SERVING THE GENEALOGY PATRON:

Presented byToni RaptisNovember 28, 2006

A LIBRARIAN’S

GUIDE

Genealogy as Legitimate Research

Reference Interview

Document Types

Components of Genealogy

Methodology

Ancestry Chart Standards

Steve Morse Website

Agenda

Genealogy as Legitimate Research

More than just a hobby Mathematical components Scientific components Historical components

Reference Interview

Welcome the Patron Determine Level of Expertise Ask Critical Questions Select Resources Educate the Patron Referrals

Types of Documents

Primary – documents created at or very near the actual event

Secondary – documents created after the fact

Primary/Secondary Documents Original Documents Derivative – documents extracted from

the original

CensusVital RecordsChurch/SynagoguePassenger ListsDeclaration of IntentNaturalization RecordsMilitary RecordsCemetery RecordsObituariesSurnamesLand DeedsCity DirectoriesWills/Probate RecordsSchool RecordsEmployment RecordsVoting RecordsName Changes

Components of Genealogy Research

Common Question #1

I’m interested in genealogy – but I don’t know where to begin…Getting Started PacketStandards in filling out an ancestry chartFamily Record SheetImportance of DocumentationCensus Records

Common Question #2

I can’t find my family on the census…

Ancestry/Heritage Quest Database Spelling variations1850+ - Every name census Check print indexes State Census Records

Census Records

US Federal & State Census 1890 Police Census Special Censuses 1850-1880: AIMS DDD Census – 1880 Canadian & British Census European Census Records

Common Question #3

I don’t know where my grandparents were buried…

Death Certificate Obituary Ecclesiastical Record Municipal Cemeteries

Vital Records

Birth Marriage Death Adoption Divorcewww.vitalrec.comwww.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htmwww.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/022-

906.006-e.html

Marriage License

I want to know when my great-grandparents

immigrated to this country… Castle Garden/Ellis Island Website www.castlegarden.org

www.ellisislandrecords.org Passengers & Immigration Lists Index Declaration of Intent/Naturalization Papers Census Records – 1920 Military Records Alien Registration/Passports

Common Question #4

Passenger Lists

US/Canada Border Crossings Print Lists

Common Question #5

My grandfather’s last name was changed at Ellis Island…

Petition ( 9 June 1864) of Henry, Charles, Henry, Jr., William and Albert Steinweg, natives of Germany, naturalized U.S. Citizens, engaged in making and selling pianofortes under the name of ‘Steinway and Sons’. Weg in German means ‘way’ in English. They all wish to assume legally the name Steinway.

Naturalization Records

Declarations of Intent Females – Pre 1922 Military Naturalizations

Common Question #6

I don’t know the name of the town where my grandfather was born…

Birth Certificates Census Records Military Records Passenger Lists – 1906+ Naturalization Records

Common Question #7

My mother-in-law’s passenger list says she came from Austria but her naturalization papers say she came from Poland…

Historical Atlases/GazetteersWhere Once We WalkedGenealogical Gazetteer for the Kingdom of HungaryPlace Names of the WorldPlacenames of Russia & the Soviet Union

History books about the area

Common Question #8I found this document but I don’t know what it

says – I think it’s written in Polish…

Following The Paper Trail: A Multilingual Translation Guide

Language Dictionaries Translation Services Cyndi’s List – Languages & Translations http://www.cyndislist.com/ Local Community of Polish People Steve Morse Website

Common Question #9

I think my great grandfather served in the Civil War…

Request military records NARA Website Print Sources