Getting Started: How to Research Local and Family History
Try the following resources if you are just beginning your research into your family history. It is important to determine the location to begin your search (did your ancestors live in a specific area of Elgin County, in another area of Ontario, or another province or country?) It is also helpful to specify the approximate date, or date range when your ancestors lived.
Staff members at all Elgin County Library branches are happy to assist you by recommending resources where you can begin your search.
The following websites will be useful in taking the first steps:
Elgin County Branch Ontario Genealogical Society
Discovering your roots in Elgin
Archives of Ontario
Discovering Your Family History: Getting Started
Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Genealogy Centre
Tracing Your Ancestors in Canada
How to Begin
National Archives - United Kingdom
Family History: Your Guide to Resources
U.S. National Archives
Starting Genealogy and Family History Research
The following books can be borrowed from any Elgin County branch Library, and may assist you in planning, and proceeding with your search:
Genealogy online for dummies by Matthew Helm, 2008.
The complete idiot's guide to genealogy by Christine Rose, 2005.
Finding your roots online by Nancy Hendrickson, 2003.
The genealogist's computer companion by Rhonda R. McClure, 2002.
Tracking down your ancestors [electronic resource]: discover the story behind your ancestors and bring your family history to life by Harry Alder, 2002.
The genealogy handbook: the complete guide to tracing your family tree by Ellen Galford, 2001.
Genealogy online [electronic resource] by Elizabeth Powell Crowe, 2001.
The genealogist's virtual library: full-text books on the World Wide Web by Thomas Jay Kemp, 2000.
A genealogist's guide to discovering your Germanic ancestors by S. Chris Anderson, 2000.
Here be dragons too! more navigational hazards for the Canadian family researcher : a companion volume to Here Be Dragons! By Althea Douglas, 2000.
Ontario genealogy for beginners by Ruth M. Burkholder, 2000.
Uncovering your ancestry through family photographs: how to identify, interpret and preserve your family's visual heritage by Maureen A. Taylor, 2000.
Discovering your roots in Elgin: a guide to genealogical resources in Elgin County, Ontario by the Ontario Genealogical Society Elgin County Branch, 1999.
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