GENEALOGICAL SURVEY |
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I. Personal family records |
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A. Your house |
documents, certificates, bibles, diaries, scrapbooks, clippings, photos, letters |
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B. Your knowledge |
oral histories and traditions |
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II. Family records and genealogies |
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A. Printed genealogies |
at local libraries, our library, state libraries, Library of Congress - www.loc.gov/ ; google surname |
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B. Computer records |
www.Ancestry.com/ [available at our library] |
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www.Genealogy.com/ |
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www.familysearch.org/ |
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www.usgenweb.org/ has a websites for 3700 counties of US |
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Page County genweb site - www.iagenweb.org/page/ |
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Taylor County genweb site - www.iagenweb.org/taylor/ |
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Nodaway County, Missouri site - www.mogenweb.org/nodaway/ |
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GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH |
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I. |
County Records |
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Birth records |
courthouses |
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Iowa [1880 - 1935] - www.familysearch.org |
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Missouri - www.sos.mo.gov/archives/ |
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Illinois - www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/ |
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Marriages / divorces |
courthouses |
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Iowa [1880 - 1935] - www.familysearch.org |
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Missouri - www.Ancestry.com [at our library] |
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Illinois - www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/ |
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Deaths/probates |
courthouses |
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Iowa [1880 - 1935] - www.familysearch.org |
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Iowa - www.deathindexes.com/iowa/index.html |
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Missouri - www.sos.mo.gov/archives/ |
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Illinois - www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/ |
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Land |
courthouse |
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land patents - National Archives - www.glorecords.blm.gov/reference/default.aspx |
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Misc. |
at courthouse - citizenship, naturalization, adoption, orphan court |
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II. |
Libraries |
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Local histories, atlas', directories, phone book |
local library, our library, state libraries, Mid-Continent Regional; many county histories online at Library of Congress - www.loc.gov/ |
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Newspapers |
many online |
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Taylor County: http://taylorcounty.newspaperarchive.com - username is taylorcounty and password is archive |
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Page County: http://clarinda.advantage-preservation.com/ |
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Adams County: http://adamscountyia.newspaperarchive.com/ - and create a free account |
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IV. |
Church records |
churches, local libraries, central depositories for denominations |
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V. |
Cemetery records |
US: www.usgenweb.org/ for county sites |
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Iowa: www.iowagravestones.org/ |
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US: www.findagrave.com |
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VI. |
Census records |
federal records of population & mortality schedules on www.familysearch.org |
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www.Ancestry.com [at our library] |
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VII. |
Military records |
muster, bounty land, pension, government cemeteries on National Archives: www.archives.gov/ |
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Google for military units |
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VIII. |
Emigration/Immigration |
National Archives - www.archives.gov/ |
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www.Ancestry.com [at our library] |
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