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Building & Researching Your Family Tree
Part I: Getting Started, First Steps
Handout: Getting Started, First Steps
(PDF, 207KB)
Ancestor Chart
(PDF, 98KB)
Research Checklist
(PDF, 56KB)
Part II: Record What You Know & Get Organized
Handout: Record What You Know & Get Organized
(PDF, 243KB)
Ancestor Chart
(PDF, 98KB)
Family Group Sheet
(PDF, 267KB)
Part III: Records for Research (Secondary)
Handout: Records for Research (Secondary Sources)
(PDF, 205KB)
Ancestor Chart
(PDF, 98KB)
Research Checklist
(PDF, 56KB)
Part IV: Records for Research (Vital)
Handout: Vital Records
(PDF, 202KB)
Part V: Records for Research (Supplemental)
Handout: Supplemental Records
(PDF, 156KB)
Part VI: Cemetery Research
Handout: Cemetery Research
(PDF, 165KB)
Part VII: Newspapers
Handout: Newspapers
(PDF, 170KB)
Part VIII: Census Records
Handout: Census Records
(PDF, 196KB)
Part IX: Genealogy Case Study
Ancestor Chart
(PDF, 98KB)
Research Checklist
(PDF, 56KB)
Part X: Emigration and Immigration Records
Handout: Migration, Emigration & Immigration
(PDF, 259KB)
Part XI: Accessing Print and Digital Books
Handout: Print & Digital Resources
(PDF, 223KB)
Part XII: Writing Your Family History
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