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Beginning Family History

For beginners in family history there is an introduction in Getting Started in Genealogy and Family History, at www.genuki.org.uk/gs

Help for beginners trying to use the IGI on-line or the Public Record Office websites, as well as some useful beginners’ help guides, at members.tripod.co.uk/familyhistory2

Help for beginners to genealogy generally, and to research on the Internet, is on Genealogy Resources on the Internet webpages maintained by Chris Gaunt and John Fuller, at www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/beginner.html

For beginners in family history there is an introduction on the Federation of Family History Societies webpages, called first steps in family history, at:  www.ffhs.org.uk/General/Help/First.htm

Channel 4's website "untold" has a general guide at www.channel4.com/untold click on Genealogy trace your roots on the right hand side.

The Society of Genealogists has guidance in the form of information leaflets at  www.sog.org.uk/leaflets/index.html

Family History Workshop on-line for beginners, by Steve Jacques members.tripod.co.uk/familyhistory2/FamilyHistoryWorkshop.htm

For information on getting started in researching family history through Rootsweb sites (but with a US bias) go to: searches.rootsweb.com/share.html

BBC History Trail on starting your family history www.bbc.co.uk/history/lj/index.shtml

Devon Local Studies website has a Devon History Trail on local and family history at: www.devon.gov.uk/local_studies.htm

Genuki: U.K. and Ireland Genealogical Society

The genealogical research website for England and Wales. Has links to an enormous number of other relevant websites. www.genuki.org.uk

Genuki Devon web-pages  www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/DEV

Online version of book on using GENUKI by David Hawgood www.hawgood.co.uk/genuki

Rootsweb

A huge U.S.-based genealogical website through which various sources and also mail-lists can be accessed and subscribed to, including a mail-list for Devon-based family history.  www.rootsweb.com

For a list of Rootsweb mail-lists, go to: www.rootsweb.com/~maillist

The WorldConnect Project - with contributions of family tree information by Rootsweb users from all over the world. It provides a searchable surnames database; go to worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com

Other Major Genealogy Sites

Cyndi’s List of genealogy sites on the Internet now has 94,550 links, and still rising; they are categorized and cross-referenced, and another 8,750+ uncategorized new links in the works: www.cyndislist.com

Genealogy Portal.Com – to search genealogy sites on the Web. Sponsored by Family Tree Maker On-line www.genealogyportal.com

Genealogy.com - also associated with the software program Family Tree Maker.  Provides tools and resources that allow family historians to search for and share their own family history on-line. www.genealogy.com/index_r.html

WorldGenWeb Project
A site for genealogists with their sights beyond the USA, with links in 15 world regions www.worldgenweb.org

Ancestry.Com: a major commercial American portal, with access to 1,500 databases by paying a subscription fee of $59.95 US. Databases include US Social Security Death Indexes, plus historic maps, CDs and expert genealogists. www.ancestry.com

Genealogy Resources on the Internet: Includes a guide and links to various mailing lists compiled by John Fuller www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html