Tom Doherty, "Genealogical Research Methods" and "Genealogy Computer Workshop", Academy of Lifelong Learning, University of Delaware

Genealogy, Computer Workshops [G09/G10] (Fall 2009)
@ Academy of Lifelong Learning
University of Delaware

Syllabus Below for Computer Workshop (Lab) Format: short lecture, then we individually help you find your ancestors in Web databases and original documents.

Class Slides Class#,Date,Topic
1.Sept 10, 2009 Lab:
Where do I start?(b/w)
Interview family,
Tour class web site
Bring flash drive to save documents/data/reports
UD Database Access:
AncestryLibraryEdition (b/w): Passenger Lists
Census: US/Canada/UK
Search technique(b/w)
Blank Forms:census,
ancestry.com, Misbach http://udel.edu/~tdoherty/famsearch9f.pdf

2.Sept 17 Lab:
familysearch.org(b/w):
Vitals: center bottom
LDS Images: right top
Birth:AZ,DE,IL,MI,NH,VA
Marriage:AK,DE,IL,MI
Death:AL,FL,GA,ID,MA, MI,NC,OH,PA,SC,TX,UT
FindaGrave: over 32M
U.S.Census:1850-1900
German, Irish 1911,
Argentina 1895,
Mexico 1930 (coming) AncestryLibraryEdition: WWI/WWII draft

3. Sept 24 Lab: HeritageQuest (b/w): Census, Census(b/w):
HeritageQuest:
PERSI: journal articles,
20,000 books,
RevWar pensions
Other Web Resources

4. Oct 1 Lab:
Other Ancestry.com Images/Databases (b/w): vital records , passport applications, passenger lists, city directories,
Immigration: see site (center potpourri)
Immigration and Naturalization (b/w) Foreign Records Immigration Search

5. Oct 8 Lab:
Military Records (b/w)
Ancestry: Civil War
RevPensions:Footnote
(partial@HeritageQuest)
Holocaust:Footnote

6. Oct 15 Lab:
Finding Places
US/World GenWeb
Cyndi's List
LDS Library Catalog TPD Class Lecture: Local Gov. Records (b/w): (cont.)
Delaware Timeline

7. Oct 22 Lab:
Finding Cousins(b/w)
Bring your surnames (esp. your brickwalls) to see if your cousins have already researched your family line.
See Cousins & Surnames in Potpourri (center frame).
How Do You Relate?
Social Security Death
Your genealogy done?
LDS Family Search
AncestryWorldTree: UD
Rootsweb: Newsgroups
US GenWeb;World:UK
LostCousins, DeadFred
G oo gl e: images
Search genealogies, histories:

8. Oct 29 Lab: Historical Newspapers (b/w): Accessible Archives;
Historical Timelines:
also see Cyndi's List
CousinConnect color b/w
GenealogyTrails color b/w
MessageBoards-RootsWeb color b/w

9. Nov 5 Lab: Software Review(b/w):
LDS Personal Ancestry File free, PAFhandout
Legacy 6.0 free,
FTM $30 top selling,
TMG $79 top rated,
Mac: MacFamilyTree v5.4.2 $49
Reunion $99,
Try to Find a Cousin (b/w) Bring your family surnames to see if your cousins have already researched your family line. How Relate?

10. Nov 12 Lab: Building Your Own Web Site(b/w)
Download FTP software:
1. open zip file,
2. right click copy & paste FTP folder to desktop,
3. open FTP folder; copy WS_FTP95.exe file,
4. close FTP folder,
5. right click "paste shortcut" on desktop
MelcherCW-Memoirs
Foreign Records:
Worton's England/Wales
Cyndi's: England,Wales
Vitals: RootsWeb bmd,
LDS/igi: BritParishRecords
GENUKI: England,Wales
BritishGenWeb: England

11. Nov 19 Lab:
Genealogy Software Workshop:
If interested, bring info on a few relatives (parent, child, step-parent) in a family group, a few events (birth, marriage, death, census, land) and a few sources for those events and we'll help you get started. Choose demo in PAF (Rm 202) or Legacy (Rm 214).
PAF demo by Jack Worton
Legacy Software : Demo by Kim Paterson (b/w)
Foreign Records:
Worton's Scotland, Ireland
Cyndi's Scotland Ireland
GENUKI:Scotland,Ireland
Ireland Info:+free Griffith's
Digitize:Trinity Col.,Family History Foundation; (pay)
Locate Record: pay/view
Irish Archives:Erie, North
Irish Origins, Irish Research and Irish Roots
Irish 1911census images
WilmingtonDE CathDiocese
Scotlands People images: vitals/census/wills (pay)

