Getting Starting in Genealogy

Excellent guides are available from various archives in Canada and beyond showing you how to get started in family history research using their respective resources. Use the links below.

Recommended Sites - How-to Resources From Various Archives

Archives of Ontario

Discovering Your Family History: Getting Started

Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Genealogy Centre

National Archives - United Kingdom

Family History: Your Guide to Resources

U.S. National Archives

Starting Genealogy and Family History Research

Books & Print Materials for the Beginner Genealogist

(BUR) refers to a non-circulating item located in the Burlington History Room. These items may be requested at the Information Desk on the 2nd floor at Central Library and viewed upon presentation of a BPL library card or other identification.
(RR) or Ready Reference, also (REF) or Reference, refers to an item that must be used in the library.

Canada & Ontario

Abbreviations and Acronyms: a Guide for Family Historians, by Kip Sperry, 2003 - 929.103 SPE (REF)
Canadian Genealogical Sourcebook, by Ryan Taylor, 2004 - 929.371 TAY
Canadian Railway Records: a Guide for Genealogists, by Althea Douglas, 2004 - 929.371 DOU (REF)
The Family Tree Problem Solver: Proven Methods for Scaling the Inevitable Brick Wall, by Marsha Hoffman Rising, 2005 - 929.1072073 RIS
Finding Your Canadian Ancestors, by Doris B. Bourrie, 2003 - 929.1072071 BOU
Finding Your Canadian Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide, by Sherry Irvine, 2007 - 929.371 IRV
Genealogical Research Directory National and International, annual, by Keith A. Johnson - 929.1 GEN (REF)
Genealogy in Ontario: Searching the Records, by Brenda Dougall Merriman, 2002 - 929.1070713 MER
Genealogy Online for Dummies, by Matthew L. Helm, 2008 - 929.1028 HEL
In Search of Your Canadian Roots, by Angus Baxter, 1999 - 929.1072071 BAX
Index to the Ontario Genealogical Society's Families, Volume II 1998-2006, Selected Subjects, by Roger Reid, 2007 - 929.3713 REI (REF)
Using Forms for Canadian Genealogical Research, by Susan Smart, 2006 - 929.1 SMA

Other Provinces

Finding Your Acadian Ancestors, by Léa Normandeau-Jones, [2001] - 929.10720716 NOR
Finding Your Ancestors in British Columbia, by David Marvin Jackson, 2000 - 929.10720711 JAC
Finding Your Ancestors in English Quebec, by Althea Douglas, 2001 - 929.10720714 DOU
Finding Your Ancestors in Newfoundland and Labrador, by Bill Crant, 1998 - 929.10720718 CRA
Finding Your Ancestors in New Brunswick, by Althea Douglas, 2002 - 929.10720715 DOU
French-Canadian Sources: a Guide for Genealogists, by Patricia Keeney Geyh, 2002 - 929.10720714 FRE

United Kingdom

Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History, by Mark D. Herber, 2004 - 929.1072 HER
Collins Tracing Your Family History, by Anthony Adolph, 2004 - 929.1072 ADO

United States

The Everything Family Tree Book, by Kimberly Powell, 2006 - 929.1072073 POW
Genealogy Online for Dummies, by Matthew L. Helm, 2008 - on order
The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy, by Val D. Greenwood, 2000 - 929.1072073 GRE

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