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NEWBIE HELP INFO
Fri, 26 May 2006 07:13:05 +0000 (UTC) soc.genealogy.australia+nz
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Hello List - I too am a long standing member of this List Group,so thought
I'd contribute something to the discussion of the past few days, particularly for Newbies. To Newbies who might still be lurking in the background, wondering what the previous few days messages have been all about. I'm probably going against the List rules in posting the following, but thought it might encourage Newbies to explore this excellent site within the GENUKI group. GENUKI web site is an excellent starting place for Newbies. Written by Roy Stockwell originally for North Yorkshire beginner researchers, it has now become recommended reading material for all Newbies, no matter what their particular area is. This site is:- Following is a small section from the introduction to this site by Roy Stockwell. 2) If you live in a remote place and really do not have access to a library or bookshop to track down good books on genealogy and family history, then spend some time trawling genealogical sites on the Internet - especially GENUKI, the umbrella site for research in Britain and Ireland. This contains a vast amount of material and should answer many of those basic questions that get asked here. The site is divided county by county, and the Yorkshire pages maintained by Colin Hinson are a treasure trove of material on our great county. 3) Do NOT make the newbie's No 1 mistake of thinking you can log on to the Internet and have your family tree back to William the Conqueror by tea-time. You can't! Most of we more experienced family historians have been in this business for years and if you can get back beyond 1600 you are doing well. The Internet is a wonderful tool but it is only an adjunct to the main event. Researching your family history - and, more importantly, getting it accurate - still involves many hours of basic research the old-fashioned way - and that means tracking down original records, whether in Record Offices or at Mormon Family History Centres. 4) NEVER think you can just build a family tree from the IGI on the FamilySearch site - that way lie major pitfalls and you will probably end up with somebody else's family tree altogether. Equally, don't believe the pedigrees you find on the World Family Tree Project CDs or in Ancestral File (the Mormon website) - or indeed anywhere on the Internet - without checking them yourself. Some are a combination of fiction and wishful thinking. 5) Familiarise yourself very fully with the area you intend to research. Find out exactly where it is and try to obtain some decent maps or a gazetteer PAT S. - Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA caplid...
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