@ Academy of Lifelong Learning
University of Delaware
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Syllabi Below
for Lecture/Lab  Class Slides
Class#,Date,Topic
1. Feb 7, 2008 Where do I start?(b/w) Interview family, Record-keeping: Forms: ancestry.com, Misbach Bring flash drive or CD to save data/reports Tour class web site Types of Records Rules of Evidence What can you believe? Top Web Resources Lab Database Access: Census, Passengers 2.Feb 14 Census(b/w):
3. Feb 21
Other Ancestry.com Images and Databases (b/w): WWI/WWII draft, passport applications, passenger lists, city directories, HS yearbooks
4. Feb 28
Local Gov. Records
(b/w):
5. Mar 6 Local Gov. Records (b/w): (cont.) 6. Mar 13
Local Gov. Records
(b/w):
(cont.) 7. Mar 20
Local Gov. Records
(b/w):
(cont.)
8. Mar 27 Software Review(b/w):
Apr 3: No Class - Spring Break 9. Apr 10
6. Apr 17 Reading Old Handwriting;(b/w):
11. Apr 24
Historical Newspapers (b/w)
12. May 1:
13. May 8: DNA
Future of the Past (b/w)
Review Where to Look for: Other Genealogies Vitals (b,m,d,burial), Basics:Who,When,Where Which is the original? Where they lived, Foreign Town of Origin Military, Prosperity Community, History The Person's Character Preservation of books, documents and photos Left frame updated: May 4, 2008 f5, s6, f6, s7, f7, s8 TD Surnames, Sources |
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Top Resources:
Cyndi's List, WorldGenWeb US GenWeb: Search US LDS: Library Catalog .... Family Search LDS Images (in Beta Test): Eastman Letter Review Subjects: Genealogy 
Databases from home* [AncestryLib,AccesArchv+] 2. enter UDelNetID# & ..password; click "Enter" 3. click "Databases" at top Also see: UDFind It, change username/password, no FTP SSH (Using), wireless access, Your Web Site, Web Mail; Mozilla: set homepage, HQ Free Antivirus:McAfee Other Free Downloads: pdf995 software no ads:$9.95, HTML edit:NoteTabLight5.5 Gadwin PrintScreen Utility:scroll down; Word2000html add-on Other UD Databases:: DE Newspaper Project: .. Extant issues locally .. Old Newspapers at UD .. Orphans 1790-1830, .. Tax1798/CityDirectories Other Databases:: DE Libraries (free): [HeritageQuestAccess-Norton] [census, PERSI, RevWar 20K fam/loc hist books Accessable Archives Godfrey Library ($35) Historical Newspapers: Brooklyn (1841-1902) Early American, EBSCO PA Gazette(1728-1800) Delaware Resources:: ![[DGS LOGO]](http://delgensoc.org/dgslogo.gif) Web Links Search DGS Queries Delaware Surnames Delaware Timeline Delaware 1775 Map Delaware Hundreds Delaware Towns Publications Delaware Families .. (1787-1800) Transcriptions/Abstract .... Taxes 1787-1800 .... Orphans' Court .... Newspapers Delaware GenWeb: ... New Castle ... Kent, Sussex Other Repositories Nearby State/Co Links Other DE Databases:: Historical Society: .. Genealogies State Archives .. Collections .. Probates to 1925 .. Schedule of Events Delaware Library Catalog In Green Bar, click: 1. Digital Collections 2. Hyperion Hierarchy 3. Delaware Public Archives 4. Digital Delawareana ...for following databases: ....(use Internet Explorer) ....(allow pop-up windows) Dutch/Swedes 1609-64 Swedes on the Delaware Delaware Place Names Delaware Role WWII Washington 1777 Army Hist of DE 1609-1888 Professional Research: .. BCG: Certification .. APG; DGS * OR install "Proxify" button: may be easier when timed out 1. click here, then click 2. browser "Proxify" button 3. enter UDelNetID & pass- . word; click "Submit Query" other proxify info or Mozilla w/proxify button Other Newspapers: By state; Indexes; Library of Congress:free ProQuest Archiver: Historical Newspapers: Link from newspaper site: AtlanCons(1868-1929) BostonGlo(1872-1923) ChicTrib (1849-1985) ...1870-77 @ footnote.com ChrSciMon(1908-93) free HartCour (1764-1984) LA Times(1881-1985) NY Times(1851-2003):UD DC:Post(1877-1990):Harvard WallStJ(1889-1989):UD choose Advanced Search; most $3.95/pdf with volume discounts (see links above) may get free access from a university or public library others available: search! Guardian (1821-2003)6/08 Observer (1791-2003)6/08 Civil War (1840-65) Right frame updated: |
Genealogical Research Methods Lecturer: Tom Doherty
Thursdays 12:30-1:45pm, Room TBD, immediately
followed by the "Genealogy, Computer Workshop" Labs
Instructors: Tom Doherty/Frank Czeiner/Linda McMeniman
Thursdays 2-3:20pm, Rooms 202 and 214
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 with One-on-One Help in Lab
<<< For copies of class slides, click on links in left column
