R E S E A R C H I N G   -  H O W   TO'S

How to Start / Beginning Your Genealogical Research

How to Start Researching Your Family History

Getting Started in Genealogy - Genealogy.com

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Specific Research Tools

History Toolkit - including 1) How to Read 18th Centuring Writing, What to Do with a Diary You've Found, Step-by-Step Guide to Oral History, How to Read Probate Records, How to Search Deeds, How To Read A Graveyard.

Skill Building Genealogy - including: Analyzing Deeds for Useful Clues, Analyzing Wills for Useful Clues, Citing Your Sources, Transcribing Source Materials, Analyzing City Directories, Conducting Effective Oral Interviews, Producing Quality Research Notes, Analyzing and Reviewing Published Sources, Using Indexes, Censuses - Often-Overlooked Basics, Good Genealogical Writing), Polishing Our Everyday Writing, The Social Security Death [Benefits] Index, Converting Records into Reliable Copies, Citations on the Source, Citation Placement, Preparing Research Reports (Accurately and Clearly), Using the Compilations of Others, Date Calculations.

Making Sense of Documents - provides strategies for analyzing online primary materials

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

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