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How to find your family story
Who Do You Think You Are?
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What Do You Want To Know?Immigration StoryFamily’s Role in
HistoryWar Hero Famous AncestorRoyalty or Celebrity
CousinLineage Society
MayflowerSons/Daughters of the
American Revolution
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Where Do I Start?Start with yourself,
your parents, your grandparentsFull NameBirth Date & Birth
PlaceMarriage Date &
Marriage PlaceDeath Date & Death
Place
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Special CircumstancesWhat if there is an
adoption? What if I don’t know
who my ______ is? What if one of my
parents is estranged from his/her family?
What if my parent is not helpful?
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Beyond dates & namesAsk about the story of
your familyInterview family
membersGather picturesIdentify family
heirlooms & artifactsDoes someone have a
scrapbook or newspaper clippings?
PicturesNina's Dolls
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How to find more distant ancestorsStart with someone
who was alive in 1940
If you have some idea of where they lived and about how old they might have been, the census is great place to start.
Census records are easily located for FREE!!
On pony, my grandfather, Richard, holding his little brother, Paul.His sister Rebecca & brother Stanley are standing.
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My Dad & Grandparents
Names
Relationships
Ages
Birth Place
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Keep Going Back – 1940 to 1930
Caution: Look closely! Something isn’t right here. There are 2 Heads of the HouseholdAre John & Fannie the parents of Thomas R.?What does Wd mean?
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Let’s See What the 1920 Census Says
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So What Happened to Edward Between 1920 and 1930?
He was hit by a car and died. I knew this from my grandfather who was only 8 when his father died. But I wanted to know more, and I found this story in the Google News Archive (free!). July 24, 1923 – Lewiston Daily Sun
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Once you have some names and dates:Maps – Where Did They Live? Where Did They Travel?World War I Draft RegistrationsNewspapers – Google, Newspapers.com,
GenealogyBankImmigration Records – Pictures of ShipsCity DirectoriesLocal Town Histories – Google Books, OpenLibrary
Further BackCivil War Pension Files - $$Revolutionary War Pension Files – Fold3 Compiled Genealogies – Genealogy Gophers, Archive
Beyond The Census
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World War I Draft Record
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Cool Stuff Occupation, Signature, Description
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Civil War - First Battle of Bull Run
Holy History Jackpot
Student Finds:• Great-grandparent
naturalization records• Picture of Ship Great-
grandparents came on• Picture of building where
Great-grandparents ran a bowling alley
• Great-grandpa was a chauffeur in NYC
• Great-grandpa was a sheriff in Limington & had a daughter injured in a circus tent accident
Moving To Maine - Map
Certain Lewd Women - Divorce
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Our Librarians, Mrs. Denecker & Mrs. Chavonelle are building a libguide that I will link tomy wikispaces page.
I will post this presentation on the page for you to use in the future.
Would you be interested in an informal, come-when-you-can genealogy club? Let me know if this interests you.
Ready to Start?