Nov 26: No Class - Thanksgiving Day

12. Dec 3 Lab:
Migration Within U.S.
Calendars---->>
Medical: diseases
Misc: abbreviations, occupations
Military records:
service, pension,
bounty lands
Tracking Ancestors: census, vitals, city directory, tax;
following neighbors
Foreign Records:
Worton's Scotland, Central/Eastern Europe (coming)
Cyndi's Eastern Europe: Czech/Slovakia
Western Europe: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland

13. Dec 10 Lab: DNA: Future of the Past (b/w)
Genetic Genealogy (b/w)
Solving Brickwalls:
of Classmates

Review
Where to Look for:
Other Genealogies
Vitals (b,m,d,burial),
Basics:Who,When,Where
Which is the original?
Where they lived,
Foreign Town of Origin
Military, Prosperity
Community, History
The Person's Character
Preservation of books, documents and photos
Types of Records
Rules of Evidence
What can you believe?

Left frame updated:
November 19, 2009
f5, s6, f6, s7, f7, s8, s9, f9
TD Surnames, Sources

Top Resources:
Cyndi's List
US GenWeb: Site Map
WorldGenWeb: e.g. UK
LDS: Library Catalog
.... Family Search
LDS Images (Pilot Site):
Projects: Partner Projects: Eastman on Volunteering

Other Useful Links:
G oo gl e; earth.google, HQ, MapQuest, Thesaurus, VL Wikipedia Wiktionary,

All Univ. of DE Databases
UD Genealogy Databases: 1.Click on Blue Hen below:

2.Click on a database link
3.Click on "Connect" button
or click: AmHistNewspapers,
AncestryLib or NY Times If at home, must also
4. Enter UDelNetID# &
..password; click "Login" Univ. of Delaware Library:
Special Collections
Subjects: Genealogy

Also see: UD Find It, change username/password, no FTP
SSH (Using), wireless access, Your Web Site: Web Mail; Change Disk Quota;
Mozilla: set homepage, HQ
Free McAfee Antivirus: download, info

Other Free Downloads:
pdf995 software no ads:$9.95,
HTML edit:NoteTabLight5.5
Gadwin PrintScreen Capture Word2000html add-on

Other UD Databases::
DE Newspaper Project:
.. Extant issues locally
.. Old Newspapers at UD
.. Orphans 1790-1830,
.. Tax1798/CityDirectories

Other Databases::
DE Libraries (free):
[HeritageQuestAccess-Norton]
[census, PERSI, RevWar
20K fam/loc hist books
Accessable Archives

Godfrey Library ($35)
Historical Newspapers:
Brooklyn (1841-1902)
Early American, EBSCO
PA Gazette(1728-1800)

G oo gl e; MapQuest, earth.google, Wikipedia Wiktionary, Thesaurus switchboard.com peoplefinder.com

Delaware Resources::

delgensoc.org: DGS(click logo) Research Guide
Web Links

Search DGS Queries
Delaware Surnames
Delaware Timeline
Delaware 1775 Map
Delaware Hundreds
Delaware Towns Publications
Delaware Families
.. (1787-1800)
Transcriptions/Abstract
.... Taxes 1787-1800
.... Orphans' Court
.... Newspapers

Delaware GenWeb:
... New Castle
... Kent, Sussex
Other Repositories

Nearby State/Co Links

Other DE Databases:: Historical Society:
.. Genealogies
State Archives
.. Collections
.. Probates to 1925
.. Schedule of Events Delaware Library Catalog
In Green Bar, click:
1. Digital Collections
2. Hyperion Hierarchy
3. Delaware Public Archives
4. Digital Delawareana
...for following databases:
....(use Internet Explorer)
....(allow pop-up windows)
Dutch/Swedes 1609-64
Swedes on the Delaware
Delaware Place Names
Delaware Role WWII
Washington 1777 Army
Hist of DE 1609-1888

