• First Steps
How to get started with your family history research
 
• Organizing Data
How to put what you find in order
 
• Computers & Genealogy
Learn about the impact of the pc on genealogy
 
• Legal Considerations
The legal points you will need to know when doing your research
 
• Etiquette
Important courtesy guidelines to follow when doing your research
 
• Ethics
Consider following a code of ethics when doing your research
 

 

Getting Started

Get acquainted with how to discover and preserve your family history. Learn the basics of family history research, how to make sense of and organize the data you collect, and about the impact the computer has had on research and how you can take advantage of it. Also, find out why you have the right to have access to information from government agencies, some of the rules of etiquette for requesting information from others, and how to develop your own code of research ethics.