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This web site and domain name now up for sale to those interested in genealogy web sites only. Make offer to dkc at ancestorspy.com. Also selling several boxes of genealogy books, a few rare books included. Free genealogy records on this site (New transcriptions and those in progress.) Massachusetts
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Immigration - Map
- Vital Records - What to look for
Census schedules are wonderful for finding families. The U.S. Census was taken every 10 years beginning in 1790. From 1850 on all of the members of a household were listed by name. In the later census, family relationships were also included. All of the U.S. Census is now available online from 1790 to 1930 and we have included links to these valuable records.
Maps and more maps Why use maps you ask? You really cannot do good research without them. There are all kinds of maps. Some show the migration routes, location of cemeteries, schools, churches, libraries, rivers, nearby towns, the county seat (for locating county records), and of course roads. When you do not find records of your ancestor in a particular location, start looking in the nearby towns. Some people live in the suburbs and then move to a new location. When that are asked where they came from, it is easier to say the name of a big city near where they lived than to explain where the suburb is located. So use the map to find the nearby towns.
Vital Records: Birth, Marriage & Death Vital Records consist of birth, marriage, death and divorce records. When you want to learn a birth data and place, or who your ancestor was married to or a death date and place locate the vital records for the locality where you ancestor lived. Marriage records are especially good for learning the maiden name of the bride.
What to look for when searching for Ancestors When you begin searching for your ancestors, first look for family histories, biographies and county histories. In other words, find out what has been done by others first. This will not only save you time, but will also give you clues and facts as to where to look for more information. The second set of records to search will be the census records. They are the most complete of all the records that are available and will indicate family relationships as well as ages and places of birth. Clues can also be gleaned which may lead you to other records such as military service, land or occupation records. City directories can also serve as a type of census. Some city directories tell who died the previous year and others will even list all the children. Many tell the occupation of the head of the household. Of course city directories give a name and a place of residence. There are many other kinds of records that contain facts about our ancestors. Often it is even possible to write a life story from the records left behind after a person has died. Interesting facts can be found in newspapers, in school year books, and in the military records. Another interesting source are church records. Church records even contain marriages and births of children. Funerals were held at churches so the church records may contain death records too. When you want to know when a person moved to an area take a look at the city directories or the land records. Most people in the early days of this country owned land and so when they moved to an location they purchased a place to live. The county court house is the place where these transactions were recorded. Therefore take a look at the county records. County records also contain records of court actions regarding the citizens in the county. Most of these records have an index (that is they list all those with surnames beginning with 'A' together on one page and the next page will have surnames beginning with 'B' and so on) in the beginning of the record book. When a person dies leaving an estate a probate record is created. These records will reveal whether or not there was a will. Probate records will include an inventory of the estate, telling what the deceased owned when he or she died. Also, a final land transaction will be made when the home was sold. This transaction is usually found in the land records Some of these records have been transcribed and may be available on the internet, on a CD or even in a book. For those ancestors that immigrated to the United States, you may want to look at the naturalization record. A naturalization record is the documents the were created when a person became a citizen of a country such as the United States. Many of these are making their way to the internet and when they do we will list them on this site. We, here at AncestorSpy are looking for any record that may contain information about your ancestors. As they are found, we will list them on this site. We trust you will find your ancestors when you use AncestorSpy.com. - Donna K. Clark, webmaster. We recommend this page be bookmarked or used as your homepage. AncestorSpy.com is a directory to family history and genealogy records such as census and vital records. Organized by locality it is simple and easy to locate records that may reveal information about your ancestors. We search the internet daily and provide links to genealogy records. Records are organized down to the county and town level so that you can go to the list of towns on the state page and click on the town and view the available titles. About AncestorSpy's How To Manual AncestorSpy.com is now in the process of providing a guide for organizing all the genealogy documents you gather that need to go somewhere but where? As searches are preformed, we often come across records that we sort of tilt our head at and narrowly look at and think, "I don't know if this record pertains to my ancestor or not. I don't want to loose it, but what can I do with it?" Many of these documents contain information about our ancestors, but we need more information to fit them into our family tree. When my grandmother died, I inherited several boxes of family history papers. I also received several boxes of papers for a distant cousin when I went to visit her. And I received file cabinets of genealogy papers from my mother when she died. I thought about my children. They will never want all these paper documents. What to do. As a result, I have taken the time to developed a way to organized this mass of paper on the computer. Now it can be easily shared over the internet or on CD or DVD's. And it doesn't have to take up a room full of file cabinets. This system has been developed over a period of thirty years and it is time for me to share the process with you. I am sure that you will as I have truly enjoy finding any piece of information quickly and with ease. It is a lot more enjoyable to be able to locate any information I have gathered and organized as the need arises. One more note. Do not wait to organize! Do it NOW! Start today. Watch for more instructions as they are posted in the AncestorSpy's How To Manual which will include these organizing instructions. Come back often. This site is free for your use. Partner Genealogy Web Sites Census Finder - Free Census Records Online - This site has a comprehensive directory of links to free census records available to you online. These links are for the United States including Native American Census Records, the United Kingdom, and Canada. 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