Genealogical Research Instruction
Instructions on How to Do Genealogical Research
Below are articles that discuss the genealogical research process. Many of the pages overlap in scope.
- A Guide to Printing Your Family History
- A Guide to Research
- Abbreviations in the FamilySearch Catalog
- Abbreviations Lists for Personal Names (English)
- Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record
- Analyzing Original and Family Sources - International Institute
- Ancestorgraph - International Institute
- Basic Genealogical Research Plans - International Institute
- Begin a search for confederate records
- Begin a search for Union records
- Begin Your Genealogy Quest
- Beginner: Wales Before 1837 - Church Burials
- Beginners First Step - Summary and Links
- Beginners Grin and Dare It
- Beginning African American Research
- Beginning Genealogy Research
- Beginning Research of United States Indigenous Peoples
- Beginning Research in United States Census Records
- Beginning Research in United States Land Records
- Beginning Research in United States Military Records
- Beginning Research in United States Naturalization Records
- Beginning Research in United States Probate Records
- Beginning Research in United States Vital Records
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Beginner's Corner Getting Started
- Brief Review of Research Standards - International Institute
- Burned Counties Research
- Calendar Changes - International Institute
- Can I Trace Genealogy Back to Adam and Eve?
- Choose a Record Type
- Citation Baby Steps
- Citation Principles
- Citations (Evidence Style)
- Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)
- Collecting Previous Research by Others Part One: Home and Relative Sources
- Collecting Previous Research by Others Part Two: Online Family Tree Collections
- Collecting Previous Research by Others Part Three: Digitized Books
- Collecting Previous Research by Others Part Four: FamilySearch Wiki Tools
- Conclusions and Baby Steps
- Contradictions and discrepancies
- Copying Sources
- Crafting a Genealogical Source Citation - International Institute
- Create a Family History
- Creating A Personal History
- Creating Oral Histories
- Creation of Records
- Czechia Beginning Research
- Daily Research Journal - International Institute
- Decide What You Want to Learn
- Deciding Which Ancestors to Trace - International Institute
- Deciphering FamilySearch Catalog Entries
- Describe the Records on a Research Log
- Determining If a Source is Relevant
- Developing Genealogical Research Skills - International Institute
- Document AS YOU GO!
- Document Transcription Tips - International Institute
- England Getting Started
- English Birth, Christening or Baptism Date
- English Burial or Death Dates
- English Marriage Dates
- English Research: Starting Out
- Entering Unknown or Incomplete Names in Genealogy
- Evaluate the Evidence
- Evaluate What You Find
- Evaluating Sources and Information - International Institute
- Evaluating Your Evidence - International Institute
- Evidence Baby Steps
- Examples of Genealogical Source Citations - International Institute
- Family Group Record Analysis: How to Guess Where to Start
- Family group record: roadmap for researchers
- Family Group Records - International Institute
- Family History for Beginners
- Family History for the Flummoxed
- Family Mementoes List - International Institute
- Family Portrait Tree - International Institute
- Family Trees: An Online Research Tool
- FamilySearch Catalog Authors Search
- FamilySearch Catalog Call Number Search
- FamilySearch Catalog Film/Fiche Number Search
- FamilySearch Catalog Keywords Search
- FamilySearch Catalog Places Search
- FamilySearch Catalog Subjects Search
- FamilySearch Catalog Surnames Search
- FamilySearch Catalog Titles Search
- FamilySearch Downloads
- FamilySearch Library Registers
- Find an ancestor by locality
- Find an ancestor using Historical Records
- Find Birth Information in Wales 1837 to the present
- Finding clues from old photos
- Finding Genealogy Collections
- Finding Living Relatives - International Institute
- Flummoxed - Curiosity
- Flummoxed - Early Period
- Flummoxed - Extending Family Lines
- Flummoxed - Leaving a Legacy
- Flummoxed - Middle Period
- Flummoxed - Modern Period
- Flummoxed - Town of Origin
- Flummoxed - Town of Origin (1)
- Flummoxed - Town of Origin (2)
- Gather Family Information
