North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register

New at Lake County Public Library

GEN 975.6
NORT
The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register
by J.R.B. Hathaway
Volumes 1-3

If you have roots in the Old Albemarle region of North Carolina be sure to take advantage of one of the best genealogical sources available regarding this region.

This work includes information about the history of the Old Albemarle region, wills, marriages, and more.

Albemarle County includes the Charlottesville area.

MOCAVO

www.mocavo.com

This search engine searches only free genealogy sites.

Some examples of free sites searched by MOCAVO include:

• Genealogy Message Boards


• Family Trees


• State and Local Historical Societies


• Library of Congress


• National Archives


• Ellis Island


• Find a Grave

The Genealogical Research Process

The Librarian's Guide to Genealogical Research
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929.1072073
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by James Swan

Available at Lake County Public Library in the Indiana/Genealogy room.

This helpful genealogy title contains a useful guide to doing genealogy research on page 25.

The Genealogical Research Process

1. Collect, organize, and record personal sources.


2. Identify and contact family members for information.


3. Add the information to your charts.


4. Survey compiled sources.


5. Focus on one person in a single area.


6. Identify available resources.


7. Select the most appropriate research tool.


8. Acquire the record.


9. Record the source in the research log.


10. Add the information to the genealogical record form.


11. Evaluate the data and begin the cycle again with no. 5.

Evaluating a Genealogical Record

This helpful checklist appears in Librarian's Guide to Genealogical Research by James Swan on page 23 & 24. This book is available in the Indiana/Genealogy Room at Lake County Public Library under GEN 929.1072073 SWAN.

Checklist for Evaluating a Genealogical Record

1. Did the person who created the record have personal knowledge of the event being recorded?


2. How long after the event was it recorded?


3. Why was the record made?


4. Does the book or register have an index?


5. What is the potential for error?


6. Can you read the document?


7. Can the information be verified?


8. What is the possibility that the person who gave the information was lying?

Female Index to Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England

Genealogy
974 MYER
Female Index to Genealogical Dictionary of the
First Settlers of New England
by James Savage
Compiled by Patty Barthell Myers

Genealogy
974 SAVA
Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England
by James Savage
One of the greatest works on New England genealogy.

The female index lists all the females included in the four volume Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England alphabetically by maiden name and married name.
It includes over 50,000 names.

Lake County Public Library has both the Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England and the Female Index in the Indiana/Genealogy Room.

New at LCPL Genealogies of Connecticut Families

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974.6
GENE
Genealogies of Connecticut Families
From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register

• Includes references to over 75,000 persons.


• One of the best resources for researching early Connecticut families.


• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register is the oldest continuously published genealogical journal in America. This set consolidates over 400 articles written over 136 years about Connecticut families in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register.

Why Genealogists Should Look in the Land Records

Why Use the Deeds, Land Grants, and Land Tax Lists?

• Before 1850 the Census contains the name of the Head of Household and a hash mark for other members of the family. Since most white men owned land before the Civil War, the Land Records can be used to find the names of the family members represented by the hash marks.


• Sometimes there are several people with the same name in a locality. The land records can help genealogists to determine which John Smith is their John Smith. The land records can also help to determine who are the other members of John Smith's family.


• Land records can verify your ancestor was in a certain location at a certain time. Knowing the location of an ancestor can help genealogists to find vital records.


• Land records have often survived when vital records are not available.

Where can genealogists find Land Records?

• Check in the Family History Catalog: www.familysearch.org


• Bureau of Land Management www.glorecords.blm.gov/


• Courthouses


• Archives and Libraries

Finding Land Records in Indiana

The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy provides information on finding Land Records in Indiana:

• NARA Great Lakes Region in Chicago has some office registers, tract books, and correspondence from some Government Land Offices in Indiana


• Indiana State Archive http://www.in.gov/icpr/2358.htm


• Book--Indiana Land Enteries by Margaret R. Waters


• Book--French and British Land Grants in the Port Vincennes District by Clifford Neil Smith


• Book--Private Land Claims: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin by Fern Ainsworth