Your Interactive Guide: Essential Steps for Beginners - cont.
Posting Your First Queries On The Web
Always include in your query the following:
name, location, and dates (estimate if you don’t know) and any other useful
information such as how to contact you. Listed below is a good example of a
query:
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Seeking living descendants and
information on Andrew James (born 1901) and his wife, Elizabeth Thornton who
left Greene County, Georgia around 1930 and moved to Detroit. They lived
near a place called Shady Grove in Greene County. Elizabeth’s maiden name
was possibly Riley. Would also appreciate any contact with Rileys or
Thorntons from that area.
Finding the Key Websites for
Genealogical Research
There are many, many websites that relate
to genealogy. Some are more useful than others, and rather than doing a general
search, we suggest that you follow the links on this site. Continue to download
and print out useful information to file in your three-ring binder. Also create
a separate list to place in your three-ring binder. This will form your Internet
directory of website addresses and e-mail addresses, just in case your computer
crashes.
Find A Good Genealogy Library
You will need to know which major libraries
are on the web, including those that exist in the state where you live as well
as the state that you are researching. Your exploration on www.usgenweb.com
should have produced a good list of libraries in your state of research. Now you
want to find out about other genealogy libraries that might be helpful to you.
Some of these sites have introductory courses that will also be helpful. (Note
the selected libraries are used as examples of the types of information that you
will find on library websites.)
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