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Web Sites for Genealogists, 2008 edition. Click here for details.

FamilySearch Letter Writing Guides are designed for researchers who do not speak the language but must write to a particular country to request genealogical records. Guides are available for Czech and Slovak, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish research. For access click on the Search tab then Research Helps and choose the option Sorted by Document Type.

Gwent Family History Society. This site lists the three letter abbreviations known as the Chapman Codes for England, Ireland, Scotland, UK Islands and countries of the world.

This page by Mike St Clair features an article titled Numbering Systems in Genealogy by Richard A Pence which provides information on a variety of genealogy numbering systems.

The National Archives (UK). Click on Research, Education & Online Exhibitions then Starting Research to access family, local, house and military history guides; reading old handwriting and Latin tutorials plus information on caring for your family records and documents.

Australian multicultural heritage on the Web. This gateway site by the National Library of Australia lists the websites of multicultural organisations in Australia.

Family-Reunion.com. An excellent site with all you need to know about planning a family reunion.

Friends Reunited lists Australian schools, universities, workplaces, armed forces and locations.

NedSite Search Centre This comprehensive, but unusual, links site is arranged by categories such as cemeteries, classmates, missing persons, military and ancestors.

Oxford Ancestors. This UK company offers, for a fee, several DNA related testing services for use by genealogy researchers.

Family Tree DNA was the first genealogy driven DNA testing service.

The Genealogy Home Page, What's Really New in WWW Genealogy Pages is updated regularly.

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