2. Immigration Story
Family’s Role in History
War Hero
Famous Ancestor
Royalty or Celebrity
Cousin
Lineage Society
Mayflower
Sons/Daughters of the
American Revolution
3. Start with yourself, your
parents, your
grandparents
Full Name
Birth Date & Birth Place
Marriage Date &
Marriage Place
Death Date & Death
Place
4. What 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?
5. Ask about the story of your
family
Interview family members
Gather pictures
Identify family heirlooms &
artifacts
Does someone have a
scrapbook or newspaper
clippings?
Pictures
Nina's Dolls
6. Start 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.
8. Caution: Look closely! Something isn’t right here.
There are 2 Heads of the Household
Are John & Fannie the parents of Thomas R.?
What does Wd mean?
9.
10. 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
11. Once you have some names and dates:
Maps – Where Did They Live? Where Did They Travel?
World War I Draft Registrations
Newspapers – Google, Newspapers.com,
GenealogyBank
Immigration Records – Pictures of Ships
City Directories
Local Town Histories – Google Books, OpenLibrary
Further Back
Civil War Pension Files - $$
Revolutionary War Pension Files – Fold3
Compiled Genealogies – Genealogy Gophers, Archive
12.
13.
14. 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
15. 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.
Editor's Notes
Handouts #1-3 – Family Tree, Pedigree Chart, Family Group Sheet
Handouts #4-6 Blank Census Forms
Check the blank – They are both Widowed – Not married to each other
Edward M. is Head of household
J. Herbert is Widowed Father – Be Careful – Census is not always correct – J. Herbert is actually the uncle of Edward
Fannie is Married to Edward
Mary J. Capen is mother-in-law – That means Fannie’s maiden name is likely Capen.