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Gathering Information from

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Census Records

Ancestry.com provides census records as well

as images.

Familysearch.org provides transcriptions forU.S. and Canada

Has images for US:1850, 1860, 1870, 1900

**Dont forget to check out Google Earth if you find

any addresses! Its a free plane ticket.


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Fun With Google Earth


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Vital Records

Birth Certificates, Marriage Records, Death Certificates The vital events of a persons life

Steps for searching vital records1. Search wiki.familysearch.org

2. Search beta.familysearch.org

3. Search FHL Catalog


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Church Records

Churches often kept records of births,

marriages and deaths when local governments

did not.

I cant find the marriage of William Edmond

Webb to Janet Allan. What do I do now?

According to Lillians baptismal record, she

was baptized in St. Pauls Church in Nanaimo.


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Anglican Diocese

A diocese is the district or see under thesupervision of a bishop. It is divided into

parishes. (Wikipedia)


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Immigration Records

Castlegarden.org (1820-1892)

Ellisisland.org (1892-1924)

Stevemorse.org

Ancestry.com


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Cemetery Records

Findagrave.com


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What about John Thomas father??

I searched land records, looking for a McGuire. I figured out how the plot boundaries weredetermined. But I had no luck.

I researched Clay County, the first known record of John T. I found out that Clay County was formedfrom Greene and Randolph counties in 1873.

I turned to the Family History Library and wrote down every possible resource the library had

regarding Greene County.

I visited the Family History Library in Salt Lake with a list of all the resources I wanted to check.

I found John Ts father in a Greene County, Arkansas probate record book. His name was CharlesMcGuire. I later researched microfilm for Greene County probate records and discovered thatCharles had an older son, George who was born in 1860. Because this child was born in 1860, I wasable to find them in the 1860 census (though the 1870 census still eludes me). Charles wife was

named Sarah.

My family sealed this family together November 26, 2010.


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