Calculating Family Relationships

If my Dad has a cousin, and that cousin has a son, and that son has a daughter, how am I related to her? A quick way to find out is at WolframAlpha's history resources.   Look for "Genealogy" in the middle of the page. The results include a family tree showing the relationship, and other relationship properties  (The girl above would be my second cousin once removed).

Using Reddit for genealogy

Social news aggregator reddit.com provides a place for genealogists to share their big breakthroughs and get advice from other genealogists. If you don't know about reddit, see the Wikipedia entry here .
This is the link to their genealogy content :www.reddit.com/r/Genealogy

Civil War Records at Fold3

Fold3 is providing free access to its Civil War collection from now until April 15th.