Cheryl E. Merritt
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1. Slave trading records
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2. Bills of slave sales
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3. Slave advertisements
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4. Birth, baptism, marriage, and death records
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5. Census and tax records
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6. Court records
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7. Plantation records and diaries
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8. Medical records
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9. Wills, interstate records and inventories
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10. Surveys
As students talk and correspond with relatives, and as they later begin research in other sources, the amount of material will grow. In genealogy the accumulation divides into at least three categories: (1) the main body of information; (2) the documentation to prove its accuracy; (3) illustrations such as pictures of places, people, things, or maps. All can be used to enhance the finished products.
There is no set standard form. The most important criterion is that the system used is readily understandable to you and anyone who uses it.
In this this unit there are some sample forms that may be used by teachers. There is a FAMILY GROUP SHEET, a MY ANCESTORS, and a FAMILY TREE. Teachers and/or students wish to develop sheet and filing systems of their own.
