Breaking Down Brick
Wall Resources
June 13th,
2013 Presentation
Outine for Discussion:
1.
Assess
the Problem
2.
Create
a Time Line
3.
Develop
and “flesh out” the life in a narrative
4.
Make
a “to do” list
5.
Do
a source check
6.
Go
around, search sideways –Cluster and Collateral searches
7.
Take
a step back and challenge current assumptions
8.
Find
Living Relatives for additional information
9.
Create
a “Wanted Poster” –seek a message board
1.
Cyndi’s
List
2.
Researchguides.net
(by Joe Beine) free
3.
Family
History Library Catalog, look for the various locations and
see \what is
available. Microfilms
can be rented.
4.
NEGH
also can rent microfilms, both from the LDS library or their
own
5.
CLDS
have a “Mormon Pioneer Index” available in microfilm
6.
Family
Tree University has a Webinar scheduled
for July 1st, 2013,
7PM on “Ellis Island”
7.
Stephen
P. Morse Website: www.stevenmorse.org - was recommended by the family tree
instructors
8.
www.geneaBloggers.com and
www.hidefgen.com (Thomas
Mac Entee –
speaker for seminar)
9.
free
spread sheet which can be downloaded to Excel or Word – http://bit.ly/reasearchlog (has
citation
formats which can be copied and pasted into the body of the log.
10.
11. Look at “Google.docs”
and their search
functions.
13. www.newslink.org
15. www.chronicling
america.loc.gov (library
of congress)
16. www.news.google.com/newspaper
17. Evernote.com –
good site for researchers
18. Our time Lines.com
19. www.timetoast.com (check
to be
sure it is public or private)
20. Time Line Maker (30 day
free trial)
time line construction
21. Smart Draw.com
22. Family tree
magazine.com/freeforms
23. Non google search
engines: Bing.com,
Yahoo (people.yahoo.com), Yippy
(aka Clusty) or search.yippy.com (this compliments google and
considered a good
source by FamilyTree)
24. People Search Engines –
this will only
reveal so much , a lot of pop-up ads. Be
careful to avoid tricks and bait
25. 123people.com (good for
Canada too)
26. peoplefinders.com
27. people smart.com (owned
by
Archieves.com)
28. pip/.com
29. ussearch.com
30. whitepages.com
31. social media tools
(facebook (for those
in their 20’s and 30’s), linkedIn or twitter)
32. look in public records
to search for
court cases: www.intelius.com,
veromi.com, zebasearch.com – experiment with names
33. family trees via
Ancestry, geni.com, my
heritage.com
34. Alumni associations-
alumni.net or
classmates.com (register for free)
35. try eBay Favorites –
ebay.com (free
account), can do a search and have future options with email
contact returns
36. Message Boards – i.e.
rootsweb.com (put
postings out there)
37. Genealogy forums – http://forum.familytreemagazines.com/forum
38. Create a free genealogy
blog or website
– blogger.com (owned by Google)
39. Use Ancestry.com or My
heritage.com or
WikiTree.com
40. Google Alert -
<google.com/.alerts>
41. -
<google.com/+/learn
more/hangouts>
42. www.ihrc.umn.edu (Immigration
History
Research Center)
43. Check the stories or
accounts of
immigration:
b.
www.storycorps.net
c.
www.theaccidentalgenealogist.com
44. www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/persi.html
Podcasts (free apps to download, via i-tunes and
websites)
1.
Genealogy
gems.com
2.
Genealogy
made Easy
3.
Family
History
Articles for Reference
1.
Family
Tree magazine, Summer 1998, Searching for Women”
2.
Case
Study examples by Elizabeth Shown Mills, http://historicpathways.com/articles.html
3.
See
Family Tree articles from Jan. 2008, “Ladies First”
4.
“Maiden
Voyage”, July 2019
Books to Consider:
“101 Brick Wall
Busters”,
Family Tree Magazine, see web site
Colonial
history:
1.Dollarhide,
William,
“British Origins of American Colonists, 1629 – 1775, Bountiful,
UT, FGLL Genealogical
Services, 1997
2. Dollarhide, William,
“Map Guide to American
Migration Routes”,
Bountiful, UT,
AGLL
Genealogical Services, 1997
3 “Law and
People in Colonial
America” by Pewter Charles Hoffer from Johns Hopkins University
Press.
4. “Immigration and the
Origins of the English
Atlantic World” by Alison Games
Videos
Dr. Tom Jones
has an online
video explaining how to deduce ancestors identities by digging
below the
surface information. He
refers to
collateral and cluster searches.
It is apparently
a 2 hr. free recording from Family Search’s learning center. See
familysearch.or/learningcenter/lesson/inferential-genealogy/25/
For copies of
the records
checklist and worksheet contact Susie Hedrick at the next
meeting .