User:AdkinsWH/Sandbox Closer to home access

United States  See also Principles of Family History Research

Using this research Wiki or searching catalogs of libraries or archives, you may have spotted something you'd like to research. The purpose of this page is to help you obtain access, even to far-away items.

Obtain the Records

 * Obtain the Records

Family Records
Many families have quite a lot of information that will help you, often stored in boxes in attics or basements. Items include Bibles, deeds, marriage certificates, wills, employment records, funeral programs, and much more.

For ideas to access family records, see:
 * Gather Family Information
 * United States Genealogy
 * [How to find] Family Records
 * How to Preserve and Restore Family Records and Books

Internet Resources
There are many resources on the internet that you can review from the comfort of your own home. Some are free and some charge ($) for searching and viewing the indexes and/or images.


 * United States Online Genealogy Records (Free)
 * FamilySearch Historical Collections (Free)
 * Ancestry.com ($)
 * BYU-FHL Digital Book Collection (Free)
 * Google Books
 * Jstore?
 * State Libraries, Archives, Societies

You may find additional items through sites that scour the internet for links to genealogy-related items:
 * Google?
 * Linkpendium
 * Cyndislist

Social Media

 * Genealogical community (cost trade off)
 * Forums
 * Facebook groups, etc.

Inter-library loan, etc.
You may want to view the tutorial at the FamilySearch Learning Center,"Ancestors Season 1: Libraries and Archives".

Not everyone learned about ILL
 * ILL, WorldCat, Jstore, NGS, FSL, Mid-continent,
 * Jstore has just introduced -- adding more and more to free access; subscription -- put under online -- journals and index to journals most not available. Main window to access. subscription at FSL. See Jame's blog for articles.
 * Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center
 * Allen County Public Library offers look-up and (periodical) article-copy services
 * Jstor per Wikipedia
 * National Genealogical Society Book Loan Collection Also links to look-ups and ill
 * Library of Congress -- needs it's own explanation Often digitized and sent to a library and read in the library.
 * Ordering Microfilm or Microfiche FHL
 * WorldCat Online Catalog
 * Interlibrary loan
 * Talk:Interlibrary loan
 * Obtain the Records
 * Talk:Obtain the Records
 * How to Obtain Books Listed in the Family History Library Catalog
 * United_States_Previous_Research
 * National Genealogical Society Book Loan Collection
 * Tennessee SLA interlibrary loan

Local Resources
There may be fees involved, including copy costs


 * Writing, emailing, calling, etc.
 * State archives microfilms to my library
 * Local libraries, societies
 * Government (county clerk, state VR, etc.)
 * Going there yourself
 * Societies Category page
 * Repositories Category page
 * Swedish American:Minnesota Historical Society
 * State Historical Society of North Dakota

Go there yourself

 * On-site Research in Poland
 * German Records: Research beyond vital records Archive research requires either being onsite or hiring an onsite researcher. Some archives will respond to requests to copy a specific file
 * Tracing Immigrants Origin Court Records You may have to hire on-site researchers to investigate foreign court records.
 * Plan a Research Trip to Wales
 * On-site Research in Poland
 * Research_Forms Repository checklist - Plan a research trip by recording details about the archive or library you intend to visit.
 * Allen_County_Public_Library
 * Principles of Family History Research For Further Reading Balhuizen, Anne Ross. Searching on Location: Planning a Research Trip. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1992. ;.

Look ups

 * Look ups

Researchers
"Look it up" vs. "Track it down"
 * Hiring a Professional Researcher
 * Professional organizations
 * Board for Certification of Genealogists
 * Credentials

Topics
with links to states topics? If so, then the list can be generated in Excel
 * Then by topics -- with links to states topics? If so, then the list can be generated in Excel

Land and Property

 * United_States,_Land_Transactions_Person_to_Person
 * Land Patent Search
 * Obtaining Online Legal Land Descriptions and Grantee Names

Newspapers

 * How to Obtain United States newspapers
 * Finding Microfilmed Newspapers Using WorldCat, nicely illustrated
 * United_States_Newspapers
 * United_States_Newspapers
 * Swedish American: Kansas Newspapers
 * Jewish Newspapers
 * Newspaper archives, LC Chronicling America, NewsBank,
 * State archives (UT, AZ, NV)
 * Local lib may look it up

To Categorize

 * United_States_Previous_Research
 * Canada_Previous_Research,_Part_1
 * Where to find it
 * United_States,_Histories_of_Towns,_Counties,_and_States
 * Canada_Census
 * Canada_Census
 * Swedish American: Minnesota Churches
 * United States, How to Find Family Histories
 * Nebraska Maps
 * Step 9. Obtain and search other records from Pacific Island Guide
 * Obtain and Search the Records
 * User:National Institute sandbox 18A Vicki Standings beginning. Don't know what it will be named when finished. Talks about ILL quite a bit. Some interesting views. Is this just copied or original with Vicki?
 * Denmark: Access Original Records Page name says "Orginal"