Resource Checklist

Resource Checklist for Family Member: ______________________________

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Personal/Family Records
___ Account books

___ Business & farm records

___ Citizenship papers

___ Clubs & organizations

___ Employment records

___ Family Bibles

___ Heirlooms

___ Journals/diaries

___ Letters

___ Medical records

___ Memorial cards

___ Military records

___ Oral traditions

___ Photographs

___ Scrapbooks

___ Social Security cards

Certificates
___ Adoption

___ Baptism

___ Birth

___ Blessing

___ Confirmation

___ Death

___ Divorce

___ Graduation

___ Manumission

___ Marriage

School Records
___ Arts

___ College

___ Elementary

___ Ladies finishing

___ Private

___ Secondary

___ Trade

___ University

___ Vocational

Insurance
___ Automobile

___ Health

___ Life

___ Marine

Vital Records
___ Adoptions

___ Births

___ Deaths

___ Divorces

___ Marriages

Marriage Records
___ Applications

___ Banns

___ Bonds

___ Contracts

___ Licenses

___ Returns

Compiled Sources
___ (IGI) International Genealogical Index

___ (PRF) Pedigree Resource File

___ (TIB) Temple Index Bureau

___ Ancestral File

___ Family Group Sheet

___ new FamilySearch Genealogical Index

Printed Sources
___ Biographies

___ City directories

___ County & local histories

___ Family histories

___ Funeral program

___ Genealogies

___ Pedigrees

Newspapers
___ Indexes

___ Births

___ Deaths

___ Marriages

___ Anniversaries

___ Obituaries

___ Advertisements

___ Local news

___ Unclaimed mail

Periodicals
___ Genealogies

___ Historical articles

___ Indexes

___ Queries

___ Source extracts

Manuscript Collections
___ Indexes

___ Personal papers

___ Correspondence

___ Surname files

___ Biographies

___ Inscriptions

___ (DAR) Daughters of the American Revolution

___ Business records

___ Oral histories

___ WPA projects

Internet
___ Ancestry.com

___ Google.com

___ HeritageQuest

___ World Vital Records

___ Footnote

___ etc.

Federal Census
___ Agriculture schedules

___ Mortality schedules

___ Revolutionary War

___ State & local censuses

___ Union Army survivor

Land Records
___ Deeds

___ Grantee & grantor indexes

___ Mortgages

___ Patents & grants

___ Surveys

Probate Records
___ Administrations

___ Bonds

___ Guardianships

___ Indexes

___ Inventories

___ Packets

___ Settlements

___ Wills

Court Records
___ Case files

___ Dockets

___ Indexes

___ Judgments

___ Minutes

___ Orders & decrees

Court-Related Records
___ Jail

___ Jury

___ Justice of the Peace

___ Lawyers' briefs

___ Sheriff & police records

Tax Records
___ Personal property

___ Poll tax

___ Poor rate

___ Real estate

___ School

___ Tax exemptions

Military Records
___ Bounty awards

___ Burial registers

___ Discharges

___ Muster rolls

___ Pensions

___ Service files

Immigration Records
___ Alien registration cards

___ Citizenship papers

___ Customs records

___ Immigrant aid groups

___ Log books

___ Naturalization

___ Oath of allegiance

___ Passenger lists

___ Passport applications

___ Registry of voters

___ Vaccination certificates

Cemetery Records
___ Deeds

___ Fund

___ Gifts

___ Memorials

___ Monuments

___ Perpetual care

___ Plats

___ Sextons

___ Tombstones

Legal Notices
___ Auctions

___ Bankruptcies

___ Convictions

___ Court claims

___ Divorces

___ Forced sales

___ Probates

Church Records
___ Admissions

___ Annulment

___ Banns

___ Baptism

___ Birth

___ Blessing

___ Burial

___ Christening

___ Circumcision

___ Confirmation

___ Death

___ Disciplinary Courts

___ Divorce

___ Marriage

___ Membership lists

___ Minutes

___ Mission reports

___ Ordination

___ Removals

___ Subscription lists

Employment Records
___ Account books

___ Apprenticeships

___ Indentures

___ Licenses

___ Pensions

___ Personnel files

___ Service awards

Institutional Records
___ Charities

___ Hospitals

___ Convents

___ Seminaries

___ Libraries

___ Historical societies

___ Genealogical societies

___ Mission societies

___ Orphan agencies

___ Reunion registries


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