Professional Research:
.. BCG: Certification
.. APG; DGS

* OR install "Proxify" button:
may be easier when timed out
1. click here, then click
2. browser "Proxify" button
3. enter UDelNetID & pass-
. word; click "Submit Query"
to install "Proxify" button [1st adjust for XP, javascript]
other proxify info
or Mozilla w/proxify button

http://www.proquest.com/en-US/promos/hnp.shtml Other Newspapers:
By state; Indexes;
Library of Congress:free
ProQuest Archiver:
Historical Newspapers:
Link from newspaper site:
AtlantaCons(1868-1942)
BaltimoreSun(1837-1985)
BostonGlobe(1872-1926)
ChicagoTribune(1849-1986)
...1849-1923 @ footnote.com
ChrSciMon(1908-96) free
HartCour (1764-1984)
IrishTimes (1859-2008)
LA Times(1881-1986)
NY Times(1851-2006):UD
SanFranChronicle(1865-1922)
StLouisPostDispatch(1874-1922)
DC:Post(1877-1993):Harvard
WallStJ(1889-1992):UD
choose Advanced Search; most $3.95/pdf with volume discounts (see links above)
may get free access from a university or public library
others available: search!
Guardian (1821-2003)6/08
Observer (1791-2003)6/08
Civil War (1840-65)

ProQuestVideoTraining
BritishNews

Right frame updated:

November 18, 2009

Genealogy, Computer Workshop [G09/G10]
Instructors: Frank Czeiner & Linda McMeniman (G10 Room 202)
Tom Doherty and Kim Paterson (G09 Room 214)
Thursdays 2-3:20pm, Computer Labs in Rooms 202 and 214
immediately follows Genealogy: Your Family Roots [G11] Lecturer: Jack Worton
Thursdays 12:30-1:45pm, Room 225,
After workshop, feel free to attend Genealogy Interest Group [X06] Room TBD
Leaders: Dick Burns & Linda McMeniman Thursdays 3:20-4:20pm,
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Our Goal is to Help You Find Your Ancestors
with One-on-One Help in Lab

<<< For copies of class slides, click on links in left column

How to Start: 1.Talk to Relatives
2. Find Original Images for free at Ancestry.com: Find every available census image for each ancestor: Search
Ancestry.com: click Blue Hen at right, enter UD ID#/password >>
..U.S. 1790-1930 census (every-name index)
....State Censuses NY 1892,1905; WI 1895,1905
..Canada overview NB, NS, ON, QB 1851 [1871:index only (no images)],
...... 1881 [index], 1911
..UK (except Ireland) with every-name index 1841-1901
.... Scotland index only 1841, 1851, 1861 so far
..Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1819, 1867, 1890, 1900

Other Original Images at Ancestry (catalog) Passenger Lists - many linked to ship images:
- Baltimore (1820-1948), Boston (1820-1943),
- New York (1850-91,1935-8), Philadelphia (1800-1945), many more
War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index 1812-1815
WW I draft registration (males born 1872-1900),
WW II draft registration (males born 1872-1900),
1890 Census substitutes: City Directories
..Chicago voter registration 1888, 1890, 1892
..City Directories (ME,MA,CT) (mainly 1900-50)
High School yearbooks (selected 1860s-1960)

Other Ancestry Databases (not images):
...Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder, V.1-9 (1884-95)
...Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly 1963-97

3. HeritageQuest Census Images For highest quality US census copy, print to tif or pdf (pdf995):
keep ancestry image on screen, open 2nd browser window:
go to Delaware Public Library, then click New Castle Co, then "Databases" (top left), then "HeritageQuest", enter borrower ID# + pin# (free to DE residents or check your own public library) OR
Wilmington, then RESEARCH DATABASES, choose branch,
enter borrower ID#, then "HeritageQuest, "then "Census".
Then search/browse for same census image as in ancestry,
download pdf to PC or Mac and print pdf by selecting entire image
(or any part thereof) using camera icon to draw a rectangle around choice.
Also try Chester Co or Delaware Co PA Libraries,
choose HeritageQuest, then enter card#

Other Original Images at HeritageQuest Revolutionary War Pension Files
Friedmans Bank - many newly freed slaves named (1865-74)
25,000 genealogy/history books; PERSI (1.6M articles)

Original Images (Pay Sites) Footnote.com U.S. National Archives Records [5 yr contract]

Pennsylvania Archives 1625–1880 [free]
GenealogyBank ($70/yr):[partial image free]: over
11,700 Books 1801-1900,
114,000 Government Documents 1789-1980,
1300 Newspapers 1690-1977 (see Newspapers below)

