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'I've Looked Everywhere.' No, You Haven't.

By Cyndi Ingle for NGS Magazine Oct-Dec 2013 pages 21-25.

Ancestry.com Wiki

The Ancestry.com Wiki is made up of four kinds of fantastic content: The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy; Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources; Other great Ancestry.com content; Content added by you. This wiki is a free service of Ancestry.com.

Ancestry.com Wiki - The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy

The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy is a reference book published by Ancestry Publishing. The first edition was published in 1984 and was edited by Arlene H. Eakle and Johni Cerny. A revised edition, edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, was published in 1997. The current edition, the third, was published in 2006 and was also edited by Szucs and Luebking. In 2010, Ancestry.com digitized the content of The Source and made it available in wiki format as one of the foundational sources for the Ancestry.com Wiki. Each chapter has been broken into one or more series of articles. This wiki is a free service of Ancestry.com.

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Tapes of classes and presentations at several genealogy conferences and seminars from 1980 through 2004. Listen to lectures by the top experts in the field.

Blood and Frogs: Jewish Genealogy and More: Finding Information on US Immigrants

Board for Certification of Genealogists - OnBoard Articles

A series of articles from Board for Certification of Genealogists.

BYU Independent Study Family History

Free tutorial.

Case File Clues

Michael John Neill's Column for Eastman's Genealogy Newsletter--Plus Edition.

DearMYRTLE Archives Updated

Practical, down-to-earth advice for family historians. Ol' Myrt's focus is beginning genealogy topics. Though she blogs less and video blogs more frequently, she is your friend in genealogy.

Digging Up The Past

Free book and guide on genealogy for the world by Kyle Joustra. Guide to genealogy in a non Anglo approach, covers both method and reflects real examples from across the world.

Family History Class Site

Genealogy and Family History classes. There are printed materials and PowerPoint presentations along with web links.

Family Tree Finder Info

Family Tree Finder Info website provides information and useful tips for researching your family tree.

Family Tree Guide

Articles, tutorials and reviews aiming to supply you with the tools to utilise technology to research and record your family tree.

FamilySearch - Help Center - Learning Center ^FREE

Hundreds of free online genealogy courses. Enter a keyword in the search box to see a list of lessons for that topic.

FamilySearch - Help Center - Learning Center

Lessons, videos, and slides for all genealogical topics and localities.

FamilySearch Wiki - Family History Research Wiki

Get genealogical research advice, or learn where to find record collections in more than 85,100 articles.

FamilySearch Wiki - United States Record Selection Table

This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for post-1800 research in the United States.

Find My Ancestry

A website that shares helpful tutorials, links, blog posts, and tools to help people find their ancestry. General genealogy website.

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.

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Learn how to use genealogy best practices to improve, grow, and strengthen your family tree. Through concrete examples, you'll learn how to produce a professional quality family tree.