Genealogy Websites for Beginners When learning to drive, many people find it less intimidating (and safer) to practice shifting gears in parking lots before cruising down Main Street. They traverse back roads and byways before tackling busy highways. Similarly, if you’re just starting to explore your family history online, you’ll discover that some web routes are better than others. You don’t want to stall out on a 10-year-old message board post or get stuck in a traffic jam of a thousand search results. You want websites that offer plenty of “driver’s education”: site tutorials, easy-to-use tools and powerful search interfaces that drive you directly to the information most likely to pertain to your ancestors. To reach that destination, you’ll likely travel a lot of cyberspace and beyond. Online records, where they exist, are usually scattered across several internet locations. Start at these 25 worthwhile pedigree pit stops. We’ve included icons so you can see at a glance whether access to core content is FREE or not ($) or some of each FREE/($), and what services are offered: H =how-TO, R =records; S =share your data and T=tools.
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:18:47 +0000