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Tips for Starting Your Research

  • Begin with yourself and work your way back through the generations.
  • Create a Time Line - who lived where, and when?
  • Use a Pedigree Chart and Family Group sheet to fill in what you know. List parents and grandparents. (most genealogy software creates these or try free on-line)
  • Identify 'Friends and Neighbors' - you'll research ALL these people!
  • Talk to relatives and family friends to gather more information.
  • Research vital records (birth, marriage, divorce, and death certificates). Know what is available before you start!  Delaware is an example here; but see city and county data as well!
  • Research federal census records. Different questions appear on each census. State census records are often VERY helpful.
  • Don't skip tax and court records. These can be especially helpful pre-1865.
  • Seek assistance from Family History Centers, libraries, archives, and public records.
  • Understand how search engines work; and make them work for you. The mistake we see most often is 'entering too much information' and getting no hits. 
  • Hints on search engine strategies
  • Google free eBooks includes county histories, legislative acts and more. Advanced Search features are available!
  • Using Google (multi-pages)

Many video lessons are available (free) on www.familysearch.org
familysearch.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Family_History_Lesson_Series&oldid=2684996


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Free DNA Analysis -
Always check the website for the most current instructions
 Uploading Raw DNA files from your testing Company to GEDMatch.com.
On the right side of the Home page for GEDMatch.com is a light blue box titled "File Uploads". Inside this box is a gray box titled "Raw DNAfile Uploads".
Under that are two links.
The first is "Generic Upload FAST" Click on this link to get links for detailed  instructions for uploading your raw DNA file from either ancestry.com, FTDNA, WeGene, MyHeritage, or a generic company.
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Online Resources​

familysearch.org

Free

ancestry.com

ccharity.com

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Free

Downloadable Resources

deaahgs_genealogy_research__information.pdf
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genealogy_resources.docx
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Software to manage your genealogy research - try Ancestral Quest Basics for free (available for Mac or Windows)
http://www.ancquest.com/index.htm

Try Google Doc samples for pedigree, family group sheets, etc  . 

Special topics and resources
www.familysearch.org/site-map

Before you get a DNA Test
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Cyndi's List      
Mapping the Freedmen's Bureau       
The USGenWeb Project      
Find A Grave        
City Directories of the United States of America   
Chronicling America       
​African American Cemeteries Online      
Genealogy Software and Resources  
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Delaware Resources

Delaware Roots      
Delaware State Archives       
Delaware Historic Society      
                                         
Do you have a genealogy will? Who will manage your decades of research? 
​You can tell people how to manage and share your work. (click the link to download).
www.devonfhs.org.uk/my-genealogical-will.pdf
RECORDS
​Free access to online records may be found at Delaware Public Libraries and Family History Centers

The Family Search Wiki has research articles and how-tos.​
The Ancestry Blog
The Family History Guide

TIPS for Family Reunions and Gatherings - 
​Family History Activities for Children
Reunion Genealogy

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  • Monthly Meetings 2018