TIM'S TERRIFIC TIPS ON MAKING PROGRESS

Copyright 1996
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MAKING PROGRESS

The easiest way to make progress is probably something like this:
• interviews, family Bibles, etc for currently known ancestors
• death, marriage, etc records from the state and counties for those living after say 1900.
• census records back to 1850. lesser dependence 1790-1850. it's tough bridging the gap from 1800-1850. also bridging the missing 1890 census.
• church records all the way back. more dependence on them before 1850 (more readily available before then. probably most from before 1800 are in print and available).
• wills, land, etc records all the way back.
• tax records before 1790

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