www.amazon.com. A few must-haves to get you started:
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