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31. '''''Get an education.'''''  '''Read''' how-to genealogy books for John Doe’s state and nation. Study histories of  John Doe’s town, county, and state. Subscribe to periodicals of local genealogical societies where John Doe lived. Subscribe to Internet e-mail lists (listserv) for the area where John Doe settled, his ethnic group, or religion. For example, “Collaborate with Others” at http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Share/Collaborate/frameset_share.asp. Read case studies in magazines like ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=39597&disp=National+Genealogical+Society+quarterly&columns=*,0,0 National Genealogical Society Quarterly]'' to learn how to solve tough problems and give you hope. '''Take classes''', attend lectures, join in computer “chat” sessions, and go to [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/Education/frameset_education.asp genealogical conferences] about the area where the family settled, their ethnic group and religion, and about genealogical research methods. '''Travel''' to the places where John Doe’s family lived to see cemeteries, neighbors, old folks, archives, libraries, churches, genealogical and historical societies, and learn about the local way of life.  

33. '''''[[Sharing: a good way to FIND ancestors|Share]].'''''  Give in order to receive. Contribute to the Family History Library’s ''Pedigree Resource File'' (“Preserve Your Genealogy” at http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Share/Preserve/frameset_preserve.asp), to Family Tree Makers’s ''[http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/wftonline/ World Family Tree Pedigrees]'', to the [http://www.everton.com/b/magazine.html ''Everton's Genealogical Helper Magazine'']’s Computer Roots Cellar, to Keith A.  Johnson’s ''[http://members.ozemail.com.au/~grdxxx/ Genealogical Research Directory],'' and to family group sheet exchanges advertised in ''Everton's Genealogical Helper Magazine''. Send a copy of John Doe’s family history (include your address) to each county library and to each state and county genealogical society where John Doe lived. Publish an article on the family in their local genealogical periodical. Register your address in directories of members of genealogical Internet web sites and submit your genealogy to their libraries. [[Create a genealogy web page|Put your genealogy on a web page]] and register your site with major search engines and lists. Other researchers will start to contact you and share added details.