- Gather Low-Hanging-Fruit Sources
- Gathering Visual Information and Artefacts - International Institute
- GEDCOM
- Genealogical Abbreviations and Latin Terms MI to Rev - International Institute
- Genealogical Charts - International Institute
- Genealogical Filing Systems - International Institute
- Genealogical Maturity
- Genealogical Proof Standard
- Genealogical Transcript and Abstract Forms - International Institute
- Genealogy
- Genealogy Research Forms
- Getting Started With Your Scottish Research
- Getting Started/Intro
- Getting Started: General Research Information
- Guessing a Date
- Guessing a Name Variation
- Guessing a Place
- Guessing a Record Type to Use
- Guessing the Easiest to Research Person and Event
- Helps for Writing Successful Letters - International Institute
- How to Begin a Search for Your Ancestor
- How To Begin The Research Stage - International Institute
- How to Find a Coat of Arms or Crest
- How to Find Birth Information in the United States
- How to Find Descendants in the United States
- Identify Candidate Families for Further Research
- Identify a Category of Sources
- How to Find Information that was Donated to the FamilySearch Library
- How to Get the Best Research Advice
- How to Guess Where to Start
- How to Locate Your Ancestor in the United States
- How to Preserve and Restore Family Records and Books
- How to Start Your Family History
- How-to Pages for Family History
- Identify a Category of Sources
- Inferential Genealogy
- Identify What You Know
- Indigenous Peoples of North America - A Beginner's Guide
- Information Baby Steps
- Information Request Form - International Institute
- Information Request Form for Living Relatives - International Institute
- Interpreting Genealogical Sources - International Institute
- Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog
- Involve Children and Youth in Family History
- Involve Your Extended Family in Family History
- Keeping a List of Genealogical Contacts - International Institute
- Keeping a Research Log
- Keeping Track of Your Data - International Institute
- Kosovo Beginners Corner Getting Started
- Letter Writing Guide for Genealogy
- List of Ancestral Places - International Institute
- List of Brick Walls - International Institute
- Locating Genealogical Sources - International Institute
- Locating Genealogical Websites
- Locating Online Databases Part One: FamilySearch Wiki Sources
- Locating Online Databases Part Two: FamilySearch Historical and Library Records
- Locating Online Databases Part Three: Digitized Books
- Locating Online Databases Part Four: Internet Sources
- Mac Genealogy Software
- Major Databases for Beginning United States Research
- Master Index of Relatives - International Institute
- Military Records Tips for Beginners
- New to Genealogy - Beginners First Step
- Notebooks for Recording Genealogical Information - International Institute
- Obtain and Search the Records
- Obtain the Records
- One Family at a Time
- One Research Objective at a Time
- Ontario Getting Started - International Institute
- Oral Personal History
- Organizational and Record Keeping Standards for Genealogy - International Institute
- Organize the New Records
- Organize your genealogy
- Organize your information
- Organize Your Records
- Organizing Documents And Photographs - International Institute
- Organizing Genealogical Information - International Institute
- Organizing the Research Process - International Institute
- Organizing Visual Information - International Institute
- Organizing Your Files
- Organizing your genealogy research using microsoft onenote
- Organizing Your Home Base - International Institute
- Organizing Your Home Base, Desk, Office, Computer Backups, Personal Library - International Institute
- Organizing Your Home Base, Genealogical Supplies - International Institute
- Organizing Your Information - International Institute
- Overview of Family History Research Procedures
- Overview to Genealogical Forms - International Institute
- PAF and Other Genealogy Software
- Parish Register Heading Example for Norway
- Pedigree Analysis Steps One to Three - International Institute
- Pedigree Charts - International Institute
- Personal Diary - International Institute
- Personal Histories - Different Kinds
- Personal History - Hints on Writing
- Personal History - Recording with a Camcorder
- Personal History -- Write or Record It?
