Making a Family Tree

Ancestry.com announced today a suite of new free death records databases today including:

• Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641-1819
• St. Mary’s church Gateshead, Durham, England, Burials, 1750-1886
• Missouri State Census Collection, 1844-1881

This ads to the other databases updated in just the past 10 days:

• Families of Beaver County, Pennsylvania
• Everyname Index to Egle’s Notes and Queries Chiefly Relating to Interior of Pennsylvania
• Early Pennsylvania Land Records
• Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks
• Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Volume III
• Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Volume II
• Complete American Armoury and Blue Book 1903 Edition
• Complete American Armoury and Blue Book 1907 Edition
• The History of Haverhill [Massachusetts]

The folks over at Ancestry.com seem to keep at it, day and night, providing us with great resources.  They state it well on their own website and I couldn’t agree more:

“The entire team at Ancestry.com is committed to connecting you with the lives and stories of your long-lost ancestors. They do this by providing the largest historical records collection available online and making these records easily accessible to beginners and experienced genealogists alike. Ancestry.com partners with you to create a priceless family history that you will cherish for years to come.”

If you haven’t visited recently, it is worth a trip to view this amazing site for free death records and other vital genealogy search information.

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If you want to understand the information contained in public records, it’s a good idea to do a little preparation. One of the best instructional resources on using public records for family history research is the The Basic Beginner’s Genealogy Guide from Genealogy Beginner. Chapter four of this guide is appropriately titled, “Searching Genealogy Public Records.”

One of your best resources for genealogy research is your local pubic library. Local libraries have access to online genealogy databases that may contain valuable information about your family. Librarians can significantly reduce research time by pointing you toward the resources that best fit your research needs.

You can also find a great deal of genealogy information by writing to the Social Security Administration and requesting information about family names, applications for citizenship, and birth dates. The Census Bureau has records dating back to 1745. You’ll also find birth announcements through the Office of Vital Records or by contacting local courthouses directly. These are just some of the leads you’ll find when you lean more about The Basic Beginner’s Genealogy Guide.

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