Family History Centers & Getting Started

Getting started in genealogy - or family history is easy.  You don't even have to have a computer, though its admittedly easier if you do.

The church has Family History Centers that are available for research purposes where you can have free access to Ancestry.com as well as a multitude of other resources including help from family historians who can guide you around while you're new.

To find a Family History Center near you - click this link and enter the info requested and a Family History Center will be found for you.

USB thumb drive

If you're going to work from a Family History Center and don't have your own computer, purchase a small USB thumb drive that you can save your work on, I would recommend two, one to back them up on and label them and keep them someplace safe.

I would recommend getting at least two gigabytes for storage of information and pictures.

Or, if you would like to create an email account just for genealogy, Yahoo and Google both have free email accounts you can set up just for genealogy if you wish.

The Family History Centers aren't open all the time, so prepare and plan accordingly!