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Many who want to research their family tree don't know where to get started. The first place to begin is finding all the current info you have (i.e., family records, Bibles, certificates, letters, diaries, photos (many have writing on the back), obituaries, etc.).

Interview older relatives -- it's amazing what they remember or what documents they have to share (keep asking questions!).

Visit your local family history center! Check phone directory for the closest one (located at Later Day Saint church (Mormon) -- no, you don't have to be a member). Great resources there for free or small price to order.

Visit city, county state and national archives! Historical & genealogical societies, churches and cemetaries also! Anywhere records are stored!

There is more and more information being added to the internet, check out some of the sites below for help in getting started. Happy Hunting!

Be careful when climbing tree's, you never know which nuts might fall out.

To Forget One's Ancestors
Is To Be A Brook Without A Source
A Tree Without A Root
(Chinese Proverb)

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Where Do I Begin?

Sites I have Found Helpful:

Question, comments, or more links to add?? Please e-mail us!

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More researching notes: (copied from an email list, sorry didn't copy the author's name)
Ask ALL of your older relatives to relate anything they can remember about the family. You will find that some of the stories of been "colored in" over the years to make them more exciting, but most have a small kernal of truth in there somewhere.
You need to work from "now" to "then," taking small steps. Perhaps your interviews with older relatives will give the the death dates and places of your grandparents. Then you can write to the county where they died and also where they were buried (if different) to find their obituaries. When researching obituaries, read each line separately and record any information you find. Many times, the brothers and sisters of the deceased person will be listed with their place of residence and you can trace them IF you are unable to trace your grandparents.

(Just put this page together quickly....copy & paste the links below to an email.) 

This is probably the best resource for info on the web.

http://www.cyndislist.com
Cyndi's List of Genealogical Links

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USA
http://www.usgenweb.com
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/
http://www.rootsweb.com/

INTERNATIONAL

http://www.worldgenweb.org/

Here is a site from a computer magazine of over 500 dictionaries in over
140 languages.  http://www.bucknell.edu/~rbeard/diction.html

(See my ancestor pages by region for more international links.)
https://www.angelfire.com/wi/wildventures/genealogy.html

GENERAL
http://www.gendex.com/gendex
http://www.genrecords.com/library
INET-GENSOC:   http://www.iigs.org/
*****http://www.cyndislist.com/surn.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/4066/
***HUGE Source list for Genealogical Research
http://www.ukans.edu/heritage/research/dbd.html
Genealogy Resources on the Internet 
by John Fuller and Christine Gaunt it's a "must see"...
http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html

The Beaucoup Link Page  http://www.beaucoup.com/engbig.html

http://www.ancestry.com/welcome.htm
THE NEW STAND:  
Information on (and links to) Genealogical Columns that appear in
newspapers around the world. http://www.siteone.com/clubs/mgs/


Cem. Listing Assoc.: http://mininet.smu.edu/cla/index.htm
http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/


http://kindredkonnections.com/
http://www.firstct.com/fv/uscensus.html
      http://www.firstct.com/fv/usout.html

      http://www.firstct.com/fv/lds3.html

These have links to ships and the people that were on them:
http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy/shipind.htm
http://home.ptd.net/~ltmiller/

 http://www.firstct.com/fv/lds4.html


http://www.familytreemaker.com/cgi-bin/iff
http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/searches/rslsearch.html
http://www.firstct.com/fv/tmapmenu.html    
http://www.seidata.com/~lhoffman/cdlist.html
Treasure Maps Free Email Newsletter: 
http://www.firstct.com/fv/tmapmenu.html
http://www.interlog.com/~magazine/surname/namesfl.htm

http://www.montana.com/yates 

PEOPLE / WORD SEARCH ENGINES
 http://altavista.digital.com/     



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