How to get free help with your family history
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This document provides information on free resources for genealogy research including Genuki, the Society of Genealogists, family history societies, FamilySearch, RootsWeb, London Family History Centre records, FamilySearch research courses, the Research Wiki, and research forums. It describes the types of records and services available from each resource to help with family history research.
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How to get free help with your family history
- 1. How to get Free Help with your Family History By Darris G. Williams, AG®
- 2. Where can you go for free help? Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/ Society of Genealogists http://www.societyofgenealogists.com/ Family History Societies http://www.ffhs.org.uk/ FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ RootsWeb http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
- 4. The main page has quick links
- 5. The main page has quick links
- 36. Most societies provide a variety of services, some free and some for members only.
- 38. Names, places & dates help you find a possible connection; volume & member number help locate the pedigree.
- 48. London Family History Centre Temporary home is at the National Archives, Kew Where: Reading Room near the Quiet Zone www.londonfhc.org lists records available Records from 9000+ parishes, probate records including post-1858 wills, Irish records, Caribbean records, Scottish records, Welsh records, Jewish records
- 49. FamilySearch Research Courses FamilySearch offers a variety of free classes online and in person to help you discover your family tree.
- 56. 5 Minute Genealogy Episode 5: Choose an Ancestor and Question
- 58. More detailed lessons are available.
- 59. Research Wiki The Research Wiki is a free collection of family history articles provided by family history enthusiasts from around the world.
- 81. With a page added to your watch list you will be notified by email of any changes to the page.
- 82. RESEARCH FORUMS
- 95. Subscribing. Clicking on one of the shortcut links below should work, but if your browser doesn’t understand them, try these manual instructions: to join WALES-LOCAL-HISTORY-L, send email to WALES-LOCAL-HISTORY-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join WALES-LOCAL-HISTORY- D, to the same thing with WALES-LOCAL-HISTORY- D-request@rootsweb.com.
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- There are three computers in the open access area.
- Three critical pieces of information. It is a good idea to ring them up during the hours listed prior to your visit.
- The hours when the centre will be open are important to note. Days and hours of operation vary from centre to centre.
- The keyword search is useful for topics like Ireland emigration or locations like country, county or in some cases the parish. Names and other information about individuals is not included in the research wiki.
- Pages like this identify the basic steps for accomplishing a research task.
- More detailed articles can be found either by browsing or a keyword search.
- If you find a page that is of interest it is possible to be automatically notified by email when the page is updated.
- Click on the Sign In button to register so that you can be notified of updates to a page.
- Click on the “Create New Account” button.
- Click on the “FamilySearch Account” option.
- Fill in the registration form and watch for a confirmation email. Be sure to follow the directions in the confirmation email so that your account is activated.
- Click on the watch button.
- Once you have an account and are logged into the system you can mark a page “Watch” to be notified of changes. When emails are sent, you need to click on one of the links in the email to view the watched page or you will not get any more notifications.
- The community link will allow you to visit forums where you can ask for help.
- Click on the Research forums link.
- Select the region of the world where you would like to ask for free help.
- Visit http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ to search the mailing list archives for an ancestor’s name, place of residence or any other possibility that you can think of.
- A search for a specific nonconformist chapel returned fifty two matches.
- http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ It is worth searching for existing mailing lists so that you can join, then ask questions yourself.
- Mailing lists exist for surnames, places and topics of all sorts.
- Select a list that you are interested in.
- Instructions for subscribing and unsubscribing are provided. Digest mode groups several messages together into one email to keep you from being inundated with lots of messages. The digest option is good for lists which have many messages each day.