Basic Genealogy

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Basic Genealogy

• Categories
• General Resource Sites
• History Culture
• Language, Handwriting Script
• Libraries, Archives Museums
• Locality Specific
• Mailing Lists, Newsgroups Chat
• Maps, Gazetteers Geographical Information
• Military
• Newspapers
• People Families
• Professional Researchers, Volunteers Other
  Research Services
• Publications, Software Supplies
• Queries, Message Boards Surname Lists
• Records Census, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries,
  Personal, Taxes and Vital
• Religion Churches
• Societies Groups

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US Genealogy

• United States Categories
• General U.S. Sites
• Library of Congress
• National Archives
• Social Security
• U.S. Censuses
• U.S. Civil War War for Southern Independence
• U.S. Courthouses
• Immigration Ships
• U.S. History
• U.S. History - The Great Depression
• U.S. History - Lewis Clark
• U.S. Military (WWI, WWII, Civil War,
  Revolutionary War)
• State Repositories Libraries, Archives,
  Genealogical Historical Societies
• U.S. - Vital Records
• Pilgrims, Presidents, and Politicians

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Techniques

• Interviews
• Birth, Marriage, Death Certificates
• Other Documents
• Cemeteries, Obituaries
• Churches / Synagogues
• Recording / Structuring Data
• Time Lines
• Charts

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Facts Sources

• Sources
• Birth Date
• Marriage Date(s)
• Death Date
• Places for each (city, county, state)
• village, parish, province, country
• ex. Biechow, Biechow, Stopnicapowiat,
  Kielceguberny, PolandRussian-Poland
• Immigration, Military Service, Census, etc.

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Getting Organized
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Genealogy Checklist
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Forms Charts
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Internet
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Internet Basics
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Internet Advanced
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Software

• Easier to enter and organize information
• Nice output forms, charts
• Many Publish to web/internet
• GEDCOM standard format, used by almost all
  programs.
• Many support pictures

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Polish Genealogy

• Hard to Spell Names (people, places)
• Partitions / Changing Borders
• Different Languages (Latin, Polish, German,
  Russian Cyrillic Alphabet )
• Different Forms
• Place names change
• Missing / Destroyed Records
• Microfilmed?
• European Privacy Laws
• Slower to Adopt Internet

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Researching Polish Records

• Find Ancestral Village
• What is the Parish for that Village
• Is the Parish in LDS (FamilySearch.org)?
• Order Microfilm at Local FHC
• LDS may not have microfilmed
• Polish privacy allows seeing data gt100yrs
• When No Microfilm
• Hire Polish Genealogist
• Write Parish or Civil Records Office (CRO)
• Visit Poland and the Parish/CRO yourself

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Polish Vital Record Dates

• POLAND was Partitioned (Prussia, Austria,
  Russia)
• Pre-17xx Church records kept in Latin
• 17xx 1st Partition
• 17xx 2nd Partition
• 1795 3rd and final partition of Poland Poland
  ceases to exist as a nation.  Northern and
  western areas (Poznan, Kalisz, Warsaw, Lomza,
  Bialystok) taken by Prussia Eastern areas
  (Vilna, Grodno, Brest) taken by Russia Southern
  areas (Kielce, Radom, Lublin, Siedlce) becomes
  part of Austrian province of West Galicia.
• 1805 West Galicia Jews required to take
  surnames - Austrian government mandate.
• 1807 Duchy of Warsaw created by Napoleon, from
  former Prussian partition territory.
• 1808 Duchy of Warsaw Civil vital registration
  begins.  Napoleonic format, Polish language.  All
  religions registered in the Roman Catholic civil
  register.
• 1809 Napoleon defeats Austria West Galicia
  (includes most of future Kielce-Radom-Lublin-Siedl
  ce gubernias) becomes part of Duchy of Warsaw.
• 1810 Duchy of Warsaw Civil vital registration
  begins in former West Galicia (includes
  Kielce-Radom-Lublin-Siedlce region).
• 1815 Napoleon defeated Congress of Vienna
  "Kingdom of Poland" formed from former Duchy of
  Warsaw, now under Russian control.
• 1821 Kingdom of Poland Jews required to take
  surnames - Russian government mandate.
• 1826 Kingdom of Poland Separate civil
  registers begin for each religious community
  (Roman Catholic, Jewish, Protestant, Russian
  Orthodox, etc).
• 1863 Kingdom of Poland Insurrection against
  Russia.
• 1868 Kingdom of Poland Vital records kept in
  Russian language (Cyrillic alphabet).
• 1918 End of WWI, Treaty of Versailles, Poland
  reborn as a nation.  Vital records kept in Polish
  again.

