Outline for Genealogy Research Methods for Librarians and Archvisits from MBK Consulting - Premier provider of specialized training in the midwest


Introduction to Genealogy and Local History
			getting started
			review of terminology
			discuss family trees and ancestor charts
			Family group sheets and other data
		Here's a link for downloadable forms (Ancestor Chart) and (Family Group Sheet)
Census Indexes
	Print Indexes
Soundex & Miracode
	Coding - the rules and how they work
	arrangement and alphabetization
	Sample Soundex cards for 1880, 1900 and Miracode for 1910 are here. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
	Reading the Soundex records
Exercise # 1

Census Records
		History of the Census
	Finding the census record
	interpreting the data
1930 Census - as of April 1, 2002 - NARA description and searching techniques
Instructions for searching the 1930 census without an index or Soundex
Here are downloadable forms for each census (1790-1930)
The National Archives publication "Prologue" has a good article on how the Enumeration Districts for the 1930 census were drawn http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2003/fall/1930-eds.html
1940 Census - as of April 1, 2012 NARA information for searching Enumeration Districts http://blogs.archives.gov/online-public-access/?p=5500
1940 Federal Population Census Films http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/videos.html
New Questions in the 1940 Census Prologue (Winter 2010)

case study #1
IGI / International Genealogy Index (now online at www.familysearch.org)
	how to read it, what does it tell the researcher
Vital Records - Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce
	What do they tell us, where do we find them
Exercise # 2
Sampling the riches of the World Wide Web

Course Outline

Genealogy Research Methods

for Librarians and Archivists - One day workshop

MBK Consulting