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This is an umbrella project about sourcing in genealogy. Please don't add any profiles but feel free to collaborate and contribute. It's a large topic, so please set up "related" projects to cover more specific areas. Types of Sources Primary sources , which are the most trusted ones, are written at the time of the event, like the priest writing a baptism in a churchbook; or a firsthand acc...
Umbrella project: "working with sources" =Types of sources===Family Tradition==* Family Bible* interviews * privately published memoirs * family trees* scrapbooks* ... ==Records==* Birth / marriage / death * Military * Land * Wills (probate, inventory of estate)* Immigration (ship passenger lists)* Naturalization (denization)* Tax* Census* Business (invoices)* Correspondence* Directories (membe...