Suggested Sources Book
 
 

DOCUMENTING RECENT GENERATIONS

BIRTH


Complete Birth Certificate Birth Record
Delayed Birth Certificate Newspaper Announcement
Doctor/Midwife Record School Record
Church Record Baptismal Certificate
HMO Record Social Security Application
Census -- Federal, State Job Application -- Federal, Local

MARRIAGE


Complete Marriage Record Church Marriage Certificate
Marriage Bond/Bann Newspaper Annoucement
Divorce Tombstone/Cemetery Record

DEATH


Complete Death Record Church Record/Notice
Cemetery/Tombstone Record Obituary
Commercial Cemetery Record Mouring/Funeral Card
Funeral Home Record Professional Organizations
Insurance Policy Fraternal Organizational Records
Social Security Death Record

CLASSIC SOURCES


Census -- State, Federal Probate Records
Land Records Bible & Family Records
Military & Pension Records Church Registers & Records
Tax Records Encounters with the Law
Genealogies (use with caution) County histories (use with caution)

CONTEMPORARY SOURCES


Employment Record -- Private Industry Telegrams
Church Personnel Passports & Visa Applications
Mortgage or Loan Applications Letters from Town Clerks
Institutional (Military homes, prisons) Letters from Town Historians
Revised August 1995 

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