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Genealogy Basics
Your family tree begins with you. If you're ready to dig into your family history but aren't sure where to begin, these tips, lessons and step-by-step tutorials will start you off on a fascinating journey into your genealogy.
How to Find Out if Someone Died in Your House
5 Great Ways to Share Your Family History
50 Questions to Ask Relatives About Family History
How to Trace American Indian Ancestry
Creating and Editing Digital Photos
How to Get Started With Historical Reenacting
Free Family Tree Charts
8 Rules for Properly Recording Names in Genealogy
How to Open a GEDCOM file in Your Genealogy Software
Preserving the Past: How to Care for and Protect Old Photographs
Meaning of Different Surnames on Your Y-DNA Test Results
Y-DNA Testing for Genealogy
How to Find Your Birth Family
Mapping Your Ancestry With Google Maps
How to Write Your Family History
How to Create a Genealogy GEDCOM File
How to Use a Genealogical Data Communication (GEDCOM) File
How Are Cousins Related?
Reading Old Handwriting
How to Label Your Digital Photographs
German Genealogical Word List
How to Cite Genealogy Sources
Creating a Genealogy Research Plan Like a Detective
Finding the Birthplace of Your Immigrant Ancestor
German Genealogy Online Databases and Records
19 Places to Research Your Family Tree for Free
Romance Through the Ages
mtDNA Testing for Genealogy
Photo Gallery of Cemetery Symbols and Icons
Five Steps to Verifying Online Genealogy Sources
Tips for Salvaging Flood Damaged Photos, Papers, and Books
How to Research Your French Ancestry
French Civil Registration
How to Begin Tracing Your Family Tree
5 First Steps to Finding Your Roots
Misconceptions About Family Coats of Arms
Filling out Genealogical Forms
Researching German Ancestors
They Died of What? Historic Causes of Death
Top Genealogy Magazines for Family History Enthusiasts
Safely Removing Photos From "Sticky" Photo Albums
Australian Gold Rush Immigrants
12 Free Jewish Genealogy Databases Online
The Cherokee Princess Myth
How to Organize Your Genealogy Files
How to Handle Adoption in the Family Tree
Castle Garden: America's First Official Immigration Center
5 Family History Scams to Avoid
5 Steps for Identifying People in Old Family Photographs
Mexico Genealogy 101
How to Do a Tombstone Rubbing
Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestor
Brick Wall Strategies for Dead-End Family Trees
How to Prove Your Family Tree Connections
Ellis Island Immigration Center
Irish Catholic Parish Registers Online
Analyzing a Historical Document
Visiting a Family History Center
Resources for Researching Local History
The Family History Library Catalog
Best Genealogy Websites for Researching Irish Ancestors