Tracing family tree with free how-to articles, lessons, and tools.

This is a free self-paced course designed to answer the question "how do I start?" The course follows National Genealogical Society guidelines and standards. The syllabus, lessons, data forms, quizzes and resources are available 24 hours a day. The student roster is private.

Genealogy beginners can learn how to utilize the internet to do genealogy research to find family surnames and ancestors using both free genealogy resources and subscription sites, as well as the many other resources that can be adapted for genealogy research.

Information about membership in a genealogy group with a humorus bent.

Beginner How-To's with charts access for successful researching. Purchase census records and post to message boards. Also photographs, and family tree obits.

Information for genealogists beginning to use computers as a research tool.

Basic genealogy pointers for the beginner.

How to get started searching your family tree, mailing lists, and links.

List of oral history questions for researchers at The Gene Pool.

A helpful free website that details ways to find surnames and records of ancestors you are looking for and also what to be prepared for when doing so.

Resources for beginning genealogy research on the Internet.