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Week VI Probate Records

  Types of Records of Death Examples of Documents of Death Death Certificate      Burial Permit     Coronor Report Cemetery Register    Sexton Report    Estate Record Mortality Schedule   Pension File        Church Record Newspaper Obituary Bible Record      News Article Tombstone Inscription   Social Security   Insurance Papers Funeral Home Record   Diary              Letters Court Records          Court Deposition  Land Records Cities and States […]

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Week VI Court Records

Uncle Hiram-Why Go ToThe Courthouse http://www.genealogytoday.com/columns/unclehiram/010413.html Overview of Courts and Court Records http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview_of_Court_Records Overview of Court Records http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview_of_Court_Records&cj=1&netid=cj&o_xid=0001029688&o_lid=0001029688&o_sch=Affiliate+External Court Record Types http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_Court_Record_Types Researching Court Records http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=Researching_Court_Records How to Find Court Records http://www.genealogy.com/00000283.html Beyond the Index http://www.rootdig.com/adn/courthouselessons.html Challenging the Courthouse http://www.genealogytoday.com/columns/ruby/010423.html Courthouse Research-Satisfaction or Frustration http://www.lhaasdav.com/learningcenter/courthouseresearch.html All About Court Records http://www.genealogy.com/00000281.html Types of Court Records http://www.genealogy.com/00000282.html […]

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Researching Land Records

Five Phases of American Land Transfers 1) All land claimed by the Crown (British, Dutch, Spanish, French, etc), Indian Claim to land usually relinquished in some form, usually a treaty and transferred by charter to colonies 2) Colonies transferred land to colonists or settlers-1607-Revolutionary War 3) After Revolutionary War the United States government obtained land […]

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Week IV DNA and Evidence

  DNA Blogs and Sites The Legal Genealogist-Judy G Russell http://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog/ DNA Explained-Roberta Estes http://dna-explained.com/ Genetic Genealogist-CeCe Moore http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/   Familial DNA   http://blog.eogn.com/2015/03/10/the-limitations-of-familial-dna-searching/ http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/11707192-123/new-orleans-filmmaker-cleared-in http://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog/2015/03/15/big-easy-dna-not-so-easy/   DNA Companies Family Tree DNA http://www.familytreedna.com 23 and Me http://23andme.com Ancestry DNA http://dna.ancestry.com   Mic’s DNA Sites Mic’s X-Chromosome http://micsxchromosome.micbarnette.com Barnett DNA Project http://www.Barnettdna.micbarnette.com Finch DNA Project http://finchdna.micbarnette.com […]

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Week III-Analyzing Censuses

Review of Censuses 1850-1940               http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1850-1930.html Review of Censuses 1790-1840                http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1790-1840.html Review of Non Population Schedules                 http://www.archives.gov/research/census/nonpopulation/index.html#ag Working With Censuses:             Knapik Immigrant Family Texas             Nancy Cobb 1850 Muscogee County, GA             James M Cobb 1850 Muscogee County, GA             Sarah Coffey Brawner 1830-1840 Georgia             1850  Cass County Georgia Agricultural Schedule […]

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Citing Sources

 Plagiarism: Plagiarism in genealogy is the innocent or intentional use of someone else’s words or ideas without giving proper credit to that person. When using information in quotes of another be sure to properly cite. Use citation and quotes if needed. Citing Sources: Evidence Explained-The Book https://www.evidenceexplained.com/ Citing Sources-Cyndislist.com http://www.cyndislist.com/citing/ Why Bother? The Value of […]

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Copyright

Plagiarism: Plagiarism in genealogy is the innocent or intentional use of someone else’s words or ideas without giving proper credit to that person. When using information in quotes of another be sure to properly cite. Use citation and quotes if needed.   Copyright:  Who Owns Genealogy? Gary Hoffman- http://www.genealogy.com/articles/research/14_cpyrt.html Copyright and the Genealogy Lecture http://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog/2015/02/18/copyright-and-the-genealogy-lecture/ […]

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Coming To America

    Introductions About This Class Mic’s Philosophies Setting The Stage– See Syllabus Settlement of Great Britain and Ireland Prehistoric Settlement of the British Isles         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_settlement_of_the_British_Isles Historical Immigration to Great Britain         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_immigration_to_Great_Britain Plantations of Ireland                         […]

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Numbers of Ancestors

                  Relationship Generati on # Ancestors/generat ion Total  Ancestors # Years Parents 1 2 2 20-24 Grandparents 2 4 6 20-24 G Grands 3 8 14 20-24 GG Grands 4 16 30 20-24 GGG Grands 5 32 62 20-24 GGGG Grands 6 64 126 20-24 GGGGG Grands […]

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About This Class

  Fall 2019- Introduction to Genealogy Using Ancestry . com   Name of Instructor: Mic Barnette Place: Building  M 124 Time: 1:30 pm to 4:50 pm Wednesdays for 4 weeks commencing Oct 2 2019  Class Dates :      (1) Oct 2  (2) Oct 9  (3) Oct 16 (4) Oct 23         […]

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