
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 Primary sources are the most trusted ones, because they are written at the time of the event, like the priest writing a baptism in a churchboo...
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...