2. Find Original Images for free at Ancestry.com: Ancestry.com: click Blue Hen at right, enter UD ID#/password >> ..U.S. 1790-1930 census (every-name index) ....State Censuses NY 1892,1905; WI 1895,1905 ..Canada NB, NS, ON, QB 1851 [1871:index only (no images)], ...... 1881 [index], 1911 ..UK (except Ireland) with every-name index 1841-1901 .... Scotland index only 1841, 1851, 1861 so far ..Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1819, 1867, 1890, 1900 - Baltimore (1820-1948), Boston (1820-1943), - New York (1850-91,1935-8), Philadelphia (1800-1945), many more War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index 1812-1815 WW I draft registration (males born 1872-1900), WW II draft registration (males born 1872-1900), 1890 Census substitutes: City Directories ..Chicago voter registration 1888, 1890, 1892 ..City Directories (ME,MA,CT) (mainly 1900-50) High School yearbooks (selected 1860s-1960) Other Ancestry Databases (not images): ...Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder, V.1-9 (1884-95) ...Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly 1963-97 keep ancestry image on screen, open 2nd browser window: go to Delaware Public Library, then click on either New Castle Co, then "HeritageQuest", enter borrower ID#/pin# (free to DE residents or check your own public library) or Wilmington, then RESEARCH DATABASES, choose branch, enter borrower ID#, then "HeritageQuest, "then "Census". Then search/browse for same census image as in ancestry, download pdf to PC or Mac and print pdf by selecting entire image (or any part thereof) using camera icon to draw a rectangle around choice. Also try Chester Co or Delaware Co PA Libraries, choose HeritageQuest, then enter card# Friedmans Bank - many newly freed slaves named (1865-74) 25,000 genealogy/history books; PERSI (1.6M articles) GenealogyBank ($70/yr):[partial image free]: over 11,700 Books 1801-1900, 114,000 Government Documents 1789-1980, 1300 Newspapers 1690-1977 (see Newspapers below) to all that's genealogical and historical USGenWeb: State Links, Search Archives -- a direct route to almost every U.S. county, WorldGenWeb (Regional Links), Country Links -- a direct route to almost every country and jurisdictions Latter-day Saints church: Ancestor Search (includes IGI), -- Library Catalog and other resources -- Microfilm to Digital Image Project (Beta Test) Steve Morse's One-Step Portal for Web Genealogy Searches - Census (US): 1790-1940; NY State: 1905-25; - Census (Foreign): Canada 1856-1911; British: 1841-1911 - One Step: Ancestry Library Ed, County from Town/State - Immigration to US: 1820-1957 w Castle Garden,Ellis Island -- Baltimore1820-1958,Boston1820-1943,Galveston1893-1948 -- Philadelphia 1800-1945, San Francisco 1893-1957, -- Canada 1895-1956, German 1850-1897, Hamburg 1850-1934 -- Italian 1855-1900, Russians 1834-1897, - Montreal city directories 1842-1978, Maps,Aerial Photos - Find Where SSN Issued, Zip Code, NYC Vitals New England [for members: NEHGR 1849-1994]; Canada Allen Co (IN) Public Library 2nd to LDS (PERSI origin) U.S. National Archives: Microfilms, holdings, hours RootsWeb, NewsGroups, G oo gl e It!: Books (choose "Full view"), Images, Earth Maps Archives: State Images/Databases: Delaware, Illinois
Books: How to Find Them
Calendars:
10,000 Years:
Weekday,
Convert Age to Birth Date,
Census: U.S. Clues: 1790-1840, 1850-1930,
1890 Fate
Court Records: SalemCoMA 1636-1686,YorkCoME 1686-1760
Foreign Records(also Census, Immigration, Military, Naming):
Genetics/DNA: Genographics Project, FamilyTreeDNA Handwriting: see Transcribing Immigration:
General,
Immigrant Origins,
Naturalization: DE
Indexes for On-line searches: stevemorse.org, Deed: Images: Deeds: Salem MA, Maryland: 1669-2005
Maps: Library of Congress - digitized old maps;
Medical: Archaic Terms: Diseases: #2, #3 Military: Revolutionary War:
Cornell Making of America
Miscellaneous:
Encyclopedia of Genealogy - Wikipedia-like
Naming Patterns in Families: General,
Colonial America,
Newsletters: (free)
RootsWeb NewsGroups,
Newspapers:
Available by state;
Newspapers/Indexes on Web;
Photos/Images: DeadFred; Facial Recognition
Surnames:
(Onomastics):
Society Sites: Delaware, Virginia Eastern Shore
Tax: Maryland 1783, Virginia 1790,1800 Transcribing:
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Diary: practice transcribing;
Reading Old Handwriting;
Kip Sperry, "Reading Early American Handwriting";
Vital Records:
Obtaining by State:
By State: Illinois BMD,
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 April 24, 2008
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