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__TOC__Resource Checklist for Family Member: ______________________________ | |||
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=== Personal/Family Records === | === Personal/Family Records === | ||
___ Account | ___ Account books | ||
___ | ___ Business & farm records | ||
___ | ___ Citizenship papers | ||
___ Employment | ___ Clubs & organizations | ||
___ Employment records | |||
___ Family Bibles | ___ Family Bibles | ||
___ Heirlooms | ___ Heirlooms | ||
___ Journals/ | ___ Journals/diaries | ||
___ Letters | ___ Letters | ||
___ Medical | ___ Medical records | ||
___ Memorial | ___ Memorial cards | ||
___ Military | ___ Military records | ||
___ Oral | ___ Oral traditions | ||
___ Photographs | ___ Photographs | ||
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___ Scrapbooks | ___ Scrapbooks | ||
___ Social Security | ___ Social Security cards | ||
=== Certificates === | === Certificates === | ||
___ Adoption | ___ Adoption | ||
___ Baptism | ___ Baptism | ||
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___ Elementary | ___ Elementary | ||
___ Ladies | ___ Ladies finishing | ||
___ Private | ___ Private | ||
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___ Automobile | ___ Automobile | ||
___ Health | ___ Health | ||
___ Life | |||
___ Marine | ___ Marine | ||
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___ Contracts | ___ Contracts | ||
___ Licenses | ___ Licenses | ||
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== Compiled Sources == | == Compiled Sources == | ||
=== Compiled Sources === | === Compiled Sources === | ||
___ (IGI) International Genealogical Index | ___ (IGI) International Genealogical Index | ||
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___ Biographies | ___ Biographies | ||
___ City | ___ City directories | ||
___ County | ___ County & local histories | ||
___ Family | ___ Family histories | ||
___ Funeral | ___ Funeral programs, books, & cards | ||
___ Genealogies | ___ Genealogies | ||
___ Pedigrees | ___ Pedigrees & Ahnentafel | ||
=== Newspapers === | === Newspapers === | ||
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___ Advertisements | ___ Advertisements | ||
___ Local | ___ Local news | ||
___ Unclaimed | ___ Unclaimed mail | ||
=== Periodicals === | === Periodicals === | ||
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___ Genealogies | ___ Genealogies | ||
___ Historical | ___ Historical articles | ||
___ Indexes | ___ Indexes | ||
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___ Queries | ___ Queries | ||
___ Source | ___ Source extracts | ||
=== Collections === | === Manuscript Collections === | ||
___ Indexes | ___ Indexes | ||
___ Personal | ___ Personal papers | ||
___ Correspondence | ___ Correspondence | ||
___ Surname | ___ Surname files | ||
___ Biographies | ___ Biographies | ||
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___ (DAR) Daughters of the American Revolution | ___ (DAR) Daughters of the American Revolution | ||
___ Business | ___ Business records | ||
___ Oral | ___ Oral histories | ||
___ WPA | ___ WPA projects | ||
=== Internet === | === Internet === | ||
___ Ancestry.com | ___ Ancestry.com | ||
___ Archive.org | |||
___ Fold3 | |||
___ Google.com | ___ Google.com | ||
___ | ___ Library of Congress | ||
___ World Vital Records | ___ World Vital Records | ||
___ etc. | ___ etc. | ||
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=== Federal Census === | === Federal Census === | ||
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___ 1790 | ___ 1790 | ||
___ 1800 | ___ 1800 | ||
___ 1810 | ___ 1810 | ||
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___ 1860 | ___ 1860 | ||
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___ 1870 | ___ 1870 | ||
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___ 1930 | ___ 1930 | ||
___ | ___ 1940 | ||
___ Mortality | |} | ||
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___ Agriculture schedules | |||
___ Mortality schedules | |||
___ Revolutionary War | ___ Revolutionary War | ||
___ State | ___ State & local censuses | ||
___ Union Army | ___ Union Army survivor | ||
=== Land Records === | === Land Records === | ||
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___ Deeds | ___ Deeds | ||
___ Grantee | ___ Grantee & grantor indexes | ||
___ Mortgages | ___ Mortgages | ||
___ Patents | ___ Patents & grants | ||
___ Surveys | ___ Surveys | ||
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=== Court Records === | === Court Records === | ||
___ Case | ___ Case files | ||
___ Dockets | ___ Dockets | ||
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___ Minutes | ___ Minutes | ||
___ Orders | ___ Orders & decrees | ||
=== Court Related Records === | === Court-Related Records === | ||
___ Jail | ___ Jail | ||
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___ Justice of the Peace | ___ Justice of the Peace | ||
___ Lawyers | ___ Lawyers' briefs | ||
___ Sheriff | ___ Sheriff & police records | ||
=== Tax Records === | === Tax Records === | ||
___ Personal | ___ Personal property | ||
___ Poll | ___ Poll tax | ||
___ Poor | ___ Poor rate | ||
___ Real | ___ Real estate | ||
___ School | ___ School | ||
___ Tax | ___ Tax exemptions | ||
=== Military Records === | === Military Records === | ||
___ Bounty | ___ Bounty awards | ||
___ Burial | ___ Burial registers | ||
___ Discharges | ___ Discharges | ||
___ Muster rolls | |||
___ Muster | |||
___ Pensions | ___ Pensions | ||
___ Service | ___ Service files | ||
=== Immigration Records === | === Immigration Records === | ||
___ Alien registration cards | |||
___ Alien | |||
___ | ___ Citizenship papers | ||
___ | ___ Customs records | ||
___ | ___ Immigrant aid groups | ||
___ | ___ Log books | ||
___ | ___ Name change | ||
___ Naturalization | ___ Naturalization | ||
___ Oath of | ___ Oath of allegiance | ||
___ Passenger | ___ Passenger lists | ||
___ | ___ Passport applications | ||
___ Registry of | ___ Registry of voters | ||
___ Vaccination | ___ Vaccination certificates | ||
=== Cemetery Records === | === Cemetery Records === | ||
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___ Monuments | ___ Monuments | ||
___ Perpetual | ___ Perpetual care | ||
___ Plats | ___ Plats | ||
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___ Convictions | ___ Convictions | ||
___ Court | ___ Court claims | ||
___ Divorces | ___ Divorces | ||
___ Forced | ___ Forced sales | ||
___ Probates | ___ Probates | ||
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___ Marriage | ___ Marriage | ||
___ Membership | ___ Membership lists | ||
___ Minutes | ___ Minutes | ||
___ Mission | ___ Mission reports | ||
___ Ordination | ___ Ordination | ||
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___ Removals | ___ Removals | ||
___ Subscription | ___ Subscription lists | ||
=== Employment Records === | === Employment Records === | ||
___ Account | ___ Account books | ||
___ Apprenticeships | ___ Apprenticeships | ||
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___ Pensions | ___ Pensions | ||
___ | ___ Personnel files | ||
___ Service | ___ Service awards | ||
=== Institutional Records === | === Institutional Records === | ||
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___ Libraries | ___ Libraries | ||
___ Historical | ___ Historical societies | ||
___ Genealogical | ___ Genealogical societies | ||
___ Mission | ___ Mission societies | ||
___ Orphan | ___ Orphan agencies | ||
___ Reunion | ___ Reunion registries | ||
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[[Category:Beginners]] | ==See also== | ||
[[What to do with the genealogy and family history I collected]] | |||
[[Category:Beginners]] [[Category:New to Genealogy]] |
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