In Search of Your Ancestors? Columns on genealogy by George Farris December, 2015 Summary; Introduction This is a series of columns published occasionally in the on-line newspaper Inside Anderson County. IAC was owned and published by Internet Business Images, LLC, a company owned by George J. Farris and Olivia J. (Jeanne) Eaves. When IBI was dissolved at the end of 2015, publication of IAC ended. These columns from the IAC archives are preserved here for reference. While parts of them are outdated, they may provide a useful reference point. Columns in this series 1. Beginning your search 2. "Source Data" 3. More About Data Sources 4. Additional Data Sources 5. LDS and Data From Other Countries 6. Census Records 7. Military Records 8. Land Records 9. More About Land Records 10. Land Records as a Source of Family Information 11. Wills and Probate Records as Sources of Family Information 12. Biographies, Obituaries, Old Newspapers, and Family Lore 13. Sharing Family History Research 14. Some Genealogy Web Sites to Use With Caution 15. Genealogy & Local History 16. Tracking One Specific Ancestor 17. What Next? 18. Tracking One Specific Ancestor - 2 19. Importance of Family Groups in Tracking Ancestors 20. Two new on-line genealogy research tools 21. Some books for family history researchers 22. Census time again 23. A tale of the professor and the horse thief 24. Family artifacts, mementos, letters, etc. as a source of genealogy information 25. "Find A Grave" - Another potentially useful genealogy research tool 26. The 1940 U.S. Census 27. A "Dead End" 28. DNA and Genealogy 29. Tracking Ancestors in Old Tax Lists While numerous local people have known me through my business role as co-owner and President of Internet Business Images, LLC and through my previous professional career in Oak Ridge, this series of columns regarding genealogy is based on an avocation that I have pursued off and on over a period of more than 30 years. In relating some of my own experiences while conducting family history research in many places using many sources of information I hope that I can help some of our readers who may be just getting started on their own ancestry research. George J. Farris, PhD Oak Ridge, TN © Copyright 2015, Inside Anderson County, All rights reserved.