Resource Checklist

Personal/Family Records
___ Account Books

___ Citizenship Papers

___ Clubs/Organizations

___ Employment Records

___ Family Bibles

___ Farm Records

___ Heirlooms

___ Journals/Diaries

___ Letters

___ Medical Records

___ Memorial Cards

___ Military Records

___ Oral Traditions

___ Photographs

___ Scrapbooks

___ Social Security Cards

Certificates
___ Adoption

___ Ahnentafel

___ Baptism

___ Birth

___ Blessing

___ Confirmation

___ Death

___ Divorce

___ Franktur

___ Graduation

___ Manumission

___ Marriage

School Records
___ Arts

___ College

___ Elementary

___ Ladies Finishing

___ Private

___ Secondary

___ Trade

___ University

___ Vocational

Insurance
___ Automobile

___ Health/Life

___ Marine

Vital Records
___ Adoptions

___ Births

___ Deaths

___ Divorces

___ Marriages

Marriage Records
___ Applications

___ Banns

___ Bonds

___ Contracts

___ Indexes

___ Licenses

___ Returns

Compiled Sources
___ (IGI) International Genealogical Index

___ (PRF) Pedigree Resource File

___ (TIB) Temple Index Bureau

___ Ancestral File

___ Family Group Sheet

___ new FamilySearch Genealogical Index

Printed Sources
___ Biographies

___ City Directories

___ County/Local Histories

___ Family Histories

___ Funeral Program

___ Genealogies

___ Pedigrees

Newspapers
___ Indexes

___ Births

___ Deaths

___ Marriages

___ Anniversaries

___ Obituaries

___ Advertisements

___ Local News

___ Unclaimed Mail

Periodicals
___ Genealogies

___ Historical Articles

___ Indexes

___ Queries

___ Source Extracts

Collections
___ Indexes

___ Personal Papers

___ Correspondence

___ Surname Files

___ Biographies

___ Inscriptions

___ (DAR) Daughters of the American Revolution

___ Business Records

___ Oral Histories

___ WPA Projects

Internet
___ Ancestry.com

___ Google.com

___ HeritageQuest

___ World Vital Records

___ Footnote

___ etc.

Federal Census
___ 1790

___ 1800

___ 1810

___ 1820

___ 1830

___ 1840

___ 1850

___ 1860

___ 1870

___ 1880

___ 1890

___ 1900

___ 1910

___ 1920

___ 1930

___ Agriculture

___ Mortality Schedules

___ Revolutionary War

___ State/Local Census

___ Union Army Survivor

Land Records
___ Deeds

___ Grantee Index

___ Mortgages

___ Patents/Grants

___ Surveys

Probate Records
___ Administrations

___ Bonds

___ Guardianships

___ Indexes

___ Inventories

___ Packets

___ Settlements

___ Wills

Court Records
___ Case Files

___ Dockets

___ Indexes

___ Judgments

___ Minutes

___ Orders/Decrees

Court Related Records
___ Jail

___ Jury

___ Justice of the Peace

___ Lawyers Briefs

___ Sheriff/Police

Tax Records
___ Personal Property

___ Poll Tax

___ Poor Rate

___ Real Estate

___ School

___ Tax Exemptions

Military Records
___ Bounty Awards

___ Burial Registers

___ Discharges

___ Funeral Books

___ Funeral Cards

___ Muster Rolls

___ Pensions

___ Service Files

Immigration Records
___ Alien Registration Card

___ Change of Name

___ Citizenship Papers

___ Customs Records

___ Immigrant Aid Group

___ Logbooks

___ Naturalization

___ Oath of Allegiance

___ Passenger Lists

___ Passports

___ Registry of Voters

___ Vaccination Certificates

Cemetery Records
___ Deeds

___ Fund

___ Gifts

___ Memorials

___ Monuments

___ Perpetual Care

___ Plats

___ Sextons

___ Tombstones

Legal Notices
___ Auctions

___ Bankruptcies

___ Convictions

___ Court Claims

___ Divorces

___ Forced Sales

___ Probates

Church Records
___ Admissions

___ Annulment

___ Banns

___ Baptism

___ Birth

___ Blessing

___ Burial

___ Christening

___ Circumcision

___ Confirmation

___ Death

___ Disciplinary Courts

___ Divorce

___ Marriage

___ Membership Lists

___ Minutes

___ Mission Reports

___ Ordination

___ Removals

___ Subscription Lists

Employment Records
___ Account Books

___ Apprenticeships

___ Indentures

___ Licenses

___ Pensions

___ Personal Files

___ Service Awards

Institutional Records
___ Charities

___ Hospitals

___ Convents

___ Seminaries

___ Libraries

___ Historical Societies

___ Genealogical Society

___ Mission Societies

___ Orphan Agencies

___ Reunion Registries