| PERSONAL RECORDS | CERTIFICATES | MILITARY RECORDS | SCHOOL RECORDS |
| * Journal | * Birth | * Service | * Diplomas |
| * Diary | * Marriage | * Pension | * Report Cards |
| * Biography | * Death | * Disability | * Honor Roll |
| * Letters | * Divorce | * National Guard | * Awards |
| * Photographs | * Adoption | * Selective Service | * Transcripts |
| * Autograph Album | * Graduation | * Bounty Awards | * Yearbooks |
| * Baby Book | * Christening | * Service Medals | * Publications |
| * Wedding Book | * Blessing | * Ribbons | -- |
| * Scrapbooks | * Baptism | * Sword | ANNOUNCEMENTS |
| * Funeral book | * Confirmation | * Firearms | * Wedding |
| * Guest Register | * Ordination | * Uniform | * Birth |
| * Travel Account | * Transfer | * Citations | * Death |
| * Book Plates | * Ministerial | * Separation Papers | * Funeral |
| -- | * Membership | * __ | * Graduation |
| LICENSES | * Apprenticeship | * MEMBERSHIP | * Divorce |
| * Business | * Achievement | * Cards | * Anniversary |
| * Occupation | * Award | * Publications | * Memorial Cards |
| * Professional | -- | * Programs | * New Job |
| * Hunting/Fishing | LEGAL PAPERS | * Uniforms | * Travel |
| * Firearms | * Will | * Awards | * New Home |
| * Drivers | * Deeds | * Certificates | * Professional |
| * Motor Vehicle | * Land Grants | -- | * Engagement |
| -- | * Water Rights | CITIZENSHIP | -- |
| NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS | * Mortgages | * Naturalization | EMPLOYMENT RECORDS |
| * Announcements | * Leases | * Denization | * Apprenticeship |
| * Obituaries | * Bonds | * Alien Registration | * Awards |
| * Special Events | * Loans | * Deportment | * Graduation |
| * Vital Statistics | * Contracts | * Passport | * Severance |
| * Professional Trade | * Summons | * Visa | * Social Security |
| -- | * Subpoena | * Vaccination | * Retirement |
| HOUSEHOLD ITEMS | * Tax Notices | -- | * Pension |
| * Silverware | * Guardian Papers | FINANCIAL RECORDS | * Union |
| * Needlework | * Abstracts of Title | * Accounts | * Income Tax |
| * Sampler | -- | * Bills | -- |
| * Tapestries | BOOKS | * Receipts | FAMILY RECORDS |
| * Dishes | * Atlases | * Check Stubs | * Bible |
| * Quilts | * Prizes | * Estate Records | * Lineage |
| * Coat of Arms | * Treasured Volumes | -- | * Genealogies |
| * Insignias | * Vocational | HEALTH RECORDS | * Bulletins |
| * Souvenirs | * Foreign Language | * X-rays | * Histories |
| * Clothing | -- | * Insurance Papers | * Traditions |
| * Tools | - | * Hospital Records | - |
| * Rings | - | * Medical Records | - |
| * Engraved Items | - | * Immunization | - |
Realize that when doing research, one is trying to find a person or family in a particular
place, at a particular time. Most all possessions that families hold will do this to a
degree. If not, it will point you to a place to search for more family records. It is
the questions that you ask, and being able to hear what is said that makes all the difference.