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Strategies for making research progress on families who lived in a place where most of the records are lost. | Strategies for making research progress on families who lived in a place where most of the records are lost. | ||
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<br>The phrase "burned counties" was first used for research in Virginia where many county records were destroyed in courthouse fires, or during the Civil War.<sup>1</sup> The strategies for researching places where a local courthouse or repository was wiped out by flood, fire, war, or cleaning-streak clerks are useful in similar situations all around the United States, Canada, and throughout the world.<br> | <br>The phrase "burned counties" was first used for research in Virginia where many county records were destroyed in courthouse fires, or during the Civil War.<sup>1</sup> The strategies for researching places where a local courthouse or repository was wiped out by flood, fire, war, or cleaning-streak clerks are useful in similar situations all around the United States, Canada, and throughout the world.<br> | ||
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|+ '''Burned Counties: A Partial List for Selected States'''<br>(as listed on the Internet at My[State]Genealogy.com)<br> | |+ '''Burned Counties: A Partial List for Selected States'''<br>(as listed on the Internet at My[State]Genealogy.com)<br> | ||
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| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://myalabamagenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 Alabama]<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | Hawaii<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://mymassachusettsgenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 Massachusetts]<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | New Mexico<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | South Dakota<br> | ||
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| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | Alaska<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | Idaho<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://mymichigangenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 Michigan]<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | New York<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://mytennesseegenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 Tennessee]<br> | ||
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| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | Arizona | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://myillinoisgenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 Illinois] | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | Minnesota | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://mynorthcarolinagenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 North Carolina] | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://mytexasgenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 Texas] | ||
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| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://myarkansasgenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 Arkansas]<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://myindianagenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 Indiana]<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://mymississippigenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 Mississippi]<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | North Dakota<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | Utah<br> | ||
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| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://mycaliforniagenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 California]<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://myiowagenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 Iowa]<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://mymissourigenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 Missouri]<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://myohiogenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 Ohio]<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://myvermontgenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 Vermont]<br> | ||
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| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | Colorado<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | Kansas<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | Montana<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | Oklahoma<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://myvirginiagenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 Virginia]<br> | ||
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| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | Connecticut<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://mykentuckygenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 Kentucky]<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | Nebraska<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | Oregon<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | Washington<br> | ||
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| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | Delaware<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://mylouisianagenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 Louisiana]<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | Nevada<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | Pennsylvania<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://mywestvirginiagenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 West Virginia]<br> | ||
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| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://myfloridagenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 Florida]<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | Maine<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://mynewhampshiregenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 New Hampshire]<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | Rhode Island<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://mywisconsingenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 Wisconsin]<br> | ||
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| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://mygeorgiagenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 Georgia]<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://mymarylandgenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 Maryland]<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://mynewjerseygenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 New Jersey]<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | [http://mysouthcarolinagenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 South Carolina]<br> | ||
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffccff | | valign="middle" align="left" bgcolor="#ffccff" | Wyoming | ||
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* '''''Concentrate on documenting one event in one person's life''''' at a time (for example, Ethel's marriage). Research the easiest to find events (sources) first. Stick with that event even if you do not find it on the first few searches. Keep looking for some source that will document that event. Don't move on to another event in the family until you find it, or until all possible documents, jurisdictions, and repositories for that event have been tried. | * '''''Concentrate on documenting one event in one person's life''''' at a time (for example, Ethel's marriage). Research the easiest to find events (sources) first. Stick with that event even if you do not find it on the first few searches. Keep looking for some source that will document that event. Don't move on to another event in the family until you find it, or until all possible documents, jurisdictions, and repositories for that event have been tried. | ||
* '''''Plan to share''''' your research as a way of reaching out for contacts and help. | * '''''Plan to share''''' your research as a way of reaching out for contacts and help. | ||
* Find ways to '''''collaborate''''' with other genealogists, archivists, and librarians on solving the problem. Get help where ever you can.<br><!--{ | * Find ways to '''''collaborate''''' with other genealogists, archivists, and librarians on solving the problem. Get help where ever you can.<br><!--{12063810982690} --> | ||
= '''Find Substitutes''' = | = '''Find Substitutes''' = | ||
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[[Sharing: a good way to FIND ancestors|'''Share''']] what you know [[Create a genealogy web page|on the Internet]], or through books, or articles in order to make contacts with other researchers. They may contact you with additional helpful information. | [[Sharing: a good way to FIND ancestors|'''Share''']] what you know [[Create a genealogy web page|on the Internet]], or through books, or articles in order to make contacts with other researchers. They may contact you with additional helpful information. | ||
<br>Burned counties do not have to be end of the line research situations if you prepare well, look for substitute records, search a variety of jurisdictions and repositories for the family, approach such research problems in innovative ways, and follow-up well. <!--{ | <br>Burned counties do not have to be end of the line research situations if you prepare well, look for substitute records, search a variety of jurisdictions and repositories for the family, approach such research problems in innovative ways, and follow-up well. <!--{12063810982691} --> | ||
= '''Endnotes''' = | = '''Endnotes''' = | ||
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