Tippecanoe County Area Genealogical Society
Genealogy lesson links for WALLA classes

Beginning Genealogy March & April 2008
Tuesday/Thursday Morning 10:30-11:45 a.m.
Ron Rolley and Lou Ann Clugh, class co-coordinators

Have you wondered about your family history and not known how to research it? This beginning course in genealogy and family history, taught by members of the Tippecanoe County Area Genealogy Society (TIPCOA), will help get your research started in an authentic way.  Below we are sharing web links for topics we discussed each week.  There is a good variety of genealogy sites to learn from.

          We hope you find them useful in your quest to write about your family.   Enjoy!

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Beginning your history	Interpreting records
L.A. Clugh & Sheila Hooker	L.A. Clugh & Sheila Hooker
Gathering Info    2.	Sourcing   2.   3.  4.
Interviewing     2.	Research and correspondence logs
All kinds of forms    2.    3.	What is in a name and naming patterns?        2.    3.   4.
Organizing   2.    3.   3.
Lessons     2.  3.
Records to Connect the Family	In-depth connections & documents
William McGlothlin	Peggy Reen
Searching for Vital Records    2.  3.	Adoption Records
Church   2.	Divorce Records
Census  2.      Census Chart in pdf	Wills & Probate Records
Newspapers  2.	Guardianships
Social Security Death Index  SSDI
Finding more records	Military Records & Patriotic Societies  2
Barbara Kirkpatrick [see her notes]	Peggy Reen
Ship Records   2.  3.	Pension Records   2.
Maps, Atlases,	Military Timeline
Land  and Deed Records.  2.	National Archives
County Histories & Directories	Immigration   2.   3.
	Naturalization
	War Timeline Chart... (pdf file)
Looking for Resources	Internet Genealogy links
L.A. Clugh & Sheila Hooker	L.A. Clugh     spreadsheet
Genealogy Societies	Google. COM  searching for your next trip and search for images and books.
Historical Societies	US Town locator  from Rootsweb  2.
U.S.A. Libraries  + Allen Co. + LOC	Family History Center Catalog  find microfilm on your County and family books by searching their catalog.
State Archives	Finding trees.  Rootsweb, Ancestry, Gencircles &  Family Search
Cemeteries   2.   3.	Message boards.... Rootsweb  & GenForum
Conferences look on  Roots Television	Digitized family histories BYU  Genealogy.Com.
Family tree programs 1  2  3  4 5	Podcasts  2.  3.   +  Gen newsletters
Magazines we like  IG FC  FTM	Email Etiquette - help for beginners
Gene Toons ;-)	Gen Basics  more good links
See our Links page below for more.	Please feel free to email us with questions