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FamilySearch - Getting Started with Family History (By Starting at the Beginning)

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FamilySearch Wiki - A Guide to Research

This guide teaches you how to find out more about your ancestors using the records available in the Family History Library or one of the Family History Centers throughout the world. It will help you learn to identify what you know about your family, decide what you want to learn about your family, select records to search, obtain and search the records, and use the information.

FamilySearch Wiki - Family History for Beginners

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Find My Ancestry

A website that shares helpful tutorials, links, blog posts, and tools to help people find their ancestry. General genealogy website.

Find My Family History

At some stage in our lives many of us feel the need to "find my Family History" to help us understand our place in the world.

Findmypast - 10 tips to start your family history journey

First Steps in Family History

From the Federation of Family History Societies. This online brochure provides answers to a new researcher's first questions about family history.

Focused Family Research

Free genealogy articles. The purpose of this website is to provide thought provoking original articles, that appeal to a wide range of experience levels, with the sole purpose of educating genealogy enthusiasts.

Free Ancestry For Beginners|Beginning Ancestry|Ancestry Free

A collection of free ancestry resources for beginners and how to make the best use of them.

Ge-ne-al-o-gy 101

For the beginning genealogist from one who has done genealogy > 50 Yrs.

GEN-NEWBIE-L Home Page

Genealogy & Kentucky History - How to Begin

Tips on how to begin your genealogy from the Kenton County Public Library.

Genealogy 101

Genealogy 4 Beginners

Information on how to start your family research.

Genealogy and Family History Overview

What is genealogy? What is a family history? This article will provide an answer to both and provide an overview of how to get started.

Genealogy Explained - How to Start Your Genealogy Research

Genealogy for Beginners

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The best online genealogy courses, videos and webinars from The Genealogy Guys, for beginners, intermediate and experts. Including: Basic Genealogical Research; Intermediate Genealogical Research; Using the Social Security Death Index (SSDI); Using Libraries’ and Archives’ Catalogs Effectively; Wills and Probate Packet; U.S. Military Records; International Classification of Diseases; Swedish Household Examination Books; Introduction to Anglican Parish Records in England; Clues from the Graveyard; Dower Law: A Case Study; Five Reasons the Records Aren't in the Courthouse; Develop Your Ancestor's Story; Seven Essential Research Strategies, and so much more.