Research Checklist

Name:__________________________________

Birth _________________________________
Marriage ______________________________
Death _________________________________

Birth Record:

Baptism ______________________________
Bible ________________________________
Birth Certificate ____________________
Delayed Birth Certificate_____________

 

Death Records:

Death Certificate _____________________
Mortuary_______________________________
Cemetery ______________________________
Gravestone ____________________________
Obituary ______________________________
Newspaper _____________________________

 

Probate Record:

Will __________________________________
Inventory list_________________________
Estate Sales __________________________
Guardianship __________________________

Military Records:

Branch of service ______________________
Dates of enlistment ____________________
Wars fought ____________________________
Veterans pension _______________________
Widows pension _________________________

Marriage & Children:

Marriage certificate ___________________
School _________________________________
Adopitons ______________________________
Orphanage ______________________________
Court records __________________________
Divorce ________________________________

US Census Record:

1790 _______________________________
1800 _______________________________
1810 _______________________________
1820 _______________________________
1830 _______________________________
1840 _______________________________
1850 _______________________________
1860 _______________________________
1870 _______________________________
1880 _______________________________
1890 _______________________________
1900 _______________________________
1910 _______________________________
1920 _______________________________
1930 _______________________________

State & County Census Record:
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________

Mortality Schedule::
_______________________________________
_______________________________________

Land Records:

Deeds & Abstracts ______________________
Tax lists ______________________________
Land grants ____________________________

 

Miscellaneous Records:

Occupations ____________________________
Pension records ________________________
Organizations __________________________
Voting records _________________________
Passenger lists ________________________
Immigration ____________________________
Naturalization _________________________
Court records __________________________
Newspaper ______________________________


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