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How to start: Deciding what to research
Step one - Choose an ancestor


 * Choose someone from your tree that you want to know more about.

Step two - What do you want to know about your ancestor


 * You need to decide what you want to know about your ancestor. For example, if you don't have any information about when your ancestor died, you would look for a death date and place.

Step three - Where did your ancestor live?


 * To find out more about your ancestor, you will research in the place your ancestor lived.

Step four - Begin researching!!

"How to" Genealogy resources

 * Online Classes
 * Genealogy blogs
 * Webinars
 * Genealogical societies
 * Genealogical conferences

Find out about the places your ancestors used to live - Example, if they lived X, you might find (reasons you would do that) Then take to the wiki page.

What do you know about your ancestor? Birth record - where were they live? Where were they were born? Suggestion of where to get the record

Become a ancestor detective (learning research process)

What do you know about your ancestor? Where did they live? When did they live?

Examples on records that list information, what we can learn from that, and suggestions on how to find information