06. 1. a. Genealogy Research (Aids)

This project is created primarily as an aid for those individuals endeavoring in their family research.

• Guide To Ancestry.Com (Chapters 1 -15) (Appendixes A - D)
  • Chapter 1 - Getting Started With Ancestry.Com
  • Chapter 2 - Using Ancestry.Com Family Trees
  • Chapter 3 - Mastering Ancestry.Com Search
  • Chapter 4 - Using The Ancestry.Com Card Catalog (Document 1. 2.)
  • Chapter 5 - Making The Most Of Census Records and Voter Lists (Document 1. 2.)
  • Chapter 6 - Delving Into Birth, Marriage, and Death Records (Document 1. 2.)
  • Chapter 7 - Working With Military Records (Document 1. 3.)
  • Chapter 8 - Using The Immigration And Travel Collection (Document 1. 3.)
  • Chapter 9 - Digging Into Newspapers, Publications, And Maps (Document 1. 3.)
  • Chapter 10 - Searching Stories, Memories, And Histories (Document 1. 4.)
  • Chapter 11 - Exploring Historical Pictures (Document 1. 4.)
  • Chapter 12 - Making The Most Of Schools, Directories, And Church Histories (Document 1. 4.)
  • Chapter 13 - Using The Tax, Criminal, Land, And Wills Collection (Document 1. 5.)
  • Chapter 14 - Exploring Genetic Genealogy With Ancestry DNA (Document 1. 5.)
  • Chapter 15 - Maximizing Collaboration Opportunities (Document 1. 5.)
  • Appendix A - Ancestry.Com Quick Links And Shortcut Keys (Document 1. 6.)
  • Appendix B - The Ancestry.Com Corporate Family (Document 1. 6)
  • Appendix C - Ancestry Library Edition (Document 1. 6.)
  • Appendix D - Records Checklists And Research Forms (Document 1. 6.)
• Genealogical Reading - Articles 1 - 34
  • Article 1 - Pitfalls In Genealogical Research (Document 2. 1.)
  • Article 2 - A Few Odd Ways By Which Family Records Have Been Preserved (Document 2. 2.)
  • Article 3 - Dates And The Calendar (Document 2. 3.)
  • Article 4 - English And American Heraldry (Document 2. 4.)
  • Article 5 - Is Genealogy An Exact Science (Document 2. 5.)
  • Article 6 - English Research - Corporation Records (Document 2. 6.)
  • Article 7 - Tradition And Family History (Document 2. 7.)
  • Article 8 - Deeds Enrolled (Document 2. 8.)
  • Article 9 - Royal Ancestry (Document 2. 9.)
  • Article 10 - Benefit Of Clergy (Document 2. 10.)
  • Article 11 - Probate Law And Custom (Document 2. 11.)
  • Article 12 - Genealogical Research In Session Laws And Statutes (Document 2. 12.)
  • Article 13 - Marriage (Document 2. 13.)
  • Article 14 - The Identification Of Emigrant Ancestors (Document 2. 14.)
  • Article 15 - Interpreting Genealogical Records (Document 2. 15.)
  • Article 16 - Use Of An Alias In English Surnames (Document 2. 16.)
  • Article 17 - Commercialism In Genealogy (Document 2. 17.)
  • Article 18 - On The Marring Of Research Sources (Document 2.18.)
  • Article 19 - Noted Europeans Of American Descent (Document 2. 19.)
  • Article 20 - English Feudal Genealogy (Document 2. 20.)
  • Article 21 - Tricks In Using Indexed Genealogical Books (Document 2. 21.)
  • Article 22 - Local History And Genealogy Room Library Of Congress (Document 2. 22.)
  • Article 23 - Public Officials And Professional Genealogists (Document 2. 23.)
  • Article 24 - Some experiences In Genealogical Work (Document 2. 24.)
  • Article 25 - Age Of Girls At Marriage In Colonial New England (Document 2. 25.)
  • Article 26 - Genealogical Research In The National Archives (Document 2. 26.)
  • Article 27 - Fraudulent Pedigrees (Documents 2. 27.)
  • Article 28 - Marital Rights In The Colonial Period (Document 2. 28.)
  • Article 29 - Lost Ancestral Estates (Document 2. 29.)
  • Article 30 - Smith And Jones And Brown (Poem) (Document 2. 30.)
  • Article 31 - Genealogical Periodicals Represented In This Anthology (Document 2. 31.)
  • Article 32 - Pedigree (Poem) (Document 2. 32.)
  • Article 33 - Genealogical By-Ways (Document 2. 33.)
  • Article 34 - Mathematics And My Cousin Lucretia (Document 2. 34.)
• Research In American Genealogy
  • Section I: The Approach To Genealogical Research (Chapters 1 thru Chapters 10)
    • Chapter 1 - How To Start The Genealogical Record (Document 3. 1.)
    • Chapter 2 - How To Make And Take Notes And Organize Information (Document 3. 2.)
    • Chapter 3 - How To Extend The Pedigree and Continue the Record (Document 3. 3.)
    • Chapter 4 - How To Do Research By Correspondence (Document 3. 4)
    • Chapter 5 - How To Approach The Genealogical Research Problem (Document 3. 5).
    • Chapter 6 - How to Use Maps and County Histories in Research
    • Chapter 7 - How To Use Newspaper Files In Genealogical Research (Document 3. 7)
    • Chapter 8 - How To Search In Vital Records (Document 3. 8)
    • Chapter 9 - How To Search In County Records (Document 3. 9)
    • Chapter 10 - How To Search In Religious Archives (Document 3.10.)
  • Section II: The Search for Records (Chapters 1 thru Chapters 9)
    • Chapter 1 - Searching for Records in the Home (Document 3. 11.)
