Beginning Genealogy On Paper or Internet

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Comment by James P. LaLone on June 28, 2010 at 1:45pm

The Jul/Aug 2010 issue of FAMILY CHRONICLE, p. 6 has 25 biggest mistakes to avoid when researching your genealogy, and
PRACTICAL FAMILY HISTORY, Jun 2010 (English publication) , p. 18, has an article for using blogs in genealogy.

Comment by James P. LaLone on June 14, 2010 at 7:19am

The Aug. 2010 issue of FAMILY TREE MAGAZINE has a number of interesting articles including “Family Archivist” preserving your documents & photos, etc.; “Document Detective: Death Certificate” analysis of info; “Tailor-Made Searches” researching online effectively; and “The Tool Kit” Genealogy Videos Online and more.

Comment by Anita davey on January 13, 2010 at 8:05am

Hi
I am new at looking for my family history just like becky, finding my way slowly .
I too find family Search a good site, have not try Heritage Quest . Thats is the thing
learning to use the site to your advantage. Anita

Comment by Sue McCormick on August 5, 2009 at 8:54pm

Hi Kate:

I found Heritage Quest, just before I found your answer. I am finding it useful, although I spent half of today learning to use it in a way that fits my personal search methods. Since you can browse each census, the weak indexing is a pain, but not a problem.

Some of the census pages are in pretty poor condition (I know the originals were, but some sites have better enhancements than here); this is also a pain rather than a problem.

I'll use Heritage Quest for what I can't get on Footnote (most of 1930 and 1850) and FamilySearchLabs.

Thank you for you advice.

Sue

Comment by Kate Steere on August 3, 2009 at 10:34am

Hi all-
I've been researching many lines of my family for the last years, all ont he internet, I'm slowly going to start getting all this down on paper. I'm happy to help anyone out if I can, and I'm happy to learn as well. :)

Sue-
As far as census records go, I used Heritage Quest, although they don't have many years completely indexed, sometimes I am able to find records on HQ that I couldn't find on Ancestry because of how they are indexed. Heritage Quest is available through some libraries.

I like FamilySearchLabs census records better than Ancestry, though you said they don't have them all, though their 1850, 1870 and 1900 records are very well done. If you use the exact/close match you may find it easier there than on ancestry. I also find some of the records are clearer on FamilySearchLabs.

As far as I can tell at this point, there is not one free place that has everything name indexed.

hope my rambling helps a bit. :)

Comment by Sue McCormick on July 17, 2009 at 10:28am

Is there a good, free SINGLE place where I can get to all the US Census reports from 1850 through 1930 (1890 exception noted)? The best site I have found so far is FamilySearch.org at there pilot site; BUT, since this is a pilot the information comes and goes while they work on it. Also, some years are missing or are without images.

Anyplace else. I need to find truly legible copies of the cenus form so that I can Include download and printout to add to my extract of he pertinent information.

Sue

Comment by Becky Jamison on July 10, 2009 at 11:08am

Debbie, I have my tree at Ancestry.com, and Rootsweb World Connect and used Family Tree Maker for 7 or 8 years. I switched to RootsMagic and am using the most current version now. Maybe I shouldn't be in this group. I thought perhaps I could help and still learn things too. It's a wonderful gorup.

Comment by Becky Jamison on July 10, 2009 at 9:09am

I started doing genealogy 10 years ago and was totally self-taught. Consequently there were many things I didn't do right! Like sources! I printed pages, made notes, kept notebooks of my research so I can go back and find sources, but I want to stress (like everyone else) to enter sources as we go! I learned too late and now am tracking back to get it done. I'm willing to post things I've learned and discovered to help others. It seems I get more joy out of helping others "catch the Spirit", than doing my own research. This can be a wonderful palce to share links, lessons, aids, forms, resources, etc. Good luck. I'll do what I can to help AND to learn!

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