Historical Records,Migration Records,Methodology and Skills,Migration Patterns

Migration Patterns East of the Mississippi Prior to 1860

Mary Hill, AG

May 26, 2015

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Syllabus

Content

Welcome

3m 8s

Speaker's Introduction

1m 24s

Introduction

3m 16s

glorecords.blm.gov

36s

Court house land records

1m 36s

Military Service

1m 10s

Migration Route Books

5m 3s

Settlement Patterns

2m 46s

Physical Geography

2m 35s

Reasons for Migration

5m 43s

Migration Trails

5m 5s

The Revolutionary War

5m 10s

The National Road

2m 25s

Settlement of the Old Northwest

2m 21s

Into Virginia

1m 2s

Movement South in the 1700s

2m 8s

Inland from South Carolina

22s

Early Pee Dee Settlers

21s

Into Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley

41s

Other Trails Roads and Paths

3m 23s

Trail of Tears

2m 13s

Why Westward Migration

1m 18s

How to Find People on the Move

Census Records

40s

Vital Records

39s

Church Records

1m 28s

Find A Grave

45s

How to Proceed

2m 29s

Newspapers

1m 17s

Military Records

2m 13s

Manuscript Collections

1m 1s

FamilySearch Wiki

1m 5s

NUCMC

2m 20s

Associates Records

1m 1s

Migrations.org

25s

Review

4m 58s

Announcements / prizes

6m 10s

Questions and Answers

18m 55s

After-Webinar Party

36s

Migration Mapping

14m 28s

Syllabus

About this webinar

Why did people migrate from one location to another? What routes did they follow, and how can identifying migration trails help you find your ancestors? Learn from maps and historical details how to follow the trail of your ancestors.

About the speaker

Mary Hill, AG

Mary E.V. Hill, MLS, AG® (Mid-Atlantic States); worked as reference librarian at BYU from 1989-1992, as genealogy instructor at BYU from 1992-1995, as Family History Library US/Canada Reference consul...

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