GENEALOGY/Help
• Getting Started
Notebook, Pencils, Computer,
Patience, Determination!
Begin with Yourself - Start a Pedigree Chart
(Remember your research is only as good as your documentation)
Birth Certificates, Death Certificates, Marriage Records,
Census Records, Tax Records, Land Records, Wills,
Court Records, Military Records
• Where Do You Find Your Sources?
County Court Houses, National Archives, Libraries, Cemeteries,
Family Bibles, Church Records, Obituaries, Journals, Photos,
Genealogical Societies, Online
• What Do You Do With Your Finds
Add to Your Pedigree, Adopt A Computer Program such as Reunion,
Family Tree Maker or many others to show ancestral relationships
and your sources.
Keep copies of your sources, Originals, Prints, Scans, Photos
Organize, File Cabinets, Computer Folders, DVD, CD
• Let's Take A Look At Some Online Help
Online Courses & Tutorials
Getting Started
S.A.G.S. web site
Examples of Software Programs for Mac Users
(Note: I personally use REUNION and recommend it)
Genealogy Library - SEBLibrary S.A.G.S. Tour
(8 min & 24 secs long)
Genealogy Holdings- SAGS/SEBLibrary
St Augustine & Putnam Co. Area Obituaries
Ancestry.com
(Largest online source, great for Census Records,
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Military, Immigration)
Familysearch.org
Online Genealogy Courses at FamilySearch.org
USGenWeb Project
RootsWeb
Cyndi's List
LIBRARY SPOT
National Archives
Allen County Public Library
Virginia County Records
New England Historic Genealogical Society (American Ancestors)
Find A Grave
West Virginia Archives & History
Times-Hearld & Palatka Daily News Obituary Index - Compiled by Mack Wills
(Copies of the obituaries are located in SEBLib Genealogy Library)
Index to ANCIENT CITY GENEALOGIST -Compiled by Mack Wills (2014)
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SEARCHING FOR YOUR GERMAN ANCESTORS
Basic Research Outline for German Genealogy
A Step by Step Guide for Americans of German Descent
by Joe Beine, German Roots Webmaster
&
A GENEALOGICAL
HANDBOOK OF GERMAN RESEARCH -- Larry O. Jensen
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Updated 11/21/2014
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