Conquering the Courthouse: Family Tree Magazine Podcast Episode 89

Listen to this Family Tree Magazine Podcast episode here:  Back to the episode list In this episode: * News from the Blogosphere * Genealogy Insider with Diane Haddad * Family Tree University: Pursuing Courthouse Research * Genealogy Insider with Diane Haddad * Publisher’s Desk with Allison Dolan Your Host: Lisa Louise Cooke Lisa’s newest book is available at Family Tree Shop: Turn Your iPad into a Genealogy Powerhouse.   News from the Blogosphere with Genealogy Insider Diane Haddad   Diane talks about Finding Clues in Ancestry.Com’s New Probate Collection Read all of Diane’s blog posts on the Genealogy Insider blog. Top Tips: Fab 15   Guest: Family Tree Magazine Contributing Editor, Sunny Morton Sunny shares courthouse research strategies from the Court Records class she developed for Family Tree University. Sunny’s Tips for pursuing courthouse research: * Know what questions you hope to answer and where your data gaps are. * Learn what resources exist to answer those questions. * Read up on complicated record types like deeds and probates before you go research them in person. * Make a copy of records and then digest and interpret what they tell you. 101 Best Websites for Tracing Your Roots Guest: Dana McCullough, author of the Unofficial Guide to FamilySearch.org. Resources: * Word Lists on FamilySearch.org * Historical Collections list (for browsing records) * Handwriting Helps From the Publisher’s Desk with Allison Dolan Publisher Allison Dolan recommends the Family Tree Sourcebook ebook The ebook is organized by state and is fully keyword searchable. The first thing you’ll see in each chapter is an overview of state history and historical records, followed by listings for organizations, reference books and published records. For each county, you get the following: * Location and contact information for the county courthouse * Date incorporated * Parent counties * The date and court or office that holds birth, death, marriage, divorce, land, probate, naturalization and other court records