Records to use
The following is a list of records to use when researching your family history. You'll have to find personal records on your own, but most of the other records can be found at sites like Genealogy.com or Ancestry.com.
Personal Records
* Diaries/Journals
* Personal Letters
* Oral Histories
* Photographs
Other Records
* Adoption records
* Baptism or christening records
* Birth records
* Cemetery records and tombstones
* Census records
* City directories and telephone directories
* Daughters of the American Revolution records
* Death records
* Emigration, immigration and naturalization records
* Land and homestead records
* Marriage and divorce records
* Medical records
* Military records
* Newspaper columns
* Obituaries
* Occupational records
* Passports
* School and alumni association records
* Ship passenger lists
* Social Security records
* Tax records
* Voter registration records
* Wills and probate records