Ramblers Genealogical Education

2021 Beginning Genealogy

Free Ramblers Genealogy Training is currently being planned for late January 2021. More information and flyers will be posted here when available

Typical Ramblers Genealogy Training Outline

• Session 1: Getting started with Genealogy and Using Free Genealogy Websites
• Session 2: Research Followup
• Session 3: Records: Census and Courthouse Documents - Federal, State, Local & Personal

Genealogy Education Resources

• Where to Start
• Assembling your Genealogy Research Kit
• Maiden Name Hints
• Shelby's Free Genealogy Websites Starter
• What Documents are Important
• Source Books
• Using a Genealogy Library (like Carneige)
• Using the Census in Family Research
• Odds and Ends Thoughts
• FREE Genealogy Web links from Ramblers

Genealogy Resources from The National Archives

Archives Library Information Center (ALIC)

• How to Do Genealogical research
• Other Helpful Genealogy Sites
• Resources
• Searchable Databases
• Genealogy Blogs
• Ethnic Heritage
• State Archives
• Vital Records

Organizing Your Genealogy Research

• Why Organize
• NGSQ Ahnentafel (Numbering)
• Organizational Traits
• Organization of Records
• Organizing Your Folders
• Organizing Your Research - Diana Smith Article
• Setting Up the Mary Hill Family Line Color Code Filing System - from Dallas Genealogical Society
• Computer Filing
• Genealogy Blog (formerly Dollarhide) - Quick Guides

Genealogy Forms

• Ancestral Chart (Pedigree Chart)
• Family Group Sheet
• Research Calendar
• Research Extract
• Correspondence Record
• Source Summary
• Census Forms