1. Genealogy and the Internet Locate Resources Contact Others Databases

2. Locate Resources County, State & Federal Archives What do they have? Where are they located? When are they open? Where to write?

3. County Clerk’s Office Fannin County, Texas What records can you get at the Fannin County Clerk's office? 1. Land Records starting year 1838 2. Marriage records beginning with year 1852 3. Birth records beginning with year 1903 4. Death records beginning with year 1903 5. Probate records beginning with year 1838 6. Discharge records from WWI & WWII Names & dates are required to look up information To order birth & death records, send the following information: name at birth/date of birth/ names of parents/ mother's maiden name Fannin County Courthouse County Clerk 101 E. Sam Rayburn Drive, Suite 102 Bonham, Texas 75418-4346

4. Contact Others Long Lost Cousins Listservs - Location - Family Name Family Web Pages County Query Pages

5. Abijah & Lucy Yeager circa 1850

6. Databases What’s really out there? –Everything –Nothing K Census K Marriage Records K Obituaries K Land Records K Social Security Death Index

7. Links STARTING LINKS - http://www.CyndisList.com/ http://www.usgenweb.org/ LIST OF LISTSERVS - http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ SURNAME SEARCHES- http://www.rootsweb.com/ http://www.genealogy-search-help.com http://www.geneanet.org http://www.familysearch.org OTHER LINKS OF INTEREST - http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com http://www.ellisislandrecords.org

8. Social Security Death Index Search Go to http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ Click on Advanced Search Enter the Last Name of the person you are searching for and one or two other facts. (Be careful not to put in too many details.)