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Performing Genealogy on a Shoe StringDon & Jeanine HartmanFamilyHart

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Search Plan & Strategy Make a Time Commitment

– Same Time every week or every day Gather the information that you have

– Family Records, Family Members, etc. Organize the information that you have

– Fill out pedigree and family group records– Computerize; or organize papers in folders

Determine What Records Need to be Researched – Census, Obits, Civil Records, Church Records, etc.

Search Plan & Strategy Be efficient, time is money, even

when you are retired Use an Internet-friendly Genealogy

Program (i.e. Ancestral Quest, Roots Magic, etc.)

Invest in High Speed Internet Connection (DSL, Cable Modem, etc.) or have access to one (i.e. Public Library, College Library, Family History Center (FHC))

Free or Low-Cost Websites LDS FamilySearch Heritage Quest ProQuest Google Books Google Maps Rootsweb Ancestry WorldTree USGENWEB WORLDGENWEB Cyndi’s List MidAtlantic Roots Network York County Archives

Create Quick Links Make a direct-link Icon of the

locations that you will use most of the time:

Right-Click on the link for which you want to have a short-cut, Select Copy Shortcut

Right-Click on your desktop screen where you want your Icon, Select Paste Shortcut

Free Genealogy WebsitesLDS FamilySearchhttp://www.familysearch.org

Use this to view source records or extractions of source records, such as U.S. Social Security Death Index, U.S. Census Records, State Census Records, World War II Draft Registration Cards, Marriage Records, Birth Records, International Records, etc.


Open an account:

If you are LDS, you will need the Membership # and Confirmation

Date from your Church Record. As part of a contributing organization, your account will automatically be a qualified account.

If you are not LDS, you may want to open an account, and participate in the indexing project. If you index 900

records per quarter and maintain that level, your account will be upgraded to a qualified account. https://www.familysearch.org/volunteer/indexing


It is good to peruse what records are available on a regular basis, perhaps once a month or so.

If you are keyboard centric, the Space Bar will select highlighted items including check boxes, Life Event Choices, etc.

If you change Life Events for another search, Filters will typically be deleted

Checked boxes means Exact Match

Can use Wild Card * with first 3 letters


1840, 1860, and 1920 Census searches must not include Residence Places below the County Level

1870 Census searches must not include Residence Places below the State Level

Residence Year Range is not the same as Birth Year Range

The 1860, 1880, and 1930 Census listings are Extractions ONLY. To see the actual records, you will need to pay a fee or go to Heritage Quest, if you have access.

The 1860 Census will not show family units without seeing the original Census record.


If you work for a number of hours, your cookie will die, and you will get an Oops or a Try Later message. If you do, you will need to close out ALL browser windows on your screen, reopen, and log back in to continue

Free Genealogy WebsitesLDS Old FamilySearchhttp://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/frameset_search.asp

Use this for search Ancestral File, Pedigree Resource File, International Genealogical Index (IGI)

Can also be used for Social Security Death Index, 1880 U.S. Census, 1881 British Census, 1881 Canadian Census

Free Genealogy WebsitesHeritage Quest

Heritage Quest is a fee-based subscription to which many institutions provide their patrons free access:

Adams County Library Systemhttp://www.adamslibrary.org/adamsdatabases.asp

Cumberland County Library Systemhttp://rpa.ccpa.net/rpa/webauth.exe?rs=hqadm&lb=ADM

Lancaster County Library Systemhttp://online.lancasterlibraries.org/

Maryland State Library System (SAILOR)http://db.sailor.lib.md.us/db/hqo


This will require a library card, which may or may not have a fee associated with it

You may be able to get a library card from the Pennsylvania Libraries that have Heritage Quest access, if you have a local library card with an Access Pennsylvania sticker or symbol on it


Use this to Search:

U.S. Census Records (1790-1930)

Family and Local History Books

PERSI™

Revolutionary War Era Pension & Bounty-Land Records

Freeman’s Bank Records (1865-1874)

