Articles in the "Primer on historical records" category This category contains 119 articles A Abandonment records for persons Address books Alien Case Files-A Files Ancestors ArchivesB Banns Baptism records Bible records Birth notices Birth records Books and publications Border crossing records Burial recordsC Cemetery records Census records Census records in Russia Christening records Church records Church records in Belarus City and business directories Civil registrations Common-law marriage Confirmation records Court recordsD Death and Burial Practices in World Wars I & II Death records Death records in Russia Deeds Delayed birth records Divorce recordsE Einwandererzentralstelle records (EWZ files) Emigration records Employment records Enemy alien registrations Engagement and Marriage Notices Engagement announcements Excommunication recordsF F.A.N. Club Family bible Family book Family History libraries Family letters Family tree Filae Funeral cards Funeral home recordsG Gazetteers Genealogical glossary Genealogical museums and Heritage centers Genealogical societies Genealogical Tables Geni Government recordsH Historical chronicles Histories, Memories, and Biographies Holocaust records Homestead records Hospital recordsI Immigration records International Refugee OrganizationL Land records Legacy Family Tree Webinars Legal notices Lesser known immigration forms from Ellis Island Lien Local newsM Manuscript collections Marital discord ads Marriage bonds Marriage certificate Marriage consents Marriage licenses Marriage records Marriage returns Membership organization records Metrical records Military awards and decorations Military records Mortgages MyHeritageN Name changes Naturalization records Newspaper records Newspaper records in UkraineO Obituaries OldNews.com OrtsfamilienbuchP Passenger lists Passenger lists genealogy terms Pension records Premarital investigations Probate records Public recordsQ Quitclaim deedR Religious records Revision listsS School and university records Soundex Synagogue recordsT Tax lists The Kekulé Numbering System Travel records TroveU U.S. government records UK census records Unclaimed letters US church records US Social Security Death Index RecordsV Vertical files collections Visitation Vital records Vital records in Russia Vital records in Ukraine Voter recordsW Whaling crew lists Wills Women's suffrageY Yad Vashem Yearbooks