Research Checklist

Research of_______________________________
                                        (Name of relative you are researching)

Relationship to You_________________________

Family Records
Family Bibles Death Certificates
Journals / Diaries / Letters Adoption Papers
Scrapbooks / Memorabilia Divorce Papers
Photographs / Albums School Records
Military Files / Records Elementary
Citizenship Papers High School
Birth Certificates College
Marriage Certificates Insurance Papers
Vital Statistics
Land Records Wills
Deeds Inventories / Settlements
Surveys Guardianship
Court Records
Dockets Sheriff / Police
Minutes Jury
Orders / Decrees Justice of Peace
Census / Indexes
__/___1790 __/___1860
__/___1800 __/___1870
__/___1810 __/___1880
__/___1820 __/___1890
__/___1830 __/___1900
__/___1840 __/___1910
__/___1850  
Mortality Schedules
____1850 ____1860 ____1870 ____1880
Soundex / State(s) (if available)
1880 1900 1910 1920
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(NOTE: The 1880 soundex gives data only on families with children aged ten or under.)

Military Service Records
Revolutionary War Records
Civil War Service Records
Muster Rolls
Discharge Records