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My Favorite Go-To Sites for "Where do I Start?"

I was trying to help a Family History Library patron yesterday with searching Austria genealogy.  I had never done research in Austria, so here I am, a library volunteer with no experience in Austrian genealogy.  How can I help her?  You've heard the sayings, "If all else fails, read the manual," or "Don't reinvent the wheel," and so here are my favorite go-to sites when I ask myself, "where do I start?" 1.  Familysearch.org - Excellent Research and Help sections to begin your search.  My favorites links are: Articles - you can search by Place, Title, Subject or Document Type.  In searching for Austria, there was only a letter writing guide, so I moved on. Research Guidance - again, not much on Austria, so I was able to quickly move to the next link. Search the Wiki - I had a couple of choices - type in a keyword search, or go to a List All Countries: When I did the keyword search, it returned a list of 222 search results.  Well, I wanted somethi...

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