Getting Started

People often ask me about how they can get started doing their own genealogy or family history. I put these pages together to share what I know and help get them going...

• Where to start
• Lessons I have learned over the last 45 years. Learn from my mistakes. Please!
• DNA Testing sites, tools, explanations, and some opinions.

It never stops though. Genealogy is really a type of infection, and once you get the bug, it's hard to shake off. At least in my case, I work on it furiously for a time, then quit for a while. It's given me a lot of joy, and a fair amount of frustration. But it's a fullfilling, lifelong hobby.