HERITAGEQUEST ONLINE

©2011 by Donald R. Snow

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WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION TO CLASS

WHAT IS HERITAGE QUEST ONLINE (HQO)?
US FEDERAL CENSUSES ON HQO
FAMILY HISTORY BOOKS ON HQO
PERSI = PERIODICAL SOURCE INDEX ON HQO
US REVOLUTIONARY WAR MILITARY RECORDS ON HQO
FREEDMAN'S BANK RECORDS ON HQO
US CONGRESSIONAL SERIAL SET ON HQO
CONCLUSION
ASSIGNMENT
  1. Check with your local public or academic library to see if you have access to HQO at home with your library card.
  2. Log on to HQO through some library to see how the US Censues are stored and searched.  Type in some surname and see what the surname distribution in the US is for that surname in some census year.
  3. Go to the Book Search and type in the surname or location of one of your ancestors and see what full-text books on HQO you can find that might be of interest. 
  4. Try a search on PERSI for one of your ancestors or ancestral locations.

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