Talk:Genealogy

As you can see, I've put in a TOC-system similar to the one in Lucid Dreaming, since the system there was extremly easy to navigate. KirbyMeister 23:41, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Rodovid.org
Thought I'd tell you about Rodovid which is proposed as a Wikimedia project.--Bjwebb 12:46, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

France
Hello. I had entered a suggestion about country-specific information in the discussion section of the Wikipedia page on genealogy, and in response I got a suggestion by user ThuranX to come here and contribute to the Wikibook. So I'm informing you that I'd like to contribute the section on France, currently empty, in the "area-specific" chapter. For now, I am familiarizing myself with the content of the other pages for inspiration. I would like to enter more information than just a collection of links. Feel free to tell me what you think, and of course, once the section is started and has some structure, I'll be happy to see other contributions. Claude 15:29, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Claude, I joined Wikibooks just to do what you're doing, that is, improve this book. I'll help you out by working with you as your 'editor' on the france section as you add stuff. Hopefully together we can really make a great section. Some suggestions: A history of the Civil Registration process in france, esp. Napoleon's establishment of a uniform system; The religious records available, and widely encountered trend or problems, like the regions involved inthe Thirty Years' War having lost many parish records; and Records which may be unique to France, prehaps Bastille prisoners, or something like that? ThuranX 21:59, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Accuracy of information
I would really like to see a section on how to validate information for accuracy. I have seen submitted information in geneology, which is completely false, and would like additional tips on how to verify accuracy of information. Okay, I am becoming redundant, but cannot stress enough how important geneology is in terms to being correct. I use USA the census records, birth and death records, newspaper clippings etcetera in my research. What other tools are out there? B.


 * Documentary sources are legion, and there are other sites devoted to listing them. One thing I would say, however, is that whatever you find, whatever you check: document it!  Reference everything, even when you don't find what you might have been looking for (and thus prove by modus tollens some otherwise undocumented fact).  We should do all we can to encourage family historian's to cite their sources, because if the people we're researching had done so our job would be so much easier!  Even 'pers. comm.' (with details if possible) is better than having no idea of where or when some fact may have originated!  &mdash; Sam Wilson (Australia) 05:09, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Australia
I'm planning to have a go at the Australian country-specific information - I've been doing genie researching in Australia for a few years now. I'm a newbie so please be kind if my markup is a bit dodgy to start with! Kaffles (talk) 04:12, 7 August 2010 (UTC)