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This article will hopefully help you find family history records you may need if your ancestors were in the Clermont County Ohio area. This was a county in which many ancestors passed through on their way west. There is a Clermont County Genealogical Society (CCGS) which has its records located in the Doris [...]

For beginning genealogists it can be hard to figure out how to classify different sources of information. When you hear a story from your parent is it primary or secondary information? What do you do with this information and how much can you trust it? In this article learn how to classify your sources of family history information and come to better conclusions. [...]

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There are particular ways to use land record research to give you a better idea of your ancestors history. You can use land records to build a view of who lived around your ancestor. Combining tax records and land records can give you a very good picture of who lived in their town. you might also find Federal Land Tract Book records valuable. Read more in this family history research [...]

Take a look at Footnote.com if you are serious about finding family history research records online. Ancestry.com is not the only kid on the block. Have a subscription to both give you a well rounded online genealogy weapon. Gone are the days of complete on-hand research. Go online. Read more in this [...]

Before using land records in your family history research you will need a strategy for research. Prepare for note taking. Indexing of land records is always getting better and more comprehensive so keep checking year after year. Genealogy doesn’t end with one search. There are some ancestor questions to ask first such as did your ancestor rent or own? Read more in this [...]

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In 1817, by treaty the Indians ceded to the United States all their claim to lands in Ohio, except certain reservations. Among these was that known as the Seneca Reservation. This consisted as finally concluded of 40,000 acres on the east side of the Sandusky River in [...]

Don’t ignore land records in your genealogy research. Land records are some of the earlier records you can find. Some can be pretty detailed or at least give you clues as to your ancestors life and perhaps where to do research next. Land records will tell you information about your ancestor that may be more interesting than just birth and death dates, so go take a look. Read more in this [...]

Don’t forget to look in Virginia colonial Parish records if you are searching for an ancestor in Virginia. Virginia was divided into Parishes in the Colonial Period and not counties. In 1661 and up until 1782 legislation was in place for Virginia requiring the churches in each parish to keep birth, christening, death and burial records for their parish. Read more [...]

Looking for historical adoption records is a bit tricky. It gets more difficult the farther back you go. Many adoption records are hidden in the wording of other records such as wills or guardianships. It wasn’t until the mid 1800’s that charitable organizations started organized homes for orphans. But an orphan then could be a child who lost his or her dad but still had a mom. Read more in this [...]

When dying with no Will in the Colonial southern states how was personal property divided. That is what you will read in this genealogy article. It depended on if the widow had children or not. Slaves were treated in various ways, either as personal or real property. An administrator would have to be appointed to determine the value of the estate and how it was split. Read more [...]

Common law came into play when a male died intestate, which meant he had no will. Primogeniture was the term used to describe how land of this nature was passed down. Two types of property exists and that is real property as in land and estate, and personal property as in everything else. Primogeniture applied only to real property. Read the rules and how it progressed in this article for [...]

Genealogy researchers are one of the largest groups doing internet type research. Being so, many think that all family history records should be free to look at. In part this is from getting used to free state and national archive records, and a few free early sites. But it costs a lot of money to run a genealogy database website and there will surely have to be fees charged to maintain good and fast sites. Read more about fee and free genealogy sites in this [...]

When doing genealogy research on-line using Google you will have to learn the best methods for formatting your search queries. You don’t simply want to enter one style of query and then assume you have gotten all of the genealogy information you are going to get. There are various ways to tweak the format of your query to “pull” out more information. Learn more in this article. [...]

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One of the biggest problems surrounding internet genealogy research is keeping track of what genealogy information you have already searched, what you found there and if you need to return to certain sites regularly.  Organization of genealogy research objectives and outcomes is one of the most difficult [...]