Ancestors in the Records

Understanding your ancestors’ lives can help you use the sources and trace them more effectively. In return, knowing what to look for in the sources can help you understand your ancestors’ lives better.

In this section, I’ve tried to explain how to locate and use the records as well as give tips on how to get as much as possible out of the records. With a full understanding, sometimes even a simple birth or marriage record can tell quite a bit about your ancestor.

This section will be expanding. Each month, I will send out a “Record of the Month” in the newsletter that highlights a particular source useful in understanding your ancestors’ lives. The next month, I will add that source to this page.

Below are the sections included in this website. For more information, click on that link.