RT9606 Research Guides

RT9606 Research Guides

Ancestors

Family

Tools for Context •

Tools for Context •

Tools for Context •

Pick Your Favorite • • •

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State Archives

State Library

State Genealogy Society

State Historical Society

North Carolina GenWeb

Family Search Wiki: North Carolina, US Genealogy

Ancestry Wiki: North Carolina Family History Research

Cyndi’s List: North Carolina

Ancestry Research Guide

Historical Markers

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Digital Public Library

Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/

Pictures of People – Even if you don’t know them

UNC Digital Collections

Newberry Historical County Maps

Newberry Historical County Maps

Newberry Historical County Maps

Newberry Historical County Maps

DeedMapper Deed Pool

Library of Congress

NC Maps

NC Maps

Sanborn Fire Maps

Jed Hotchkiss Collection

State Department of Transportation

Think on a State Level

Think on a county level

Add text and pictures to your guide as you go

Add text and pictures to your guide as you go

Library of Congress

Library of Congress

Library of Congress

Wikimedia Commons

Attribution

All Levels: Flickr Creative Commons

Flickr Creative Commons

Building a Timeline

Get some basic events •

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Add it to your guide

Now your are ready to personalize!

Work in the population •

Now your are ready to personalize!

Let’s add in the mayhem

Facts from 50 facts

Dates and Events (www.datesandevents.org)

North Carolina Museum of History

North Carolina Maps has Timelines

Timelines of History

North Carolina Secretary of State

Timelines of History

You can find links to all of these on my page

Newspapers for Context

Chronicling America

Chronicling America

Newspapers.com

Newspapers.com

Look at events like your ancestor did

Where to put the links

WPA Cemetery Survey •

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Find A Grave by County

What to put in your research guide

Start with what is on the Research guide

Start with what is on the Research guide

Start with what is on the Research guide

Yearbooks on Ancestry

Look for history and pictures of buildings

Mailing lists can hold valuable information

I put these on the county page

Google Books

Internet Archives

Ancestors

Family

Tools for Context •

Tools for Context •

Tools for Context •

Finding Forgotten Stories

You’ll Find Slides on My Blog Next Week