Resource Checklist

Resource Checklist for Family Member: ______________________________

Family Records Personal/Family Records ___ Account Books ___ Citizenship Papers ___ Clubs/Organizations ___ Employment Records ___ Family Bibles ___ Farm Records ___ Heirlooms ___ Journals/Diaries ___ Letters ___ Medical Records ___ Memorial Cards ___ Military Records ___ Oral Traditions ___ Photographs ___ Scrapbooks ___ Social Security Cards Certificates ___ Adoption ___ Ahnentafel ___ Baptism ___ Birth ___ Blessing ___ Confirmation ___ Death ___ Divorce ___ Franktur ___ Graduation ___ Manumission ___ Marriage School Records ___ Arts ___ College ___ Elementary ___ Ladies Finishing ___ Private ___ Secondary ___ Trade ___ University ___ Vocational Insurance ___ Automobile ___ Health/Life ___ Marine Vital Records Vital Records ___ Adoptions ___ Births ___ Deaths ___ Divorces ___ Marriages Marriage Records ___ Applications ___ Banns ___ Bonds ___ Contracts ___ Indexes ___ Licenses ___ Returns

Compiled Sources Compiled Sources ___ (IGI) International Genealogical Index ___ (PRF) Pedigree Resource File ___ (TIB) Temple Index Bureau ___ Ancestral File ___ Family Group Sheet ___ new FamilySearch Genealogical Index Printed Sources ___ Biographies ___ City Directories ___ County/Local Histories ___ Family Histories ___ Funeral Program ___ Genealogies ___ Pedigrees Newspapers ___ Indexes ___ Births ___ Deaths ___ Marriages ___ Anniversaries ___ Obituaries ___ Advertisements ___ Local News ___ Unclaimed Mail Periodicals ___ Genealogies ___ Historical Articles ___ Indexes ___ Queries ___ Source Extracts Collections ___ Indexes ___ Personal Papers ___ Correspondence ___ Surname Files ___ Biographies ___ Inscriptions ___ (DAR) Daughters of the American Revolution ___ Business Records ___ Oral Histories ___ WPA Projects Internet ___ Ancestry.com ___ Google.com ___ HeritageQuest ___ World Vital Records ___ Footnote ___ etc. Public Sources Federal Census ___ 1790 ___ 1800 ___ 1810 ___ 1820 ___ 1830 ___ 1840 ___ 1850 ___ 1860 ___ 1870 ___ 1880 ___ 1890 ___ 1900 ___ 1910 ___ 1920 ___ 1930

___ Agriculture ___ Mortality Schedules ___ Revolutionary War ___ State/Local Census ___ Union Army Survivor Land Records ___ Deeds ___ Grantee Index ___ Mortgages ___ Patents/Grants ___ Surveys Probate Records ___ Administrations ___ Bonds ___ Guardianships ___ Indexes ___ Inventories ___ Packets ___ Settlements ___ Wills Court Records ___ Case Files ___ Dockets ___ Indexes ___ Judgments ___ Minutes ___ Orders/Decrees Court Related Records ___ Jail ___ Jury ___ Justice of the Peace ___ Lawyers Briefs ___ Sheriff/Police Tax Records ___ Personal Property ___ Poll Tax ___ Poor Rate ___ Real Estate ___ School ___ Tax Exemptions Military Records ___ Bounty Awards ___ Burial Registers ___ Discharges ___ Funeral Books ___ Funeral Cards ___ Muster Rolls ___ Pensions ___ Service Files Immigration Records ___ Alien Registration Card ___ Change of Name ___ Citizenship Papers ___ Customs Records ___ Immigrant Aid Group ___ Logbooks ___ Naturalization ___ Oath of Allegiance ___ Passenger Lists

___ Passports ___ Registry of Voters ___ Vaccination Certificates Cemetery Records ___ Deeds ___ Fund ___ Gifts ___ Memorials ___ Monuments ___ Perpetual Care ___ Plats ___ Sextons ___ Tombstones Legal Notices ___ Auctions ___ Bankruptcies ___ Convictions ___ Court Claims ___ Divorces ___ Forced Sales ___ Probates Private Sources Church Records ___ Admissions ___ Annulment ___ Banns ___ Baptism ___ Birth ___ Blessing ___ Burial ___ Christening ___ Circumcision ___ Confirmation ___ Death ___ Disciplinary Courts ___ Divorce ___ Marriage ___ Membership Lists ___ Minutes ___ Mission Reports ___ Ordination ___ Removals ___ Subscription Lists Employment Records ___ Account Books ___ Apprenticeships ___ Indentures ___ Licenses ___ Pensions ___ Personal Files ___ Service Awards Institutional Records ___ Charities ___ Hospitals ___ Convents ___ Seminaries ___ Libraries ___ Historical Societies ___ Genealogical Society ___ Mission Societies ___ Orphan Agencies ___ Reunion Registries

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International Genealogical Index (FamilySearch) - free

International Genealogical Index (FamilySearch) - free