- Places Search Subject Subdivisions
- Planning Genealogical Research Projects, Interpreting Records, Estimating Dates, Places, and Names, Testing Hypotheses - International Institute
- Popular Social Networks for Genealogy
- Precious Documents Inventory - International Institute
- Prepare a Research Log
- Preserving Photographs & Documents
- Primary sources
- Principles of Family History Research
- Principles of Family History Research For Further Reading
- Recall Information
- Record the Results
- Record_Useful_Information
- Recording a Place Name in a Genealogy Program
- Recording British Civil Registration Discoveries - International Institute
- Recording Census Research Discoveries - International Institute
- Recording Details in Land Records - International Institute
- Recording Details in Probate Records - International Institute
- Recording Family History Further Reading - International Institute
- Recording Family Sources, Oral Sources, Visual Sources, Artifacts - International Institute
- Recording Genealogical Expenses - International Institute
- Recording Genealogical Research Discoveries - International Institute
- Recording Notes in Genealogical Computer Software - International Institute
- Recording Parish Register Discoveries - International Institute
- Recording Patronymic Names in Parish Registers - International Institute
- Recording Your Family Information Charts and Symbols - International Institute
- Recording Your Family Information Family Group Records - International Institute
- Research a Family in Community Context
- Research Activity Log - International Institute
- Research aids
- Research Analysis
- Research Analysis Table
- Research Checklist - International Institute
- Research Extract Form
- Research Forms
- Research Ideas Log and Research Log - International Institute
- Research Logs
- Research Logs - International Institute
- Research Plan Example - International Institute
- Research Process
- Research Trips - International Institute
- Research using societies and organizations
- Resource Checklist
- Resources for Individual Research Help
- Restart the Research Cycle
- Rookie Mistakes
- Search the Records
- Searching Genealogy Names
- Select Records to Search
- Select Specific Records
- Select the Easiest Research Objective
- Share the Information
- Sharing: A Good Way to FIND Ancestors
- Solving Tough Research Problems—Overcoming Brick Walls
- Sources and Baby Steps
- Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada
- Start Family History by Writing What is Known
- Step-by-Step Using a USB & U3 Flash key
- Steps for research in United States Military Records
- Steps to Success in Genealogical Research Step Five - International Institute
- Steps to Success in Genealogical Research Step Four - International Institute
- Steps to Success in Genealogical Research Step One - International Institute
- Steps to Success in Genealogical Research Step Two - International Institute
- Strategic Research Logs--England
- Success Using Genealogical Analysis - International Institute
- Summary of Genealogical Research Skills - International Institute
- Surname Research
- Swedish Research: Tips for Beginners
- Synthesizing Genealogical Research Results - International Institute
- Template:Familytree
- Template:Find help
- The Genealogical Proof Standard - International Institute
- Timeline Grids
- Media:To Do List for My Ancestor.pdf
- Tracking Patterns and Parallels
- Tracking Relationships, Ancestral Names and Places - International Institute
- Traditional Nicknames in Old Documents - A Wiki List
- Transcribing Historic Documents - International Institute
- Transfer the Information
- U. S. Census Records Class Handout
- U.S. Probate Records Class Handout
- Ukrainian Genealogy: A Beginner's Guide
- United States Basic Search Strategies
- United States Census Analyzing Census Data
- United States Census Forms
- United States, How to Find Genealogy Records
- US Immigration Canadian Border Crossings
- US Immigration Mexican Border Crossings
- US Immigration Passenger Arrival Records
- US Military Basic Search Strategies
- Use Appropriate Forms
- Use the Information
- Using the Genealogical Proof Standard for African American Research
- Using the Genealogical Proof Standard in Your Research - International Institute
- Using the Genealogical Proof Standard in Your Research - International Institute
- Using your data base program to help organize your research
- View the Records
- Websites for Family History Beginners
- What Genealogy Means - International Institute
- What Is Heritage?
- What to do with the genealogy and family history I collected
- Windows Genealogy Software
- Write a Personal History
- Writing Your Family and Personal History
Research Resources
- Research Tools
- Research Resources
- Research Forms
- Research Guides Now in the FamilySearch Wiki
- Resource Checklist
International Institute
- Developing Genealogical Research Skills - International Institute
- Organizing the Research Process - International Institute
- Research Checklist - International Institute
- Summary of Genealogical Research Skills - International Institute
- What Genealogy Means - International Institute