Below is a list of household places where you may find genealogical information. You can probably think of a few other places to look, too. Ask your relatives if they have or know of any items like these that might be useful to your research. When you're looking for information at home, you may find items that are dated, but don't have years. For example, Thursday, March 8. This is especially true with diaries, letters, and clippings found in scrapbooks. You can figure out what the year is by using a perpetual calendar. Autograph books Bibles Books (check for inscriptions in them) Certificates (from schools or jobs) Closet doors (look for writing on the inside) Clothing and hats Cookbooks Diaries and day books Family trees Furniture (sometimes you'll find names and dates on the bottoms or backs of furniture) Photo albums Important papers (wills, titles, and deeds) Jewelry (such as pins, ID bracelets, charm bracelets, lockets, or anything else that may have an inscription or indicate membership in an organization) Letters Newspaper clippings Pictures (don't forget to look at the backs) Resumes School papers (report cards can have parents' signatures) Scrapbooks Sewing samplers, quilts, and other handmade items Trunks and chests Yearbooks Michael Reck 2434 Forest Home Ave. Riverside, Ohio 45404-2410 E-Mail: moreck@juno.com "I owe my life to the Ancestors that I find" - Michael Reck !^NavFont02F04990007NGHHK9B651C *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* - Email From: Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman - Zimmerman Family Web Page: http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/index.html - For Updates on all my Ohio Pages join the Maggie_Ohio Maillist send an email to Maggie_Ohio-L-request@rootsweb.com - Ohio County USGenWeb Pages: **Erie Co. at http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/Erie/erie.htm **Franklin Co. at http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/Franklin/franklin1.html **Knox Co. at http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/Knox/primepg.htm **Medina Co. at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohmedina/index.htm **Miami Co. at http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/Miami/miami.htm *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* - God Put Me On Earth to Accomplish a Certain Number of Things. Right Now I am so far behind, I will never die. --- Unknown *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*