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The Family History Research Toolkit contains forms and charts that are essential for genealogical research. Designed to meet the basic needs of the family historian, the forms can be printed as blank forms for onsite research or filled in and printed or saved for permanent storage. Each form has space for full source citations and each has been created as an Adobe PDF form.

Below are a list of forms included on this CD. In addition to the standard genealogical forms such as the pedigree chart, family group record, research log, and notes pages, the Family History Research Toolkit includes a number of charts of the author’s own design, each one formatted for source citations in the style recommended by Elizabeth Shown Mills in her seminal book Evidence!

Basic Genealogy Forms

• Family Group Record
• Pedigree Chart
• Research Log

• 850 Census
• 1860 Census
• 1870 Census
• 1880 Census
• 1900 Census
• 1910 Census
• 1920 Census
• 1930 Census

• 1790-1840
• 1850-1870
• 1880-1900

Miscellaneous Forms

• Census Neighbors
• Land History
• Metes & Bounds
• Probate Extraction
• Household Estimator
• Notes: Book, Microfilm, Internet

“I believe that these forms provide a unique and effective system of research that will be invaluable to genealogists of every experience level.”—Michael Hait

Note: Adobe Acrobat Reader ® 8 or higher is needed to access this CD.