How and Where to Get Started
- What you need to begin your search
- The best path to follow: staying on track and avoiding confusion
- Organizing information: paper or digital?
- The best websites for a beginner
- Making the best use of your time and energy
- Avoiding mistakes that will boomerang into the future
- Four steps that will improve the chance of success
- Archives, libraries and repositories in our area
- Overview of military, civil, immigration and naturalization records
- Records: what to look for and what to do when you get it!
- Handouts included