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Sample Latin Record
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Sample Polish Record
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Sample Russian Record
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Jewish Genealogy
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Family History Library(LDS/Mormon Genealogy)
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Social Security

• Largest Free Database
• Known Variously As
• Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
• Social Security Death Master File (SSDMF)
• Some sites are more current than others
• Writing for SS5 Application for Deceased

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Rootsweb SSDI
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Ancestry SSDI
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SS5 Application
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Immigration

• Ancestry.com NY Passenger Lists
  1851-1891
• manifests
• other ports too
• Castle Garden (http//castlegarden.org/)
  1830-1892
• 10 Million records, free, no manifests , just
  extracted data
• pre Ellis Island
• Ellis Island (linkhttp//www.ellisisland.org)
  1892-1924
• 25 Million records, Free, with manifest images
• Opened 1/1/1892
• Canadian Library Archives
  1925-1935
• Free, no manifests, just extracted data
• Link http//www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02011802_
  e.html

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Immigration Ships Links
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Sample Immigration Search
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Census

1. 1790 U.S. Federal Census
2. 1800 U.S. Federal Census
3. 1810 U.S. Federal Census
4. 1820 U.S. Federal Census
5. 1830 U.S. Federal Census
6. 1840 U.S. Federal Census
7. 1850 U.S. Federal Census
8. 1860 U.S. Federal Census
9. 1870 U.S. Federal Census
10. 1880 U.S. Federal Census
11. 1890 U.S. Federal Census
12. 1900 U.S. Federal Census
13. 1910 U.S. Federal Census
14. 1920 U.S. Federal Census
15. 1930 U.S. Federal Census

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U.S. Federal Census - Trivia

• The Census is taken because it was mandated by
  our Constitution. George Washington signed the
  papers making this act a law in 1790. The
  Constitution directs that there will be "an
  enumeration of inhabitants". However, the Census
  has evolved and now we can learn much more than
  just the number of people who live in our
  country.
• In 1790, the U.S. population was 3,231,533. This
  did not include slaves or the untaxed Indians.
  One of the main goals of the census was to
  provide information on men eligible for the
  military. We had only recently gained our
  independence from England and the men of the day
  knew it was important to assemble a viable
  military, if the need arose.
• The federal census is taken every 10 years, in
  the year ending with zero. To date, the federal
  Census has been taken 21 times. Individual
  states, often took their own Census in some of
  the years between the federal enumeration. These
  can be a valuable source, especially if you are
  looking for someone who died between censuses.
  The state census (taken mainly for the purpose of
  taxation) can provide valuable data.
• Much of the 1790 Census was destroyed by the
  British during the War of 1812. Some states were
  totally destroyed, others only partially.
  Whenever possible, tax lists from that era are
  used as an alternate source for names. The 1890
  Census was also destroyed by a fire in 1921 a
  card index to the 6,160 names on the surviving
  schedules is available on two rolls of National
  Archives microfilm No. M496.
• The law states that the census shall remain
  private for 72 years. This is to encourage
  truthful answers and accurate information. Not
  much of a negative consequence could happen after
  72 years. Most of those listed would be gone.
  Because of the 72 year law, the latest Census
  available to the public is the one taken in 1930.
  1940 will be available in 2012 with microfilm and
  indexing to follow afterwards.
• The process of microfilming and printing takes
  time, considering the huge volume of documents.
  Due to the 72 year restriction, no one can look
  at the individual data for that period of time.
  Thus, the compiling and microfilming only begins
  after 72 years. It could take up to two
  additional years to finish the work distributed
  publicly.
• Census Dates
• First Monday in August for 1790-1820 censuses
• June 1 for 1830-1880
• First Monday in June for 1890
• June 1 for 1900
• April 15 for 1910
• January 1 for 1920
• April 1, 1930, (except Alaska - October 1, 1929)
  for 1930
• April 1 thereafter for 1940-..

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1930 Census Questions
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Sample Census Form
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Blank Census Forms

• 1930 http//c.ancestry.com/pdf/trees/charts/1930.p
  df
• 1920 http//c.ancestry.com/pdf/trees/charts/1920.p
  df
• 1910 http//c.ancestry.com/pdf/trees/charts/1910.p
  df
• 1900 http//c.ancestry.com/pdf/trees/charts/1900.p
  df
• 1790 http//c.ancestry.com/pdf/trees/charts/1790.p
  df

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National Archives

• Web Site http//www.archives.gov/genealogy
• Most Useful Databases for Genealogists
• Census Records
• Military Records
• Immigration Records (Ship Passenger Lists)
• Naturalization Records
• Land Records
• Access to Archival Databases (AAD)
• http//aad.archives.gov/aad/
• Research Tools Ways to Search NARA Online
• http//www.archives.gov/research/tools/index.html

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Your Library

• Often times have Ancestry.coms library access
  (limited, but useful).
• Local Family History Centers
• University Libraries
• Family History Library in S.L.C., UT
• Local Historical Societies Museums

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Collaboration

• Internet Surnames Lists
• Yahoo Groups
• Genealogy Conferences
• Genealogical Groups Societies
• Internet Family Tree Sites
• Family Members, Distant Cousins, Remote
  Genealogists

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Genealogy for a Fee

• Ancestry.com
• Genealogy.com
• Professional Genealogists (Certified?)

Genealogy for Free
101 Free Genealogical Sites
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Soundexing Genealogy

• American Soundex
• Rules
• Uses
• Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex
• Rules
• Uses