Genealogy Help

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For convenience in viewing, the links below will open a new browser window and this page will always be open behind. Please suggest additional links or report dead links to . Helpful page on our website for beginning genealogists: Young Chandler Descendants – basic genealogy, intended to provide information and help to younger genealogists but helpful to beginners of all ages.

The sites linked below are provided for assistance with your research or for your enjoyment. The CFA makes no representation as to the accuracy of any information provided.

Classes and Help

Getting Started – from FamilySearch.com; page includes links on how to begin your research, research analysis (including “Rookie Mistakes”) and other helpful resources. Online Genealogy Classes @ Genealogy.com

Research Series Classes Online – beginning research course for other countires, including England, provided by FamilySearch.org Researching Your Family Tree – a free interactive tutorial

One young reader, Ben Johnson, while working on his Genealogy badge for the Boy Scouts, discovered a site that he thought others might find useful: Video Editing Tips for Family History Videos by certstaffix training.  Thanks for the tip, Ben, and good luck with your family research!

Free Downloads

How To, Help, and Handouts from the Silicon Valley Computer Genealogy Group (CFA President Jim Light is a member.) Charts, Forms and Other Research Tools from ancestry.com

 

Encyclopedias, Wikis, Blogs

arleneeakle.com – Website of Arlene H. Eakle, PhD, a professional genealogist, with some free content, research tips, blogs for KY, NY, TN & VA, and more Encyclopedia of Genealogy – “a free-content encyclopedia created by its readers” Familypedia – “This Wiki is designed to let people create and improve articles about their ancestors and to help find and link records and relatives.” Family Search Research Wiki – “Free family history research advice for the community, by the community”

Genealogy and Family History Q&A

When someone asks a question at Genealogy and Family History Q&A, the community reviews, revises, and proposes answers to it. Answers are rated and ranked by the rest of the community. Members also vote for questions they find useful, or against those they see as unclear or unproductive. The more votes, the more visibility – so searches result in the best answers to the best questions.

WeRelate – “world’s largest genealogy wiki with . . . over 2,000,000 people and families”

Definition of Wiki: “. . . an online encyclopedia, written by many authors. In fact, the original articles might be updated, re-written, or supplemented by still more authors. A wiki is a very democratic process where everyone who has any expertise in any related topic is invited to contribute whatever he or she can.” (Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter)

Networking

Genealogy Wise – a social network for genealogists

Country-Specific Assistance

Throughout the CFA website, we have provided much information about external resources that can be helpful in researching your ancestors who immigrated to the “United States of America”, both before the Revolutionary War and after.  Since our membership is primarily USA or UK based, we haven’t devoted much space for helping you to find ancestors from other geographies.  This section will include links to resources that might be relevant to that research.

If you have experience with researching countries outside of the US and UK, please send an email to the CFA with the country that you were researching and a link to a useful page.

Ireland

Our first entry comes to us from Ben Johnson and his mother, Jenny, who found this website while researching his Irish ancestors.  He hopes you find it helpful when you are looking for your Irish family members.