Syllabus, Home Class Slides Class#,Date,Topic 1. Feb 8, 2006 First Semester Review Using class website 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 Interview family, Record-keeping: Forms: ancestry.com, Misbach Types of Records Rules of Evidence What can you believe? Is research done? Top Web Resources 2. Feb 15 Review: Census Handout, Forms: U.S./Canada/UK; Ancestry/ProQuest search techniques DNA Studies Preview. 3.Feb 22 Guest Lecturer: Donn Devine, CG (Certified Genealogist), CGI (Certified Genealogical Instructor); serves on Board of National Genealogical Society and on Board for Certification of Genealogists Tracking Your Genes in Genealogy: Practical Applications of DNA Testing: Surname DNA Studies: Devine, Baldwin; Family Tree DNA: over 2800 Surname Projects 4. Mar 1 Where to Find It (cont): Death/burial, Signature, Military service, What they looked like Where they lived 5. Mar 8 Where to Find It (cont): What was life like there? Prosperity, Personality ... and Character Who associated with? Ancestry+ProQuest 6. Mar 15 Where to Find It (cont): Who are related? Where they came from Your Own Website Ancestry+ProQuest 7. Mar 22 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: New Websites --->> Software Review: PAF/FTM/TMG Demonstration of Genealogical Software Software: PAF free, FTM $30 top selling, TMG $59 top rated, MacFamilyTree Mar 29: No Class - Spring Break 8. Apr 5 Guest Lecturer - Regina Berry Personal Ancestry File (free PAF Software) followed by: Special PAF Computer Workshop: sample.ged (as zip) Come with info on a few people (parent, child, step-parent) in a family group, a few events (census, land, death) and a few sources for those events plus a CD or flash drive for saving data and reports. 9. Apr 12: Reading Old Handwriting: Intro class exercises in transcribing 10. Apr 19 (cont) Reading Old Handwriting: Sample class exercises in transcribing 11. Apr 26 Reading Old Handwriting 2: transcription of handout p.6-12, 15-16, + some of 13-14, 22 Miscellaneous Topics: How I organize my genealogy data, sources and documents, TD Surnames, Sources, Dating old photographs 12. May 3 Reading Old Handwriting 3 - full transcription "answers" to handout p.13-14, 17-22 coming soon Solving Brickwalls: of Classmates. Also 13. May 10 Family Naming Patterns, Following a Sibling for a foreign town of origin: Census, Sibling Nativity, German Records f5. Left frame updated: June 28, 2006 Previous Semesters: Local Gov. Records very large file: vitals, tax, deeds, court (common pleas, probate, orphans', chancery, superior) Other Local Resources vitals (church, cemetery, bibles, "mug books" newspapers) New England Doc: NH, ME,MA,TX,MO,IL,SD Samuel Henry Melcher Military records: service, pension, bounty lands Migration Within U.S. Immigration: Foreign town of origin: ..Foreign Records? ..U.S. Sources best Preservation of books, documents and photos (no time)

Top Resources: Cyndi's List, WorldGenWeb US GenWeb: Search US LDS: Library Catalog .... Family Search LDS Images (in Beta Test): Projects: Now, Future, Done Volunteer Indexing Eastman Letter Review Other Useful Links: Univ. of Delaware Library: Special Collections Subjects: Genealogy Databases from Arsht Databases from home* [AncestryLib,AccesArchv+] 1. click on Blue Hen above 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) G oo gl e; MapQuest, earth.google, Wikipedia Dictionary/Thesaurus switchboard.com peoplefinder.com Delaware Resources:: delgensoc.org: DGS(click logo) Research Guide 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" to install "Proxify" button [1st adjust for XP, javascript] 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: May 19, 2008

