When starting your genealogy research – even the word “genealogy” is daunting. Here are some suggestions to get you off to the right start. Links requiring membership are indicated with ($). ‘*’ means the link provides “how-to” info. Keep in mind the following:
- Revisit each database site monthly, since new info is added daily.
- Other valuable websites are out there. This list by definition is merely a starting point.
Beginners
- * How Do I Begin? FamilySearch
- * Organizing Your Genealogy Using Computers FamilySearch
- * Organizing Your Paper Files FamilySearch
- * Organizing Your Paper Files Using File Folders FamilySearch
- * Organizing Your Paper Files Using Binders (Notebooks) FamilySearch
- * The Basics on How to Search for Ancestors in the United States FamilySearch
- * Name Variations in United States Indexes and Records FamilySearch
- * Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada FamilySearch
US States
- * United States Research Outline FamilySearch
- * State Research Outlines FamilySearch
- * Genealogy/Getting Started NARA
- Historical Books Genealogy Bank
- NewspaperARCHIVE Collection ($) World Vital Records
- Newspapers 1690 - 1977 Genealogy Bank
- Obituaries Genealogy Bank
- Obituaries Legacy
- Social Security Death Index World Vital Records
- Social Security Death Index updated weekly Genealogy Bank
- * Where to Write for Vital Records FamilySearch
- Birth, Marriage, and Death ($) World Vital Records
Census
- 1850 US (Index & Images) FamilySearch Labs
- 1850 US Mortality FamilySearch Labs
- 1850 US Slave schedule FamilySearch Labs
- 1880 index FamilySearch Labs
- 1900 US (Index & Images) FamilySearch Labs
- Census Images 1790-1930 ($) Ancestry
- Census Images ($) World Vital Records
- Census forms Ancestry
Immigration & Naturalization
- Ellis Island Records Ellis Island
- * Naturalizations Before 1906 FamilySearch
- * Naturalizations 1906 and After FamilySearch
- Naturalization Petitions & Declarations ($) Footnote
- Steve Danko’s One-Step
- * Tracing Immigrant Origins Research Outline FamilySearch
- US Immigration Collection ($) Ancestry
- U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 ($) Ancestry
Military
- * U.S. Military Records Research Outline FamilySearch
- * Military Service Records NARA
- U.S. Military Collection ($) Ancestry
- U.S. Military Records Collection ($) World Vital Records
- Revolutionary War Pensions ($) Footnote
- Revolutionary War Service Records Footnote
- Civil War Pensions Index ($) Footnote
- Brady Civil War Photos Footnote
- WWI Draft Registration Cards Footnote
- Naturalization Index - WWI Soldiers ($) Footnote
- WWII Army Enlistment ($) World Vital Records
Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
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