Genealogy Research Tools for the Women in your Family Tree

Researching women is difficult, particularly as we move back in time when they had fewer rights and thus fewer records. Professional genealogist shares hints to find our female ancestors.

Genealogy research brick walls can be busted with these records and strategies to identify the women in your family tree. Sometimes these women get lost when their husband dies or they divorce. Sometimes, due to lack of records, they are simply difficult to find. But there are records out there to find the women in your family history and this video identifies them.

Finding the Women in your Family Playlist    • Finding the Women in your Family Tree  

0:00 Intro
0:58 Women who disappear after husband's death
1:30 Difficulty finding women prior to 1850
1:50 Research all family members
2:15 Obtain all census records
3:00 Please subscribe, like and comment
3:35 Finding women who disappear after husband's death
3:44 Track her children
4:09 How to find second marriage records
7:37 Turn of the 18th century women - what records are they in?
7:50 Census record hints
8:29 Find ALL marriage records - civil and church
10:40 Probate records
11:10 Deeds - Dower Rights
12:34 Newspapers
13:08 Church records - death and membership records
13:31 Other records such as court records, guardianships, and county histories and biographies
13:58 Summary
14:16 Links to the "Finding the Women in your Family" playlist

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