Ancestral charts, research calendar, family group sheet, and many more with links to US, UK, and Canadian census forms.

Getting started with Genealogy

Kelly Wheaton's guide to genetic genealogy.

Names. Everyone has one, most people have a vague idea what their own means, but few give them much more thought. The study of names is called onomastics, a field which touches on linguistics, history, anthropology, psychology, sociology, philology and much more. When people refer to the "meaning of a name", they are most likely referring to the etymology, which is the original literal meaning. This website looks at the etymology and history of all types of given names.

A resource that reviews and compares the currently available DNA testing products. This informational guide is chock full of information about the various companies offering DNA testing, how they conduct their testing, and how they report your results to you.

Genetic genealogy is a world full of promise, but it changes rapidly and can be confusing. People need to understand how to use the numerous tools available to us to unravel our ancestral history.

This site covers topics like creating a visual family tree, how to fill out a pedigree chart, how to locate a family member's grave-site, and how to research your family via ship passenger lists and immigration records. This link is courtesy of Ben Gould, Media Specialist, at the Putnam Library, located just outside of Seattle, Washington. Ben.Gould@dreamhosting.org

Family Tree Magazine has created forms that can help you access and organize your family history information. They're available in two formats: text and portable document format (PDF).

This site offer "a ton of free resources that are incredibly valuable and not very well-known. ... Each new post will explore a new site you can use to research your family's origins in great depth."

Forms downloadable from FamilySearch. Family history forms help to organize family history work. They help to track research efforts reducing duplication of effort and make research work quicker and more effective.

Genealogy Explained is an educational site designed to help weekend-warrior genealogists learn how to climb their family trees.

Ever wonder how you're related to your half-cousin? How about your great uncle? And what is a second cousin twice removed, anyway? Ask the Relatedness Calculator!

Definitions and examples of various types of "Cousin" relationships. Generally, Cousin is a type of familial relationship in which people with a known common ancestor are both two or more generations away from their most recent common ancestor. This distinguishes a cousin from an ancestor, descendant, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew.