2. Sep 14 Census:
Handout, Forms:
U.S./Canada/UK; Ancestry/ProQuest search techniques

3. Sep 21
Census (cont)
Web Surfing

4. Sep 28
Local Resources
vitals (church, cemetery, newspapers, bibles, "mug books")
Local Gov. Records:
vitals, tax

5. Oct 5
Local Gov. Records:
deeds, court (probate, orphans, chancery, common pleas, superior)
Delaware Timeline

6. Oct 12 Local Gov. Records: (cont)

7. Oct 19
Where Do I Put It So I Can Find It Again?
Organizing your stuff,
TD Surnames, Sources
..recording sources:
....short form
..what about images?
Genealogy.com:
Paper Piles:
Immigration:
Foreign town of origin:
..Foreign Records?
..U.S. Sources best

8. Oct 26
Immigration: (cont.)
more U.S. Sources

9. Nov 2
Migration Within U.S.
New England Doc: NH,
ME,MA,TX,MO,IL,SD
Military records:
service, pension,
bounty lands

10. Nov 9 Guest Lecturer - Jack Worton
Immigration and Naturalization
after 1850

11. Nov 16:
Surname Searching
(see center section)
Software: PAF/FTM/TMG
Migration Within U.S.
Local Gov. Records
Other Local Records:
Tracking Ancestors: census, vitals, city directory, tax;
following neighbors

Nov 23: No Class

12. Nov 30
Future of the Past:
DNA Studies.
Black and White,
but Colorful
Stories from the Newspapers:
A Man Called Joe
When did he die?

13. Dec 7: 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
Solving Brickwalls:
of Classmates
Preservation of books, documents and photos (if time)

Local Records