Getting to the Roots of Your Family - RootsWeb - Ancestry.com
Getting to the Roots of Your Family - RootsWeb - Ancestry.com
Getting to the Roots of Your Family - RootsWeb - Ancestry.com
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I Wish I Was In Dixie<br />
Finding <strong>Your</strong> <strong>Roots</strong> in <strong>the</strong> South<br />
Carol Swensen AG® – May 5 th 2012<br />
swensengen@hotmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
Mid-South Gulf – South<br />
Kentucky Alabama<br />
Missouri Arkansas<br />
North Carolina Florida<br />
South Carolina Georgia<br />
Tennessee Louisiana<br />
Virginia Mississippi<br />
West Virginia Texas<br />
Where <strong>to</strong> Begin?<br />
Who are you looking for?<br />
Where were <strong>the</strong>y living?<br />
When were <strong>the</strong>y alive?<br />
� Locate <strong>the</strong>m on Census<br />
� Census Maps<br />
• Shows boundaries<br />
� Websites for Census<br />
• Beta.familysearch.org<br />
• Heritage Quest<br />
• Censusfinder.<strong>com</strong><br />
• Census-online.<strong>com</strong><br />
• <strong>Ancestry</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
� Which State?<br />
• Locate State Maps<br />
� Did <strong>the</strong> state borders change?<br />
� Which County?<br />
• Locate County Maps<br />
� Date <strong>of</strong> formation <strong>of</strong> county.<br />
� Border changes?<br />
� <strong>Family</strong>His<strong>to</strong>ry101.<strong>com</strong><br />
� U.S. State & County - Rotating Boundary County Maps - Maps made with <strong>the</strong> use AniMap<br />
Plus County Boundary His<strong>to</strong>rical Atlas v. 3.0 (Win)<br />
� State Research Guides<br />
• wiki.familysearch.org<br />
• BYU Research Outlines [for each state]<br />
• The Handybook for Genealogists<br />
• Redbook by <strong>Ancestry</strong>
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