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of you with your search on your family ancestry.
PERSONAL & FAMILY
RECORDS
______ Personal
Knowledge
______ Personal
Interview
______ Family
Bible
______ Journals,
Diaries
______
Biography
______ Letters
______
Scrapbooks
______ Baby
Book
______ Wedding
Book
______ Legal
Papers
______ Funeral
Program
______ Funeral
Cards
______
Pedigree
______ Family Group
Sheets
______ Family
Histories
______
Heirlooms
______ Farm
Records
______ Health
Records
______ Military
Records
______ Economic
Records
SCHOOL
RECORD
______
Diplomas
______ Report
Cards
______ Honor
Roll
______ Awards
______
Transcripts
______
Yearbooks
______
Publications
______
Elementary
______
Secondary
______
College
______
Scholarship
HEALTH RECORDS
_____ X-Rays
_____ Insurance Records
_____
Hospital Records
_____ Medical Records
_____
Immunizations
CERTIFICATES
______
Birth
______ Marriage
______
Death
______
Divorce
______ Adoption
______ Graduation
______
Christening
______
Godparents
______
Confirmation
______ Blessings
______
Ordination
______
Transfer
______
Ministerial
______ Mission Release
______
Membership
______
Apprenticeship
______
Achievement
______
Award
INSURANCE
______
Life
______ Marine
______
Fire
______ Automobile
______
Accident
______ Health
OTHER
SOURCES
______ Genealogical Soc. Of Utah
Indexes
______ Computer File
Index
______ Family Group
Archive
______
Temple Index Bureau
U.S.
FEDERAL CENSUSES
______ Indexes
______
1790
______ 1860
______
1800
______ 1870
______
1810
______ 1880
______
1820
______ 1900
______
1830
______ 1910
______
1840
______ 1920
______
1850
______ 1930
______ Mortality
Schedules ______
Agriculture
STATE CENSUS
LOCAL HISTORIES
CITY
DIRECTORIES
NEWSPAPERS
______
Indexes
______ Birth Announcements
______
Deaths
______ Marriages
______
Anniversaries
______ Obituaries
______
Advertisements
______ Society Page
______
Business
Page
______ Genealogical
______
Historical
______ Gossip
______ Local
News
______ City Directories
______ Telephone
Directories ______ Trade Association
Directories
______ Who's Who Directories
CHURCH
RECORDS
______
Birth
______ Baptism
______
Christening
______ Confirmation
______
Marriage
______
Banns
______
Divorce
______ Annulment
______
Death
______ Burial
______ Membership
Lists
______ Ministers Records
______
Minutes
______ Mission Reports
MARRIAGE
RECORDS
______
Banns
______
Applications
______
Licenses
______
Returns
EMPLOYMENT RECORDS
______
Indentures
______ Apprenticeships
______
Applications
______ Transfers
______
Disciplinary
______ Licenses
______
Pensions ______
Service Awards
______
Personal
______ Social Security
______
Retirement
______ Union
MILITARY
RECORDS
______
Service
______ Pension
______
Disability
______ National Guard
______
Selective Service
______ Bounty Award
______ Service
Medals
______ Ribbons
______
Sword
______ Firearms
______
Uniforms
______ Citations
______ Separation
Papers ______
American Legion
______
VFW
______ GAR
Military Pension, Bounty
Land Colonial War Service
(1607-1744)
Rev. War and Frontier Conflicts (1775-1811)
War of 1812
(1812-1815)
Indian Wars (1815-1858)
Mexican War (1846-1848)
Civil War
(1861-1865)
Spanish American War (1898)
World War I (1917-1918)
World
War II (1941-1945)
Korean War (1950-1953)
Vietnam War
(1961-1973)
Interment camps for Japanese Americans, German Americans and
Italian Americans during World War II
CEMETERY
RECORDS
______
Sextons
______ Family
Bibles
______
Tombstones
______ Stone
Cutters
______
Memorials
______
Cremations
______
Gifts
______ Exhumations or Grave
Relocations
LAND RECORDS
______
Deeds
______ Mortgages
______
Surveys
______ Patents,
Grants
______
Maps
______ Land
Grants
______
Leases
______ Water
Rights
______ Homestead Act
PROBATE
RECORDS
______
Wills
______ Administrations
______
Inventories
______ Bonds
______
Settlements
______ Packets
______
Guardianships
LEGAL PAPERS
______
Bonds
______ Loans
______
Contracts
______ Summons
______
Subpoena
