Research to look – LIBRARY: SCHOOLS: HISTORICAL & CULTURAL HOME: Census Records Yearbooks INSTITUTIONS: Albums Business Ledgers Attendance Records Special Collections Diaries Histories School Board Minutes 3 Artifacts Journals Reference Works Archaeological Site Maps Letters BUSINESSES: Special Collections Letters Private Collections Employer Newsletters Primary Sources Government Records Genealogy Correspondence Magazines Newspapers Quilts Annual Reports Exhibits Oral Histories Photographs Photographs Historical Archives Medical Records Historical Records Military Records Photographs COURTHOUSE: ONLINE: STATE RECORDS: PLACES OF WORSHIP: Primary Sources Historic Registers Memberships Wills Secondary Sources Photographs Names and Dates Ledgers Photographs Census Records Cemetery Records Estate Settlements Letters Geological Survey Maps Burial Practices Marriage Records Census Records Military Records Inscriptions City Directories Genealogy Records Fire Records Tax Records Newspapers Railroad Records Genealogy Records Need research tips from a master NHD teacher? Research How to look – SCHOOL LIBRARY, IN THE CLASSROOM: ON THE INTERNET: CATALOGUE AND DVD library Google key words ELECTRONIC DATABASE: primary source shelf Google key words (using site:edu) Subjects name document books Google for primary sources (“Eleanor Roosevelt Associated people essay book shelves primary source”) Associated events AP textbook shelf Searched the OAH Magazine of History site National Geographic Index Dictionary of American Search the American Heritage website reference book shelves Biography Search the History Net website Research - Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources Primary Source - The most common definition of a primary source is that which is written or produced in the
Research – to look LIBRARY: Census Records Business Ledgers Histories Reference Works Special Collections Primary Sources Magazines Photographs SCHOOLS: Yearbooks Attendance Records School Board Minutes 3 BUSINESSES: Employer Newsletters Correspondence Annual Reports Photographs Historical Records HISTORICAL & CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS: Special Collections Artifacts Archaeological Site Maps Letters Government Records Newspapers Exhibits Historical Archives HOME: Albums Diaries Journals Letters Private Collections Genealogy Quilts Oral Histories Medical Records Military Records Photographs COURTHOUSE: Wills Ledgers Estate Settlements Marriage Records City Directories Tax Records Genealogy Records ONLINE: Primary Sources Secondary Sources Photographs Letters Census Records Genealogy Records Newspapers STATE RECORDS: Historic Registers Photographs Census Records Geological Survey Maps Military Records Fire Records Railroad Records PLACES OF WORSHIP: Memberships Names and Dates Cemetery Records Burial Practices Inscriptions Need research tips from a master NHD teacher? Research – How to look SCHOOL LIBRARY, CATALOGUE AND ELECTRONIC DATABASE: Subjects name Associated people Associated events National Geographic Index reference book shelves IN THE CLASSROOM: DVD library primary source shelf document books essay book shelves AP textbook shelf Dictionary of American Biography ON THE INTERNET: Google key words Google key words (using site:edu) Google for primary sources (“Eleanor Roosevelt primary source”) Searched the OAH Magazine of History site Search the American Heritage website Search the History Net website Research - Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources Primary Source - The most common definition of a primary source is that which is written or produced in the
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