- 1.Christine Sharbrough,
CGSMwww.genearchibrarian.wordpress.com
2. Goals Organize your research Important tasks done first Basic
research books Basic websites Basic forms 3. Twenty-five Steps Five
things to do NOW Five books Five websites Five forms Five
directions 4. Five things to do NOW Interview living relatives
(including yourself) Centralize all your information Set-up a
consistent filing system Digitize and backup it up (copy offsite)
Locate local historical/genealogical society/library 5. Interviews
Write your own stories down Make an appointment Make a list of
questions to ask Begin on time and end on time Sensitive to the use
of equipment Ask open-ended questions How did you meet your
husband? Object-based questions Photographs, heirlooms 6.
Photographs & Heirlooms Take pictures of heirloom items, record
info Identify photographs Who? When? What? Why? Digitize Camera
Scanner 7. Documents & Heirlooms Who? What? Where? When?
Digitize Express an interest 8. Centralize Your Information
Photographs, Documents, Notes Sort by Surname Couple Chronological
Order File papers Binder with sheet protectors Scan everythiwng
into computer/cloud Date_AboutWho_WhatItIs
1870_KirbyMartin_NZBirthCert 9. Filing System Binder vs. Computer
or both? Binder advantages Portable Easy to see Binder
disadvantages Can become heavy and cumbersome to carry Can be lost
or ruined Computer advantages Automated chronology Find holes in
research Easy to change information Scans can be imported and
attached to info in program Computer program disadvantages Backups
needed No fun to enter research Combination can work 10. Get a
Baseline of Information Enter everything into your GCP (Genealogy
Computer Program) Updated Family Group sheet(s) Updated Pedigree
chart(s) Updated Timeline 11. Digitize and Back It Up Weather
happens Natural disasters happen Divorces happen Electronic files
Google Drive The Next Generation Genealogy Sitebuilding Flash
drives Picasaweb 12. A Word About Sourcing Who its about What it
says When the event happened Where the event happened MAKE SURE YOU
CAN FIND IT AGAIN Or that the next researcher can Mastering
Genealogical Proof, Thomas W. Jones Who/What/When/WhereIS/WhereIN
13. Network & Learn Association of Professional Genealogists
National Genealogical Society Federation of Genealogical Societies
Board of Certification of Genealogists Local/regional genealogical
societies 14. Five Books You Need inYour Personal Library 15. Five
Books Ancestrys Red Book Map Guide to the 1790-1920 Census Reading
Early American Handwriting Evidence! or Evidence Explained The
Hidden Half of the Family 16. Ancestrys Red Book Map of Counties
for each stateWhen established/parent countiesBeginning dates
of:Land recordsCourt recordsProbate recordsHistory of each
stateVital recordsCensus records: federal and stateSpecial census
schedulesAgriculturalIndustryMortalitySlave schedulesUnion
VeteransBackground sourcesCemetery, church, military
recordsPeriodicals, newspapers andmanuscriptsSpecial focus groups
17. Ancestrys Red Book Census Records New Hampshire: Population
Schedules: 1790-1930 available with index/soundex Industry and
Agricultural Schedules 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 Mortality Schedules
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 Union Veterans Schedules 1890 18. Additional
Census Information Par t of 1800 and 1820 census records no longer
inexistence Towns in Rockingham County in 1800 NOT includedare:
Atkinson, GREENLAND, Hampton, HamptonFalls, Londonderry,
Northampton, Pelham, Plaistow, Salem, Seabrook, Stratham, and
Windham. Important to READ the ENTIRE section 19. Map Guide to
1790-1920County boundary changesFor all statesFor all census years
1790 to1920For territories includingIndian lands and otherland
purchasesLooking for ancestorsand cannot find them check to make
sure yourein the right county. 20. Reading Early
AmericanHandwritingCourt HandBoilerplate for legal documentsWeird
wordsL.S. = Locus Sigilli (place of theseal)SS = Supra Scriptum (as
writtenabove), looks like ff when writtenNot to be confused with ff
as inMasfachusetts where second f isactually an sSample Alphabets
and HandwritingSample transcriptions of legaldocuments 21. The
Hidden Half of the FamilyState Information includingImportant dates
in historyMarriage and Divorce (recordkeeping, laws, where the
records are)Property and Inheritance (womenslegal status in each
state)Suffrage (voting rights)CitizenshipCensus InformationOther
events affecting womens legalstatusResources for womens
history.Read. The. Introduction. 22. Sourcing:Evidence! or Evidence
Explained 23. Five Websites Ancestry.com AmericanAncestors.org
(NEHGS) FamilySearch.org Wiki.FamilySearch.org Findagrave.com 24.
Ancestry.com 25. Ancestrys Card Catalog 26. American Ancestors 27.
FamilySearch.org 28. Wiki.FamilySearch.orgSearch forresources
byplaceBeginning,intermediateclasses streamingvideoResearchOutlines
29. FindAGrave.comSearch forindividualsSearch
forfamous/infamousSearch for sitesSign up for cooltools! 30. Five
Forms Pedigree Chart Family Group Sheet Individual Timeline Records
Checklist Military Checklist NB: No predesigned record forms 31.
Family Group Sheet By couple Includes children, parents, spouses
Birth, marriage, death Religious sacraments Burial information See
at a glance family information 32. Timeline Date Age Event Place
Source Finding large holes in your research Child bearing years
Additional spouses, etc. 33. Pedigree Chart 34. Military
Checklisthttp://www.familytreemagazinemagazine.com/info/recordworksheets
35. RecordsChecklist 36. Five Directions to Go(Traditional Focus)
Work all family lines back to 1800 Publish a history of a surname
from an immigrantforward to today All of my Civil War ancestors All
of my Revolutionary War Ancestors My Anderson Family 37.
ARTsignment Bonus - Focus Grab a piece of paper and some markers,
crayons, pens Draw a tree Draw a shape at the bottom for your name
Draw two shapes above that for your parents Draw two shapes above
your mother for her parents, do the same for yourfather Draw two
shapes above each of your grandparents for their parents Fill in
the names that you know, find out the ones that you dont As you
read the names, what image or images come to mind for you for
each?In art history, we would call these attributes. People who are
known for theirsymbols Mary Magdelene for her jar of oil, St.
Jerome for his lion, St. Peter forhis keys (to the kingdom of
heaven), etc. Predominately Christian iconographyin the Renaissance
where this is really prevalent, but symbolism in art is in allart
including yours. Symbols give you talking points about your family
history that are more thanjust names and dates. They are creating
memories and sharing a uniquehistory the history of you. 38.
Conclusion No single final goal for working on your genealogy What
does it mean for YOU? Questions?
