Genealogy Information Research Index
| 1. IF YOU NEED |
2. LOOK FIRST IN |
3. THEN SEARCH |
| Age |
Census, Vital Records, Cemeteries. |
Military Records, Taxation. |
| Birth date |
Vital, Church, or Bible Records |
.Cemeteries, Obituaries, Census, Military. |
| Birthplace |
Vital, Church, or Census Records. |
Newspapers, Obituaries |
| City\parish foreign birth |
Church Records, Genealogy, Naturalization and Citizenship. |
Vital Records, Obituaries, History, Emigration and Immigration. |
| Country of foreign birth |
Emigration and Immigration, Census, Naturalization, Citizenship, Church. |
Military Records, Vital Records, Newspapers, Obituaries. |
| County origins and bounds |
History, Maps. |
Gazetteers. |
| Death |
Vital, Church, or Probate Records, Cemeteries, Obituaries. |
Newspapers, Bibles, Military Records. |
| Divorce |
Court Records, Vital Records. |
Newspapers. |
| Ethnicity |
Minorities, Native Races, Societies. |
Church Records, Emigration and Immig., Naturalization and Citizenship. |
| Historical background |
History, Periodicals. |
Minorities. |
| Immigration date |
Emigration & Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Genealogy. |
Census, Newspapers, Biography. |
| Living relatives (and adoptions) |
Genealogy, Directories, Court Rec., Obituaries. |
Census, Biography, Societies, Church or Probate Records. |
| Maiden name . |
Vital or Church Records, Newspapers, Bible Records |
Cemeteries, Military Records, Probate Records, Obituaries. |
| Marriage |
Vital, Church or Bible Records, Census, Newspapers |
Cemeteries, Military Records, Probate Records, Naturalization and Citizenship,
Land and Property. |
| Occupation |
Census, Directories, Emig. Immig |
Newspapers, Court Records. |
| Parents, Children, and other family members |
Vital or Church Records, Census, Probate Records, Obituaries. |
Bible Records, Newspapers, Emigration and Immigration. |
| Physical description |
Military Records, Biography. |
Natural\Citizenship, Vital Records, Emigration\Immigration, Genealogy. |
| Place-finding aids |
Gazetteers, Maps. |
History, Periodicals |
| Place (town) of residence if you know only State |
Census (indexed), Geneal., Military, Vital Records, records with State
index. |
Biography, Probate Records, History. |
| Places family has lived |
Census, Land and Property, History |
Military Records, Taxation, Obituary. |
| Previous research (compiled genealogy) |
Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies. |
History, Biography |
| Record-finding aids |
Archives and Libraries, Societies. |
Periodicals. |
| Religion |
Church Records, History, Biography |
Bible Records, Cemeteries, Genealogy. |
| Social Activities |
History, Biography, Newspaper, Soc. |
Town Records, Court Records. |