How to find your family story

Who Do You Think You Are?

What Do You Want To Know?Immigration StoryFamily’s Role in

HistoryWar Hero Famous AncestorRoyalty or Celebrity

CousinLineage Society

MayflowerSons/Daughters of the

American Revolution

Where Do I Start?Start with yourself,

your parents, your grandparentsFull NameBirth Date & Birth

PlaceMarriage Date &

Marriage PlaceDeath Date & Death

Place

Special CircumstancesWhat if there is an

adoption? What if I don’t know

who my ______ is? What if one of my

parents is estranged from his/her family?

What if my parent is not helpful?

Beyond dates & namesAsk about the story of

your familyInterview family

membersGather picturesIdentify family

heirlooms & artifactsDoes someone have a

scrapbook or newspaper clippings?

PicturesNina's Dolls

How to find more distant ancestorsStart with someone

who was alive in 1940

If you have some idea of where they lived and about how old they might have been, the census is great place to start.

Census records are easily located for FREE!!

On pony, my grandfather, Richard, holding his little brother, Paul.His sister Rebecca & brother Stanley are standing.

My Dad & Grandparents

Names

Relationships

Ages

Birth Place

Keep Going Back – 1940 to 1930

Caution: Look closely! Something isn’t right here. There are 2 Heads of the HouseholdAre John & Fannie the parents of Thomas R.?What does Wd mean?

Let’s See What the 1920 Census Says

So What Happened to Edward Between 1920 and 1930?

He was hit by a car and died. I knew this from my grandfather who was only 8 when his father died. But I wanted to know more, and I found this story in the Google News Archive (free!). July 24, 1923 – Lewiston Daily Sun

Once you have some names and dates:Maps – Where Did They Live? Where Did They Travel?World War I Draft RegistrationsNewspapers – Google, Newspapers.com,

GenealogyBankImmigration Records – Pictures of ShipsCity DirectoriesLocal Town Histories – Google Books, OpenLibrary

Further BackCivil War Pension Files - $$Revolutionary War Pension Files – Fold3 Compiled Genealogies – Genealogy Gophers, Archive

Beyond The Census

World War I Draft Record

Cool Stuff Occupation, Signature, Description

Civil War - First Battle of Bull Run

Holy History Jackpot

Student Finds:• Great-grandparent

naturalization records• Picture of Ship Great-

grandparents came on• Picture of building where

Great-grandparents ran a bowling alley

• Great-grandpa was a chauffeur in NYC

• Great-grandpa was a sheriff in Limington & had a daughter injured in a circus tent accident

Moving To Maine - Map

Certain Lewd Women - Divorce

Our Librarians, Mrs. Denecker & Mrs. Chavonelle are building a libguide that I will link tomy wikispaces page.

I will post this presentation on the page for you to use in the future.

Would you be interested in an informal, come-when-you-can genealogy club? Let me know if this interests you.

Ready to Start?