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List of Resources and information for your family tree<\/em><\/h3>\n

It can make the task of building your family tree much easier if you know where to find certain specific information. We have compiled a list of places where you should be able to locate specific pieces of genealogical information<\/a> on an ancestor.<\/p>\n

Sources to find:<\/p>\n

Exact birth date:<\/strong>
\nCertificate of birth
\nBaptismal record
\nPassport records
\nDeath certificate (Note: Only as reliable as the available source at the time)
\nSocial Security Death Index
\nSome draft and military records
\nNewspaper announcements<\/p>\n

Approximate year of birth:<\/strong>
\nMarriage license
\nCensus data*
\nImmigration and Emigration records
\nProbate records
\nShip passenger lists
\nCemetery records<\/p>\n

*Census and other records that show an individual\u2019s age can narrow an individual\u2019s birth date to within one calendar year of the date of the event being recorded. A census performed in April of 1880 for instance may show an individual is 20 years old. Then, deductively, we know that individual was born between April of 1859 and March of 1860.\u00a0 This information can be extremely useful for filling out your family tree<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Location of birth:<\/strong>
\nCensus (Census records may also identify the region of birth. Either by country or by state.)
\nBible records
\nLand records
\nImmigration and Emigration records
\nNaturalization records<\/p>\n

Marriage date:<\/strong>
\nMarriage license
\nCensus (some census forms indicate number of years married)<\/p>\n

Maiden name:<\/strong>
\nDeath certificate
\nChildren\u2019s birth certificate
\nChildren\u2019s baptismal certificate
\nMarriage record or marriage certificate<\/p>\n

Occupation:<\/strong>
\nCensus
\nCity directories
\nDraft registration cards<\/p>\n

Physical Description:<\/strong>
\nDraft registration
\nCivil war enlistment record
\nU.S. Passport application (many passport applications after about 1895 include a photograph)<\/p>\n

Date of death:<\/strong>
\nDeath certificate
\nCoroner’s report
\nNewspaper articles and obituaries
\nCemetery records
\nNarrow to date using muster rolls (if served in a war)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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