<<< For copies of class slides, click on link in date at left How to Start: 1.Talk to Relatives; 2.Census Images 2a. Find every available census image using this process: Search Ancestry Library Edition [free:UDelNetID/password(see right)] : ..US 1790-1930 census [every-name index; head only 1910) ..Canada 1911 [1871 index only (no images), some 1881 index], ..UK (except Scotland, Ireland) every-name index 1841-1901 2b.To print highest quality US census copy in a small pdf file: keep ancestry image on screen, open 2nd browser window: go to Delaware Public Library, click "genealogy" then "HeritageQuest", enter library card#/pin# (free to DE residents or check your own public library). Then search/browse for same census image as in ancestry, download pdf to PC or Mac and print entire pdf image (or any part thereof) selected using camera icon. Other Original Images at HeritageQuest Revolutionary War Pension Files Friedmans Bank - many newly freed slaves named (1865-74) 25,000 genealogy/history books; PERSI (1.6M articles) Some Other Original Images at Ancestry (catalog) WW I draft registration (males born 1872-1900), Passenger Lists - many linked to ship images: - Baltimore (1820-1948), Boston (1820-1943), - New York (1850-91,1935-8), Philadelphia (1800-1945) City Directories (ME,MA,CT) (mainly 1900-50) High School yearbooks (selected 1860s-1960) Other General Searches Cyndi's List- Exceptional! over 250,000 links in 180+ categories 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 MyHeritage: searches >400 databases Some Library and Other Databases Godfrey Library (free to $35) many + historical newspapers New England (for members); 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!, Alphabetical Potpourri of Searches Archives Manuscripts: free at least until 5-31-06: ArchiveGrid Calendars: 10,000 Years: Weekday, Convert Age to Birth Date, Old vs New Style Census: U.S. Clues: 1790-1840, 1850-1930, 1890 Fate .. Canada Census Images: 1851(NB,NS,ON,QB - no index); 1901(all); 1906 (only AB,MB,SK); 1911 (see ancestry.com) .. Scotland Census 1841-1901 & Vital Records Images (pay site) Court: Maine: York Co Court 1686-1760, Immigration: General, Immigrant Origins, New York City: Castle Garden 1830-1913, Ellis Island 1892-1924, Naturalization Records International: originsnetwork.com: many British Isles databases (free on 7/4/06 Land: Images: Patents/Grants: Federal Bureau of Land Management; Virginia Deeds: Salem (MA) , State Archives Images/Databases: Delaware, Illinois Maps: Library of Congress - digitized old maps; County: Northeast, Southeast, County Formation 1643+ Sanborn(1867-1970): Delaware:UD Database(pdf), New England Old New England, MapQuest, Google Earth: satellite view Medical: Archaic Terms: Diseases: #2, #3 Military: Revolutionary War: Cornell Making of America Civil War: LSU: battles, soldiers, maps, diaries, General: Illinois: Civil War Muster Misc: Abbrev, #2; Occupations: #2, #4; Face Recognition Naming Patterns in Families: General, Colonial America, English, Scot, Irish, Welsh, German, Italian, Colonial, English/Welsh 1700-1870, Scot 1700s, Irish 1800s, Old German, English, Irish, French, German, Spanish, Arabic, Indian, African, Nicknames:#1, #2 Newspapers: U.S.Program - available newspapers by state Surnames: Searching: Social Security Death Index (SSDI); LDS: Library Catalog International Genealogical Index (igi); Brigham Young: 5000 searchable books ancestry.com(UofD): see right frame below Blue Hen PERSI/books (HeritageQuest): Delaware Public Libraries Rootsweb: Homepage, Newsgroups Census Name Distribution: 1850,80; 1920, 1990; 1990(phone) Society Sites: Delaware, Virginia Eastern Shore New England: Register 1847-1994, Sanborn maps Tax: Virginia 1790,1800, Transcribing: Reading Old Handwriting; Old English Handwriting; a diary; Alphabet; German Script Vital Records: By State: Illinois BMD, Kentucky MD(1911-86), Maine Marriages 1892+, New Jersey Marriages 1848-67 New England: MA vitals (1841-1910) Social Security Death Index or SSDI - updated monthly;

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