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Exhaustively Searching on Ancestry.com Anne Gillespie Mitchell 1 Over 31,000 Data Collections Over 14 Billion records Do you want to find everything? You need a variety of strategies on where to look Start Local: County and State

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Exhaustively Searching on Ancestry.com Anne Gillespie Mitchell

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  • Over 31,000 Data

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  • Over 14 Billion records
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Do you want to find everything? You need a variety of strategies on where to look

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Start Local: County and State Pages

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Shows you data collections that have records that are just from that state or country

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Data Collections are broken up into multiple categories arranged by number of records If you see the “View all” link, there are more data collections to see

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These are BMD data collections specific to Virginia at the state level They do not include data collections that are specific to a certain county. Look at the county of interest AND surrounding counties

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If you were looking for a birth record for someone in 1860, now you know why you aren’t finding it

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Categories of Records: Framework Records

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Start with the Card Catalog Choose Census & Voter Lists

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Now you can filter by location

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Every data collection you see is part of the Census & Voter List category and has at least a few records from the United States Select Virginia

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Every data collection you see is part of the Census & Voter List category and has at least a few records from Virginia Unlike the Place Pages which were data collections specifically about Virginia but nowhere else, these collections may have other places as well Choose 1800

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There are 31 Data Collections that have at least some Census & Voter List Records from Virginia from the 1800

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Maybe make a spreadsheet of Sources you want to check every time you research Virginians from the 1800s

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Ancestry.com has added over a billion records from City Directories You may want to browse to see what is available

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Categories of Records: Vital Records

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Before you look for a Vital Record, determine if it exists

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The Source and Red Book are both available for free

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Select Virginia Vital Records

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Select Virginia County Resources

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Summary of what was recorded and when

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There are also Resources and History on the Place Pages

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Looking for Possible Locations for Virginia Death Records in the 1850’s?

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How about Augusta, Virginia?

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Check out our Research Guides

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Also Our State Guides

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Categories of Records: Immigration and Travel

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Try http://www.ancestry.com/immigration

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How about the Ancestry.com Wiki?

http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview_of_Immigration_Research

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Immigration Records for a Specific State or Country? Place Pages

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Immigration Records for a Specific State or Country? Place Pages

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Categories of Records: Military Records

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Try http://www.ancestry.com/military Search records by conflict

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Military Records? Fold3 Ancestry.com members get a 50% discount

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Want to filter by time and place? Card Catalog

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Want to educate yourself? Try the wiki

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Categories of Records: Local, Family and Church Histories

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Some of the most underused BUT most valuable resources are Local, Family and Church Histories

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Need information about a specific County? Even if your ancestor isn’t in a particular history you may learn about what life was like during their lifetime

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Card Catalog will also help you filter down your selections

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Try putting a location into Keywords(s) which will search title AND description And choose Schools, Directories & Church Histories

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Or try a surname

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Or try a religion

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Categories of Records: Newspapers

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You can try just a general search of newspapers

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Or Search for Newspapers specific to a time and place and search each one

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Looking for an Obit or a Marriage Notice? Try Browsing to the specific date

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Newspapers? Newspapers.com Ancestry.com members get a 50% discount

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Browse to see what they have

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Categories of Records: Reference

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Browse to see what is there

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Categories of Records: UGC (User Generated Content)

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Or Are You a Source Snob

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Start on the All Hints Page

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Filter into Photos and Stories

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Try Tree Hints for Specific People

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Click into the Tree

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Global Searches

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Find the unexpected

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Do you want to find everything? You need a variety of strategies on where to look

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The next time someone tells you she knows the best way to search

Just Smile because you know better

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  • Email: amitchell@ancestry.com