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Family Tree Research for Beginners

Are you looking to start your family tree research but as a beginner you are not sure what to do? This straightforward guide will get you started and make things easier for you.

FamilySearch - Family History Library - Virtual Research Strategy Sessions

Genealogical research strategy sessions are free, virtual meetings designed to provide you with research guidance, methodology, and next steps. Our research specialists offer helpful suggestions and assistance with your research goals, to empower you as you discover and connect with your family.

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

FamilySearch Blog - Beginning Genealogy: How to Get Started the Right Way

FamilySearch Blog - Four Great Videos to Help you Get Started with Family History Research

FamilySearch Learning Center Search Results - Beginner

FamilySearch Learning Center Search: Getting Started

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

FamilySearch Wiki - Family History for Beginners

FamilySearch Wiki - Rookie Mistakes

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.