How To Use This Guide

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"How-To" Steps

The Genealogy "How-To" Guide leads you step-by-step through the creation of your family tree.

To start from the beginning, click the button labeled 1. This step explains how to gather information from your family members and from any records that you may have at home. You will also find help about checking libraries and historical societies for information about your family that already may have been gathered.

To sketch out a research plan, click the button labeled 2. You will learn how to choose a family branch to research and what kind of information to collect about the individuals that you find.

Click the button labeled 3. to learn how to gather specific types of information, such as birth dates, naturalization dates, and much more. Skim this part if you just need quick hints about where to find the information that you want. Read more thoroughly if you are having trouble locating a specific piece of information.

Reference Tools

The reference tools provide you with quick information, such as phone numbers.

Click the Directory button for the phone numbers and addresses of places that can help you with your genealogical research.

Click the Dictionary button for definitions of common genealogy terms and terms used in this Guide.

Click the FamilyFinder button for a description of the FamilyFinder Index

Click the Form letters and other aids button to see form letters, census abstracts, and other items that you can print.

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