1. Performing Genealogy on a Shoe String Don & Jeanine Hartman FamilyHart http://familyhart.info http://midatlanticrootsweb.com/ https://twitter.com/#!/familyhart http://www.facebook.com/#!/pr ofile.php?id=690462210

2. Search Plan & Strategy  Make a Time Commitment – Same Time every week or every day  Gather the information that you have – Family Records, Family Members, etc.  Organize the information that you have – Fill out pedigree and family group records – Computerize; or organize papers in folders  Determine What Records Need to be Researched – Census, Obits, Civil Records, Church Records, etc.

3. Search Plan & Strategy  Be efficient, time is money, even when you are retired  Use an Internet-friendly Genealogy Program (i.e. Ancestral Quest, Roots Magic, etc.)  Invest in High Speed Internet Connection (DSL, Cable Modem, etc.) or have access to one (i.e. Public Library, College Library, Family History Center (FHC))

4. Free or Low-Cost Websites  LDS FamilySearch  Heritage Quest  ProQuest  Google Books  Google Maps  Rootsweb  Ancestry WorldTree  USGENWEB  WORLDGENWEB  Cyndi’s List  MidAtlantic Roots Network  York County Archives

5. Create Quick Links  Make a direct-link Icon of the locations that you will use most of the time: Right-Click on the link for which you want to have a short-cut, Select Copy Shortcut Right-Click on your desktop screen where you want your Icon, Select Paste Shortcut

6. Free Genealogy Websites LDS FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org http://www.familysearch.org  Use this to view source records or extractions of source records, such as U.S. Social Security Death Index, U.S. Census Records, State Census Records, World War II Draft Registration Cards, Marriage Records, Birth Records, International Records, etc.

7. Free Genealogy Websites LDS FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org http://www.familysearch.org  Open an account: If you are LDS, you will need the Membership # and Confirmation Date from your Church Record. As part of a contributing organization, your account will automatically be a qualified account. If you are not LDS, you may want to open an account, and participate in the indexing project. If you index 900 records per quarter and maintain that level, your account will be upgraded to a qualified account. https://www.familysearch.org/volunteer/indexing https://www.familysearch.org/volunteer/indexing

8. Free Genealogy Websites LDS FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org http://www.familysearch.org  It is good to peruse what records are available on a regular basis, perhaps once a month or so.  If you are keyboard centric, the Space Bar will select highlighted items including check boxes, Life Event Choices, etc.  If you change Life Events for another search, Filters will typically be deleted  Checked boxes means Exact Match  Can use Wild Card * with first 3 letters

9. Free Genealogy Websites LDS FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org http://www.familysearch.org  1840, 1860, and 1920 Census searches must not include Residence Places below the County Level  1870 Census searches must not include Residence Places below the State Level  Residence Year Range is not the same as Birth Year Range  The 1860, 1880, and 1930 Census listings are Extractions ONLY. To see the actual records, you will need to pay a fee or go to Heritage Quest, if you have access.  The 1860 Census will not show family units without seeing the original Census record.

10. Free Genealogy Websites LDS FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org http://www.familysearch.org  If you work for a number of hours, your cookie will die, and you will get an Oops or a Try Later message. If you do, you will need to close out ALL browser windows on your screen, reopen, and log back in to continue

11. Free Genealogy Websites LDS Old FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/fram eset_search.asp http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/fram eset_search.asp  Use this for search Ancestral File, Pedigree Resource File, International Genealogical Index (IGI)  Can also be used for Social Security Death Index, 1880 U.S. Census, 1881 British Census, 1881 Canadian Census

12. Free Genealogy Websites Heritage Quest  Heritage Quest is a fee-based subscription to which many institutions provide their patrons free access: Adams County Library System http://www.adamslibrary.org/adamsdatabases.asp Cumberland County Library System http://rpa.ccpa.net/rpa/webauth.exe?rs=hqadm&lb=ADM Lancaster County Library System http://online.lancasterlibraries.org/ Maryland State Library System (SAILOR) http://db.sailor.lib.md.us/db/hqo http://www.adamslibrary.org/adamsdatabases.asp http://rpa.ccpa.net/rpa/webauth.exe?rs=hqadm&lb=ADM http://online.lancasterlibraries.org/ http://db.sailor.lib.md.us/db/hqo

13. Free Genealogy Websites Heritage Quest  This will require a library card, which may or may not have a fee associated with it  You may be able to get a library card from the Pennsylvania Libraries that have Heritage Quest access, if you have a local library card with an Access Pennsylvania sticker or symbol on it

