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How to Find Descendants in the United States (view source)
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* locate possible compatable organ donors | * locate possible compatable organ donors | ||
* find family members who may have an inherited tendancy toward a disease | * find family members who may have an inherited tendancy toward a disease | ||
* publish in genealogical | * publish an article in a genealogical journal like the ''New England Historical and Genealogical Society Register'' | ||
* submit an application for certification with the Board for Certification of Genealogists | * submit an application for certification with the Board for Certification of Genealogists | ||
* find more names to submit for LDS temple ordinances.<br> | * find more names to submit for LDS temple ordinances.<br> | ||
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'''More clues.''' Descendancy research can lead you to important clues, contacts, or records such as family Bibles that you might not find if you researched only direct ancestors and their immediate children. Collaborating with new contacts about the new clues you find may help you get past dead ends in your ancestral research. | '''More clues.''' Descendancy research can lead you to important clues, contacts, or records such as family Bibles that you might not find if you researched only direct ancestors and their immediate children. Collaborating with new contacts about the new clues you find may help you get past dead ends in your ancestral research. | ||
'''More recent records''' are usually easier to find, more complete, and easier to understand. Descendancy research takes advantage of more recent records over earlier, usually harder to find older records. | '''To understand the family better.''' Understanding the children often leads to more information about the parents. The best researchers seek to understand a family in community context. Learning about descendants is part of understanding the family's community and why they lived their lives the way they did.<br> | ||
'''More recent records''' are usually easier to find, more complete, and easier to understand. Descendancy research takes advantage of more recent records over earlier, usually harder-to-find older records. | |||
== '''Risks of Descendancy Research''' == | == '''Risks of Descendancy Research''' == | ||
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* '''''Begin with individuals or families alive around 1850.''''' People who lived in the period from the mid-1800s to the present are usually easier to find. In many countries, birth, and death records began to be created by the mid-1800s. Also, some countries began to keep census records showing the names and ages of each family member. | * '''''Begin with individuals or families alive around 1850.''''' People who lived in the period from the mid-1800s to the present are usually easier to find. In many countries, birth, and death records began to be created by the mid-1800s. Also, some countries began to keep census records showing the names and ages of each family member. | ||
* '''''Record what you find on family group records.''''' A family group record will enable you to record information for all the children in a family, parents and grandparents. As you search for the descendants of your ancestors, family group records will help you organize your work. | * '''''Record what you find on family group records.''''' A family group record will enable you to record information for all the children in a family, parents and grandparents. As you search for the descendants of your ancestors, family group records will help you organize your work. | ||
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=== '''''Step 3: Collect Previous Research''''' === | === '''''Step 3: Collect Previous Research''''' === | ||
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* To search for an exact phrase or name, put quotation marks around your search terms. For example, search on "John K. Doe" (typing the quotation marks into the search box). Also try putting the surname first and the given name second—“Doe, John K.” | * To search for an exact phrase or name, put quotation marks around your search terms. For example, search on "John K. Doe" (typing the quotation marks into the search box). Also try putting the surname first and the given name second—“Doe, John K.” | ||
* You many also want to try the name without middle initials. | * You many also want to try the name without middle initials. | ||
* Remember to try [[ | * Remember to try [[Guessing a Name Variation|alternate spellings, abbreviations, nicknames]], and so forth. | ||
* Try adding a place name or date to your search terms. For example, to find all the Werths from Chicago, enter a search phrase like '''''Werth Chicago'''''. <br> | * Try adding a place name or date to your search terms. For example, to find all the Werths from Chicago, enter a search phrase like '''''Werth Chicago'''''. <br> | ||
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'''Broadening your search.''' A quick review of published family histories, compiled genealogies, and resources on the Internet will tell you how much research may still be needed. For information on how to do basic research, go to [[How to Begin a Search for Your Ancestor]].<br> | '''Broadening your search.''' A quick review of published family histories, compiled genealogies, and resources on the Internet will tell you how much research may still be needed. For information on how to do basic research, go to [[How to Begin a Search for Your Ancestor]].<br> | ||
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=== '''''Step 4: Consult Additional Sources''''' === | === '''''Step 4: Consult Additional Sources''''' === | ||
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'''Census records.''' Many governments have taken regular censuses of their citizens. In the United States, these censuses have taken place every decade since 1790. Many census records are available in a digital, searchable format. If you have census records available, you should search them for a record of your family. This record will guide the rest of your research by placing your family in a particular place at a specific time. Census records can be searched free of charge at any Church family history center with an Internet connection. | '''Census records.''' Many governments have taken regular censuses of their citizens. In the United States, these censuses have taken place every decade since 1790. Many census records are available in a digital, searchable format. If you have census records available, you should search them for a record of your family. This record will guide the rest of your research by placing your family in a particular place at a specific time. Census records can be searched free of charge at any Church family history center with an Internet connection. | ||
'''''Expert Tip<nowiki>:&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;</nowiki>'''''<nowiki>Starting in 1850, U.S. census records listed the names of each person living in the household. This census and those that followed are an effective resource for finding the names of an entire household.</nowiki> | '''''Expert Tip<nowiki>:&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;</nowiki>'''''<nowiki>Starting in 1850, U.S. census records listed the names of each person living in the household. This census and those that followed are an effective resource for finding the names of an entire household.</nowiki> | ||
Here are some hints for searching through census records: | Here are some hints for searching through census records: | ||
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=== '''''Step 5: Compile What You Have Learned''''' === | === '''''Step 5: Compile What You Have Learned''''' === | ||
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2. ''A Member's Guide to Temple and Family History Work: Ordinances and Covenants'' (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1993), 14.<br> | 2. ''A Member's Guide to Temple and Family History Work: Ordinances and Covenants'' (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1993), 14.<br> | ||
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