| A number of resources exist which can
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| | Barrott, and found nothing. Later, I
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| help you research your family heritage.
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| | obtained my mother's father's death
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| If you're lucky, one of the best
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| | certificate (he had died at the
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| resources is close at hand: your own
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| | relatively young age of 37) and
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| family. Stories passed down from
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| | discovered that his father had signed his
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| generation to generation contain nuggets
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| | own son's death certificate - as "Frank
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| of information that can help you begin
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| | R. Barrott".Once you've gleaned as much
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| your search. Names of your parents and
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| | as you can from living relatives, it's
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| grandparents, and their parents, can take
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| | time to access public records. Birth and
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| you back three or four generations. Don't
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| | death records, deeds, and military
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| ignore spouses of family relatives; not
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| | records are among those available for
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| only do their personal stories add to the
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| | research, as are U.S. Census records,
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| flavor of family history, sometimes the
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| | from the years 1790 up to 1930 (by law,
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| spouse of a family member - particularly
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| | census records cannot be released to the
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| the wife of a male relative - knows more
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| | public for 75 years). When searching
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| about your family's history than the
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| | census records, start with the latest
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| relative does.Interview your family
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| | census and move backward; this way you
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| members to see what they know about
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| | may be able to track the changes in
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| family history. The older members in
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| | family circumstances back through the
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| particular may have knowledge of your
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| | years.Searching public records has become
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| family tree for generations, as well as
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| | a lot easier since the introduction of
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| what these ancestors did for a living,
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| | the Internet. A popular software program
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| where they lived, when and how they died,
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| | available online, Ancestry.com, allows
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| and personal stories they're more than
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| | you to build your family tree and search
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| willing to hand down to another
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| | U.S. Census databases and other public
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| generation. If you have birth or death
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| | records.A lot of books are available to
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| certificates among family records, you're
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| | help you on your family search. One of
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| in luck; birth certificates will contain
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| | the best is Genealogy 101: How to Trace
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| a birth date, name of parents, and
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| | Your Family's History and Heritage, by
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| location of birth. The place of birth in
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| | Barbara Renick in association with the
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| particular will give you a clue as to
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| | National Genealogical Society (Rutledge
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| where to look for further information.Be
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| | Hill Press, 2003). Renick offers an
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| aware that family recollections can be
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| | organized approach to genealogical
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| wrong. A couple personal experiences: My
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| | research that will save you a lot of
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| middle name is May, which was given to me
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| | false starts.If you've been thinking for
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| in honor of my father's aunt who raised
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| | a while about beginning a serious search
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| him. My parents ended up being upset when
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| | into your family's background, don't put
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| they found out later that my aunt's name
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| | it off. Your best resource, your older
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| wasn't May, it was really Mary. But it
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| | family members, is a finite resource.
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| doesn't stop there: while I was
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| | Once they pass on, their knowledge is
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| researching my aunt's death I came across
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| | gone forever.Aldene Fredenburg is a
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| her obituary in the local newspaper, and
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| | freelance writer living in southwestern
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| it turns out her name wasn't May or Mary
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| | New Hampshire and frequently contributes
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| - it was Ruth!Meanwhile, on my mother's
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| | to Tips and Topics. She has published
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| side of the family, it was well known
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| | numerous articles in local and regional
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| that her grandfather's name was Francis
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| | publications on a wide range of topics,
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| Isaac Barrott, that he had lived and died
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| | including business, education, the arts,
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| in Worcester, Massachusetts, and that he
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| | and local events. Her feature articles
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| had actually worked as a maintenance man
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| | include an interview with independent
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| at City Hall. I contacted the records
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| | documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and a
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| department of the city of Worcester
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| | feature on prisoners at the New Hampshire
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| looking for any records of Francis Isaac
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| | State Prison in Concord.
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