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Research Training |
Mesa Arizona Regional Family History
Center
The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints
Research Training
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These links and training PowerPoints will assist you in your genealogical research
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| Class Schedules at the Mesa Regional Family History Center | Classes available to help you with your research |
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U.S. and British Isles Research classes and schedule Additional online Research Classes (Salt Lake FHL) |
Learn how to do research in the United
States and the British Isles England, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Russia, United States (with videos) |
| The Big Four (PDF) | An overview of Basic Records. Census, Vital Records, Land Records and Probate Records. (18 slides) |
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Guide to
Research
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How to research including the research cycle (19 slides) |
| Census Research using Film and Soundex (PDF) | How, when and why do we search census records? (47 slides) |
| Vital Records (PDF) | An overview of vital records, how to use them and how to find them (31 slides) |
| Cemetery Records (PDF) | How to prepare to search a cemetery and locate information on microfilm. (33 slides) |
| Finding your Adoptive Ancestors (PDF) | How to approach this research dilemma and find lineages with sealed records. (33 slides) |
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How to do Family History Research by DeAnne Shelly (12 Lessons)
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Overview of 12 lessons, Original Research,
Organize Your Research Notebook, Survey Phase, Research Phase,
Census Records, FHL Catalog, Handybook, PERSI, Vital, Church, Land,
Probate, Court, Military, Immigration & Migration Records. (463
slides total) |
| Finding Your Ancestral Village (PDF) | How to find where your ancestral village is located (60 Slides) |
| Royalty and Pre 1500 DOS Research (PDF) | How to search the old Ordinance Index for Temple information on Royalty and Pre 1500 names. (17 slides) |
| The Dewey Decimal System (PDF) | Mr. Dewey and his dot is used to classify books by grouping them in 10 main categories. (27 slides) |
| How to Eat an Elephant or Write your Personal History (PDF) | How to plan your attack and do it. (24 slides) |