Topics in genealogy

Genealogical research necessitates consulting a variety of records. Here we provide information on topics that are frequently used to produce genealogical data, and we have categorized records by subject.

• Biographies
• Births
• Cemeteries and Burials
• Censuses
• Church Records
• Court Records
• Deaths
• Divorces
• Enumerations
• Genealogies
• Guardianship
• Immigration and Ethnicity
• Indentures
• Land Deeds
• Marriages
• Migration Patterns
• Military
• Naturalization Records
• Necrology and Obituaries
• Property
• Reunions
• School Files
• Tax Records
• Wills and Estates