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Where Do I Begin?
(Follow these 4 Steps)

Step 1:

Begin Here to use Surnames.com
as a Research Tool

with Gary L. Foster,
Webmaster
www.surnames.com
Step 2:
 

How to do Family History Researching
12 Easy Lessons
with On-Line PowerPoint Presentations

 with DeAnne Shelley,
Professional Genealogist
35 years
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Step 3:

Understanding the History, Philosophy &
Time Period of your ancestors will
assist you in researching their lives
with Kelley L. Ross,
Ph.D., Department of Philosophy
Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, California
Step 4:

Visit the
Mesa Regional Family History Center
Step by Step Internet Genealogy Training
Mesa, Arizona

On-Line Website Research Consultant Training -
These 13 Lessons were developed by dedicated instructors
of the Mesa Regional Family History Center to train their volunteer missionaries who serve
their thousands of annual patrons, with lessons, appendix, assignments & answers.

Click on Lesson or Appendix to view on-line.
Click on Copy from the Lesson or Appendix
to bring them into your computer in PDF format for further reference and printing.

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Preface - (Start Here)
Lesson 1 - Organization & Research
     Appendix - Research is Not Hopscotch

Lesson 2 - Surveying and Researching the Internet
     Appendix - Family History Sites on the Internet
                 - Internet Genealogy Favorites

Lesson 3 - FHLC, Handy Book & PERSI
     Appendix - PERSI on Microfiche

Lesson 4 - U.S. Census Records
     Appendix - Accelerated Indexing System
                 - Handwriting
                 - Unraveling Slave Schedules
                 - U.S. Agricultural Schedules
                 - Using Census Records

Lesson 5 - U.S. Vital Records
     Appendix - Vital Records Note Taking Outline

Lesson 6 - U.S. Migration
     Appendix - American Migration Patterns
                 - Early Virginia Migrations
                 - Maps
                 - Migration Maps
                 - Migrations
                 - Migrations Bibliography
                 - National Road
                 - Palentine Migration
                 - Scottish Migration

Lesson 7 - Maps & Gazetteers
     Appendix - Augusta County Resources
                 - Battle of Cowpens
                 - Map Collections
                 - Ohio and Scioto Company Tracts
                 - Philadelphia Directory
                 - Westward Expansion

Lesson 8 - U.S. Land Records
     Appendix - Cyrus Horton Land Patent
                 - Georgia's Land Lottery
                 - Government Land Office records

Lesson 9 - U.S. Probate & Court Records
     Appendix - Probate Docs
                 - Probate Glossary

Lesson 10 - U.S. Church Records
     Appendix - Churches 1775 - 1776
                 - Repositories of American Churches

Lesson 11 - U.S. Military Records
     Appendix - 34118 Military Research Outline
                 - PDF Military Records Help Guide

Lesson 12 - Immigration & Emigration
     Appendix - 34047 Hamburg Passenger List
                 - Tracing Immigrant Origins
                 - Who, What, When, Where & Why?

Lesson 13 - U.S. Naturalization
     Appendix - Naturalization Note Taking Outline
                 - Ordering Naturalization Records Form G639


Appendix A Forms - copies to complete assignments
Appendix List - listing of all appendix PDF files
Assignment Key - The Answers to above lessons
Assignments - List of all lesson assignments

A very special thank you to goes to the dedicated
instructors of the Mesa Regional Family History Center
for providing their Research Consultant Training materials
for everyone on the Internet that sincerely desires to learn
more about their ancestors.  Click here to see the dates
and times these classes are taught in Mesa, Arizona.

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