Genealogy Learning Center
Some of the big genealogy sites offer free research guidance and genealogy lessons. You can get started in genealogy and then follow the lessons below. Each website has unique and excellent lessons
Ancestry.com:
- Ancestry Learning Center
Discover more about your ancestry in just a few steps. You can begin your family tree, learn how to use records in your family search, connect with others who are seeking out their ancestors and find the answers to your genealogy questions.
- Research Guides
A growing list of genealogy research guides to help you research unfamiliar records.
- Get Started Searching
Watch this video to learn how to search for your ancestors in the Ancestry.com collections of historical records.
RootsWeb:
- Where to Begin?
- What's in a Name?
- Using Technology: Software and GEDCOMs
- Vital Records:
Death, Tombstones and Cemeteries
- Vital Records:
Marriage Records and Evidence
- Vital Records:
Birth Records
- What is the Question?
- Why You Can't Find Them
- U.S. Census Records:
Soundexes, Indexes and Finding Aids
- SSDI (Social Security Death Index) & Railroad Retirement Board Records
- Taxing Tales
- Creating Worthwhile Genealogies: Evidence, Sources and Citation
- Military Records (worldwide)
- Military Records (United States)
- Tracing Immigrant Ancestors
- Naturalization Records
- Church Records
- Fraternal Organizations
- Heraldry for Genealogists
- City Directories and Newspapers
- Irish, Scots-Irish and Scottish
- Italian and Hispanic Ancestors
- Scandinavian (Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish and Icelandic) Roots
- Canadian, French-Canadian, Acadian and French Connections
- African American, Native American, Jewish, Unique Peoples (Melungeon, Black Dutch, etc.)
- Germanic Ancestors (Plus: Austrians, Dutch, Belgians, Swiss, Luxembourgers, and Liechtensteiners
- Polish, Russians, Czechs, Hungarians, Croatians, Slovakians
- English, Welsh, Australian, New Zealand, South Africa
- African American, Native American, Jewish, Unique Peoples (Melungeon, Black Dutch, etc.)
- Court Records
- Adoption and Orphans Records
Genealogy.com
- Getting Started
- Vital Records
- Vital Records Substitutes
- Trail Guides for Ancestral Hunters
- Shedding Light on Your Clues
- Your Best Ally in the Hunt -- The U.S. Federal Census
- Introduction to Immigrant Investigations
- Immigration Passenger Lists
- Modern Naturalization Records
- Identifying the Immigrant
- Identifying the Immigrant, Part 2
- Identifying the Immigrant, Part 3
- Discovering the Most About Your Immigrant
- Reading the Place Name, Part 1
- Reading the Place Name, Part 2
- Overview of Immigrant Origins Research Strategies
- 20th Century Immigrants -- Home Sources and Vital Records
- Clues from the Census Records
- Clues from Church Records
- Dying to Be Found, Part 1: Immigrant Obituaries
- Dying to Be Found, Part 2: Cemeteries
- Evidence in Print: Local Histories & Biographies
- Enlisting the Military's Help
- U.S. Customs Passenger Lists
- Becoming an American -- Early Naturalization Records
- Newspaper Research - Beyond Obituaries
- Double the Immigration -- Canadian Research
- Published Lists of Early Immigrants
- Somebody Else Has Found Them: Compiled Records
- Early American Church Records
- Just How Civil Were Your Immigrants: Court, Land, and Other Civil Records
- Hidden Clues in Periodicals
- Where There's a Will, There May Be a Clue: Probate Records
- Lineage Societies
- Tactics for Using Foreign Sources
- Family Histories and Periodicals
- Original Records
- Departure Lists
- Emigration Lists
- Government Records
- Networking
- Church and Local Records
- An Hispanic Ancestral Puzzle
- Preserving Authentic Family Memories
- Reconstructing Your Ancestral Family
- What are Civil Registrations?
- U.S. Birth, Marriage, and Death Records
- Civil Registration in Canada
- Civil Registration in Canada Part 2
- Civil Registration in the United Kingdom Part 1
- Civil Registration in the United Kingdom Part 2
Ancestor Search Tips
- Easy Google Genealogy Searcher
Learn all that Google offers for Genealogists