______ Tax Notices
______ Guardian
Papers
______ Abstract of Title
______
Auctions
______ Divorce
______
Bankruptcies
______
Convictions
______ Law Suits
COURT
RECORDS
______
Dockets
______ Minutes
______ Orders,
Decrees
______ Judgments
______ Case
Files
______ Estate Inventories
______
Guardianships
______ Bastardies Cases
______ Civil
Cases
______ Divorce Cases
______
Marriage
Bonds
______ Marriage Licenses
______ Marriage
Certificates
______ Property
Foreclosures
______
Insanity/Commitment
______ Dower Rights
______
Adoptions
______ Coroner's
Files
______ Apprenticeships, Indentures
______ Name Changes
______ Slave
Records
______ Plantation Records
COURT RELATED
RECORDS
______
Sheriff
______ Police
______
Jail
______ Jury
______ Lawyer
Briefs
______ Justice of the
Peace
LICENSES
______
Business
______
Occupation
______
Professional
______ Hunting
______
Firearms
______ Drivers
______ Motor
Vehicles
TAX RECORDS
______ Poll
Tax
______ Personal
Property
______
School
______ Poor
Rate
______ Income Tax
IMMIGRANT
RECORDS
______ Passenger
List
______ Passports
______
Visas
______
Vaccinations
______
Protocols
______ Letter
Books
______ Crew
List
______ Register of Seamen
______
Log
Books
______ Naturalizations
______
Citizenship
Records ______
Customs Records
______ Immigrant Aid
Societies
______ Deportment
______ Alien
Registrations
______ Manifest
List
NOTE: Naturalization Laws...During the years 1907-1922, a woman who
married a foreigner lost her US Citizenship and took the nationality of her
husband. She would have to re-apply to regain her US Citizenship. If
she divorced, she had to re-apply for citizenship. It was after 1922 that
the woman did not lose her citizenship if marrying a
non-American.
Between 1804-1906 a
widow became a citizen if her husband had filed his declaration of intentions
but had died before he became a naturalized citizen. She only needed to
take an oath of allegiance. After 1906 she had to comply with the other
provisions, except for filing a declaration.
INSTITUTIONAL
RECORDS
______
Charities
______ Orphanages
______
Almshouses/Poor
Houses
______ Insane Asylums
______ TB
Sanatoriums
______ Settlement Houses
______
Eugenics Record
Office
______ Hospitals
______
Convents
______ Seminaries
______
Libraries
______ Historical Societies
______
Genealogical
Societies
______ Mission Societies
COLLECTIONS
______
Indexes
______ Newspapers
______ Personal
Papers
______ Correspondence
______ Surname
Files
______ Biographies
______
Inscriptions
ORGANIZATIONS
______
Masonic
______ Elks
______ Lions
Club
______
Grange
______
4-H
______ Order of Moose
______
DAR
______ SAR
______
Rotary
______ VFW
______ American
Legion
______ GAR
______ Knights of
Columbus ______
Church Organizations
______ Historical
Organizations
______ Eastern Star
______
Demolay ______
Chamber of Commerce
______ Odd Fellows
NATIVE
AMERICAN RECORDS
Native Americans fell into 2
categories: (1) those who remained on reservations and (2) those who
mingled into non-Indian societies.
Indian names changed when married to a white
man. Records fell into two categories, (1) The Five Civilized Tribes and
tribes who were made wards of the government. The Five Tribes were:
Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole. Records can be found at
the National Archives in Ft. Worth, Texas, The Oklahoma Historical
Society. These include tribal census rolls, enrollment cards, allotment
and payroll records, and tribal citizenship, service records that include those
who served in the American Revolution and Civil War to current
date.
The white people who married
Indians were not listed on the US Census records, if the marriage took place in
Oklahoma, Arkansas or Missouri before 1869. In 1906, all Indians had to
fill out a claim including children, parents, grandparents, birth, death,
etc. The National Archives in Washington, D.C. has the applications to the
Court of Claims.
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