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RELEASE YOUR INNER SHERLOCK! EXPLORING GENEALOGY for the FIRST TIME Jen Baldwin @Ancestryjourney Thank you for attending this NYG&B program. The handout begins on the next page. Thank you for joining us for the NYG&B's Day of Giving Back! This day of free programing, like the NYG&B webinar series, is supported by donations to the Annual Fund. If you would like to make a contribution to ensure that education programs like this continue to be offered, please go to nygbs.org/donate and make a gift today. NYG&B Website newyorkfamilyhistory.org or nygbs.org New York Genealogy Essentials (free) To learn about several essential resources for New York State research, please see our guides to birth, marriage, and death records, census research, maps and migration, and much more at nygbs.org/free- resources. The NYG&B eNews is sent twice a month and has the latest New York genealogy news, announcements about future free webinars, and links to useful articles on New York research. Sign up at nygbs.org/free- resources. Publications (found at nygbs.org/store or the links below) Biebel, Frank. Marriage Notices from New York City Newspapers of the Early 1830s. New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2019. Buiter, Anne Siebert. Tracings Immigrants through the Port of New York: Early National Period to 1924. New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2020. PDF and print versions available. Goodwin, Aaron. New York City Municipal Archives: An Authorized Guide for Family Historians. New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2016. PDF and print versions available. New York Guide to Birth, Marriage, and Death Records. New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2017. Extracted from the New York Family History Research Guide and Gazetteer, revised edition 2017. PDF and print versions available. New York Family History Research Guide and Gazetteer, revised edition 2017. New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2017. PDF and print versions available. County Guide Series, extracted from New York Family History Research Guide and Gazetteer, revised edition 2017. Available in print. © 2020 New York Genealogical and Biographical Society All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior permission of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. RELEASE YOUR INNER SHERLOCK! EXPLORING GENEALOGY FOR THE FIRST TIME Jen Baldwin @ancestryjourney Family history is a fun and lifelong hobby that will allow you to put your best detective skills to work! The first basic steps Major Family History Websites 1. Start with yourself • NewYorkFamilyHistory.org 2. Interview your family • Archives.gov (the National Archives 3. Question everything you think you and Records Administration) already know • Loc.gov (the Library of Congress) 4. Explore all the branches of your • FamilySearch.org family • AmericanAncestors.org 5. Stay organized • Findmypast.com 6. Find your tribe • MyHeritage.com 7. Document as you go • Ancestry.com 8. Have fun! • FindAGrave.com Genealogy Software options • Newspapers.com • Britishnewspaperarchive.com • FamilyTreeMaker • Fold3.com • RootsMagic • Family Tree Builder • Reunion Major Family History Websites – DNA • Legacy • Family Historian • AncestryDNA • Heredis • myHeritageDNA • 23&me Online family tree options • FamilyTreeDNA 1. All major genealogy providers • GEDMATCH 2. Rootsweb • DNAPainter 3. WikiTree • LivingDNA Copyright Jen Baldwin, 2015-2020. All rights reserved. .
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