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101 Best Family History Web Sites
By Melanie Rigney
Getting Started
www.familytreemagazine.com www.familytreemaker.com/mainmenu.html www.firstct.com/fv/tmapmenu.html
Pardon our immodesty, but we'd be less than honest if we didn't start by noting that Family Tree Magazine's own site is the single best starting point on the Web for genealogy how-to information and searches. You'll find our essential toolkit of downloadable genealogy resources; free e-mail service (yourname@familytreemail.com); links to all the sites listed here; and our powerful SuperSearch, which lets you find your living relatives, search the most useful how-to sites and search-with a single click!-most of the database sites listed here, more than a billion entries in all.
The genealogy how-to guide here is among the best, even if you're not using Family Tree Maker software. Learn about collecting information, organizing what you've got and starting to look for the missing pieces. There's also a dictionary of genealogy terms and a helpful research directory. Genealogy.com, which owns Family Tree Maker, presents similar information in a different format at www.genealogy.com/familyexplorer/.
The list of five steps to starting genealogical research is very helpful, and the deciphering old handwriting section should speed you on your way through aged wills, letters and other documents.
Melanie Rigney is the editor of Writer's Digest magazine www.writersdigest.com and a long-time family history researcher.
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