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Tools For Organizing and Evaluating
Research Findings
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INTRODUCTION
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The basic
purpose of genealogical research is to gather the details about possible
ancestors from the various records created as a result of the events of their
lives, to compile those details into meaningful form, and to evaluate them to
determine genealogical connections.
You cannot do this effectively without keeping a record of your
research. There are many different systems for
recording your research in current use, which is just as well, because what
works for you may be ineffective for others.
We each have our own ideas about what is best. Any system is good which gets the job done
with a proper balance between completeness and simplicity. An imbalance in either direction
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serious. It is bad to spend too much time and
effort on over-elaborative notes as it is to be too brief. This webpage has been created in
order for us to share with you some of the tools we’ve developed and created
to organize, document, and evaluate our research findings. You may not need copies of every form but
the following are provided for your convenience. Within the various categories listed on this page you will
find a variety of free, downloadable, genealogical forms and documents that
may assist you with your investigations.
Because we believe in creating & maintaining our files in an
electronic rather than paper format, we offer these forms for you to use in
MS Office.
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U. S. Census Forms 1790-1930
Using the following forms allows you to type in the information
directly on your computer rather than having to download the form and do the
transcriptions by hand. Census forms
from 1790 to 1840 include an additional abstract format to assist in
determining the persons counted on the census form. |
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1830
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1900
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1920
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1930
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Master Census Form
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SOURCE / CITATION FORMATS
The Source Formats are mostly used in conjunction with the Family Tree Maker software where they are utilized as “Master Sources” within the aforementioned software. The Citation Formats constitute a list of citations we’ve developed for published and unpublished sources, as well as official records and online sources. The online sources feature citations specific to such websites as Family Search, Ancestry, RootsWeb and Genealogy.com. The Image Citation Formats were developed to address the need to put a document in an image format, such as Gif, Tiff, Bitmap,etc., containing more than one page together into one form. |
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LETTER FORMATS
Correspondence
is essential to genealogical research.
There is no doubt that personal research in the appropriate archives
is the best way to obtain information but since this is often not feasible
you may need to write letters.
Writing a good letter is often difficult and many people expend a
great deal of time and effort in genealogical correspondence with little to
show for it. As such we have
collected the following letterforms that have proven to be worthwhile. Follow the links to the downloadable
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GENERAL RESEARCH FORMS
It is necessary to organize, file, and index the information you’ve uncovered. Though style and form may vary from one person to another each set of research notes will have certain things in common with every other set. The following forms may help you to insure that you’ve addressed the specific details required for proper record keeping. Follow the links to the downloadable formats. |
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GENERAL
RECORD FORMS
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INFORMATION WEBSITES The following are links to
websites that will provide you with specific genealogical information to assist with organizing and
evaluating your research. Source: Cyndi's List |
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Citing Sources
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CONTACT
INFORMATION
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Pony
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Snail mail: Fred
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