Genealogy and the Internet

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Genealogy and the Internet

• Locate Resources
• Contact Others
• Databases

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Locate Resources

• County, State Federal Archives
• What do they have?
• Where are they located?
• When are they open?
• Where to write?

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County Clerks OfficeFannin County,
Texas

• What records can you get at the Fannin County
  Clerk's office?
•    1. Land Records starting year 1838
•    2. Marriage records beginning with year 1852
•     3. Birth records beginning with year 1903
•    4. Death records beginning with year 1903
•    5. Probate records beginning with year 1838
•     6. Discharge records from WWI WWII
• Names dates are required to look up information
• To order birth death records, send the
  following information
•      name at birth/date of birth/ names of
  parents/ mother's maiden name
•                                    Fannin County
  Courthouse                                      
  County Clerk                             101 E.
  Sam Rayburn Drive, Suite 102  
    
  Bonham, Texas 75418-4346

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Contact Others

• Long Lost Cousins
• Listservs
• - Location
• - Family Name
• Family Web Pages
• County Query Pages

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Abijah Lucy Yeagercirca 1850

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Databases

• Whats really out there?
• Everything
• Nothing
• Census
• Marriage Records
• Obituaries
• Land Records
• Social Security Death Index

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Links

• STARTING LINKS -
• http//www.CyndisList.com/
• http//www.usgenweb.org/
• LIST OF LISTSERVS - http//www.rootsweb.com/mail
  list/
• SURNAME SEARCHES-
• http//www.rootsweb.com/
• http//www.genealogy-search-help.com
• http//www.geneanet.org
• http//www.familysearch.org
• OTHER LINKS OF INTEREST -
• http//ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com
• http//www.ellisislandrecords.org

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Social Security Death Index Search

• Go to http//ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/
• Click on Advanced Search
• Enter the Last Name of the person you are
  searching for and one or two other facts. (Be
  careful not to put in too many details.)