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13 Research Lessons


On-Line Website Research Consultant Training - These 13 Lessons were developed by dedicated instructors of the Mesa Regional Family History Center to train their volunteer missionaries who serve their thousands of annual patrons, with lessons, appendix, assignments & answers.  Click on Lesson or Appendix to view on-line. Click on Copy from the Lesson or Appendix to bring them into your computer in PDF format for further reference and printing.
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41 S. Hobson
Mesa, Arizona
85204
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classes are taught

Preface - (Start Here)
Lesson 1 - Organization & Research Appendix - Research is Not Hopscotch
Lesson 2 - Surveying and Researching the Internet Appendix - Family History Sites on the Internet
                 - Internet Genealogy Favorites
Lesson 3 - FHLC, Handy Book & PERSI Appendix - PERSI on Microfiche
Lesson 4 - U.S. Census Records Appendix - Accelerated Indexing System
                 - Handwriting
                 - Unraveling Slave Schedules
                 - U.S. Agricultural Schedules
                 - Using Census Records
Lesson 5 - U.S. Vital Records Appendix - Vital Records Note Taking Outline
Lesson 6 - U.S. Migration Appendix - American Migration Patterns
                 - Early Virginia Migrations
                 - Maps
                 - Migration Maps
                 - Migrations
                 - Migrations Bibliography
                 - National Road
                 - Palentine Migration
                 - Scotish Migration
Lesson 7 - Maps & Gazetteers Appendix - Augusta County Resources
                 - Battle of Cowpens
                 - Map Collections
                 - Ohio and Scioto Company Tracts
                 - Philadelphia Directory
                 - Westward Expansion
Lesson 8 - U.S. Land Records Appendix - Cyrus Horton Land Patent
                 - Georgia's Land Lottery
                 - Government Land Office records
Lesson 9 - U.S. Probate & Court Records Appendix - Probate Docs
                 - Probate Glossary
Lesson 10 - U.S. Church Records Appendix - Churches 1775 - 1776
                 - Repositories of American Churches
Lesson 11 - U.S. Military Records Appendix - 34118 Military Research Outline
                 - PDF Military Records Help Guide
Lesson 12 - Immigration & Emigration Appendix - 34047 Hamburg Passenger List
                 - Tracing Immigrant Origins
                 - Who, What, When, Where & Why?
Lesson 13 - U.S. Naturalization Appendix - Naturalization Note Taking Outline
                 - Ordering Naturalization Records Form G639
Appendix A Forms - copies to complete assignments
Appendix List - listing of all appendix PDF files
Assignment Key - The Answers to above lessons
Assignments - List of all lesson assignments
A very special thank you to goes to the dedicated instructors of the Mesa Regional Family History Center for providing their Research Consultant Training materials for everyone on the Internet that sincerely desires to learn more about their ancestors. 
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