Getting Organized - Where to Start?
1.
Do a Google Search for a place of interest and relevance to your
ancestors. Read websites and wiki articles having to do with this
particular place.
2. Look
up books (travel, historical, genealogical, etc.) on the place of
interest in your local library. Check out books that seem to be of
interest.
3. Start
reading the books of interest you found at the library.
4. Check
the special collections section of college and university libraries in
the area of interest for possible information on the particular ancestor
or the time-period in which he or she lived.
5.
Search for periodicals published in the area
in question.
6.
Search for historical societies and genealogical societies in the area
to see what kind of information they have published on the families that
are of interest.