14. Free Genealogy Websites Heritage Quest  Use this to Search: U.S. Census Records (1790-1930) Family and Local History Books PERSI™ Revolutionary War Era Pension & Bounty-Land Records Freeman’s Bank Records (1865-1874) LexisNexis ® U.S. Serial Set (Congressional Petitions)

15. Free Genealogy Websites Heritage Quest U.S Census  Use this for looking at source U.S. Census records from 1790-1930  1790-1820, 1860-1880, 1900-1920 are searchable  1830, 1840, 1890 (limited),1930 are browseable  Census Searches are exact  Townships may or may not have Twp in the name  Use this to see images not available on FamilySearch

16. Free Genealogy Websites Heritage Quest Books  Search area include People, Places, and Publications  Actual books are online

17. Free Genealogy Websites Heritage Quest PERSI™  Search area include People, Places, How To’s and Publications  Publications are not online, this is an index only  Publication copies can be ordered for a fee

18. Free Genealogy Websites Heritage Quest Revolutionary War  Very Limited information typically: Typically name only of Veteran, possibly wife is listed; and the Warrant or Pension Number

19. Free Genealogy Websites Heritage Quest Freedman’s Bank (1865-1974)  African American Bank  Lists not only name of account holder, but birth place, spouse, parents, and children

20. Free Genealogy Websites Heritage Quest LexisNexis® U.S. Serial Set  Lists Petitions made to the U.S. Congress  Published copies are online

21. Free Genealogy Websites ProQuest, Newbank, EBSCO, Archives.com News & Newspapers - Obituaries  Many but not all Newspapers online  Not all years of Newspapers  Use Search identifying the Newspaper that you want  Search is not very elegant  This is typically a for-fee subscription service that some institutions provide free to their patrons. i.e. State Library of Pennsylvania, University of Phoenix, etc,

22. Free Genealogy Websites York County Archives http://www.yorkcountyarchives.org/records.asp http://www.yorkcountyarchives.org/records.asp  Many different Civil Records  Copies of originals can be purchased online  Marriage Record Index Extraction is very good  Cutoff year of 1930 between marriage indices is not hard and fast

23. Free Genealogy Websites Ancestry Worldtree http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi  First, Obtain a Rootsweb Login ID at: http://rootsweb.ancestry.com http://rootsweb.ancestry.com  Good for seeing what other people have submitted  Should be considered a low reliability source

24. Free Genealogy Websites FamilyHart http://midatlantic.rootsweb.ancestry.com http://midatlantic.rootsweb.ancestry.com  Links to handy tools  FamilyHart Database (over 732,000 names online) SouthCentral PA centric  USGenWeb sites: York Co., PA; Lancaster Co., PA; Adams Co., PA; Franklin Co., PA; Frederick Co., MD; Washington Co., MD  Harry Senft Cemetery Project w/FamilyHart indexing & linking  Facebook Groups  Twitter  York 2 nd Ward Family History Newsletters

25. Free Genealogy Websites Other  Rootsweb Guide to Tracing Family Trees http://rwguide.rootsweb.ancestry.com/#GENERAL http://rwguide.rootsweb.ancestry.com/#GENERAL  Internment.net http://www.interment.net/Default.htm http://www.interment.net/Default.htm  Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com/ http://www.findagrave.com/  USGenWeb http://usgenweb.org/ http://usgenweb.org/  Rootsweb http://rootsweb.ancestry.com http://rootsweb.ancestry.com  Google Books http://books.google.com http://books.google.com

26. Free Genealogy Websites Other  LDS Research Helps http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rhelps.asp http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rhelps.asp  WorldCat http://www.worldcat.org/ http://www.worldcat.org/  Cyndi’s List http://www.cyndislist.com/ http://www.cyndislist.com/  Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html http://www.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html

27. Free Genealogy Websites Other  Immigrant Ship Transcriber’s Guild http://www.immigrantships.net/ http://www.immigrantships.net/  Civil War & Sailors System http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/  U.S BLM General Land Office Records http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/  Linkpendium http://linkpendium.com http://linkpendium.com  Allen County Indiana Public Library http://www.acpl.lib.in.us http://www.acpl.lib.in.us

28. Free Genealogy Websites Other  Library and Archives Canada http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/  The Olive Tree Genealogy http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/index.shtml http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/index.shtml  FamilySearch Wiki https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/ https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/  About.com Genealogy http://genealogy.about.com/ http://genealogy.about.com/

29. Free Genealogy Websites Other  National Genealogical Society http://www.ngsgenealogy.org http://www.ngsgenealogy.org  Online Death Indexes http://www.deathindexes.com/ http://www.deathindexes.com/  Pennsylvania Public Records http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/public_records/20686 http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/public_records/20686

30. Questions?