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Original/ Primary Records
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-created at the time and place of the event by someone with that responsibility (church or govt.)
2
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examples of an original record
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- birth and death records (in state after 1900)
- marriage records (after 1900 they’r done on the county level)
- Vital records (birth, marriage, death)
- church records (baptism/christening, marriage, burial)
- land deeds
- naturalization and citizenship applications
- probate records
3
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compiled/secondary
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-data compiled from original record
4
Q
examples of compiled records
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- family indexes
- family histories
- county histories
- most websites
5
Q
1790-1840 census
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- head of household
- number of household members and general age groups
6
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why a census
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- in U.S/ wanted to count everyone to determine how many representativesf rom each state go to Congress
- used to be direct taxation
7
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1850 census
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- gender
- name
- approximate age of everyone in the household
- occupation
- place of birth, state or country
8
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1880 census
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- relationship to head of house
- 3 places of birth for everyone (theirs, and their parents)
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1890 census
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destroys in a fire - not much remains
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1900 census
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- year of immigration for foreign people
- naturalization
- month and year of brith
- number of years married
- how many children born to mother
- how many children are alive
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1910 census
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-country and language for immigrants
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1920 census
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-country and language separate columns
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1930 census
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- occupation
- where they work
- can you speak english
- when did you come here
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1940 census
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- x in a circle next to who provided the information
- where were they 5 years ago (same house, same town, write where they were)
15
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what is the most recent census available to the public
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- 1940
- public release happens are 72 years
- 1950 will be in 2022
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census records in the states
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-on the 5s
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Civil Records
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- outside of the United States
- one office that has birth, marriage, and death records
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Parish
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- smallest unit of a Christian church
- located wherever the numbers are sufficient
- records are kept in the vicarage
- population is established by the church
- rural parish often included several towns cities will have more than one parish
- has baptism/christenings, proclamation/arriages, death/burials
- they change
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Vital Records
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- in the US
- birth, marriage, death
- most records were kept by counties prior to 1900
- 20th century states star keeping birth and death - marriages are still county
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Church Records
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- 1st church records in Europe are 1500
- christenings, marriages, burials and other events
21
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what info is in a christening
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- child’s name
- parents names
- godparents/witnesses names
- date of christening
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what is in a church marriage record
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- date of marriage
- names of brie and groom
- sometimes the names of the parents
23
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what is in a burial record
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- date of burial
- deceased name and age
- sometimes residence
24
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reasons for immigration
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- economic - land ownership
- religious freedom
- escape bondage of Europe - bad living conditions, choose an occupation etc
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between 1820 and 1892 which port did most immigrants go through
castle gardens
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passenger arrival lists
- 1820 start keeping regular list of immigrants
- compiled lists have place of origin and foreign port of embark
- customs passenger list weren't kept after 1891
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naturalization records
- 2 legal requirements - declarations of intention and petitions for citizenship
- 3 documents: declaration of intention, petition for citizenship, naturalization document
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info on naturalization records
- petitioners age
- name changes
- birthplace
- port of debarkation
- marital status
- mailing address
- names of spouse and children
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who processed naturalization records
- processed by district/federal, state, county, or other local courts before 1906
- after 1906 immigration and naturalization service has copies of all records
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probate records
- last will and testament
- includes will and administrations
- divides estate among heirs
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info in a will
- genealogical data is seldom is given in older documents
- estate value and location
- testator name
- date of will
- names and residence of heirs
- relationships
- bequests to friends and relatives
- instructions to the executor charged with overseeing the terms of the will
- testators signature or seal
- witnesses signatures
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land records
-verify title of a property purchased from a grant and sold to a grantee
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info in land records
- seller - transferor/grantor
- buy - acquirer/grantee
- location of property
- size of property
- size of property
- sale price/value of property
- date the land was sold
- name, residence, and occupation of grantor and grantee
- previous owners of the property
- date the transaction was recorded
- whether the property was inherited under provisions of a will, military bounty, homestae
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military records
-pensions are most applicable
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info on pension application
-muster in/out
-war and service unit
date of birth
-age at enlistment
-physical description
-mmilitary campaigns and battles
-ranks and decorations earned
-disabilities incurred through military service
-pensions awarded to the soldier or his beneficiary
-testimonies of contemporaries
-places of residence
-marriage
-occasional names and birth dates of heirs
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what do gazetteers have
-church records
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Jurisdiction
-agency of agent responsible for keeping or maintaining specific records in a specific area
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Family History Records in Europe
- church records - go back to 1500
- civil records
- census records
- emigration records
- military records
- land and tax records
- notarial records
- citizenship rolls
- residential registration
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2 Nephi 25:21
- records written and passed down from generation to generation
- promise fulfilled unto Joseph that seed should never perish because of the record
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Luke 2:1-2
-taxes Caesar
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Ether 6:21
- numbered the people
| - what they wanted to do before they died
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Rev 20:12
- book of life
| - dead were judged out of the book
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D&C 20:82
- names of members of the church kept in a book
| - an elder appointed to keep track of that
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Alma 27:22
- describes the location of Bountiful
- Nephites (grantor) giving land to Anti-Nephi-Lehis (grantee)
- given to them as an inheritance
- land record
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D&C 90:15
- become acquainted with all good books, languages, tongues, and people
- the more knowledge you have the easier it will be to do research
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1 Nephi 13: 13-14
- immigration
- out of captivity - land, opportunity, futile system, captivity
- many waters - the Atlantic Ocean
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Ether 2:12
- choice land
- free from bonadge
- immiagration again
- lost the land for not following the Lord
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Ether 1:38
- Lord takes them to a choice land
- receive their inheritance
- prayed about leaving their homeland
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what info do you need for submitting names to the temple
-have to know their name, gender, info that uniquely identifies them, standardized vital event place, info that shows they are deceased
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rules for submitting names to the temple
- must be a year or more after they died
- within 110 years you have to get permission from their spouse, adult child, parents, siblings
- if no one is living you have to wait 110 years to do their work
- don't do people you aren't related to
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