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How to get Free Help with your Family History
ByDarris G. Williams, AG®
Where can you go for help?
Genukihttp://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/
Genealogy Wisehttp://www.genealogywise.com/
RootsWeb Mailing Listshttp://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
Family History Societieshttp://www.fhswales.org.uk/
FamilySearch wiki: https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Wales
HTTP://WWW.GENUKI.ORG.UK/
The main page has quick links
Montgomeryshire"The County of MONTGOMERY is 94 Miles in Circumference, contains about 500000 Acres, is
divided into 7 Hundreds, in which are 6 Market Towns, and only Montgomery sends a Member to Parliament, which is the County Town, 47 Parishes and about 5660 Houses.
HTTP://WWW.GENEALOGYWISE.COM/
Signing up will allow you to be notified of updates and email notification of answers to your questions.
159 different groups for places and names
HTTP://LISTS.ROOTSWEB.ANCESTRY.COM/
Subscribing. Clicking on one of the shortcut links below should work, but if your browser doesn’t understand them, try these manual instructions: to join WALES-LOCAL-HISTORY-L, send email to [email protected] with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join WALES-LOCAL-HISTORY-D, to the same thing with [email protected].
FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES
United States based societies– Welsh American Genealogical Society• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vtwags/
– National Welsh-American Foundation• http://www.wales-usa.org/
Welsh Societies– Association of Family History Societies of Wales• http://www.fhswales.org.uk/
– Other Welsh family & local history societies• https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Wales_Societies
Most societies provide a variety of services, some free and some for members only.
Names, places & dates help you find a possible connection; volume & member number help
locate the pedigree.
HTTPS://WWW.FAMILYSEARCH.ORG/
Research Courses
FamilySearch offers a variety of free classes online and in person to help you discover your family tree.
5 Minute Genealogy Episode 5: Choose an Ancestor and Question
More detailed lessons are available.
Get Started
Learning about your ancestors can bring perspective and understanding to your own life. It only takes a few minutes to learn how to get started.
For those who prefer shorter steps
Research Wiki
The Research Wiki is a free collection of family history articles provided by family history enthusiasts from around the world.
Start typing a search term and related topics will appear.
With a page added to your watch list you will be notified by email of any
changes to the page.