Research Guides and Tips

These research guides, helpful text files, and research tips are in three broad categories: general research , research in non-U.S. locations , and United States specific research .

The ahnentafels & tiny-tafels , genealogy bbs's & file systems , books & publications , calendar systems , cemetery transcriptions , definitions of relationships , help getting started , heraldry , LDS records , libraries , maps Masonry , measurements , medical terms , numbering systems , oral histories , photographs , scanners , and soundex methods


Ahnentafel, Tiny-tafels

Ahnentafel/tiny-tafel explanation. File name: ahnentaf.zip size: 42235 created: 04-07-90.

Genealogy BBSs and File systems

BBS List List of genealogy bbs. File name: gbbs9503.zip size: 42919 created: 03-02-95.

SHORTBB4 Utility for GBBS*.ZIP list. File name: shortbb4.zip size: 29824 created: 01-04-93.

GSDS Updated GSDS information file. File name: gsds1205.txt size: 8110 created: 12-05-91.

FIDOnet genealogy services Description of genealogy FIDOnet echoes, GSDS, TMS, ver 7., M. Fisher. File name: gsysop_7.lzh size: 6518 created: 07-04-92.

International genealogy bulletin boards . File name: intgen.lzh size: 5504 created: 08-16-91.

Books and publications

Genbook Genealogy book reviews, tips, sources, etc. File name: genbook1.zip size: 132899 created: 02-15-93.

Genmags Genealogy periodicals. File name: genmags.zip size: 2948 created: 03-10-90.

Genpubs Bibliography of publications. File name: genpubs.zip size: 5810 created: 08-15-94.

Refbooks Reference books list. File name: refbooks.zip size: 4166 created: 03-10-90.

Calendar systems

Dates Day/wk/mo- 6 languages. File name: dates.zip size: 17213 created: 03-09-89.

Timeline Historical time lines. File name: timeline.arc size: 82240 created: 05-07-89.

Cemeteries

Cemtnstd Cemetery Transcript standards. File name: cemtnstd.zip size: 9167 created: 07-03-91.

Definitions of relationships

Kindred Defining kinship degrees. File name: kindred.zip size: 3487 created: 03-10-90.

Relations Terms of relationship. File name: relation.zip size: 2243 created: 03-10-90.

Cousins Determining cousins. File name: cousins.zip size: 1086 created: 03-10-90.

Help with genealogy

Family History Help System - OK!! File name: fhh100.zip size: 60580 created: 10-25-90.

Newsletter index. File name: fnl.zip size: 6577 created: 09-11-89.

Gentrace "Tracing Your Family Tree" by Brian W. Hutchison (Calgary, Alberta). File name: gentrack.zip size: 47785 created: 04-29-92.

Search How to get started. File name: search2.zip size: 3171 created: 03-10-90.

Startgen Getting started #2. File name: startgen.zip size: 4141 created: 03-10-90.

Heraldry

Heraldry Introduction to heraldry. File name: heraldry.zip size: 4195 created: 03-10-90.

LDS records

IGI Description of LDS IGI. File name: ldsigi.zip size: 2104 created: 03-10-90.

LDS Description of LDS records. File name: ldsrec.zip size: 4294 created: 03-10-90.

Libraries

Internet Internet Accessible Libraries & Databases. File name: internet.zip size: 111459 created: 05-24-94.

Libcats Online libraries. File name: lib_cats.txt size: 45775 created: 03-27-94.

Library Online Libraries and Bibliographic Database. File name: librarie.zip size: 70493 created: 05-24-94.

Maps

Maps Tips on old maps. File name: gen_maps.zip size: 5476 created: 03-10-90.

Masonry

Masonry Tips on Masonic order. File name: masonry.txt size: 10645 created: 10-02-92.

Measurements

Measure Measurement terms. File name: measure.zip size: 501 created: 10-06-91.

Medical terms

Medical terms . File name: medterm.zip size: 1200 created: 03-10-90.

Numbering schemes and indices

Index files Making a genealogy index file. File name: mak-disk.zip size: 5289 created: 08-01-90.

Numbering Systems in Genealogy. R. Pence. File name: numbers3.zip size: 17154 created: 03-06-94.

Oral histories

Oral Tips oral histories. File name: oralhist.zip size: 4692 created: 03-10-90.

Photographs

Photo Tips on photos. File name: fototips.txt size: 9092 created: 07-30-92.

Old photos A text file explaining how to restore old photos with your camera. File name: oldphoto.zip size: 23818 created: 12-04-91.

Scanners

Scanners Scanning information. File name: scaninfo.txt size: 5583 created: 08-04-92.

Soundex

Soundex information. File name: soundex.zip size: 16193 created: 03-09-89.


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