Genealogy Research & Family History Records Checklist to Grow Your Family Tree

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When I first started out in genealogy, I wanted a genealogy records checklist. I guess I’m a checklist kind of person. So here I’ve created a list of types of records to look for when researching each ancestor. This is a “suggested” list of what to look for, not necessarily where to find them.
There is no list in the world that could possibly list everything, but these are just some of the common family history records we would seek when researching our family history.
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TIMING
0:00 Intro
0:20 Connie’s records checklist & handout
1:18 Survey results in Community Tab
5:10 Records checklist discussion
7:04 Wills and probate records
8:15 Census records
10:04 Immigration, Emigration and Naturalization
11:15 Vital records
12:08 Land and deed records
14:07 Church records
15:28 City directories
16:02 Court records
16:48 Newspapers
17:39 Cemeteries and funeral homes
17:56 Maps
19:14 Can be used over and over again
I am a fanatic for genealogy, family history and DNA to research my American ancestors. I create the best free genealogy videos and webinars on RU-vid. Learn genealogy research skills to help you with your family tree and family origins. I am a professional genealogist; I teach research skills and records research. The best videos on “Genealogy TV” (RU-vid) are about learning research notes, logs, staying organized, genetic genealogy, finding missing ancestors, and where to find family history records. Learn genealogy for free and how to research on Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, MyHeritage.com, FindMyPast.com, FamilyTreeDNA, AncestryDNA, 23andMe, WikiTree, Geni, National Genealogical Society, National Archives, National and State Archives, genealogical & historical societies, genealogybank.com, Chronicling America, Newspapers.com, Newspaper Archives.com, Fold3, Archive.org, Internet Archive, Wayback Machine, Digital Public Libraries, Google, Google Books, Google News, Facebook genealogy groups, and the very best genealogy websites and resources.
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@Kati_diaryofamom Год назад

Thank you for the checklist! Printing it out and it's gonna keep me on track! I have too many "squirrel" moments when researching!

@GenealogyTV Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@barbaramcmillan9243 22 дня назад

I live in Australia and how I wish that we had census records available like UK and US. It would make things soooo much easier for family historians here. I like your check lists and your videos are very helpful. TFS.

@saraschneider6781 Год назад

18:16 On a related note it would be so great if there was a way to look up addresses changes. Not movement of families, but if a residential address changed due to road construction.

@CaminoTurtle 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the checklist. Researching in New Jersey I found Tax Lists to be very useful since the census records for the early 1800s were destroyed.

@Sunjoy1 Год назад

My genealogy resolution for 2023 is to become more organized and this checklist certainly will help... TY

@GenealogyTV Год назад

Great plan!

@marvthedog1972 Год назад

I totally agree with your comments on the importance of newspapers. I found a good bit of information on my great grandparents because they were active in the community and were written about in the local newspaper. I also was able to find information on what really happened to my aunt who died at the age of 2 on my dad's side. for years the family story was that she died of malnourishment in 1932 but the newspapers and as it just so happened, a hand written document found in my grandfather's wallet my dad had, destroyed that story. She was sick with a disease and was never able to overcome it after a lengthy fight.

@debbybrady1246 Год назад

Again, you provide great information. I found church records for an ancestor in Virginia that showed I am related to George Washington.

@GenealogyTV Год назад

Love it.

@brittneynewborn9602 Год назад

Thank you so much for this information!

@GenealogyTV Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@glendastaples9536 Год назад

Thank you for this video, as I forgot some of the places to go look.

@GenealogyTV Год назад

You’re welcome 😊

@nellanddudley Год назад

Well, I finally did it...Happy Dance here. Love your channel!

@GenealogyTV Год назад

Thank you!

@saraschneider6781 Год назад

16:48 Ancestry can do a LOT more to populate Newspaper related hints.

@shamusosullivan5650 2 месяца назад

Orphans court/ oyster court when looking in early PA

@saraschneider6781 Год назад

15:39 What about directories for rural farm communities?

@Godiswatching45 11 месяцев назад

Yes, I need help, 6mos on ancestry, hidden,shocking finding.😮

@saraschneider6781 Год назад

I wish Ancestry would have this embedded. It does for some extent with vital statistics and what comes up in hints, but if it's not a vital records or something that comes up in a hint, it's not being suggested to look for it. And the checklist will change based on time period and location your ancestors lived.

@sr2291 Год назад

In Madeira Portugal the parish baptism, marriage and death records go back to the 1500's.

@vccgenealogysig Год назад

In Europe, Vital Records go back a very long way. They may be called something different (e.g. often the information was in Church Records). Since none of my ancestors lived in the U.S., all were from Sweden, England or Scotland where the information about birth, christening, marriage and death goes back hundreds of years. That is why they would be most important to me.

@darlenesye1609 Год назад

TY Connie. I have been using a checklist from online that I got years ago, but it's not perfect. Using some of your categories to update my checklist. TY again, keep the tips coming ☺️ Short Q, off topic. Do you have an Ella Madsen among the names of your peeps? This Ella died on January 31, 1977 in Alliance Ohio. There is a coroner's report for her on Family Search.

@GenealogyTV Год назад

Hi @Darlene Sye. I do have a Berniece Ella Madsen d. 1986 in California. That's about as close as I get. Thanks for the compliments.

@darlenesye1609 Год назад

@@GenealogyTV Hey Connie. BTW I don't twit

@cindycarrasco2383 Год назад

Awesome video Connie, I do have a question on Church records. If a church no longer exists (church building has been torn down) what happens to its records and how can you find them?

