Genealogy

Genealogy is the research of one's family history (or someone else's). What is included in "family history" varies depending on the individual researcher.

There's a table of contents on every page that will help you navigate the pages. If you want to skip to a certain page, look below.

Table of contents

For everyone

• Getting started
  • Establish goals
  • Work backwards
  • Family interviews
    • Locating the previous overseas residence
• Online options
  • Websites
    • FamilySearch
    • RootsWeb
    • Ancestry
    • Yahoo! Groups
    • Usenet Groups
    • Google Maps
  • Mailing lists, etc.
  • Developing Genealogy Web-Pages
• Recording your research
  • • Hard Copy
    • Software
  • Archiving your records
    • Archiving paper-based documents
    • Archiving photos

Area-specific

• Africa
  • Egypt
  • South Africa
• Asia
  • Afghanistan
  • China
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Israel
  • Pakistan
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Turkey
• Europe
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • United Kingdom
• North America
  • Canada
  • Mexico
  • United States
• Oceania
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
• South America
  • Brazil

Authors

External links

• Wikipedia - Genealogy
• The Genealogy Wikia, a free do-it-yourself site using the same software as Wikibooks
• WikiTree — wiki-based genealogical project
• Rodovid — wiki-based genealogical project with GEDCOM upload
• WeRelate — wiki-based genealogical project with GEDCOM upload

Genealogy sites

• US National Archives Genealogy Section
• Family Genealogy and History Internet Education Directory
• Family Search - LDS Genealogy Site
• Genealogy Tips and Research Guides
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - worldwide genealogy directory
• Genealogy Resources, Newsletter and Databases for Family Tree History
• Access Genealogy
• Surname Web
• Genealogy Resources at FamilyForest.com
• Civil records from the Netherlands 1800~1920