LexisNexis ® U.S. Serial Set (Congressional Petitions)

Free Genealogy WebsitesHeritage QuestU.S Census

Use this for looking at source U.S. Census records from 1790-1930

1790-1820, 1860-1880, 1900-1920 are searchable

1830, 1840, 1890 (limited),1930 are browseable

Census Searches are exact

Townships may or may not have Twp in the name

Use this to see images not available on FamilySearch

Free Genealogy WebsitesHeritage QuestBooks

Search area include People, Places, and Publications

Actual books are online

Free Genealogy WebsitesHeritage QuestPERSI™

Search area include People, Places, How To’s and Publications

Publications are not online, this is an index only

Publication copies can be ordered for a fee

Free Genealogy WebsitesHeritage QuestRevolutionary War

Very Limited information typically: Typically name only of Veteran, possibly wife is listed; and the Warrant or Pension Number

Free Genealogy WebsitesHeritage QuestFreedman’s Bank (1865-1974)

African American Bank Lists not only name of account holder,

but birth place, spouse, parents, and children

Free Genealogy WebsitesHeritage QuestLexisNexis® U.S. Serial Set

Lists Petitions made to the U.S. Congress

Published copies are online

Free Genealogy WebsitesProQuest, Newbank, EBSCO, Archives.comNews & Newspapers - Obituaries

Many but not all Newspapers online Not all years of Newspapers Use Search identifying the Newspaper that

you want Search is not very elegant This is typically a for-fee subscription

service that some institutions provide free to their patrons. i.e. State Library of Pennsylvania, University of Phoenix, etc,

Free Genealogy WebsitesYork County Archiveshttp://www.yorkcountyarchives.org/records.asp

Many different Civil Records Copies of originals can be purchased online Marriage Record Index Extraction is very good Cutoff year of 1930 between marriage indices is

not hard and fast

Free Genealogy WebsitesAncestry Worldtreehttp://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi

First, Obtain a Rootsweb Login ID at:http://rootsweb.ancestry.com

Good for seeing what other people have submitted

Should be considered a low reliability source

Free Genealogy WebsitesFamilyHarthttp://midatlantic.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Links to handy tools FamilyHart Database (over 732,000 names online)

SouthCentral PA centric USGenWeb sites:

York Co., PA; Lancaster Co., PA; Adams Co., PA; Franklin Co., PA; Frederick Co., MD; Washington Co., MD

Harry Senft Cemetery Project w/FamilyHart indexing & linking Facebook Groups Twitter York 2nd Ward Family History Newsletters

Free Genealogy WebsitesOther

Rootsweb Guide to Tracing Family Treeshttp://rwguide.rootsweb.ancestry.com/#GENERAL

Internment.nethttp://www.interment.net/Default.htm

Find A Gravehttp://www.findagrave.com/

USGenWebhttp://usgenweb.org/

Rootswebhttp://rootsweb.ancestry.com

Google Bookshttp://books.google.com


LDS Research Helpshttp://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rhelps.asp

WorldCathttp://www.worldcat.org/

Cyndi’s Listhttp://www.cyndislist.com/

Library of Congresshttp://www.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html


Immigrant Ship Transcriber’s Guildhttp://www.immigrantships.net/

Civil War & Sailors Systemhttp://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/

U.S BLM General Land Office Recordshttp://www.glorecords.blm.gov/

Linkpendiumhttp://linkpendium.com

Allen County Indiana Public Libraryhttp://www.acpl.lib.in.us


Library and Archives Canadahttp://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/

The Olive Tree Genealogyhttp://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/index.shtml

FamilySearch Wikihttps://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/

About.com Genealogyhttp://genealogy.about.com/


National Genealogical Societyhttp://www.ngsgenealogy.org

Online Death Indexeshttp://www.deathindexes.com/

Pennsylvania Public Recordshttp://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/public_records/20686

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