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What is Genealogy?

Genealogy is the study and tracing of family pedigrees / family history.  Genealogy involves the collection of the names of relatives, both living and deceased, and establishing the relationships between them based on primary, secondary and/or circumstantial evidence or documentation, thus building up a cohesive family tree.  Genealogy is sometimes also referred to as family history, although these terms may be used distinctly: the former being the basic study of who is related to whom; the latter involving more "fleshing out" of the life and family histories of the individuals involved.

Genealogy Resources and Genealogy Websites

Following are genealogy resources and resources for researching your family history:

Ancestors	A family history and genealogy television series.
Ancestry.com	Ancestry.com is the leading resource for pursuing family history research online. Ancestry.com connects Internet users to the most comprehensive online genealogical resources available. Users have access to hundreds of millions of fully searchable individual records, including all available US Census records (1790 – 1930). Users can search by record type, locality, or simply view scanned images of original historical documents. Access to these records is available through both free and premium subscription models, with nearly half of the content available on the site offered free to all visitors.
Common Threads	Searchable database of surname queries.
Cyberancestors	Forum for exchange of family history and links to other genealogy sites.
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites	A categorized & cross-referenced index to genealogical resources on the Internet.
Ellis Island Records	Ellis Island Foundation.  Genealogy resources, Search passenger records
Family Name
Family Web	Suggested public-domain HTML format for displaying family trees/genealogy on the web.
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service	Search the Family History Library's database, which contains millions of names; a project of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Francois Velde's Heraldry Site	Hundreds of articles, images, and links on heraldry from the Middle Ages to the present and around the world.
GENDEX	Devoted to advancing the progress of family history and genealogy research on the World Wide Web.
Genealogy Books and Genealogy Publications	Genealogy Books and Genealogy Publications available through Amazon.com
Genealogy Software	Genealogy Software available through Amazon.com
Genealogy Exchange & Surname Registry	Genealogy Exchange & Surname Registry
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Genealogy.com	Genealogy.com offers a wide range of family and local histories, vital records, military records and more.
Genealogy Forum on AOL	Family history, Civil War history, surname center, file library, genealogy chat, beginners' help, and more.
Genealogy Home Page, The	Genealogy Home Page, The
Genealogy Today	Genealogy Today
GeneaNet	Genealogy database of surnames dating before 1850.
GenForum	Online genealogy forum with topics ranging from specific surnames to regions of the world.
GenSwap	Post queries, data swaps, links to online data, and professional genealogists.
International Internet Genealogical Society University	Genealogical research in Australia, with online classes available for researching your family history on the Internet.
Net Detective	Find people and lost family members using Net Detective people search tools.
Olive Tree Genealogy	Information about researching Irish, Dutch, German/Palatine and ancestors; passenger lists for many ships including the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.
Oral History Questions	Oral History Questions
Researching Your Roots	How to research your roots.
RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative	RootsWeb resources: 100,000-entry Roots Surname List, ROOTS-L Resources and State pages, Olive Tree Genealogy ship lists, and much more.
USGenWeb Project	Consisting of a group of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and every state in the US.
Vital Records Information State Index	Vital Records Information State Index
World Roots Genealogy Archive	Information and resources for genealogy research.