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=== Introduction === | === Introduction === | ||
Regardless of what family history research you have experienced in using primary and original records, and no matter how many years you may have been researching your family tree, this important checklist of Compiled Sources will help you conduct more thorough and comprehensive searches for finding compiled, and/or secondary sources on family lines. In most cases, family history seekers are guaranteed a pleasant surprise and will strike ‘gold’ by occasionally discovering already completed research on in-common ancestral family lineages. And because so many of the 'repositories' to such holdings are dynamic in that they are continually adding to their collections, it worthy of our time to return regularly to learn what new additions might turn to 'gold'. | |||
In today’s world, orderly approaches to tracking and searching in all available compiled source databases has become a complex and unwieldy task! After a thorough scouring of home sources, in closets and attics—for family history papers, copies of records, pictures and memorabilia, you are now ready to embark in earnest the next phase of your preliminary searches—for compiled sources, such as published or deposited manuscript sources on families, pedigrees, biographies and autobiographies. If you’ve just barely begun your quest to trace your family tree, first look in attic, basement, and closet shelves and boxes for family home sources that may include—family Bibles, pictures, diaries, journals, copies of vital records and certificates and records, interviews with extended family and close relatives’, searching their home records as well (even old neighbors--if living--can prove very helpful!). | |||
In today’s world, orderly approaches to tracking and searching in all available compiled source databases has become a complex and | |||
Here’s a list of resources for where to find published and manuscript (compiled) sources on family surnames and lineages: 1. Online family genealogy sites, pedigrees, history sites: | Here’s a list of resources for where to find published and manuscript (compiled) sources on family surnames and lineages: 1. Online family genealogy sites, pedigrees, history sites: | ||
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l. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. | l. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. | ||
m. County records offices – have numerous family genealogies and pedigrees – Google for their websites and search | m. County records offices – have numerous family genealogies and pedigrees – Google for their websites and search | ||
online catalogs or inventories | online catalogs or inventories | ||
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a. State, provincial, local & national archives, i.e. Library of Congress; Provincial archives, National Library, Ottawa | a. State, provincial, local & national archives, i.e. Library of Congress; Provincial archives, National Library, Ottawa | ||
b. Research libraries, i.e. Genealogical Research Library, Toronto, Dallas Public Library or Allen County IN – possess | b. Research libraries, i.e. Genealogical Research Library, Toronto, Dallas Public Library or Allen County IN – possess | ||
important genealogical collections | important genealogical collections | ||
c. Society archives and libraries, i.e.www.newenglandancestors.org/ and the D.A.R. – have significant records including, | c. Society archives and libraries, i.e.www.newenglandancestors.org/ and the D.A.R. – have significant records including, | ||
biographies, family Bibles, and much more | biographies, family Bibles, and much more | ||