Other General Searches Cyndi's List- Exceptional! over 260,000 links in 180+ categories
to all that's genealogical and historical
USGenWeb: State Links, Search Archives
-- a direct route to almost every U.S. county,
WorldGenWeb (Regional Links), Country Links
-- a direct route to almost every country and jurisdictions
Latter-day Saints church: Ancestor Search (includes IGI),
-- Library Catalog and other resources
-- Microfilm to Digital Image Project (Beta Test)
Steve Morse's One-Step Portal for Web Genealogy Searches
- Census (US): 1790-1940; NY State: 1905-25;
- Census (Foreign): Canada 1856-1911; British: 1841-1911
- One Step: Ancestry Library Ed, County from Town/State
- Immigration to US: 1820-1957 w Castle Garden,Ellis Island
-- Baltimore1820-1958,Boston1820-1943,Galveston1893-1948
-- Philadelphia 1800-1945, San Francisco 1893-1957,
-- Canada 1895-1956, German 1850-1897, Hamburg 1850-1934
-- Italian 1855-1900, Russians 1834-1897,
- Montreal city directories 1842-1978, Maps,Aerial Photos
- Find Where SSN Issued, Zip Code, NYC Vitals

Some Library and Other Databases Godfrey Library (free to $35) many + historical newspapers
New England [for members: NEHGR 1849-1994]; Canada
Allen Co (IN) Public Library 2nd to LDS (PERSI origin)
U.S. National Archives: Microfilms, holdings, hours
RootsWeb, NewsGroups,
G oo gl e It!: Books (choose "Full view"), Images, Earth Maps

Alphabetical Potpourri of Searches Table of Contents: Archives, Books, Calendars, Census, Cemetaries, Court Records, Cousins, Foreign Records, Genetics/DNA, Handwriting, Immigration, Indexes for Web search, Land/Deeds, Maps, Medical, Military, Misc, Naming Patterns, Naturalization, Newsletters, Newspapers, Photos/Images, Society Sites, Surnames, Tax, Transcribing, Vital Records, Web Sites

Archives: Manuscripts/Databases State Images: Delaware, Illinois
National Union Catalog of Manuscripts: searching manuscripts in archive repositories
Pennsylvania Digital Archives: newspapers,vitals,etc.
Maryland State Archives: Search, Search Catalog;
Archives of Maryland OnLine Deeds(Images): 1669-2005
Missouri State Archives: on-line databases: pre-1910 Birth/Death
Digital Images: Death 1910-57, StLouis Probate 1802-1900
New Hampshire State Papers (40 vol.): probates to 1800,
military, land grants, etc.; Virginia Online
UD Databases: National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections;
Digital Bibliography of Delaware
ArchivesUSA index of ca 5600 repositories 160K collections
of primary sources; Early American Imprints 1639-1800;
ArchiveGrid (pay) museums, libraries, colleges
Burned Counties - and how to "track 'em down" anyway

Books: How to Find Them
Digital: G oo gl e Books (choose "Full view"), Heritage Quest
Libraries: WorldCat, DelCat, DE Libraries

Calendars: 10,000 Years: Weekday, Convert Age to Birth Date,
Time Between Dates, Old vs New Style

Cemetaries Tombstone Images:
FindaGrave: over 32M, Gravematter: mostly New England tombstones (pay)

Census: U.S. Clues: 1790-1840, 1850-1930, 1890 Fate
.. Canada overview Census on Microfilm (Interlabrary Loan), On-line
... Census Images: 1851(NB,NS,ON,QB - no index); 1881 (all); 1891
... 1901(all); 1906 (only AB,MB,SK); 1911 (also ancestry.com)
.. England/Wales/Channel&IsleMan:
ancestry.com images 1841-1901 ; free 1911 index, pay to view
.. Scotland: full transcription 1841-1901 (ancestry.com);
Indeces: Canada: 1871(ON); 1881(all)
LDS Microfilm to Digital Image Project:
Argentina 1895, Mexico 1930 (coming)
Also see Ancestry.com (above)
.Ireland: before 1901 destroyed; 1911 images (complete), Griffiths 1848-1864
.Scotland Census 1841-1901 & Vital Records Images (pay site)

Court Records: SalemCoMA 1636-1686,YorkCoME 1686-1760
.. Probate : Delaware 1600s-1900s, ChesterCoPA 1821-1942

