What is Genealogy? - OPLIN · 2017-08-15 · Census records. Ancestry has a complete census of US...
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What is Genealogy? - OPLIN · 2017-08-15 · Census records. Ancestry has a complete census of US Federal Census records. The Federal Census occurs every two years. For a \൴ime,
• Includes a variety of interests:• Local history• Military history• Building history• Scrapbooking
Find a specific person at a specific place at a specific time.
What’s a genealogist’s objective?
What’s in Ancestry Library Edition?
• US and State Census• Vital Records• Immigration records• Military Service
Records.• More!
Where do you start?
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First, have your patron gather the information they already know about the person such as where or when they lived, born or died. Even if they only know approximate information, that is enough to start with. PRESENTER NOTE: if you have a live internet connect and are in the library, you can toggle to the live version
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1. Go to Ohio Web Library 2. Click on the Genealogy drop-down 3. Click on Ancestry Library Edition
There are many ways to
start searching
Click here for a general search
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Census records. Ancestry has a complete census of US Federal Census records. The Federal Census occurs every two years. For a time, states would conduct their own censuses. Many of these are also listed in Ancestry. In addition Ancestry includes Census records from another of other countries including England, Germany, Canada, and more.
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Vital records are birth, marriage and death records are a great place to start looking. Especially when you are unsure of an individual’s birth or death date.
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Military collections include lists of Civil War Soliders, WWI and WWII draft cards, British Army Service Records as well as lists of soldiers killed or wounded in many military actions
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The Immigration Collection contain passenger lists, passport applications, naturalization records
Let’s start by searching vital
records
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looking in a specific
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to view more information.
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Explore collections recently added to Ancestry.
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This section contains downloadable PDFs that your patrons can use to track their research.
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When your research gets stuck, click on this section for tips. It has tips sheets for finding
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If you have a specific question that other genealogists can help with, you can try posting it here.
