Cemetery and Vital Records . This session stresses the importance of being thorough in obtaining birth, death, marriage and divorce records to substantiate oral history, extend family lines, and solve genealogical problems. It covers what vital records are, how and where they are obtained, and how to analyze them. Many tips, tricks, and subtleties are illustrated. Charts and Evidence .
Genealogy is the science of family history research.
This section discusses the principles of evidence and its role in proving your genealogy. It's a hands-on session that includes filling out charts to organize masses of names, dates, and places, and then documenting the source of your research. Locating Published Family Histories . No one needs to reinvent the wheel. This session enables researchers to benefit from groundbreaking work others have done.