    • Chapter 2 - The Search at the Library (Document 3.12)
      • Genealogical Libraries - By States (Document 3. 12.)
    • Chapter 3 - The Search In City Records (Document 3. 13.)
      • Census Searching In Large American Cities (Document 3. 13.)
    • Chapter 4 - The Search In County Records (Document 3. 14.)
      • Inventories of County Archives - by States (Document 3. 14)
      • Origin Of Counties By States (Document 3. 14.)
    • Chapter 5 The Search in State Archives
      • Vital Statistics Of United States - By States (Document 3. 15.)
      • Survey Of Public Vital Statistics - By States (Document 3. 15.)
      • State Census Records by States (Document 3. 15.)
      • Survey of State Archives - by States (Document 3. 15.)
    • Chapter 6 - The Search in National Archives (Document 3.15.)
    • Chapter 7 - The Search In Religious Archives (Document 3. 17.)
    • Chapter 8 - The Search In Canada (Document 3. 18.)
    • Chapter 9 - Loyalists Of The American Revolution (Document 3. 19.)
  • Section III: American History for the Genealogical Researcher (Document 3.20.)
    • Introduction
      • Arranged Alphabetically by State
  • Appendix
    • Associations And Societies In U.S.. Selected (Document 3. 20)
    • Book Dealers In The United States (Document 3. 21.)
    • Current Genealogical Publications (Document 3. 22.)
    • Finding Aids (Documents 3. 23.)
    • Forms Of Address In Correspondence (Document 3. 24.)
    • Genealogical Text Books (Document 3. 25.)
    • Glossary, Definitions And Abbreviations, Etc. (Documents 3. 26.)
    • Map Publishers And Their Catalogues (Documents 3. 27.)
    • Maps 1790 Alphabetical By States (Document 3. 28.)
    • Maps, 1790 Alphabetical by States (Document 3. 29)
    • Maps, 1823 Period Maps Of The United States (Document 3. 30)
    • Nicknames In Common Usage (Document 3. 31.)
• How to Read the Handwriting and Records of Early America (Chapters 1 - 6) (Appendix A - D) (Documents 4. 1)
  • Introduction
    • Chapter 1 - The Care In Use Of Original Records, Books And Manuscripts (Document 4. 2.)
    • Chapter 2 - Reading Or Interpreting The Original Record (Document 4. 3.)
    • Chapter 3 - Early American Handwriting Examples (Document 4. 4.)
    • Chapter 4 - Searching In Original Records - Introduction (Document 4. 5.)
      • Representative Documents Of America (Document 4. 5)
      • The Taking of Notes, Copying of Records
      • The Use of Indexes in Original Records
    • Chapter 5 - Reading The Microfilms Techniques At The Reading Machine (Document 4. 6.)
    • Chapter 6 - How To Obtain Copies Of Original Records For Documentary Proof (Document 4. 7.)
      • Library of Congress (Document 4. 7.)
      • National Archives (Document 4. 7.)
      • County Court House And Records (Document 4. 7.)
    • Appendix A: Calligraphy And Illumination (Document 4. 8.)
    • Appendix B: German Manuscript Alphabets (Document 4. 9.)
    • Appendix C: Examples Of Handwriting In America (Document 4. 10.)
    • Appendix D: Glossary of Legal Terms and Phrases, etc/
• United States and Genealogy Research. (Articles 1 of 12)
  • A Guide To Research (Document 5. 1.)
  • U.S. Military Records (Document 5. 2.)
  • United States (Document 5. 3.)
  • Arkansas (Document 5. 4.)
  • Illinois (Document 5. 5.)
  • Indiana (Document 5. 6.)
  • New York (Document 5. 7.)
  • North Carolina (Document 5. 8.)
  • Massachusetts (Document 5. 9.)
  • South Carolina (Document 5. 10.)
  • Southwestern States (Document 5. 11.)
  • Texas (Document 5. 12.)
• Genealogy Website Tutorials (1 - 3)
  • Ancestry.Com (Tutorial) (Document 6. 1.)
  • My Heritage. Com (Tutorial) (Document 6. 2.)
  • Find My Past.Com (Tutorial) (Document 6. 3.)
• Miscellaneous (1 - 3)
  • Research Aids (British Isles-Continental Europe-United States-Canada) (26 - 46) (Document 7. 1.)
  • Perpetual Calendar (Document 7. 2.)
  • Relationship Chart (Document 7. 3.)
• Writing Family Histories and Memoirs (Introduction, Chapters 1 - 16)
  • Introduction - Table of Contents (Document 8.1.)
  • Chapter 1 - What Kind of Book Do You Want to Write (Document 8.2.)
  • Chapter 2 - Why Do You Want to Write It (Document 8.3.)
  • Chapter 3 - What Will Be Its Scope (Document 8.4.)
  • Chapter 4 - How to Start Your Research (Document 8.5.)
  • Chapter 5 - Ideas for Topics to Include (Document 8.6.)
  • Chapter 6 - You the Author as Private Eye (Document 8.7.)
  • Chapter 7 - Where to Find What (Document 8.8.)
  • Chapter 8 - Organizing Your Resources (Document 8.9.)
  • Chapter 9 - How Much Research Is Enough (Document 8.10.)
  • Chapter 10 - Format And Writing Style (Document 8.11.)
  • Chapter 11 - Establishing A Writing Schedule (Document 8.12)
  • Chapter 12 - The First Part of Your Book (Document 8.13)
  • Chapter 13 - That Very Important First Chapter (Document 8.14)
  • Chapter 14 - How Writers Avoid Middle Book Sag (Document 8.15.)
  • Chapter 15 - Self-Editing Your Final Manuscript (Document 8.16.)
  • Chapter 16 - Publishing Your Book (Document 8.17.)