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How to Grow a Family Tree

These are just a few of my favorite family history links.

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

Ancestry.com (Paid site with some free info)
(I also recommend subscribing to the free e-mail newsletter from Ancestry.com)

US GenWeb Project

World GenWeb

Family Search Internet Genealogy Center
(This site is from the Family History Centers of the Church of Latter Day Saints)

Census Years Available

The American Colonist's Library
A Treasury of Primary Documents

American Memory: From the Library of Congress

Civil War Soldier & Sailors

The War of the Rebellion
The complete records (128 volumes) from Cornell University

The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion

Dating Old Photos

More Dating Old Photos

American Family Immigration History Center

Searching the Ellis Island Database in One Step
by Stephen P. Morse

Naturalization Records

Worldwide Directory of Cities and Towns

UT Library Online - Perry-Castaneda Map Collection

Railroad Maps Search Pagedating.htm

U.S. Copyright & Genealogy

AND
1.  RIGHT NOW! 
ASAP, if not sooner --
Interview parents,
grandparents, and any living relatives

2. Then take a class in genealogy

3. And invest in a good "how to" book

4. Join your local genealogical society

5. Search through attics and old photo albums and those old dusty boxes

6. Decide now how you will organize your information

7. Warn your family that you are about to become addicted to genealogy

8. Purchase several three-ring binders, depending on the amount of info you have acquired, (you still need these even if you plan to use a computer for information storage--
hard drives crash, technology changes, but acid free paper lasts a very long time)
and make lots of room for files, folders and books

9. If you don't have a computer, learn to use one at your local library

10. Become familiar with:
the Internet,
search engines,
and
e-mail

Last,
don't
put
all
your
faith
in
the
net
or
CDs.
Information on the internet should be considered clues to help you find the original source documents.
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