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Extracting Information - Getting the Most From Genealogical Sources

Organize your information and analyze what records you need
Categories of documents and what you'll find there
Where and how to locate genealogical documents
Recognizing valid sources
Source citation: boring but necessary
The challenges of incorrect information
Reading and understanding U.S. records:
1. Why they were produced and by what entity
2. Censuses: each one unique and useful, the best place to start a search
3. US Military Records, Immigration & Naturalization, Passenger Lists, Census Schedules
4. Understanding the information in U.S. records and knowing what to do with it
5. Knowing what laws, if any, governed the data
6. Is information missing? That's important too.
Analysis, comparisons and conclusions - the key to accurate research
Handouts

Genealogy Your Way
Professional Genealogical Research in U.S. and Italian Records

Professional Services:
Italian Family Tree: Complete Immersion
European Immigrants: Finding Your European Roots
Online Family Tree Analysis: We analyze and correct a tree you're using
Family Reunion: Bringing the Tree to Your Reunion

Seminars for non-professionals:
Finding Female Ancestors
Italian Genealogy for Beginners
Italian Genealogy: Understanding Italian Records, Using the Internet

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Seminars for non-professionals:
Using the Internet: Overview of Free and Pay Sites, Roadblocks & Pitfalls
Using the Internet: Unique Sources, Strategies, Methodology, Pitfalls, Tips