BEGINNING COMPUTER GENEALOGY
I. Getting Started
A. Begin at Home
1. Ancestor Chart & Family Group record
a. http://www.ancestry.com/trees/charts/ancchart.aspx
b. http://misbach.org/pdfcharts/
c. Your own Family tree program
2. Interview relatives/check out their “stuff”
a. Bibles
b. Scrapbooks
c. Photos
d. Memorabilia
e. Start Local: town/township/organizational histories
f. Take digital pictures or copy
II. Doing your Homework
A. Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/
B. About: http://genealogy.about.com/library/onestop/bl_beginner.htm?nl=1
C. Eastman site: http://www.eogn.com/
D. Genweb: http://www.usgenweb.com/
E. E-Mail Help. Get an address
1. E-Zines
2. Post to lists/ query societies
III. Recording your data-- Getting Organized
A. Paper Files
B. Family Tree Programs
C. Cite your sources
1. http://citationmachine.net/
2. Cover page from book
IV. Searching for clues
A. Family Lore
B. Internet research
3. Find a grave http://www.findagrave.com
4. Family Search http://familysearch.org
5. Ancestry http://www.ancestry.com/default.aspx
6. Use yellow paper to indicate unproven info
V. Networking/Support
A. Genealogical Societies
B. Mail Lists
1. Ancestry Daily News
2. Area/Name specific lists
VI. Verifying Clues…Field Trip!
A. Libraries (check site before you go)
1. Allen Co. Public Library http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/
2. Friends of Allen Co. http://friendsofallencounty.org/index.php
3. Ohio Genealogical Society: www.ogs.org
B. Courthouses
C. Graveyards
VII. Using your Info
A. Family Histories
B. Photo projects
C. Family Trees as gifts
Pick yourself up, dust yourself off….Start all over again!