ADOPTION- Was the person
brought into the family through legal or other means and raised into the new family.
Were
they adopted?
BAPTISM - the ceremony or sacrament of admitting person into Christianity or a specific christian church by immersing the individual in water or by pouring or sprinkling water on the individual, as a symbol washing away sin and of spiritual purification. When and Where were they baptized?
BURIAL - The burying of a dead body ; interment.
Where and When
was the body buried?
CREMATION - To burn a dead body to ashes. Was the the person cremated?
CENSUS - An official usually periodic, count of population, and recording of economic status, age, sex, etc.
CHRISTENING - The christian act or ceremony of baptizing and giving
a name to an infant ; baptism.
When and When ?
CONFIRMATION - A nonsacramental rite admitting to full church membership.
When
and where?
EDUCATION - When and Where did they go to school. (grammer, grade
school, elementary) ; (junior, middle school) ;
(high school , secondary school);
homeschooled , one roomed school. Did they attend college? Did they get an degree?
ELECTED - Were they elected to an office, commitee etc.; Public or Privite?
EMIGRATION - The act of leaving one's country or region for another.
What country did they leave?
How and when did they?
1ST COMMUNION - First time the person shared bread and/or wine in Holy Communion.
GRADUATION - When did they graduate from highschool and/or college?
IMMIGRATION -The act of coming into a new country or region in order
to settle there.
When and Where did they immigrate to?
MILITARY SERVICE - What did they do? Was in a war? What unit was
with? Any medals or letters?
What branch(Army , Navy, Airforce , Marines.) Confedrate
or Union Soldier? Army AirCorp before becoming Airforce
NAMESAKE- (Earlier name's sake) A person with the same name as another , especialy if named after the other.
NATIONATLITY - The status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization ; identification as to national origin.
NATURALIZATION - The process of obtaining citizenship.
OCCUPATION - What did they do for a living ? What was their job?
PROPERTY - What did they own? Did they own land ?
RELIGION - What religion were they ? What were their beliefs? Where did they attend worship?
RESIDENCE - Where did they live?
RETIREMENT - How old and when did they stop working? Where did they retire at?
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER - (SSN) In the U.S a federal system of old
age, umemployment, or disability insurance for various categories of employed and
dependent persons, financed by a fund maintained jointly by employees, employers
and governement. A good source for information on and individual.;like mothers maiden
name, birthdate , residency etc.
Look for their number in the Social Security
Death Index.
WILL - A legal document stating the wishes of an individual after their death. Did they have a will and who were the benefited from the will.?