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Genealogical sources can be grouped into two divisions, each with two categories. The following chart illustrates the relationship of these four categories.<br> [[Image:Genealogical Sources Tree.jpg|frame|center]] Review your objective. If you have a genealogical objective you will be selecting ''genealogical records''. For reference objectives, you will want to select ''reference tools''. When you know which kind of source you want, the following guidelines will help you choose from these categories of records: (1) compiled records, (2) original records, (3) background information, or (4) finding aids. | Genealogical sources can be grouped into two divisions, each with two categories. The following chart illustrates the relationship of these four categories.<br> [[Image:Genealogical Sources Tree.jpg|frame|center]] Review your objective. If you have a genealogical objective you will be selecting ''genealogical records''. For reference objectives, you will want to select ''reference tools''. When you know which kind of source you want, the following guidelines will help you choose from these categories of records: (1) compiled records, (2) original records, (3) background information, or (4) finding aids. | ||
== '''Genealogical Records''' == | |||
Genealogical records proved vital and biographical information on individuals and families (see [[Identify What You Know#Types of Genealogical Information|Types of Genealogical Information]]). This includes information about—<br> '''''Vital events.''''' This information goes on your family group records and pedigree charts:<br> | |||
* Names and relationships | |||
* Gender | |||
* Births, marriages, and deaths | |||
'''''Other events''''', such as: | |||
* Military service | |||
* Buying and selling land | |||
* Paying taxes | |||
* Migrating from one place to another | |||
'''''Personal characteristics:''''' | |||
* Age, physical appearance | |||
* Philosophy of life | |||
* Social and economic status, etc. | |||
'''''Latter-day Saint Ordinances''''' Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will also want to learn if temple ordinances have been performed for their ancestors. | |||
The two categories of genealogical records are: (1) compiled records, and (2) original records. | |||
=== '''Compiled Records''' === | |||
Compiled records are collections of information about a person, group or family. Researchers and authors gathered information from original and other compiled records. Therefore, compiled records represent one or more researcher’s opinion of what the records say about an individual or family. A published family history, for example, is often compiled from vital records, census records, family papers, and local histories. Whenever you begin research on a new family, search compiled records before original records. This will help you learn what has already been researched. | |||
Compiled records are arranged in two groups: | |||
'''''International''''' sources may include persons and families from anywhere in the world. They include two record types, collections (including databases such as Ancestral File) and family histories. | |||
'''''Local''''' sources are compiled records of persons or families of a specific place. The various record types include history, periodicals, genealogy, biography, societies, nobility, and heraldic visitations. | |||
Compiled records can—<br> | |||
* Save research time. Someone may already have extracted, compiled, indexed, or documented information you seek. | |||
* Provide family links not easily found in original documents. | |||
* Give you the names of others researching your family to help you share information and coordinate your work. | |||
* Provide family history information. | |||
''Caution:'' Information in compiled records is considered secondary (''not'' recorded near the time of the event.) The information is only as accurate as its researcher. Carefully evaluate the information or verify it by sample testing. | |||
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== '''Helpful Guessing Skills''' == | == '''Helpful Guessing Skills''' == | ||
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* [[Guessing a Record Type to Use]] for finding information about any person’s event on that group record.<br> | * [[Guessing a Record Type to Use]] for finding information about any person’s event on that group record.<br> | ||
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