Resource Checklist

Resource Checklist for Family Member: ______________________________

Family Records Personal/Family Records ___ Account books ___ Business & farm records ___ Citizenship papers ___ Clubs & organizations ___ Employment records ___ Family Bibles ___ Heirlooms ___ Journals/diaries ___ Letters ___ Medical records ___ Memorial cards ___ Military records ___ Oral traditions ___ Photographs ___ Scrapbooks ___ Social Security cards Certificates ___ Adoption ___ 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 ___ 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 programs, books, & cards ___ Genealogies ___ Pedigrees & Ahnentafel Newspapers ___ Indexes ___ Births ___ Deaths ___ Marriages ___ Anniversaries ___ Obituaries ___ Advertisements ___ Local news ___ Unclaimed mail Periodicals ___ Genealogies ___ Historical articles ___ Indexes ___ Queries ___ Source extracts Manuscript Collections ___ Indexes ___ Personal papers ___ Correspondence ___ Surname files ___ Biographies ___ Inscriptions ___ (DAR) Daughters of the American Revolution ___ Business records ___ Oral histories ___ WPA projects Internet ___ Ancestry.com ___ Archive.org ___ Fold3 ___ Google.com ___ Library of Congress ___ World Vital Records ___ etc. Public Sources Federal Census ___ 1790 ___ 1800 ___ 1810 ___ 1820 ___ 1830 ___ 1840 ___ 1850 ___ 1860 ___ 1870 ___ 1880 ___ 1890 ___ 1900 ___ 1910 ___ 1920 ___ 1930 ___ 1940

___ Agriculture schedules ___ Mortality schedules ___ Revolutionary War ___ State & local censuses ___ Union Army survivor Land Records ___ Deeds ___ Grantee & grantor indexes ___ 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 records Tax Records ___ Personal property ___ Poll tax ___ Poor rate ___ Real estate ___ School ___ Tax exemptions Military Records ___ Bounty awards ___ Burial registers ___ Discharges ___ Muster rolls ___ Pensions ___ Service files Immigration Records ___ Alien registration cards ___ Citizenship papers ___ Customs records ___ Immigrant aid groups ___ Log books ___ Name change ___ Naturalization ___ Oath of allegiance ___ Passenger lists ___ Passport applications ___ 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 ___ Personnel files ___ Service awards Institutional Records ___ Charities ___ Hospitals ___ Convents ___ Seminaries ___ Libraries ___ Historical societies ___ Genealogical societies ___ Mission societies ___ Orphan agencies ___ Reunion registries

See also

What to do with the genealogy and family history I collected