Trubian Village Genealogical & Ancestral Research Center

Genealogical & Ancestral Research Center

Trubian Village University • Under the Master Tree & River Covenant

Free Archives Government Records County & Local Research Subscription Databases Audio Research Guide

How to Research Your Ancestors

This research center is designed to help you move from family knowledge to documented genealogy. Start with yourself, work backward one generation at a time, and connect each person with evidence.

1. Start at HomeInterview elders and collect family documents, photographs, obituaries, Bibles, certificates, and funeral programs.

2. Identify the PlaceDetermine the city, county, state, territory, parish, or tribal jurisdiction where the ancestor lived.

3. Search Vital RecordsLook for birth, marriage, and death records at state and county offices.

4. Search Census RecordsCompare households across census years and track relatives, neighbors, ages, occupations, and locations.

5. Search CourthousesResearch deeds, probate, wills, guardianships, civil cases, tax records, and local government files.

6. Search Federal ArchivesInvestigate census, military, immigration, naturalization, and land records.

7. Search Community SourcesUse churches, cemeteries, newspapers, schools, libraries, and historical societies.

8. Build the Evidence ChainDocument every source and prove each generation before moving farther back.

Audio Genealogy Research Guide

Listen from beginning to end like an audiobook, or choose a specific research topic.

Narrator Voice

Genealogy Research Websites

County & Local Records Research Checklist

County Clerk / Recorder

Marriage licenses, deeds, property transfers, business filings, and local recorded documents.

Probate Court

Wills, estates, guardianships, inventories, heirship, and family relationship evidence.

County Assessor / Tax Office

Property ownership, tax rolls, parcel histories, and evidence of residence.

State Vital Records Office

Birth, death, marriage, and divorce records where available under state law.

State Archives

Older government records, county materials, maps, manuscripts, newspapers, and military records.

Local Library / Historical Society

City directories, newspapers, family files, vertical files, local histories, and cemetery books.

Research My Ancestor Workspace

Use this worksheet to organize what you already know before searching outside records.

Administrative Resource Editor

Use the sample administrator login to add or remove research links in this standalone version.