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Tips for Library Research

• The Care and Feeding of Genealogical Librarians by George Morgan:
  www.ancestry.com/columns/george/01-23-98.htm
• Your Virtual Library Card By Rick Crume:
  familytreemagazine.com/articles/librarylinks.html
• Library Research Tips:
  www.ultimatepuzzle.com/booksupermarket/
  genresearchbooks.htm

Share Your Research Online

• Cyndi's List:
  www.CyndisList.com/software.htm#HTML
• Cyndi's Genealogy Home Page Construction Kit:
  www.CyndisList.com/construc.htm
• Submit your family data to the Ancestral File:
  www.familysearch.org/Preserve/signon.asp
• Cyndi's List of articles about privacy issues on the Internet:
  http://www.CyndisList.com/software.htm#Privacy
  
• MyFamily.com - and easy way to set up a private, family webpage and share your photos, findings and more:
  http://MyFamily.com

Plan a Family Reunion

• Hatfield and McCoy: The Reunion They Said Would Never Happen:
  genealogy.about.com/hobbies/genealogy/
  library/weekly/aa043000a.htm
• Time Travel by David Fryxell:
  familytreemagazine.com/articles/june00/vacation.html
• Family reunion sites from Kimberly Powell of About.com
  genealogy.about.com/hobbies/genealogy/msubreunion.htm

Hire a Professional Genealogist

• FamilySearch's Hiring a Professional Genealogist
  
• Determining When You Need a Professional Genealogist by Myra Vanderpool:
  www.genealogy.com/20_myra.html
• So You're Going to Hire a Professional Genealogist by the Association of Professional Genealogists:
  genealogy.about.com/hobbies/genealogy/msubreunion.htm
• What You Should Know Before Hiring A Professional Genealogist by Sue P. Morgan:
  http://www.genservices.com/docs/HiringAPro.htm
  
• The Association of Professional Genealogists' membership directory:
  http://www.apgen.org/directory/index.php
• Cottrill & Associates,Professional Genealogists
  www.progenealogists.com

Find Non-Christian Records

• FamilySearch.org's overview of religious records:
  http://www.familysearch.org/Browse/BrowseCultural.asp
  
• Avotaynu, excellent resource for Jewish genealogy:
  www.avotaynu.com/
• About.com's resources for Jewish genealogy:
  genealogy.about.com/hobbies/genealogy/msubjewish.htm
  
• Middle Eastern Genealogical Sources:
  genealogy.about.com/hobbies/
  genealogy/msubmiddleeast.htm
• Cyndi's List of religion and church-related sites:
  www.CyndisList.com/religion.htm

Find a Library or Archive

• List of state libraries from the Library of Congress:
  lcweb.loc.gov/global/library/statelib.html
• Public Libraries of Europe:
  lists.webjunction.org/libweb/Europe_main.html
  
• An index of online library catalogs:
  www.lights.com/hytelnet/
• List of Public Libraries with Internet Services:
  www.halcyon.com/treasure/virtual/library.html
  
• Ready, 'Net, Go! Archival Internet Resources, including a master list of archives:
  www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/ArchivesResources.html
• Your Virtual Library Card By Rick Crume:
  familytreemagazine.com/articles/librarylinks.html

How to Request Records

• Ordering microfilm at a Family History Center:
  www.ancestors.com/records/probate/extra3.html
  
• Form letters for requesting genealogical information; available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish:
  www.familytreemaker.com/00000023.html
• The Forms Needed to Order Records from the National Archives by George G. Morgan:
  genealogy.about.com/hobbies/genealogy/msubreunion.htm
• Genealogy Correspondence: The Writing Rite Done Right by George G. Morgan:
  www.ancestry.com/columns/george/09-11-98.htm
  
• If you find a hit in the online SSDI database, you can automatically generate a letter to request a copy of your ancestor's Social Security application:
  www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm

More About Court Records

• Court Records - Finding Your Ancestors by Michael John Neill::
  www5.genealogy.com/genealogy/47_neill.html
  
• All About County and Town Resources:
  www.familytreemaker.com/00000228.html
  
• Burned Counties, research tactics by Louise T. Overton:
  www.penningtonresearch.org/

Major Immigration Routes

• FamilySearch.org's links to sites about emigration and immigration:
  http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/rg/frameset_rhelps.asp
  
• Family Workings immigration information links:
  www.familyworkings.com/links/immigration.htm