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1. Soundex Coding How it Works - How to Determine it
2. Retracing
the Trails of Your Ancestors Using Deed Records
by William Dollarhide
Topics covered:
Establishing Proof of Residence and Learning Genealogical Clues
Why Land Records?
State Land States vs Public Land States
Documents Relating to Original Land Grants
A Warrant
Survey
Patent
Land Patents Today
Locating Patents and Land Entry Case Files for all thirty Public Land
Subsequent Exchanges of Land
Genealogical Research in Deed Records
A Check List for Deed Research
A Case Study:
The Problem
Facts known, in the order they were found
Confirmation Needed
Course of Action
My First Breakthrough
My Second Breakthrough
Summary
Why Not Look at Deeds First
4. Genealogy
Bulletin Archives
A Heritage Quest Publication
Topics Covered:
Basics
Family History
Migration
Numbering Systems
Organization
Records
Research Methods
Resources
5. Land
Record Reference
Topics Covered:
The Feudal Land System
How Land in the Colonies Was Acquired
Bounty Land Warrants
The Homestead Act of 1862
Indiana Land History
Introduction to Ohio Land History
Pennsylvania Land History
Introduction to Tennessee Land History
Introduction to Virginia Land History
Transferring Land
A Typical Deed
Retracing the Trails of Your Ancestors Using Deed Records
History and Use of Land Records
On-line Land Record Research Course
Deed Books and the types of deeds they contain
How To Get Copies of Land Records
Published Books Relating to Land Records
Other Internet sites with Land Record Information
Two Types of Property Descriptions Used in Deeds
Metes
and Bounds - Meandering streams and white oak trees
U.S. Public Domain - Home on the Section, Township, and Range
Terms You'll Come Across
Surveying Units and Terms - Poles and Chains
Legal and Other Terms - From the common to the obscure
Corrections for compass declination errors - True norths are hard to find
6. Ahnentafel Numbering - how it works
7. Genealogy Relationship Chart
8. Genealogy
Tips on Cemeteries
by Shirley Hornbeck
Topics covered:
Old Tombstone Carvings
Meanings of Carvings
Order of Odd Fellows
A Visit to the Cemetery
Global Positioning System
Cleaning Gravestones
Finding Graves in National Cemeteries
Interments in National Cemeteries
9. Genealogy
Tips on the Census #1
by Shirley Hornbeck
Topics covered:
The Missing 1890 Federal Census
The Mortality Schedules
Soundex for 1880, 1900, 1910, & 1920
Getting More than Meets the Eye Out of the Census
Limitations and Pitfalls of Census Research
Some Do's and Don'ts with Census Records
10. Genealogy
Tips on the Census #2
by Shirley Hornbeck
Topics covered:
Census Day
Official Census Dates
Interesting Facts About the Census
Obtaining Census Records 1930-1990
African-Americans and the Census
View Original Census Records
Finding Living Relatives
What Happened to the Original Censuses?
Marshals and the U.S. Census
Census Information for Social Security
Some Tips When Using Census Records
Illegible Film
Obtaining Current U.S. Federal Census Data
Census and Soundex Relationship Abbreviations
11. Genealogy
Tips on the Census #3
by Shirley Hornbeck
Topics covered:
200
Years of Census Taking 1790-1990
12. Genealogy
Tips on the Civil War
by Shirley
Hornbeck
Topics covered:
Chronology of the Civil War
Civil War Records at the National Archives
Kentucky in the Civil War
13. Genealogy
Tips on Colonial America
by Shirley Hornbeck
Topics covered:
Comprehensive History of Eastham, Wellfleet, and Orleans
Manner of Dress
Indentured Servitude
General Notes on the Records
14. Copyright
Law
by Shirley
Hornbeck
15. Genealogy
Tips on Death Records
by Shirley
Hornbeck
Topics covered:
Death Records
Curtesy
Mourning Rings
Dower Rights
16. Definitions
and Abbreviations
by Shirley
Hornbeck
Topics covered:
Definitions
Confusing Definitions
Abbreviations
Some Military Definitions
17. Diseases,
Medical Terms, Epidemics
by Shirley
Hornbeck
Topics covered:
Medical Terms and Diseases
Epidemics
18. Genealogy
Tips on Naming Patterns
by Shirley
Hornbeck
Topics covered:
Naming Practices
Kinship Terms
The Old Jones Naming Pattern
19th Century Naming Patterns
Dutch Naming Patterns
German Naming Patterns
Scotch Naming Pattersn
Female Given Names & Nicknames
Male Given Names & Nicknames
19. Tips
on the National Archives
by Shirley
Hornbeck
20. Occupations
by Shirley Hornbeck
21. Notes
about Scotch-Irish and German Settlers in Virginia and the
Carolinas by William L. Anderson
III
This is a must read
for anyone trying to determine their Scotch-Irish origins.
Topics Covered:
The
Word Scotch-Irish
"In the 1800s, the hyphenated name Scotch-Irish did not mean an ethnic
mix.
It meant Scots from northern Ireland. It was used to distinguish from Irishmen.
The Scotch-Irish were mostly Presbyterian Protestants while the Irishmen
were mostly Roman Catholic."
Websites
Algenweb-- https://sites.rootsweb.com/~algenweb/
Alabama Department of Archives & History--
http://www.archives.state.al.us/
Analyzing Wills for Useful Clues-- http://www.bcgcertification.org/skillbuilders/skbld955.html
Archaic Medical Terms-- http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/ArchaicMedicalTerms.htm
Beginning Your Cherokee Research-- http://www.tngennet.org/cherokee_by_blood/cher3.htm
Bureau of Land Management Search-- http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search.search.asp
Cherokee by Blood-- http://www.tngenweb.org/cherokee_by_blood/
Civil War soldiers & sailors--
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/
Cyndi's Genealogy Page-- http://www.CyndisList.com
DAR downloadable forms http://www.dar.org/natsociety/forms.html
DAR Patriot Lookup (Volunteer Service):
http://www.dar.org/cgi-bin/natsociety/pi_lookup.cfm
Epidemics in U.S. - 1657 - 1918-- http://members.aol.com/AdamCo9991/epidemics.html
Georgia Department of Archives & History--
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild-- http://istg.rootsweb.com
Mariners Website http://www.mariners-L.co.uk
National Archives & Records Administration--
http://www.nara.gov/
North Carolina Division of Archives &
History-- http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/
NCHS-How to obtain vital records-- http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm
South Carolina Depart. of Archives &
History-- http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/homepage.htm
Tennessee State Library & Archives--
http://www.state.tn.us/sos.statelib/pubsvs/intro.htm
United States Historical Census Data-- http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/
Virginia Archives & Manuscript Repositories--
http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/vasites.html