Research Checklist
Research of_____________________________________________
(Name of relative you are researching)
Relationship to You_________________________
Family Records
Family Bibles
Journals / Diaries / Letters
Scrapbooks / Memorabilia
Photographs / Albums
Military Files / Records
Citizenship Papers
Birth Certificates
Death Certificates
Adoption Papers
Divorce Papers
School Records
Elementary
High School
College
Marriage Certificates
Insurance Papers
Vital Statistics
Land Records
Deeds
Surveys
Wills
Inventories / Settlements
Guardianship
Court Records
Dockets
Sheriff / Police
Minutes
Jury
Orders / Decrees
Justice of Peace
Census / Indexes
__/___1790
__/___1800
__/___1810
__/___1820
__/___1830
__/___1840
__/___1850
____1850
__/___1860
__/___1870
__/___1880
__/___1890
__/___1900
__/___1910
Mortality Schedules
____1860
____1870
____1880
Soundex / State(s) (if available)
1880's
1900's
1910's
1920's
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
_/______
(NOTE: The 1880 soundex gives data only on families with children aged ten or under.)
Military Service Records
Revolutionary War Records
Civil War Service Records
Muster Rolls
Discharge Records