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Legacy Tree Genealogists - Getting Started With Australian Genealogy: What You Need To Know

Life Span Genealogy

Surname registry & tutorials.

Make Family Tree

A genealogy-based website that helps people learn how to research their ancestry and begin their family tree. Everything you need to know to start your own family history today.

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

United States.

National Genealogical Society - American Genealogical Studies (AGS)

A four-module self-paced course designed for people who want to either learn about or get a quick refresher on genealogical principles.

New Zealand Society of Genealogists - Getting It Right

Starting your family history can be daunting! Getting It Right is a series of learning resources with a New Zealand focus to help you with your family history research.

Newbies helping Newbies..Forbes Computer Group

Newbies helping newbies in the areas of Internet, genealogy and computers.

Our Family History Ad

A beginner's guide to collecting and preserving family materials and photos for creating a family history album and/or a family tree. This e-book is also a resource for those wanting a quick start searching for the records of ancestors.

Research Aids for the Family Historian

Researching Your Family Tree: An Introduction to Genealogy

ResearchYourGenealogy.Com

Learn how to research your family history firsthand with this step by step guide.

Roots That Speak: A journey to the heart of your family genealogy New!

A book by Germán Bacca that helps readers explore family history through memory, ancestry, photographs, documents, and unanswered questions. Rather than offering a step-by-step method, it brings together ideas and reflections that open new paths for thinking about, investigating, and writing family stories.

Searching Your Family Tree

A series of articles by Richard A. Pence.

Sicily

A place to begin your genealogy for any nationality.

Sifting Through The Past

A blog to help beginners with their genealogy research, plus news and information about online genealogy resources.

Six Steps To Your Family History

Discover in six steps how to assimilate information about your family. Use our collection of 1000+ thematically categorized guides to help you with each step of your research.

Society of Genealogists - Top 10 Tips for Starting Your Family History

Start Researching

A free resource for both amateur and professional genealogists, aiming to simplify the learning curve, improve the quality of all research, and amplify important information in the field.

Susans Genealogy Blog

A genealogy blog tailored for beginner to professional audiences, and featuring research tips, trials, frustrations, and successes.

The Folk Historian

Help for beginning and experenced researchers.