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=== Official documents === | === Official documents === | ||
* [[Birth certificate]]s | * [[Birth certificate]]s | ||
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* Still births | * Still births | ||
* Marriage certificates | * Marriage certificates | ||
* Divorces | * Divorces | ||
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* [[Death certificate]]s | * [[Death certificate]]s | ||
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* Official name changes | * Official name changes | ||
* Naturalization records | * Naturalization records | ||
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=== Religious documents === | === Religious documents === | ||
* [[Baptism record]]s | * [[Baptism record]]s | ||
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* Marriage records | * Marriage records | ||
* Burial records | * Burial records | ||
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=== Legal documents === | === Legal documents === | ||
* Court cases | * Court cases | ||
* Notary documents | * Notary documents | ||
* Probate records | * Probate records | ||
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=== Migration === | === Migration === | ||
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* Passenger lists | * Passenger lists | ||
* Record of landing | * Record of landing | ||
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=== Residences === | === Residences === | ||
* [[Census]] records | * [[Census]] records | ||
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* Property documents | * Property documents | ||
* Phone books | * Phone books | ||
* City directories | * City directories | ||
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=== Final resting places === | === Final resting places === | ||
* Cemetery list of interments | * Cemetery list of interments | ||
* War graves | * War graves | ||
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=== Military === | === Military === | ||
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* Enlistment lists | * Enlistment lists | ||
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* [[Draft lottery|Draft lottery documents]] | * [[Draft lottery|Draft lottery documents]] | ||
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* Medals | * Medals | ||
* MIA - Missing in Action | * MIA - Missing in Action | ||
* Deserters | * Deserters | ||
* Pension applications | * Pension applications | ||
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=== Personal Documents === | === Personal Documents === | ||
* Diaries | * Diaries | ||
* Correspondence | * Correspondence | ||
* Household bills | * Household bills | ||
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== Other Possible Sources == | == Other Possible Sources == | ||
* Bibles | * Bibles | ||
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* Genealogical society records | * Genealogical society records | ||
* Oral recordings | * Oral recordings | ||
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Revision as of 16:44, 21 July 2008
Sources play a key role in genealogy.
Contents
Definition
A source is a text (sometimes oral presentation, audio recording, video recording) from which (genealogical) information is derived.
Scientifically, one will make 3 distinctions:
- Primary source : text which is a firsthand written evidence of history, made at the time of the event by someone who has seen it happen. Eg: diaries, certificates, newspapers, ...
- Secondary source : Written accounts of history based upon the evidence from primary sources and other secondary sources, offering commentary and analysis. Eg: history books, genealogical publications,...
- Tertiary source : selection and compilation of primary and secondary sources. Eg: library catalogue, bibliographies, ...
Most important genealogical sources
Official documents
Religious documents
Residences
- Census records
