Introduction to Ancestry.com to Pursue Genealogical Questions

Abstract: This session will be an introduction to genealogy and specifically how to use the website Ancestry.com to enhance our pursuit. We will talk about some of the basic principles of genealogy and how to use various aspects of Ancestry.com to employ with these principles. We will look at how to use birth, marriage, and death records, census records, and other tools within Ancestry.com. We will also consider other web sites that may be useful.

Some principles

• Getting Started - Nashville library
• Ten Steps to Finding Your Ancestors
• Standards for Sound Genealogical Research

What can found at Ancestry.com?

• Census Records - up to 1930
• Birth Records
• Marriage Records
• Death Records
• Immigration Records
• Military Records
• City directories and membership lists
• court, land, will Records - some
• Newspapers
• Ancestry World Records
• Message Boards

Illustrations

• Cautions about nmae spellings
• Horatio Hibbard - finding names
• Henry Dilly + Nettie
• Nona Dilly + Wolfe (Wolfle)
• William Dilly + Maude - full