Genealogical Travel – Creating Your Own Heritage Trail

Tips for Taking Genealogical Research Trips by Tony Burroughs

Before leaving

• Research card catalogs of libraries and historical societies you will visit
• Copy titles and card catalog numbers you want to research & print out
• Use Map Quest to route inner city travel
• Save Map Quest maps and routing to smart phone or computer
• Print out Map Quest maps and routing

On location

• Get personal tour of library before researching
• Keep research log on where you research, what books or films you looked at, names you searched for what you found
• Make personal contacts with reference librarians and exchange business cards
• Eat at local restaurants, not national chains

Back Home

• Download photos from camera or phone to computer
• Name or label photos
• Update genealogy charts with new found information

Recording Tools

• Note Pad
• Pen and Pencil (some facilities do not allow pens)
• Video Recorder
• Audio Recorder
• Scanner (flat bed)
• Camera