Tips for Starting Your Research

  • Begin with yourself and work your way back through the generations.
  • Use a Pedigree Chart and Family Group sheet to fill in what you know. List parents and grandparents.
  • Talk to relatives and family friends to gather more information.
  • Research vital records (birth, marriage, divorce, and death certificates).
  • Research federal census records.
  • Seek assistance from Family History Centers, libraries, archives, and public records.
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

Online Resources​

familysearch.org

Free
Paid Subscription

​www.gedmatch.com​

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.
The second link is "23andMe fast & easy". Click on this link to get detailed instructions for uploading your raw DNA from 23&Me.
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

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

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

Before you get a DNA Test
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  

Delaware Resources

Delaware Roots      
Delaware State Archives       
Delaware Historic Society      
                                         
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