HOW TO TRACE YOUR GENEALOGY

HOME SOURCES :

Letters, photographs, baby books, important papers, family records of births, marriages, deaths, books, birthday cards, etc.

CONTACT RELATIVES :

See what information they can supply you with.

OBITUARIES :

Sometimes gives biographical data.

CEMETERY and TOMBSTONES :

Cemetery records and/or tombstone inscriptions can often be helpful.

CENSUS :

Start with the census for the last year available and work backwards.

NATURALIZATION :

CERTIFICATES :

Obtain birth, death and/or marriage certificates.

SHIP ARRIVALS :

MILITARY/VETERAN"S RECORDS :

These have a wealth of information.

CHURCH RECORDS :

COURT RECORDS :

Wills, probate, divorce, child custody.

SOCIAL SECURITY RECORDS :

Monograms :

YEARBOOKS :

SCHOOL RECOREDS :

ALUMNI LISTS :

FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS :

PASSPORT APPLICATIONS :