RESEARCH CHECK LIST

Location of Sources:	Type of Source	Date of Source:	Location of Notes:
Home	Family Bible
	Family letters
	Interviews
	Photographs

County Records	Vital records
	Marriage records
	Wills, estates, etc.
	Deeds, etc.
	Mortgages
	Other recorders' records
	Naturalization records

Town records and Libraries	City or country directories
	Cemetery records/grave inscription
	Misc. or published histories
	Newspaper files
	Tax lists
	Voter records
	Public school records

Church depositories	Archives
	Local parish records
	Local church histories

State records	Vital records
	Land grants
	State census
	Militia records
	Tax lists
	Archives
	Accounts, journals

National Records	Censuses
	Mortality schedules
	Military records
	Pension records
	Passenger lists
	Immigration records
	Land records
	Special records

Libraries	Indices, special
	Printed genealogies
	Printed histories
	Occupational histories
	Biographical compendia
	Manuscript histories
	Obituary collections/indices
	Cemetery records
	Abstract volumes

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