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The Internet is home to a range of online communities that are worth joining in order to communicate with other people who are equally as enthusiastic about their research as you. Being part of a community that has an interest in a genealogical subject you are really passionate about gives you access to a goldmine of knowledge. Whenever you are stuck you can turn to your online community and ask them for their help or opinions, whilst keeping abreast of all the latest news about your area of interest. If there is a special convention coming up, or a really important dataset is due to be released online, you should be among the first to know about it by keeping in touch with your fellow enthusiasts.

‘Being part of an online community gives you access to a goldmine of knowledge.’

These communities come in various guises. Joining a mailing list is one way to be part of an online community. Mailing lists allow subscribed members to debate a chosen topic and exchange information; each time somebody writes a comment an email is sent out to alert the other members of the list so that they can read it and reply. One of the most popular genealogy mailing lists is at www.rootschat.com, but a large selection of lists covering an extensive range of genealogical subjects can be found listed at Rootsweb – www.rootsweb.ancestry.com – whilst GENUKI also has a wealth of mailing lists found by searching at www.genuki.org.uk/searches.