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How to Get Started
Researching Your Family History

Hints for Researching Your Family History

Our very own page on how to start it all ! Great overall scope of
what you're in for.

Cindi's Genealogy Home Page Construction Kit

"Tips, hints, links & more to help you create your personal genealogy home page!"

Climbing Your Family Tree

Check out this super page 'cause there's a great links page that'll have chapters 'bout places to go and get things like printable pedigree charts, Internet adoption sites, ethnic stuff, & Boy Scout merit badge requirements.

Genealogy Today Jr.

GenealogyToday created this edition "to make genealogy easier to understand for kids of all ages."

USGenWeb for Kidz

A place where you can; post questions, post queries to if anyone else is researching your ancestors & add links to useful sites.

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What Does My Name Mean?

18th & 19th Century American Nicknames

Find out what names they used call 'em rather than "Bif" or "Josh".

Behind the Name

The "Etymology and History of First Names". Or what really they mean is; the history and meaning of your name.

First Names & What They Mean

Find the meaning for over 5,900 first names in this database.

Last Name Meanings

Search for last names from many different countries.

Surname Meanings

Presents an A-Z of the more common surname meanings.

Hamrick Surname Distributation

Really boring name for a groovy site that gives a map showing the distributation for your surname across the 'ol U.S. of A. Works for the years 1850, 1880, 1920, 1990. See how your last name spread across the country.

U.S. Census Search Name Files

Hey, ever wonder how many other people stole your name? Order up this page and it'll tell you. Works for First names & Last names.

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What Questions
Should I Ask My Family?

Ancestors: Charts & Records

Charts & records available for downloading.

RootsWeb Forms Page

A page with Ancestor trees, family group sheets, and other important forms.

Writing a Family History Pt. 1

Suggestions on how to go about asking those old folks all those questions.

Writing a Family History Pt. 2
- How to Write a Family History

Superb list of questions you can use to write a biography or use to conduct an interview with.

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What Can Old Photos Tell Me?

Follow the Clues - Dating Your Photographs

Insights & clues when examining those dusty images.

The Unwritten

Great spot to get into collecting, creating, & preserving those old and new photos. Then you all can see how we looked yesterday, and record who we are today!

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Are There Coats of Arms for My family Name?

Shields, Knights and Heraldry

Free software to make your own coat of arms. Discusses their origins & functions too.

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Games That You Can Play & Learn Something Too!

Genealogy Today - Junior Edition

Heres the place to go for games, stories & clues !

Port of Entry: Immigration

Gives you all the chance to play a Historical detective.

Sask Gen Web for Kids

A Canadian site that has all kinds of games & puzzles 'bout genealogy.

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More Geneology Sites On The Intenet

CanadaGenWeb for Kids Project

All about Canada and Genealogy too!

LasCulturas.com

A great spot to start your research on Hispanic/Latin American genealogy.

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

Need we say more?

Family Tree Maker Online

A comprehensive directory of genealogy sites on the Internet, featuring categorized and cross-indexed links.

FrancoGene

"Le point de départ pour faire votre généalogie avec les outils offerts par Internet !" Or, here's a good place to bone up on your French & genealogy.

Genealogy for Kids

Great place to search for links to other sites.

La Genealogia de Puerto Rico

A great spot to start your research on Hispanic/Latin American genealogy.

German Names in America

A piece on one teacher's quest for knowledge regarding the identification of German Names.

Illinois State Archives

Starting pointers and a ancestery chart you can download. Access to the Illinois State archives on-line stuff too.

Vital Records Information: United States

Listed by State.

WorldGenWeb for Kids

"This site is for kids 18 and under, or classes to do genealogy/history." Lots of links too.


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