Forms can be a very helpful way to record information...some helpful guides include
Ancestry.com's "The Power of Charts and Forms"
Instructions for Creating Genealogical Charts
Forms can be purchased... |
Or printed/downloaded... | .. or created by software... |
From Vendors:
The following books have reproducible forms: Croom. Unpuzzling Your Past Workbook: Essential Forms and Letters for all Genealogists. (find in a library) Dollarhide. Managing A Genealogical Project (find in a library) (read a review) |
FamilyTree.com offers a full page with a wide variety of downloadable forms. Ancestry.com Correspondence form *Family Group Sheets * Pedigree Charts * Research Calendar * Research Extract form * Source Summary * UK Census Forms * US Census Forms * Genealogy.com provides forms for census abstracts and form letters to foreign countries. Genealogists Duane and Mary Bailey offer several forms I especially like their form for cemetery transcriptions. The PBS site Ancestors has a page of forms. I like some of the fun forms for kids offered by Digupyourlinks -- but buy ink for your color printer. Lineages, Inc. offers instructions, as well as forms . The GSWC website offers two pages with forms-- essential forms and other helpful forms. The NARA site has forms that you must use to requeset material.from the National Archives. Cyndi's list has a section that points to downloadable forms |
Legacy offers some blank reports and forms (once at the page in the link, use edit/search to find the word blank and you will come to the list of those available) See if your genealogy software generates forms.... |
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November 5, 2007