Cousins: (Onomastics):
Searching (b/w): Social Security Death Index (SSDI);
LDS: Library Catalog, International Genealogical Index (igi), GenealogyTrails; CousinConnect; FamilyTreeDNA Projects
Cyndi's List; G oo gl e: also images
Lost Cousins: in 1841 British, 1880-1 US/Canada/British census
Brigham Young: >25,000 searchable books at LDS Salt Lake Library
... history: town, county, society, family
Misc: GenealogyToday: funeral cards, ration books, clubs, etc
ancestry.com(UofD): see right frame below Blue Hen
PERSI/books (HeritageQuest): Delaware Public Libraries
MyHeritage: searches >1500 web databases (Internet Explorer only)
Rootsweb: Homepage, Newsgroups: Surnames

Foreign Records(see also Census, Immigration, Military, Naming, Vitals):
...WorldGenWeb (Regional Links), Country Links
...Canada: Archives; ThatsMyFamily AmCamGenSoc
UK/Ireland: English Expert Links(free), OriginsNetwork(pay)
ScotlandsPeople (pay:vitals/wills)

Genetics/DNA: Genographics Project, FamilyTreeDNA

Handwriting: see Transcribing

Immigration: General, Immigrant Origins: by U.S. County 1880-2000:
Naturalization: DE
British Emigrants 1890-1960; to Canada 1865-1935
Searching Passenger Lists in One Step,
New York City: Castle Garden 1830-1913,
Ellis Island 1892-1924;
Also see Ancestry.com (above)

Indexes for On-line searches: stevemorse.org,

Land/Deeds: Images: Deeds: Salem MA, Maryland: 1669-2005
Vermont: 1850-ca.1901 (in LDS Beta Test); Virginia
Patents/Grants: US Bureau of Land Management; PA,VA,TX

Maps: Library of Congress - digitized old maps;
County: Northeast, Southeast, County Formation 1643+
Sanborn(1867-1970):Delaware:UD Database(pdf), New Eng
Old New England, MapQuest, Google Earth: satellite view
Map Your Ancestors

Medical: Archaic Terms: Diseases: #2, #3

Military: Revolutionary War: Cornell Making of America American Loyalists
DAR Databases: DAR Search
Civil War: LSU: battles, soldiers, maps, diaries,
General: Illinois: Civil War Muster
Canada: RevWar soldier/widow Pension Images(NB)
Also see Ancestry.com (above)

Miscellaneous: Encyclopedia of Genealogy - Wikipedia-like
Reports, e.g. enter "history town (or company name)"
books.google; Genealogica Codicil Political Graveyard
rootstelevision: Photo Restore, Google Family Tree, CyndisList;
Abbrev, #2; Occupations: #2, #4; Face Recognition
Weather: enter date town state (1930s+)

Naming Patterns in Families: General, Colonial America,
English, Scot, Irish, Welsh, German, Italian, Colonial,
English/Welsh 1700-1870,Scot 1700s,Irish 1800s,Old German
English,Irish,French,German,Spanish,Arabic, Indian,African
Nicknames:#1, #2; Popular 1880s->Now

Naturalization: (free) Oconto Co WI

Newsletters: (free) RootsWeb NewsGroups,
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: Plus version: $20/yr

Newspapers: Available by state; Newspapers/Indexes on Web;
... also search ancestry.com [UD] and Godfrey Library ($35/yr)
UD Newspaper Database Images:
Accessible Archives 1700s-1800s, African American 1800s,
America's Historical Newspapers 1690-1876 (over 500K issues),
... may include all of GenBank's Historical Newspapers (below)
Brooklyn Eagle 1841-1902, Cecil Whig 1870-74,
London Gazette 1752–1979, London Times 1785-1985,
Missouri (Historic) Newspapers 1859+,
NY Times 1851-2003 (ProQuest),
Wall St Journal 1889-1989(ProQuest)
Fulton History then Enter, Press here; free NY newspapers
Library of Congress free
Pay: NewspaperArchive.com ($95.88/yr): >74M pages
Pay: ProQuest see list in frame at right
Pay: GenealogyBank ($70/yr): >214M records
including 1400 Newspapers 1690-1977 (500,000 issues), e.g.
...Baltimore Sun: 6/11/1850-7/24/1900, 5/17/1837-2/22/1901
...Delaware Gazette: 4/19/1814-2/22/1820
...Philadelphia Inquirer: 11/07/1860-12/31/1922
may all be in UD Newspaper Database Images (see above)