Genealogy Research Techniques and Tools

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• Where to Begin
  
• How Do I Begin To Document and File Family History?
  
• Make Your Family Tree - Getting Started
  
• Genealogy Tips and Tutorials from Knowledge Hound
  
• Midnight at the Internet Cafe: Genealogy: How-to Guides & Tutorials
  
• Global Gazette How To Articles
  
• Treasure Maps - the How-to Genealogy Site
  
• Tracing Immigrant Origins
  
• Genealogy Classes
  
• Developing Research Skills
  
• Research Insight, Techniques and Tutorials
  
• Tutorial - How do I find people and data?
  
• History Toolkit
  
• A Genealogical Tool Kit (Connecticut State Library)
  

Tracing Your Catholic Ancestors (Pocket Guides to Family History)

Glossaries and Dictionaries

• Genealogy Glossary
  
• Genealogy Vocabulary
  
• Genealogy Dictionary
  
• Glossary of Genelaogy Terms
  
• Kinship Glossary
  
• Medical Glossary - archaic medical terms
  
• Epidemics in History
  
• Occupations as they might be found on Ships passenger lists, census returns and other documents
  
• List of occupations
  
• Glossary of Abbreviations
  
• Abbreviations Found in Genealogy
  

Legal Issues

• Who Owns Genealogy? Cousins and Copyright
  
• Info for Volunteers - Copyright Information
  
• Welding Links: Dark Side Of The Internet
  

Handwriting and Language Tools

• Deciphering Old Handwriting
  
• Cyndi's List - Handwriting and Script
  
• Early English Handwriting
  
• Free Web Translator
  
• Babel Fish Translator
  
• Latin Primer for Genealogists
  
• Examples of Letters (alpha-characters) of the 17th Century
  
• Old Handwriting Styles
  
• "Olde Tyme" Handwriting
  
• Early English Handwriting
  
• English Handwriting - 1500-1700, Online Course Lessons
  
• Scottish Handwriting
  
• Alte deutsche Handschriften /Old German handwritten scripts
  

Names, Dates, Ages

• First Names and What They Mean
  
• Behind the Name - the etymology and history of first names
  
• Birth Date Calculator - calculates birth date using age at death and date of death
  
• Old Style and New Style Dates and the Change to the Gregorian Calendar
  
• Date Conversion
  
• Day of the Week Calculator
  

Photographs and Documents

• Photography and Genealogy
  
• How to Preserve Photographs
  
• Guidelines For Preserving Your Photographic Heritage
  
• Tips for Preserving Documents and Photographs
  
• About Identifying Old Photos
  
• Tips for Dating Old Photographs
  

Other Tools and Sources

• Write a letter to request a birth, marriage or death certificate - 15 languages
  
• How to Use Maps in Genealogy
  
• Tombstone Rubbings
  
• How to Read a Graveyard
  
• Ahnentafel Charts - What They Are
  
• Relationship Chart
  
• Easy Genealogy Forms
  
• Free Downloadable Forms
  
• Census Extraction Forms
• Ancestral Chart
• Research Calendar
• Research Extract
• Correspondence Record
• Family Group Sheet
• Source Summary

"How-to" Genealogy Books

Genealogy for Librarians