Step 2:  
How to do Family History Research
in 12 Easy Steps with the Internet

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DeAnne Shelley, 
Professional Genealogist

Genealogical Clearinghouse

DeAnne Anderson Shelley

You may contact me by e-mail at:
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PowerPoint Presentation Lessons
This is the Season for Family History - An Overview

(All of these lessons have 1 or 2 assignments to complete
if you are a student attending classes taught by DeAnne)

Instructions for viewing: Be patient loading the program the first time. 
Select the training program that you want to view and then click on the bottom right
icon  "Slide Show". 
After viewing presentation click the back button to return here.

  1. How to accomplish your Original Research.

  2. Organization of your Research Binder.

  3. Preliminary Survey Phase - checking what is posted on the Internet by others so that duplication of effort is avoided.  This is accomplished by searching for secondary or compiled sources, rather than primary types of sources sought in the research phase.

  4. Seek out primary and secondary sources on the Internet in the Research Phase - to add to your knowledge of your family tree with provable sources.

  5. Locating your family thru Census Records.

  6. Where to find the records available to search thru the  
    FHL Catalog,
    The Handy Book
    and the PERSI collection.
    Maps & Gazetteers

  7. Vital Records, Births, Marriages and Deaths.

  8. Church Records - LDS & All Others.

  9. Land and Tax Records.

  10. Probate and Court Records.

  11. Military Records.

  12. Immigration/Emigration and Naturalization Records.
    Westward Migration


Additional Bonus Lessons:

  1. New England Research

  2. Mid-Atlantic Research

  3. How to use the FamilySearch Internet Site

  4. How to do Foreign Research on Internet Sites


Begin Here to use Surnames.com as a Research Tool