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Librarian's Guide to Helping Patrons
with Genealogical Research

© Sharon Marie Centanne, 1998-2008

START WITH YOURSELF

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Anyone wishing to start a search for their ancestors needs to start with themselves and work backwards one generation at a time. This way, each generation can be documented as linking to the previous one, and a family genealogy can be accurately connected back to it's earliest recorded ancestors.

Before the patron begins searching for all her family documents, she needs to learn about the forms used to organize the data that found. These forms are still available on paper, but now also in fancy computer programs that will sort and index the information entered.

  • Forms 

    What forms does my patron need to record genealogical information?
  • Software

    What software programs are available for organizing genealogical data?


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This website written and designed by:
Sharon Marie Centanne,
Genealogy Research Instructor and Internet Trainer

Please direct any questions to:
Sharon.
This page updated April 27, 2008