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Genealogy Basics

Ready to jump into genealogy? This guide gives you the basic resources to get started the right way.

Credits

Thanks to Char Kimball, Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale, IA) who did the original version of this pathfinder.

Updated June 25, 2013 by Sarah S. Uthoff of http://www.trundlebedtales.com  with book recommendations from Kerry Scott of http://www.cluewagon.com and some other resource additions from Kathy Bopp (Cedar Rapids, IA). A couple of additions made Summer 2014.

Updated August 22, 2019 by Sarah S. Uthoff

Updated September 6, 2023 by Sarah S. Uthoff. Thank you to the Genealogy Do-Over Facebook group participants that have been helping with update suggestions.

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