How to Research for Your American Native Genealogy
Author: Tania Penwell
In the recent few years there has been an increasing trend to
trace one\'s Native American genealogy. As the interest has grown
so have the avenues that one could use to research the
genealogy. However, to get the best results out of the effort
you put into the search, you must use all the various modes in
which the genealogy data has been recorded. You must never bank
on a single source. We will discuss here the various options you
have to research genealogy records.
Electronic Records
Today there are hundreds of millions of records available in
digital format much of which is available commercially on CDs.
Bundled with family tree software; these CDs can save you a lot
of time in your research. But for that you need to be really
lucky, as not more than 2% of the total genealogy records
available today have been digitized. If you are unsuccessful
with the digital records, don\'t lose heart cause there are
plenty of other sources that you can look into.
Microfilmed Records
Beyond the digital records, there are huge data banks of Native
American genealogy available as microfilms in the various local
Family History centers. These records will include literally
millions of births, deaths, census records, marriages, land
transfers, military records, etc. and the best thing about it is
that these records are available either for free or at a very
low cost. So you need not spend a fortune in research. Other
places of help might be the bigger libraries, many of which have
huge collections of microfilm genealogy data and also the U.S.
National Archives Regional Libraries.
Books
There are also various books on Native American Genealogy
available in the libraries and the local genealogy centers.
These books can be used as supplements to the digital records
and the microfilms in your research. Although it might be a bit
unwieldy to be using the books compared to a CD, but they might
contain information that you would not find in any CD. So it is
always worth a try, especially if your earlier searches did not
yield any desirable result.
As the interest in Native American Genealogy grows, it is
expected that more of the records will be digitized in the next
few years. While that would make research easier, it would also
make it much too simple. Till then you have the opportunity to
do a real research as you scrutinize the microfilms and delve
into the books, spending hours in the local library. That would
be fun, and rewarding.
About the author:
Tanya Penwell provides information on Native American Genealogy and other topics for Genealogy
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