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Birth, death, marriage, and divorce records not only document important life events in your ancestors' lives, but also provide hints for further genealogical research.

Vital records are birth, marriage and death registrations, and can give you a lot more information than just simple names and dates.

The difference between vital and public records is subtle, but important. Learn about the valuable information contained in different types of vital records.

Old Swedes Church in Wilmington, Delaware has three centuries of records, the earliest naming Swedish, Dutch and English families. Here are marriage records from 1754

Starting your family tree research requires extensive planning and investigation. Get your public records project off to a good start by using your state archives office.

Death records contain a wealth of genealogical information as well as provide key clues leading to other vital records and avenues of research.

A plethora of ancestry information is available online including the social security death index, family trees, gravestone listings,census records, and military rosters.

George Bowman devoted more than 50 years to finding records of Mayflower families. A contemporary genealogist has extracted 10,000 marriages from his records.

California has had confidential, or secret, marriages since 1877. This removes an important tool from the genealogist's research arsenal.

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Parish registers of St-Jean-Chrysostome in Chateauguay Co., Quebec, include French Canadian families living in nearby New York and Vermont.

Family researchers value hard-to-find Bible records because of the genealogical data they reveal. These Bible records are for a Stover family living at Cape Neddick, ME.

Publishing personal facts in an online family tree may put your relatives at risk for identity theft. Or is the threat more of an urban legend?

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) offers the public a comprehensive program of genealogical workshops and courses in its facilities nationwide.

Baptisms by Canadian missionaries for Irish Catholics living in nearby Vermont and New York are an unexpected treasure for genealogists tracing these families.

Wonder whether it's worth it, to fork over big bucks to access a collection of genealogy databases? Well, here are my thoughts on the resources available at Ancestry.com

The collected works of David Dobson, specialist on Scottish Immigration to North America, are now available on one compact disc.

Birth certificates are vital both for genealogy research and for validating your identity, but they aren't so easy to find. Here are tips to locate your birth records.

There is a wealth of genealogical information on the Internet, and much of is it available at no cost. Here are a few of the best free sites for your family tree research

Public records are the bread and butter of family tree research. Take advantage of historical societies to help locate public records for your ancestors.

Genealogy libraries and archives have many documents and resource books to help find your ancestors. Plan ahead to make the best use of your research trip time.

A family historian will often travel for miles to visit an archive or records office to hunt down ancestors. Just what is the best way of making the most of that visit?

Researching ancestors who were slaves can be one of the most challenging jobs a genealogist can undertake. It's not impossible, though.

Maiden names of women ancestors often got buried with them in an era when they were housekeepers, not doctors, lawyers or CEOs. Let's look for them.

Old Swedes Church in Wilmington, Delaware has three centuries of records, the earliest naming Swedish, Dutch and English families. Here are marriage records for 1755.

In genealogy female ancestors are most commonly revealed as "wife of", with unknown maiden names. Here are 10 tips for finding them in public records and other places.

Family Bible records are among the most prized records sought by genealogists. They often link three to five generations. Here are records from a Bacon family Bible.