15 Minutes of Family History: Difference between revisions

* [http://www.earlylds.com Early LDS Ancestors] - This site allows the user to locate information on early LDS ancestors.

* [http://www.lds.org/churchhistory Pioneer Ancestors Coming Across the Plains] - Click on “Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel.”

* [http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/archives/pbinfo Ordering a Patriarchal Blessing]

* [http://www.lds.org/churchhistory Photos, Journals, Sound Recordings, and Letters from Early Church Members] - Click on “Resources Available,” then search the “Church Archives Catalog” to see what exists. Surname, First Name. Author search for journals and letters. Subject search for Photos, oral histories, etc. Visit or write for copies of items of interest.''''''PH & CR = Photos; OH = Oral Histories; AV = AudioVisual; MS = Manuscripts, journals, letters.'''''

* [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss Locate Civil War Soldier] - Click on “Soldiers” and search by '''name'''and '''state'''(if known) for an ancestor who would have been age 16-50 between 1860-1865. Once the regiment/company are known, additional records may be easily located. If you know if they were in a prison, click on “Prisoners.” If they were Union, search Andersonville, if Confederate, search Fort McHenry. If you don’t know, search both. See '''Military Records and More'''below.

* [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Homestead or Land Patents] - Click “Search Land Patents” at the top of the page. Enter a zip code, then select the state where an ancestor may have bought or homesteaded land from the federal government. New records are added every day. Click on the ancestor’s name. If ‘View Image’ is available, you may see the original document. Using the coordinates from the land patent, find the homestead or land using GoogleEarth. Use Step 10 to order the whole homestead packet. For further details see [[Land Patent Search]].<br>

'''Newspapers:'''There are MANY online newspaper resources, usually put online by a University in the state, or a public library. Utah newspapers were digitized by the U of U. BYU also uses the U of U database.

* [http://www.lib.utah.edu/digital/unews www.lib.utah.edu/digital/unews]. New papers are added every day. Search for an ancestor’s name in the search box under all newspapers first, then narrow the search if the results are too great.

* [http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html Illinois Records Online] - Locate and search the desired database. This includes military records, birth, marriage, and death records, and various other databases listed by the hosting University.