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Midwest States

https://www.thefhguide.com/project-9-united-statesa3.html#b

Class Outline - United States, Goal A3, Choice B - BASIC

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GOAL A3: Midwest Research

Choice B:

“FS: History and Background”

- Watch the video from the start to 7:20. Discuss any of the sections as needed.

“FS: Migration”

- Watch the full video (3:02). Discuss any of the sections as needed.

“FS: Church Records”

- Watch the full video (5:14). Discuss any of the sections as needed.

Mention the other videos in the series (Census, Land, Military) as good resources for further research. If time permits you can show one or more of these videos.

Great Plains Research:

“FS: History and Background”

- Watch the video from the start to 4:05. Discuss any of the sections as needed.

“FS: Migration”

- Watch the full video (5:20). Discuss any of the sections as needed.

“FS: Church”

- Watch the full video (5:30). Discuss any of the sections as needed.

Mention the other videos in the series (Census, Land, Military, etc.) as good resources for further research. If time permits you can show one or more of these videos.

Misc.

“Mid-Continent Public Library” link

- In “Internet Sites and Databases” briefly review the bullet items. Mention that many resources can be accessed with a library card.

- In “Collection Description” summarize the resources in the first paragraph.

- Scroll down to “Similar Collections” to mention other resources for Midwest region research.

“FamilySearch Community” link

- Mention that a person needs to join the group and sign in, in order to post questions and comments.

- Scroll down the page to see the Discussions area.

“See also the U.S. state pages …”

- Read the sentence, and then mention that there are separate classes for each of these states In the Class Outlines page (https://www.thefhguide.com/train-class-outlines.html).