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United States Research Strategies[edit | edit source]
- United States Guided Research - links to birth, marriage, and death databases
- How to Find United States Birth Records
- How to Find United States Marriage Records
- How to Find United States Death Records
- Tracing Immigrants Search Strategies
- How to Locate Your Ancestor in the United States
- How to Recognize your United States Ancestor
- Online Genealogy Records
Beginning Your United States Research[edit | edit source]
- Step by Step Research by State
- Record Finder
- Online Learning - Video classes
- Principles of Family History Research
United States Research Tips[edit | edit source]
- Birth Information - For information on finding birth records see How to Find United States Birth Records. A helpful substitute record to find birth information is a death record. However, date and place of birth on a death record is considered secondary information, as it was not recorded at the time of the birth event. The birth information should be corroborated with other substitute records to improve accuracy.
- Finding Parents - Death certificates will often list the names of the parents.
- Look in all censuses: Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. Search U.S. Censuses.
United States Research Helps[edit | edit source]
United States Research Tips Videos[edit | edit source]
- Online Learning - Video classes
- United States Research Online Videos - Learning Center, RootsTech, and FamilySearch Library Facebook page
- Genealogy TV (Presentation on different topics in genealogy)
- Family History Fanatics (Presentation on different topics in genealogy)
- The Genealogy Reporter (Presentation on different topics in genealogy)
- Elevenses with Lisa (Webinars on different topics in genealogy)
- FamilySearch is Live! (Webinars on new features on Familysearch)
Basic Research Strategies - Published Works[edit | edit source]
- Crandall, Ralph J. Shaking Your Family Tree: A Basic Guide to Tracing Your Family's Genealogy, 2nd ed., newly rev. Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (FS Catalog book 929.1 C85s) This is a beginner's guide to American sources and research strategies.
- Cerny, Johni, and Arlene Eakle, eds. Ancestry's Guide to Research: Case Studies in American Genealogy. Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1985. (FS Catalog book 973 D27cj) This source for the intermediate researcher uses case studies and illustration to teach organization and the research process.
- Rubincam, Milton. Pitfalls in Genealogical Research. Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1987. (FS Catalog book 929.1 R824p) This brief overview can help you avoid errors in your research, such as mistakes in interpreting names, terms, dates, and relationships. It includes many examples.