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Optional Course Print Material: American Institutional Records
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
Focusing on vital records and the census can yield a rather incomplete picture of our ancestors’ lives. Many researchers may avoid examining institutional records because they believe it is demeaning to the ancestor, or they believe the records will not shed any new information. Institutional records often contain a wealth of information. This course will introduce the student to records of institutions such as orphanages, prisons, poor houses, asylums, and schools. Students will learn how to determine the correct institution, how to find the records, and how to use the records to lead to new sources. The course also covers possible difficulties in records access.
Course Length: 7 weeksMODULE 1
INSTITUTIONAL RECORDS
Types of Institutions We Will Focus Upon
Access to the Records
Terminology
MODULE 2
CLUES TO INSTITUTIONALIZATION
Introduction
Records at Home
Clues in the Census
State and Local Censuses
MODULE 3
THE SICK, THE POOR, AND ORPHANS
Brief History of Almshouses and Poor Farms
Records of County Homes, Asylums, and Other Institutions for the
Poor and Sick
MODULE 4
SCHOOLS
Brief History of Education in America
Teacher’s Records
School Censuses
MODULE 5
PRISONS AND JAILS
Brief History of Prisons and Jails
Jail Registers
State and Federal State Penitentiaries
Military Prisons and Prisoner of War Camps
Roster of Prisoners
MODULE 6
FINDING THE RECORDS
Determining the Correct Institution
City and County Directories
Finding the Records
County USGenWeb Website
County Histories
State Manuals
Optional Print Course Material: English: Land and Property Records
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
This course is a survey of the many records to do with land that are helpful for the family historian. We shall examine maps, gazetteers, title deeds, land tax, ancient & modern Domesday books, tithes, enclosure, manorial records, quit claims, estate papers, Land Registry & Valuation Office and many other types of records. Their availability & practical details on how to use them in genealogical research will be emphasized.
Course Length: 7 weeksMODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
Gateways to English Archives & Libraries
Description of Land
Gazetteers
Maps for Genealogists
Finding Maps
Early Maps
The Ordnance Survey
Counties & Unitary Authorities
County Maps
Town Plans
Street Maps
MODULE 2
ESTATE MAPS & RECORDS
Finding Estate Maps
Building Plans
Fire Insurance Plans
Estate Records
Enclosure Records
Communication Maps
Early Roads
Carriers’ Routes
Navigable Rivers
Coastal & Maritime Charts
Canals
Roads
Railways
Trams
Trolleybuses
Omnibuses
Ancient & Modern Domesday
Domesday 1086
Monastic Cartularies
Hundred Rolls of Edward I – 1279
Valor Ecclesiasticus – 1534
Parliamentary Surveys – 1646-1660
National Farm Surveys 1940-1943
MODULE 3
HOLDING & TENANCY OF LAND
Types of Tenure
Manors
Manorial Courts
Manorial & Estate Surveys
Terriers
Who Holds the Land?
Title Deeds
Marriage & Family Settlements
Charity & Trust Deeds
Enrollment of Deeds
Land Registration
Return of Owners of Land 1871-1876
Land Registry 1891
Building Societies
House History
MODULE 4
INHERITANCE OF LAND
Customs & Rights of Inheritance
Procedures of Inheritance of Land
Inquisitions Post Mortem
Manorial Courts Baron Records
Inheritance of Copyhold Land
Finding Manorial Court Records
MODULE 5
SALE & TRANSFER OF LAND
Freehold Property
Fee Simple
Fee Conditional
Leasehold Property
Copyhold Property
Related Matters
MODULE 6
TAXES ON LAND
Land Tax Assessments
Land Tax Redemption
Tithes
Finding Tithe Awards & Agreements
Valuation Office Records 1910-1914
Land Records Timeline
REFERENCES
Optional Print Course Material: Research: House and Farm Histories
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
Conducting research on property can be as rewarding as conducting
research on ancestors. The goal of this course is to teach the
student to understand the various documents and research
necessary to develop and present a house and/or farm history.
Throughout this course, the student will build their
understanding of house and farm related documents from
established text and assignments that will require the student to
practice their skills.
Course Length: 7 weeks
MODULE 1
BUILDING THE FOUNDATION: HOUSE RESEARCH
Why Conduct House History Research?
Architectural Glossary
Architectural Styles of Houses
Suggested Reading and Resources
Plan Books & Catalogs
MODULE 2
MAIL ORDER HOMES & HOUSE KIT COMPANIES
Mail Order Homes
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Aladdin Company
Pacific Homes
Gordon-Van Tine Co.
Montgomery Ward
Lewis Manufacturing Company - Liberty Homes
International Mill & Timber Co. - Sterling Homes
Ray H. Bennett Lumber Company
Chicago House Wrecking Co. - Harris Brothers
E. F. Hodgson Company
Strandlunds Lustron Company - Lustron Homes
Additional House Kit Companies
Suggested Reading and Resources
MODULE 3
MAPPING IT OUT
The Physical Address
Maps
Interim Report
Google Earth
Google Maps
Historypin
WhatWasThere
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
HistoryGeo.com
Suggested Reading and Resources
MODULE 4
THE PAPER TRAIL: LAND RECORDS
Introduction
Legal Property Description
Previous Research
Land Glossary
Visit to the Land Office
Grantor and Grantee
Transfer Books
Mortgages
Court Records
Mechanic’s Lien
Tax Assessment
Building Permit
Blueprint
Suggested Reading and Resources
MODULE 5
THE PEOPLE TRAIL: PREVIOUS OWNERS & OCCUPANTS
Previous Owners and Occupants
Photographs and Drawings
Biographical and Historical
Suggested Reading and Resources
MODULE 6
DIGGING UP DIRT: FARM RESEARCH
Land Records
Homestead Act of 1862
Census
Agricultural Schedules
Centennial Farms
Barns and Outbuildings
Suggested Reading and Resources