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Who, What, When Where Introductory
Perspectives on Beginning Ancestral
Research Perspectives Difficulties Examples
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Where does your news come from? Whats better
books or databases?
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Things to look for in sources Authority Reliabilit
y Accuracy
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Where can I find it? Internet Print sources
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Internet and Family Tree programs
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Books and print sources Where do we go from here?
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Basic Questions Reasons for digging up the bones
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Pitfalls Is it on Ancestry? Is it in print
form? Is it somewhere? What am I looking for and
when?
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Historic perspective on records All records have
a purpose Follow the money. They went that
away. Records recording articles of faith,
involving money or land will lead you on the
right path
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Start with basic history. Know the area Use
the Internet...not snailmail
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1880 U.S. Census, St. Tammany Parish
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Our example What is the Census good for?
Counting people, things in places
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The universal tool Know the trends in
history. Know the migration routes
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Immigration.Why leave? Survival (Pilgrims,
Huguenot, Irish) Population Pressure/War (Central
Europe) Trying to make a better life (All)
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American documentation American conspiracy Union
catalogs
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Other types of Documentation DNA Archaeology
(Dig near James town.)
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DNA
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DNA Continued
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Where can I find it?
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Paper trails to you.
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