1. Genealogy Merit Badge Workshop

2. What is genealogy?
A study of the family. It identifies ancestors and their information.
The research of past events relating to a family or families.

3. What is an ancestor? A person from whom one is descended
example: grandfather, grandmother, great grandfather, great grandmother

4. What is a descendant?
Those living after a person who are in a direct line such as a son or daughter, grandson or granddaughter, etc.

5. Timeline
The passage of time represented graphically

6. Timeline

7. Genealogical Resources
Obituary- A notice of a person’s death that usually contains a little biographical information about that person

8. Genealogical Resources
Vital Records
Birth Certificate
Marriage Certificate
Death Certificate

9. Genealogical Resouces
Military Records
Service Records
Discharge papers
Pension files
Draft Cards

10. Census Records

11. Religious Items
Family Bibles
Baptism Records
Church meeting records

12. Genealogical Resources
Cemetery Records
Headstones
Cemetery Indexes

13. Evaluating Resources
Primary Source- A piece of evidence from the past that was created during the event
Diaries
Letters
Vital Records
Newspaper Articles
Court Records

14. Evaluating Resources
Secondary Source- A source created after an event by people who do not have firsthand knowledge of the event
Family History Book
Online Family Trees
A family legend

15. SAR Genealogical Research Library
Who are we?
What types of resources do we have?

16. Pedigree Chart

17. Family Group Sheet

18. Online Genealogy Resources
Ancestry.com- $

19. Online Genealogy Resources
Family Search- Free

20. Online Genealogy Resources
HeritageQuest

21. Photography in Genealogy
Scanning Images
Microfilm

22. Arthur M & Berdena King Eagle Scout Scholarship
National Award
1st - $10,000
2nd- $6,000
3rd - $4,000