For New Members...

LostCousins offers a new and improved approach to finding living relatives, and this guide will help you make the most of this great opportunity:

• Getting Started

Beginners Guide

If you've recently started to research your family tree, or are researching for the first time in a different country, you'll find our guide an invaluable source of advice (note: it will open in a different browser window).

• Tracing your British ancestors - a beginner's guide.

One-Name and One-Place Studies

LostCousins has recently started to support One-Name and One-Place Studies. Unless you're running a study yourself you don't need to do anything different (note: the pages will open in a different browser window).

• One-Name Studies
  Essential reading if you are running a Surname Study
• One-Place Studies
  Essential reading if you are running a One-Place Study

One-to-One Help and Advice

Are you up against a 'brick wall'? Have you progressed as far as you can on your own?

• LostCousins Buddy Scheme
  A unique opportunity to get free and confidential advice about your family tree.

Articles from past editions of the LostCousins email newsletter

All LostCousins members are entitled to receive the free email newsletter that is issued twice each month - these are some of the most popular articles (note: they will open in a different browser window).

• Key Tips for Census Success
  How to find your relatives on the 1880 and 1881 Censuses
• Guide to the IGI
  The International Genealogical Index is a wonderful resource - and it's free!
• Unlock the Secrets of the IGI
  Using batch numbers to discover more information in the IGI
• 10 tips and tricks
  How to make the most of the LostCousins site - features you may have missed.

Other articles and resources

• Standards for Sharing Information With Others
  From the Genealogical Standards and Guidelines recommended by the National Genealogical Society.