Genealogy Learning Center

Genealogy Learning Center

Ancestry.com Learning Center:

• Ancestry Learning Center
  Discover more about your ancestry in just a few steps. You can begin your family tree, learn how to use records in your family search, connect with others who are seeking out their ancestors and find the answers to your genealogy questions.
  
  
• Build Your Family Tree
  Start your family history by recording all the people you know in your family. Write names, birth dates, marriage and death dates and more if you have it.
  
  
• Get Started Searching
  Watch this video to learn how to search for your ancestors in the Ancestry.com collections of historical records.
  
  
• Understanding Records
  Watch this video to find out how to read a 1930 U.S. Census record and learn how this record can help you discover more about your family.
  
  
• Collaborate
  Explore millions of family trees and message board posts in the Ancestry.com member community, and create your own profile to share discoveries with your family.
  
  
• Webinars
  There is no cost to register for webinars. Archived Webinars below contain actual video and may be viewed at any time at no cost. Archived topics include "Getting Started, Family Tree Maker 2010, and more.

RootsWeb Lessons:

• Where to Begin?
  
  
• What's in a Name?
  
  
• Using Technology: Software and GEDCOMs
  
  
• Vital Records: Death, Tombstones and Cemeteries
  
  
• Vital Records: Marriage Records and Evidence
  
  
• Vital Records: Birth Records
  
  
• What is the Question?
  
  
• Why You Can't Find Them
  
  
• U.S. Census Records: Soundexes, Indexes and Finding Aids
  
  
• SSDI (Social Security Death Index) & Railroad Retirement Board Records
  
  
• Taxing Tales
  
  
• Creating Worthwhile Genealogies: Evidence, Sources and Citation
  
  
• Military Records (worldwide)
  
  
• Military Records (United States)
  
  
• Tracing Immigrant Ancestors
  
  
• Naturalization Records
  
  
• Church Records
  
  
• Fraternal Organizations
  
  
• Heraldry for Genealogists
  
  
• City Directories and Newspapers
  
  
• Irish, Scots-Irish and Scottish
  
  
• Italian and Hispanic Ancestors
  
  
• Scandinavian (Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish and Icelandic) Roots
  
  
• Canadian, French-Canadian, Acadian and French Connections
  
  
• African American, Native American, Jewish, Unique Peoples (Melungeon, Black Dutch, etc.)
  
  
• Germanic Ancestors (Plus: Austrians, Dutch, Belgians, Swiss, Luxembourgers, and Liechtensteiners
  
  
• Polish, Russians, Czechs, Hungarians, Croatians, Slovakians
  
  
• English, Welsh, Australian, New Zealand, South Africa
  
  
• African American, Native American, Jewish, Unique Peoples (Melungeon, Black Dutch, etc.)
  
  
• Court Records
  
  
• Adoption and Orphans Records

Ancestry Lessons

• 1: Getting Started
  
  
• 2: Treasures in the Attic
  
  
• 3: Living Sources
  
  
• 4: Beginning Your Library Research
  
  
• 5: At the Library
  
  
• 6: Secondary Source Research
  
  
• 7: Primary Sources and Vital Records
  
  
• 8: Census Records
  
  
• 9: Immigration Records
  
  
• 10: Naturalization Records
  
  
• 11: Military Records
  
  
• 12: Land Records
  
  
• 13: Wills and Probate Records
  
  
• 14: Court Records
  
  
• 15 Unusual Record Sources
  
  
• First Steps
  
  
• Organizing Data
  
  
• Computers and Genealogy
  
  
• Legal Considerations
  
  
• Etiquette
  
  
• Ethics
  

Ancestor Search Tips

• Easy Google Genealogy Searcher
  Learn all that Google offers for Genealogists
  
  
• Search Engine Strategies
  Learn to make your ancestor searches more productive using both genealogy search engines and internet search engines.
  
  
• Soundex Explained
  Learn how to how to code your surnames to soundex code, the limitations of the soundex system, and how to use the soundex census index to find your ancestors on the census.
  
  
• Military Records
  One often overlooked source of records for genealogy are military and pension records. Learn how to order your ancestor's records even if you not sure if your ancestor ever served in the military.
  
  
• Genealogy Web Page Tutorial
  Why build a genealogy webpage? To find distant cousins and to share your research are only two of the many reasons. Learn how easy it is in this step by step guide.