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SEARCHING FOR RECORDS Lou Ann
Clugh
After doing a
home search and interviewing your family for documents, photos and any
other clues you can glean. You will need
to start moving to other record groups to help fill in the family lines. BIRTH & DEATH CERTIFICATES FAMILY
BIBLES MARRIAGE OBITUARIES WILLS
or ESTATE RECORDS PROBATE
COURT RECORDS SOCIAL
SECURITY RECORDS
BIRTH & DEATH CERTIFICATES Obtained a document in the County/State that they are born or died. Do a
search online for these.
Some states are now adding them to the State Archives.
A quick Google search for [free
death certificates] brought this page with good
information. About.com
Genealogy, showing Vital Records Online by State Be sure to look at the text links, it may lead you to Family Search over and over
again or to a State Archive.
Here is an example. Here
is one of my Ewry family members in the Missouri
State Archives.
Ancestry also has a nice page on “Clues
in Death Records” BIBLE RECORDS Networking through email, phone calls and letters may help you find an original Family Bible from the 17, or 1800s. Birth and death records are created at different times in each state. In Indiana it was 1882 if the County conformed. If you are lucky enough to find this kind of proof, make a color copy or good digital copy of these pages. This sites shows several Surnames that have been shared. Bible Records online. [Ewry bible, Grandmothers bible] MARRIAGE You must find the beginning dates of records in each state. When was the County formed? COURT BOOK [Tippecanoe 1826] LICENSE & APPLICATION [Indiana 1882] CERTIFICATE RETURNS BONDS QUAKERS are different. JUMPING THE BROOM See ROOTSWEB LESSON ON MARRIAGE
OBITUARIES Obtaining an
Obituary can be very helpful in adding information about your family. This one was obtained in a box of
items I was given. It shows:
Birth location with parents, marriage dates and location, her children and
their migration to another Counties in the State. It states her spouses
Military. Also includes
Church history. Note** There is no date or paper on
this clipping. Always list
your source. Complete name of the paper, city and state, day of the Week
& page number.
DEATH NOTICE
Notice in
the newspaper. Its
brief but
helpful. This is
an early notice. They are pretty rare. Using a Death
Indexes. Please
don’t use this for you family dates. It is only an index. Many time they are typed
worng. FUNERAL NOTICE Until recently
these Funeral notices
were published on different
pages from the obituary,
and sometimes one or two day later.
FUNERAL HOME
CARD Card from
CEMETERY RECORDS
are a
wonderful resource to find missing family members. Burial
Books
SECTION
& LOT BOOK
showing the
Section 1 and where everyone in this
lot # 3 and $
is buried.
This one for my Great-great grandfather show his birth place.
What can be gleaned? Birth and Death dates and sometimes maiden names. Cleaning
& photographing tips. Use
plain water and a soft brush to clean and get your information. Best
time to go is early spring before the trees leaf out. Hot months create growth of
molds. Try
searching on Findagrave, and add
your family too. WILLS & ESTATES This will has been transcribed for David
Archibald http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.tippecanoe/1385/mb.ashx This
transcription shows the name of his wife and several of his children and
grandchildren. Many times
there is no will left, but there is a Probate to sell the family land and
items so the debts can be paid and the
wife and children could have something to live on. ESTATE PAPERS
PROBATE RECORDS Court books can help clear up family lines or flush out stories Joseph & Rebecca Martin Guardians_May 14,
1839 This one lists
guardians for four of his children. Social Security & Railroad Retirement Board
Records
The Death Master File (DMF) from the Social Security Administration (SSA) currently contains over 89 million records and is updated weekly. The file is created from internal SSA records of deceased persons possessing social security numbers and whose deaths were reported to the SSA. Often this was done in connection with filing for death benefits by a family member Find
more records at: Ancestry.com over 30,000 databases FamilySearch.org
many new records are coming online daily. Your State Library, Genealogy Division Your State Archives. Indiana State Archives Review our old Walla page listing many other links. Billie Seaton
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Using different records groups will help you move your tree backwards successfully. It helps you stay on the right tracks building credibility for you and your family tree. L.A. Clugh come in and see me at the Alameda McCollough Research Library 1001 South St. Lafayette.Open Hours: Thursdays and
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