Genealogy Merit Badge Workshop What is genealogy A

Genealogy Merit Badge Workshop

What is genealogy? • A study of the family. It identifies ancestors and their information. • The research of past events relating to a family or families.

What is an ancestor? • A person from whom one is descended – example: grandfather, grandmother, great grandfather, great grandmother

What is a descendant? • Those living after a person who are in a direct line such as a son or daughter, grandson or granddaughter, etc.

Timeline • The passage of time represented graphically

Timeline

Genealogical Resources Obituary- A notice of a person’s death that usually contains a little biographical information about that person

Genealogical Resources • Vital Records – Birth Certificate – Marriage Certificate – Death Certificate

Genealogical Resouces • Military Records – Service Records – Discharge papers – Pension files – Draft Cards

Census Records • 1790 -1940

Religious Items • Family Bibles • Baptism Records • Church meeting records

Genealogical Resources • Cemetery Records – Headstones – Cemetery Indexes

Evaluating Resources • Primary Source- A piece of evidence from the past that was created during the event – Diaries – Letters – Vital Records – Newspaper Articles – Court Records

Evaluating Resources • Secondary Source- A source created after an event by people who do not have firsthand knowledge of the event – Family History Book – Online Family Trees – A family legend

SAR Genealogical Research Library • Who are we? • What types of resources do we have?

Pedigree Chart

Family Group Sheet

Online Genealogy Resources • Ancestry. com- $

Online Genealogy Resources • Family Search- Free

Online Genealogy Resources • Heritage. Quest

Photography in Genealogy • Scanning Images • Microfilm

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