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Finding Female Ancestors

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Class Outline - United States, Goal B4, Choice C - BASIC

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GOAL B4: Female Ancestors

Choice C:

“AAC: Finding the Females (video series)

General Strategies video -

- Watch from start to 2:48 and discuss the challenges with researching females.

- Watch from 2:55 to 3:57 and discuss basic strategies to use.

- Watch from 3:58 to the end and discuss additional records that should be searched.

Records for Her video -

- Watch from the start to 1:57 and discuss delayed birth records.

- Watch from 2:00 to 5:39 and discuss marriage records for females.

- Watch from 5:41 to 6:42 and discuss census records.

- Watch from 6:43 to the end and discuss death records, obituaries, and tombstones.

Records for Her Children video -

- Watch from the start to 0:31 and discuss the importance of documenting all of a woman’s children.

- Watch from 0:33-3:21 and discuss church records and children.

- Watch from 3:22 to the end and discuss obituaries and children.

“AJC: 3 Practical Strategies …”

- Discuss each of the three bold headings and related content. These serve as a good summary for key points in the Ancestry Academy video series, also by the same narrator.

“TH: Top 10 Sources …”

- Discuss each of the 10 bold headings and how these records relate to finding maiden names in research.

“FHD: 7 Little-Used Tricks …”

- Briefly discuss each of the seven tips and how they can provide alternate strategies for finding maiden names.

“AAC: How to Find a Maiden Name”

- Watch the entire 2-minute video for an example of determining maiden names from U.S. census records.