RELEASE YOUR INNER SHERLOCK! EXPLORING GENEALOGY for the FIRST TIME Jen Baldwin @Ancestryjourney

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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.

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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