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Piecing the Stories: Introduction to Genealogy – Resources

Video Tutorial for FamilySearch.org

A Beginners Guide to Navigating Family Search

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrdnavEibVE

Ancestry.com Tutorials

Getting Started with ncestry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUEtr_b63CA

Using Ancestry Like a Pro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVra2bQZp0g

Research Databases:

Tennessee Electronic Library

https://tntel.info/general-public/genealogy

Tennessee Resources on Ancestry.com

https://www.ancestry.com/search/places/usa/tennessee/

Iran Genealogy Resources on Family Search

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Iran_Genealogy

Iran Gen Web

https://www.worldgenweb.net/iran/

Russian Online Genealogy Resources on Family Search

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Russia_Online_Genealogy_Records

National Archives and Records – Military Records 

https://www.archives.gov/research/military

War & Military Digital Collections

https://www.loc.gov/collections/?c=80&fa=subject:war+%26+military

Local Histories on Ancestry.com

https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/33/

Immigration Records

https://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/overview

Immigrant Arrivals: A Guide To Published Sources

https://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/bib_guid/immigrant/intro.html

Library and Archives of Canada – Immigration Records

https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/Pages/introduction.aspx

Cusco, Peru Genealogy

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Cusco,_Peru_Genealogy

Indigenous Peoples of the United States Genealogy

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Indigenous_Peoples_of_the_United_States_Genealogy

Last Seen: Finding Families After Slavery

http://informationwanted.org/research

Duke University American Slavery Documents

https://repository.duke.edu/dc/americanslaverydocs

 Mapping tools:

Historic Maps and Atlases of U.S.

https://www.mapofus.org/

 Genealogy Resources in Virginia

VIRGINIA UNTOLD: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN NARRATIVE

https://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/aan/

Unknown No Longer: A Database of Virginia Slave Names

https://www.virginiahistory.org/collections/unknown-no-longer-database-virginia-slave-names

Ancestry.com Access at Swem Library

https://libraries.wm.edu/databases/ancestrycom

Newspapers.com at Swem Library

https://libraries.wm.edu/databases/newspaperscom-%E2%80%93-world-collection

Central Virginia Genealogy Association

https://cvga.avenue.org/

Genealogy Records at the Library of Virginia

https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/generesearch.pdf

Virginia, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872

https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1596147

 Oral History Resources

Oral History Guidelines and Best Practices

https://www.oralhistory.org/for-participants-in-oral-history-interviews/

Genealogy and DNA Testing

How to Use DNA Testing for Genealogy Research

https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/genealogy/use-dna-testing-genealogy-research.htm