Genealogy Research Tips

Genealogy Research Tips   List what you already know/start an ancestral chart Interview relatives and make family group sheets Find death records (e.g. death certificates, obituaries) Follow death record clues such as time/place of death lead to birth, marriage, other records Search census records. Learn where ancestors lived Search local sources (e.g. newspapers, local histories, property/land maps, court and church records, tax lists, wills) Don’t forget family histories, immigration records, ship passenger lists, military records