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Ka lailai ni Getting Started Part 1: Research Goals, logs, research plans, organization, being effective
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Ka lailai ni Getting Started Part 2: Record types and when to use them
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Ka lailai ni Getting Started Part 3:  Analyzing data - making good decisions
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2025

Getting Started Part 3: Analyzing data - making good decisions

Dr. Joseph Stuart, Jaclyn Pruett, Serena Juhasz

Ka lailai ni Getting Started Part 5: Searching Smarter: Making the Most of Your Time and Resources
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Ka lailai ni Getting Started Part 6: Reading Old Documents
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2025

Getting Started Part 6: Reading Old Documents

Danielle Elder Blaylock, Amy Harris

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Getting Started Classes from Past Years

Ka lailai ni Getting Started Part 1: Using and preserving family sources Webinar
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Ka lailai ni Getting Started Part 4: Reading old documents - Webinar
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Ka lailai ni Getting Started Part 6: Organizing, recording, and sharing your findings Webinar
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Ka lailai ni Getting Started with Research in Germany
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Ka lailai ni Getting Started with Research in Sweden
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Ka lailai ni Getting Started with Research in Brazil
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