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<br>The phrase "burned counties" was first used for research in Virginia where many county records were destroyed in courthouse fires, or during the Civil War.<sup>1</sup> The strategies for researching places where a local courthouse or repository was wiped out by flood, fire, war, or cleaning-streak clerks are useful in similar situations all around the United States, Canada, and throughout the world. | <br>The phrase "burned counties" was first used for research in Virginia where many county records were destroyed in courthouse fires, or during the Civil War.<sup>1</sup> The strategies for researching places where a local courthouse or repository was wiped out by flood, fire, war, or cleaning-streak clerks are useful in similar situations all around the United States, Canada, and throughout the world. | ||
{| width=" | {| width="580" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="1" align="center" | ||
|+ List of Burned Counties for Each States | |||
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| valign="middle" align="left" | Alabama<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Alabama<br> | ||
| Hawaii<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Hawaii<br> | ||
| Massachusetts<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Massachusetts<br> | ||
| New Mexico<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | New Mexico<br> | ||
| South Dakota<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | South Dakota<br> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Alaska<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Alaska<br> | ||
| Idaho<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Idaho<br> | ||
| Michigan<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Michigan<br> | ||
| New York<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | New York<br> | ||
| Tennessee<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Tennessee<br> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Arizona | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Arizona | ||
| Illinois | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Illinois | ||
| | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Minnesota | ||
Minnesota | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | North Carolina | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Texas | |||
| North Carolina | |||
| Texas | |||
|- | |- | ||
| Arkansas<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Arkansas<br> | ||
| Indiana<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Indiana<br> | ||
| Mississippi<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Mississippi<br> | ||
| North Dakota<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | North Dakota<br> | ||
| Utah<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Utah<br> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| California<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | California<br> | ||
| Iowa<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Iowa<br> | ||
| Missouri<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Missouri<br> | ||
| Ohio<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Ohio<br> | ||
| Vermont<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Vermont<br> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Colorado<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Colorado<br> | ||
| Kansas<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Kansas<br> | ||
| Montana<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Montana<br> | ||
| Oklahoma<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Oklahoma<br> | ||
| Virginia<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Virginia<br> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Connecticut<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Connecticut<br> | ||
| Kentucky<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Kentucky<br> | ||
| Nebraska<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Nebraska<br> | ||
| Oregon<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Oregon<br> | ||
| Washington<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Washington<br> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Deleware<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Deleware<br> | ||
| Louisiana<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Louisiana<br> | ||
| Nevada<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Nevada<br> | ||
| Pennsylvania<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Pennsylvania<br> | ||
| West Virginia<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | West Virginia<br> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Florida<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Florida<br> | ||
| Maine<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Maine<br> | ||
| New Jersey<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | New Jersey<br> | ||
| Rhode Island<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Rhode Island<br> | ||
| Wisconsin<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Wisconsin<br> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Georgia<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Georgia<br> | ||
| Maryland<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Maryland<br> | ||
| New Hampshire<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | New Hampshire<br> | ||
| South Carolina<br> | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | South Carolina<br> | ||
| Wyoming | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | Wyoming | ||
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* '''''Concentrate on documenting one event in one person's life''''' at a time (for example, Ethel's marriage). Research the easiest to find events (sources) first. Stick with that event even if you do not find it on the first few searches. Keep looking for some source that will document that event. Don't move on to another event in the family until you find it, or until all possible documents, jurisdictions, and repositories for that event have been tried. | * '''''Concentrate on documenting one event in one person's life''''' at a time (for example, Ethel's marriage). Research the easiest to find events (sources) first. Stick with that event even if you do not find it on the first few searches. Keep looking for some source that will document that event. Don't move on to another event in the family until you find it, or until all possible documents, jurisdictions, and repositories for that event have been tried. | ||
* '''''Plan to share''''' your research as a way of reaching out for contacts and help. | * '''''Plan to share''''' your research as a way of reaching out for contacts and help. | ||
* Find ways to '''''collaborate''''' with other genealogists, archivists, and librarians on solving the problem. Get help where ever you can.<br> <!--{ | * Find ways to '''''collaborate''''' with other genealogists, archivists, and librarians on solving the problem. Get help where ever you can.<br> <!--{12033669165780} --> | ||
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