Pegasus; Journal Of The Dallas Genealogical Society (Winter 2014)

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Pegasus, Journal of the Dallas Genealogical Society
Records Issue - Winter 2014
Volume 2, Number 2
Condition Note: Light wear to the cover, but in great condition. Genealogy at a Glance: Court Records                              Research
Wendy Bebout Elliott, PhD, FUGA
Laminated  Sheets  totaling
4
pages. Is in new  condition. Per the publisher;
Court records are invaluable in genealogical research, but they  are decentralized and difficult to locate. Probate records, as one example, are  located in over 3,000 separate county courthouses. They are among the most  important records for genealogical research because they identify names, dates,  residences, and family relationships, yet there is considerable difficulty in  finding them and exploiting their contents. The American court system is  complicated, and the challenge for genealogists is to understand the court  system in order to locate the relevant records.
You could make a lifetime’s study of the American court system,  but if your goal is family history research, this
Genealogy  at a Glance
outline will provide  an indispensable shortcut, guiding you through the major types of court records  that are crucial in your research—probate records, for example, naturalization  records, land records, marriage and divorce records, tax records—in short almost  every type of record that helps to identify family relationships. The main thing  you will learn is that county courthouses generally contain the records of most  interest to genealogists, and therefore this guide offers invaluable tips for  finding and accessing records at the county courthouse level.
Like all
Genealogy  at a Glance
outlines, this one  also offers guidance on the principal supplementary record sources, provides a  list of the best online resources, and identifies the major repositories, all  the while dealing with a complex subject in the simplest way possible.
Just what you need for  genealogy research.
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