@GenealogyTV Год назад

That depends on the denomination. Sometimes the records go up to a hierarchy within that sector/denomination and sometimes they end up at the local library or State Archives. You need to research the church and denomination. You might ask the county librarian or local historian too.

@cindycarrasco2383 Год назад

@@GenealogyTV ...thank you yes the denomination was Quaker Church in Byers, Kansas. Name of the church happened to be Pleasant Plains Church along with it cemetery

@suellenw561 Год назад

@@GenealogyTV I found the cemetery records for my Mom's gramdfather & a cousin whho died at 5 yr in the local Historical Society storage room. It was a small church that's now an apartment building. The cemetery is fenced in but a lot of the tombstones are missing including my ggm's. It is still being mowed so someone is taking care of it.

@DescendantsofPocahontas Год назад

I would say Wills/Probate are the most important. Without them you can't go further and further back if your ancestor made a Will. In a sense, a Will is a death certificate just without the mentioning of the parents.

@GenealogyTV Год назад

Wills are great. Sadly only about 10% of the population had them.

@DescendantsofPocahontas Год назад

@@GenealogyTV that is sad. I descend from very prominent Virginian and Maryland individuals who all wrote Wills, so it is quite easy for me to track my lineage.

@randywallis9624 Год назад

Connie I also enjoy your videos and you have provided me with information of places to research that I was not aware of. I have a question I have an uncle that I’m trying to find information on I have checked newspapers state records on birth and death. Oh my and snorkels as well as my father who was born in 1921 and passed away my generation is the oldest that’s left here’s what I have on my uncle do you have any suggestions. Joe Talbert Wallis b: 13 Oct 1912 Wayne County, Mo. d: 1916 Wayne County, Mo. The above information came from my family Bible. Thanks Randy

@GenealogyTV Год назад

You need a research plan. Work backwards. Work through the checklist, that's exactly what it is designed for. genealogytv.org/product/handout-for-genealogy-records-checklist/

@saraschneider6781 Год назад

14:29 What if the church has closed?

@exdus235 Год назад

My 'vote' would have been for census records.

@peggychezik6118 Год назад

How do you use the family group sheet the lines are so small and for me hard to print that small? What do you suggest

@GenealogyTV Год назад

Well... Personally I don't use paper versions anymore. I use Ancestry to type everything in. This way you're not writing the same information over and over again on different sheets.

@hebintn Год назад

The checklists have suggested a couple of things I haven't looked at, like church records. I'm at a brickwall on my paternal line, Bryant, at my great grandfather. Autosomal DNA has revealed many cousins, but none on the paternal line. yDNA has confused things even more by saying that the best fit is Smoot. Bryant is not mentioned. I'm thinking that my great grandfather and his brothers (no sisters are evident) may have been adopted after some catastrophic event. I'm not sure if adoption records were public in the early 1800s. I haven't seen anything specifically dealing with adoption. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

@GenealogyTV Год назад

I would chase the cousin matches that are in the branch on AncestryDNA. Just because you don't have any good matches in the YDNA, doesn't worry me. There are WAY more test kits out there for Ancestry than the YDNA. You might try identifying a direct line male descendant and offer to pay for a YDNA test to see if there is a match. If not a match, you're on to something.

@richardpaz1919 Год назад

You talked about “Immigration, Emigration and Naturalization” do you have a dedicated video on this? You said you talked about it before 11:13 . So I wanted to know what video is it? My parents are immigrants I want to see if u can find the records

@GenealogyTV Год назад

Immigration and Naturalization Records ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mhGvWwGOh1s.html Ellis Island Immigrant Records and History ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tMcJg6ZCAyw.html

@BennettRussell Год назад

I knew something wasn't right, so I recheck. I did become a member back on 2022 October 20. But am not seeing charges for this membership in October of last year. How does one check if the membership is still active?

@GenealogyTV Год назад

To verify your membership and or Google account on RU-vid, do this... Go to RU-vid, click on your icon in the upper right corner. Choose Purchases and memberships. Under memberships, you should see Genealogy TV and your membership status (if you're a member under that account). If not, you either have had your membership expire or you are signed into a different Google account from the one you signed up for the GTV membership with.

@BennettRussell Год назад

@@GenealogyTV I am not seeing once I select Genealogy TV what my status is. Clicking my icon, I am logged in as Bennett Russell @user-oj6zf1cc6h. Have no idea where the @user came from. The subscribed is there with all notices turned on. Also, I am seeing a join button. I am not a computer geek. Never realized there was a setting to discontinue my membership. So am I right in saying if the join button is there, I will have to rejoin?

@KimberlyGreen Год назад

A good checklist is like a strong skeleton, providing a reliable framework for everything.

@GenealogyTV Год назад

I like it.

@randywallis9624 Год назад

Amy I also enjoy your videos and you have provided me with information of places to research that I was not aware of. I have a question I have an uncle that I’m trying to find information on I have checked newspapers state records on birth and death. Oh my and snorkels as well as my father who was born in 1921 and passed away my generation is the oldest that’s left here’s what I have on my uncle do you have any suggestions. Joe Talbert Wallis b: 13 Oct 1912 Wayne County, Mo. d: 1916 Wayne County, Mo. The above information came from my family Bible. Thanks Randy

@GenealogyTV Год назад

Oops. I think this was intended for a different RU-vidr. Amy Johnson Crow or Aimee Cross maybe?

@randywallis9624 Год назад

@@GenealogyTV Connie you and Amy are the two programs I watch the most and was hoping that by sending each of you the same question I’d get the most from two brilliant genealogist. For a 4 year old I have exhausted all my options and was hoping you had a rabbit you could pull out of the proverbial hat. Thanks love you program. Randy