Resource Checklist
Resource Checklist for Family Member: ______________________________
Family RecordsPersonal/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 RecordsVital Records___ Adoptions ___ Births ___ Deaths ___ Divorces ___ Marriages Marriage Records___ Applications ___ Banns ___ Bonds ___ Contracts ___ Licenses ___ Returns Compiled SourcesCompiled 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 SourcesFederal Census
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___ 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 SourcesChurch 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