Wednesday, February 8, 2017

My 2017 Family History Library To-Do List

I went through my To-Do List in RootsMagic and added several tasks based on research done this past year.  I had a longer stack of papers last year - about 20 - but got through only 10 of them in one day at the Family History Library.  Rather than print out the RootsMagic to-do list, I have copied each task onto a sheet of paper which gives me two sides to write notes on as I search.

Here is an example of my To-Do List papers that I will take to the FHL.  My plan is to use only microfilms for tasks that are not online in digital format.


I will prioritize the papers the night before I go to the library.

I will take digital photographs right off the microfilm machine screen rather than take the microfilm to the scanner printer.  I take a photo of the microfilm box and the to-do item before I take photos of the records.  That way I know which to-do item I was working on and which microfilm had the record.

Here are the tasks I have defined for myself:

1)  Mercer County, Pennsylvania Deeds - Spangler surname (find them in the indexes, then find the deed records).

2)  Mercer County, Pennsylvania Deeds - Feather surname (find them in the indexes, then find the deed records).

3)  Vigo County, Indiana Deeds - Auble surname (find them in the indexes, then find the deed records).  I did some of this last year, but need to look at 1880 to 1887 indexes.

4)  York County, Pennsylvania Deeds -- Spangler surname (find them in the indexes, then find the deed records).

5)  York County, Pennsylvania Deeds -- King surname (find them in the indexes, then find the deed records).

6)  Killingly District, Connecticut Deeds -- Oatley surname (I listed the ones found last year, I need to make copies of the deeds)

7)  Putnam District, Connecticut Deeds -- Richmond surname (find them in the indexes, then find the deed records).

8)  Foster, Rhode Island Deeds -- Wade and Horton surnames (find them in the indexes, then find the deed records).

9)  South Petherton, Somerset Baptisms, Marriages and Burials for Vaux, Palmer and Laver surnames (I have a list of ancestor events to search for and copy).

10)  Hilperton, Wiltshire Land and Poor Records for Richman, Rich and Hill surnames (there are films for Surveyors Account Books 1840-1852, Overseers Poor Rate, 1824-1868, and Hilperton Land tax assessments 1773-1884).

11)  Middlesex County, New Jersey Deeds for a list of surnames (there are Deed Abstracts and East Jersey Land (10 volumes) on the shelf 974.941 and 979.R2).

That should be enough for this year at the FHL.  I'm not sure how much of it I will accomplish - it really depends on the deed index searches.  They take some time and are not always fruitful.

I hope to be able to use the Family Discovery Experience while I'm at the Family History Library.


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