A: U.S. RECORDS
1: Records
2: Location, Maps, Geo
3: Regions / States
4: Timelines & Histories |
B: VITAL RECORDS
1: Vital Rec.
2: Birth
3: Adoption
4: Marriage
5: Death, Obits
6: Cemetery |
C: CENSUS
1: Records
2: By Decades |
D: IMMIGRATION
1: Records
2: Passenger / Nat.
3: Other
4: Migration |
E: MILITARY
1: Records
2: By Conflict |
F: OTHER RECORDS
1: Religious
2: Land, Probate, Tax
3: Court
4: News.
5: Arch. / Lib.
6: Help
7: Misc.
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Part F: Other U.S. Records
Goal F1: Explore church and miscellaneous records.
Religious, church, and travel records can provide information about where your ancestors settled, and where they might have relocated. Note : For denomination-specific information, see the Faiths menu in The Family History Guide.
ChoicesVault
A Learn about religious and church records.
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- Introduction: Get an introduction to church records in these articles.
AC—Church Records
FS—U.S. Church Records Class Handout - Learn how to find church records in the United States.
AC—Finding Church Records
AF—Researching Church Records in the U.S. - 2017 - Clues: Find genealogy clues in church records in America.
GM: Church Records: Genealogical Clues - 2007
AC: Types of Church Records - Here's a helpful research guide for church records, from Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness.
Research Guide – U.S. Church Records - Learn about religious institutions and church records on the RootsWeb site.
- Learn how to locate church records from various resources.
GC—Locating Church Records
AC—Using Religious Records—4 pgs. - 2016 - Watch these videos to learn more about using church records in research.
FS—United States Church Records—55:00
AAC—Church and Religious Records—Video series - Learn about locating your United States ancestors in church records.
FS—Finding Your Ancestors in United States Church Records - 2020 - Here are some tips for using church marriage records.
BOU—Church Marriage Records for Your Family History Research—7:50 - 2020
Help
- Ancestry: Use the
Ancestry message boards to read or post questions about U.S. religious research. - Books We Own: Explore the Books We Own site for books that can be checked out or researched for you by others.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for church records. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
B Explore Latter-day Saint records.
- Get started with Latter-day Saint research.
FS—Beginning LDS Research
BYU—How Do I LDS Church Records?—31:41 - 2023
- Records: Use Latter-day Saint records to trace families in their migrations.
FS—LDS Church Records Handout
- Use the Latter-day Saint Record Finder on the FamilySearch Wiki.
FS—Latter-day Saint Record Finder - Sites: Explore the FamilySearch Pioneers website to read journals and histories of Mormon pioneers.
- Explore the Early LDS pioneer database to search for pioneers by name, family, or place.
- Explore the Mormon Migration website to search for Latter-day Saint ancestors who sailed to America in the 1800's.
- Collaboration: Explore the Latter Day Saint Ancestral Families Association website to find family organizations with Latter-day Saint ancestry.
- Church History Library: Learn about research resources available at the Church History Library.
RT—Find Your Family in Church History - 2019
FS—Discover Ancestors in in Church History
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