How to Get Free Help with Your Family History
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This document provides resources for getting free help with Welsh family history research. It lists several genealogy websites like Genuki and GenealogyWise that contain Welsh genealogical records and information. It also discusses Welsh mailing lists on RootsWeb and family history societies in Wales and the United States that can aid in research and provide free services. Additionally, it outlines free online courses, lessons, and a research wiki available on FamilySearch to help learn Welsh genealogy research techniques.
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- 4. The main page has quick links
- 6. Montgomeryshire "The County of MONTGOMERY is 94 Miles in Circumference, contains about 500000 Acres, is divided into 7 Hundreds, in which are 6 Market Towns, and only Montgomery sends a Member to Parliament, which is the County Town, 47 Parishes and about 5660 Houses.
- 10. Signing up will allow you to be notified of updates and email notification of answers to your questions.
- 13. 159 different groups for places and names
- 24. 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 [email_address] with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join WALES-LOCAL-HISTORY-D , to the same thing with [email_address] .
- 27. Most societies provide a variety of services, some free and some for members only.
- 29. Names, places & dates help you find a possible connection; volume & member number help locate the pedigree.
- 35. 5 Minute Genealogy Episode 5: Choose an Ancestor and Question
- 37. More detailed lessons are available.
- 40. For those who prefer shorter steps
- 55. Start typing a search term and related topics will appear.
- 63. With a page added to your watch list you will be notified by email of any changes to the page.
Editor's Notes
- http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
- http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
- 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.
- 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.
- You can search for a FamilySearch Center near where you live.