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Guides to Getting Started
If you are just starting your genealogy research, talk to as many immediate family members as you can and collect names, dates and places that relate to your family. Make note of everything they tell you--you never know what might prove useful. Dates and places are valuable to help you find published information. Copy any family documents you can, including family listings in Bibles and other resources, as well as birth, marriage and death certificates, and obituaries.
- NYC GenealogyA guide from NYC that introduces a number of resources for those beginning to do genealogical research and and for those looking for good sites to carry out genealogical research. (Covers a wide geographical range--not just focused on NYC.)
Primary Genealogy Databases
- FamilySearchFree resource. Created and maintained by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
- Ancestry Library Edition
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Genealogy collection from ancestry.com that includes census data, vital records, directories, and photos.
- Ancestry Library Edition (Lexington Public Library)Access at the Lexington Public Library. Available only to customers inside LPL locations.
- USGenWeb ProjectGenealogical research resources organized by county and state, created and maintained by volunteers throughout the nation.
- Family Tree SearcherSearch family trees in nine online family tree databases.
- GeneaNetAbout two million members share more than 400 million entries for free in their family trees, archival records, indexes, and family picture and postcard collections.
Genealogy on Television
- Who Do You Think You Are?The Learning Channel show that follows celebrities as they embark on personal journeys to trace their family trees. Shows can be seen on the website.
- Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.10-part PBS series. Each hour-long episode, Dr. Gates takes viewers along for the journey with one celebrity pair bound together by an intimate, sometimes hidden link, treks through layers of ancestral history and uncovers secrets and surprises of their family trees.
- Genealogy RoadshowCombines history and science to uncover stories of diverse Americans in and around St. Louis, Philadelphia and New Orleans. Each individual’s story links to a larger community (and in some cases, national) history.
Genealogy Podcasts
- Genealogy PodcastsFamily Tree Magazine article
