Research Project #2
Option #1: Continue your research from Case #1 or continue the
research from one of the cases you received to Peer Review
Option #2: Trace your family tree and look for a story/surprise
to research & write about.
I wrote about my research under the
title “Pandora’s Safe” – here is the link to first chapter; there are several
more…..
Option #3: Dig though a database and look for treasure.
New York, Hebrew Orphan Asylum Records
California Prison and Correctional
Records
Florida: Confederate Veterans and
Widow’s Pension Application
Louisiana Penitentiary Records
Idaho Old Penitentiary Records
Alabama Convict Records
California State Hospital Records
Japanese Americans Relocated during WW2
Tennessee Valley Family Removal and Population
Readjustment Case Files
US War Department, Press Releases during WW2
New York Census of Inmates in Almshouses and Poorhouses
1880 Census /Schedule of Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Classes
McNeil Island Washington, US Penitentiary Photos and
Records of Prisoners
Virginia, Death Records
Freedman’s Bureau Records
Freedman’s Bank Records
Interviews with Former Slaves
