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=== Introduction === | === Introduction === | ||
A timeline is a chronological list of events for a person, family, or location. This is helpful for analyzing events in a family by showing gaps in knowledge about a family or events that probably did not or could not happen for this family. Matching a family timeline with a location timeline can help determine the likelihood of a family's involvement in the events of a locality, such as wars. | A timeline is a chronological list of events for a person, family, or location. This is helpful for analyzing events in a family by showing gaps in knowledge about a family or events that probably did not or could not happen for this family. Matching a family timeline with a location timeline can help determine the likelihood of a family's involvement in the events of a locality, such as wars. | ||
=== Before creating a timeline for a family === | === Before creating a timeline for a family === | ||
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Some other Internet sites with U.S. history timelines are:<br> | Some other Internet sites with U.S. history timelines are:<br> | ||
:• State History Guide Resources [http://www.shgresources.com/us/timeline/ Chronological History Timeline of the United States] | :• State History Guide Resources [http://www.shgresources.com/us/timeline/ Chronological History Timeline of the United States] | ||
:• Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_history Timeline of United States history] | :• Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_history Timeline of United States history] | ||
:• American Educational History [http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html Timeline] | :• American Educational History [http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html Timeline] | ||
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:• A child born after the mother or father was long dead | :• A child born after the mother or father was long dead | ||
*Decide if the father or any of the sons were the right ages. Click here for a [ | *Decide if the father or any of the sons were the right ages. Click here for a [[Ages_of_Servicemen_in_Wars|list of American wars and the approximate birth years]] of those who fought in each war. | ||
**Click here for a list of general guesses to use until you can determine facts. <br> | **Click here for a list of general guesses to use until you can determine facts. <br> | ||
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*Ancestry.com, [http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=9184 The Perspective of Timelines] | *Ancestry.com, [http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=9184 The Perspective of Timelines] | ||
*McComas, Angela. [http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/fhd/Community/Mid_Continent_Library/Timelines...Lifelines/Player.html Timeline . . . Lifelines]. (8 minute online vidio) [ | *McComas, Angela. [http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/fhd/Community/Mid_Continent_Library/Timelines...Lifelines/Player.html Timeline . . . Lifelines]. (8 minute online vidio) [[library/education/frameset_education.asp?PAGE=education_research_series_online.asp%3FActiveTab=2|FamilySearch Research Classes Online]], 2010. | ||
[[Category:FamilySearch_Research_Classes_Online]] | [[Category:FamilySearch_Research_Classes_Online]] | ||