Join us at Morley Library’s Genealogy Room on Thursday, July 10, 10 a.m. to noon to dip your toe into searching court records. To get the most out of the session, I suggest you visit the FamilySearch research Wiki for the State you need to work with — here’s a link to the United States page and if you scroll down it, there is a list of states — click on a state to get to the Wiki for that state.
Reviewing that beforehand will help prepare you for a more productive session.
Gather up a couple of ancestors’ data to use for searching, your laptop or tablet if you have one to bring, and a notepad. If you are working on a tablet and haven’t downloaded the FamilySearch App for mobile devices, that might be a good idea. I know nothing about the app, so “google” FamilySearch mobile app for guidance.
If you plan to use one of the library computers which is an option, be sure to bring your sign-in information for FamilySearch, etc. and a jump drive to download documents you might find useful.
Hopefully, each of us will find some new tidbit but even if we don’t, we’ll have inched up the learning curve of using court records as a research tool.
