Resource Checklist
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