Part 1
Draft
What kind of questions can I ask here?
Genealogy and Family History is a question and answer site for expert genealogists and people interested in genealogy and family history. With your help, we're building a library of comprehensive answers to questions about genealogy.
If your question is about:
- Starting your research or improving your methodology
- Finding a source or understanding how to use it
- Documenting or presenting what you’ve learned
- Breaking down brick-walls in your family tree
- Using technology to support your research
and it is not about:
- Locating identifiable living individuals
- Which genealogy software or website is “the best”
- Developing genealogy software
- Celebrity or biblical genealogy
- General history
then you’re in the right place. We welcome questions at all levels, and you can expect a range of answers from very basic to highly technical, depending on how you phrase your question.
Notes:
- I've kept the number of bullet points in each list to 5, following user-interface best practice guidance, and tried to use them to hit the most important points.
- The hyperlink for the definition of genealogy and family history is intended to show that the definition should be available via a hyperlink, not that that definition is the agreed one.
- I've targeted the bullet points at where we seem to have most consensus about on- and off-topic areas.
