Category:Research guides

Featured article during the week of 26 October 2009

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Introduction

Research guides contain information about doing family history research in particular places or on particular topics. Have you compiled an excellent set of helpful resources? Consider adding your information to an existing Research Guide (see below). Not there? Learn more about creating research guides.

While the full list of research guides is below, here they are by topic area (Red links below mean a research guide has not yet been created on that topic). For LOCATION research guides, also check the corresponding PLACE page.

External Cross References:

FamilySearch Wiki is an extensive and growing wiki of family history research guides. Consider using it to find helpful resources to aid in your research. The FSW link take you to the corresponding page at the FamilySearch Wiki.

USGenWeb also maintains an excellent compilation of user-contributed resources related to conducting genealogical research in the United States. The USGW link take you to the corresponding state page at the USGenWeb, which may provide gateways to the counties.

General Research Guides

  1. Genealogy & Family History
  2. How to get started
  3. The EASY way to get started
  4. U.S. Research Sources Checklist

Location Research Guides (North America)

UNITED STATES

  1. US GenWeb main site
  2. United States: Research Sources Checklist - FSW
  3. Alabama - FSW USGW
  4. Alaska - FSW USGW
  5. Arizona - FSW USGW
  6. Arkansas - FSW USGW
  7. California - FSW USGW
  8. Colorado - - FSW USGW
  9. Connecticut - FSW USGW
  10. Delaware - FSW USGW
  11. Dist. of Columbia - FSW USGW
  12. Florida - FSW USGW
  13. Georgia - FSW USGW
  14. Hawaii - FSW USGW
  15. Idaho - FSW USGW
  16. Illinois - FSW USGW
  17. Indiana - FSW USGW
  18. Iowa - FSW USGW
  19. Kansas - FSW USGW
  20. Kentucky - FSW USGW
  21. Louisiana - FSW USGW
  22. Maine - FSW USGW
  23. Maryland - FSW USGW
  24. Massachusetts - FSW USGW
  25. Michigan - FSW USGW
  26. Minnesota - FSW USGW
  27. Mississippi - FSW USGW
  28. Missouri - FSW USGW
  29. Montana - FSW USGW
  30. Nebraska - FSW USGW
  31. Nevada - FSW USGW
  32. New Hampshire - FSW USGW
  33. New Jersey - FSW USGW
  34. New Mexico - FSW USGW
  35. New York - FSW USGW
  36. North Carolina - FSW USGW
  37. North Dakota - FSW USGW
  38. Ohio - FSW USGW
  39. Oklahoma - FSW USGW
  40. Oregon - FSW USGW
  41. Pennsylvania - FSW USGW
  42. Rhode Island - FSW USGW
  43. South Carolina - FSW USGW
  44. South Dakota - FSW USGW
  45. Tennessee - FSW USGW
  46. Texas - FSW USGW
  47. Utah - FSW USGW
  48. Vermont - FSW USGW
  49. Virginia - FSW USGW
  50. Washington - FSW USGW
  51. West Virginia - FSW USGW
  52. Wisconsin - FSW USGW
  53. Wyoming - FSW USGW

CANADA

  1. Alberta
  2. British Columbia
  3. Manitoba
  4. New Brunswick
  5. Newfoundland & Labrador
  6. Nova Scotia
  7. Northwest Territories
  8. Nunavut Territory
  9. Ontario
  10. Prince Edward Island
  11. Quebec
  12. Saskatchewan
  13. Yukon Territory

Location Research Guides (Europe)

  1. Albania
  2. Austria
  3. Belgium
  4. Bosnia and Herzegovina
  5. Bulgaria
  6. Croatia
  7. Cyprus
  8. Czech Republic
  9. Denmark
  10. England - FSW
  11. Finland
  12. France - FSW
  13. Frome Registration District
  14. Georgia
  15. Germany - FSW
  16. Greece
  17. Holland
  18. Ireland
  19. Italy: Italian Records - FSW
  20. Italy: Italians in Italy
  21. Latvia
  22. Liechtenstein
  23. Lithuania
  24. Luxembourg
  25. Macedonia
  26. Malta
  27. Moldova
  28. Monaco
  29. Montenegro
  30. Netherlands - FSW
  31. Norway
  32. Poland
  33. Portugal
  34. Romania
  35. Russia
  36. Scotland - FSW
  37. Serbia
  38. Slovakia
  39. Slovenia
  40. Spain
  41. Sweden
  42. Switzerland
  43. Turkey
  44. Ukraine
  45. United Kingdom
  46. Vatican City

Location Research Guides (Latin America)

  1. Argentina
  2. Bolivia
  3. Brazil
  4. Chile
  5. Colombia
  6. Costa Rica
  7. Cuba
  8. Dominican Republic
  9. Ecuador
  10. El Salvador
  11. Guatemala
  12. Honduras
  13. Mexico - FSW
  14. Nicaragua
  15. Panama
  16. Paraguay
  17. Peru
  18. Puerto Rico
  19. Uruguay
  20. Venezuela

Location Research Guides (Oceania)

  1. Australia - FSW
  2. New Zealand
  3. Papua New Guinea


Location Research Guides (Asia)

Central Asia:

  1. Kazakhstan
  2. Kyrgyzstan
  3. Tajikistan
  4. Turkmenistan
  5. Uzbekistan

Eastern Asia:

  1. People's Republic of China - FSW
  2. Japan - FSW
  3. North Korea
  4. South Korea
  5. Mongolia
  6. Republic of China (Taiwan)

Northern Asia:

  1. Russia

Southeastern Asia:

  1. Brunei
  2. Burma (Myanmar)
  3. Cambodia
  4. East Timor (Timor-Leste)
  5. Indonesia - FSW
  6. Laos
  7. Malaysia
  8. Philippines
  9. Singapore
  10. Thailand
  11. Vietnam

Southern Asia:

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Bangladesh
  3. Bhutan
  4. India
  5. Maldives
  6. Nepal
  7. Pakistan
  8. Sri Lanka

Western Asia:

  1. Armenia
  2. Azerbaijan
  3. Bahrain
  4. Cyprus
  5. Georgia
  6. Iraq
  7. Iran
  8. Israel
  9. Jordan
  10. Kuwait
  11. Lebanon
  12. Oman
  13. Palestine
  14. Qatar
  15. Saudi Arabia
  16. Syria
  17. Turkey
  18. United Arab Emirates
  19. Yemen


Topical Research Guides

  1. Cemetery - FSW
  2. Civil War (U.S.)
  3. Colonial New England
  4. Colonial United States
  5. DNA Research & Genealogy - FSW
  6. Ethnic American Portal - FSW
  7. Emigration & Immigration - FSW
  8. Illegitimacy
  9. Jewish - FSW
  10. Medieval
  11. Northern Neck, Virginia
  12. Professional Genealogy
  13. U.S. Agricultural Schedule Census
  14. WeRelate Sources
  15. Wright Brothers



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