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Show Genealogy begins with U on) Craig researchers. Ancestor Line is brought to you as a public service of The Iron County Record. Inquiries should be mailed to us at P.O. Box 1568, Cedar City, Ut 84720. Once you start genealogical research prior to the year 1750, you will notice the difficulty you will have in obtaining correct information. You no longer have census records, death and birth certificates become more scarce, if not nonexistent. You simply cannot conduct your research the same way as you did before the year 1750. This is why we have chosen for our eighth principle The Genealogical Research Tools You Use to Research The Years Prior To 1750. The most important source of information may be found at your local library. You need to ask your librarian if they have a book which contains con-tains the names of the entire collection of genealogy and family history found at the Librry of Congress. This reasearch book is published by the Library of Congress. All of its entries are alphabetically listed by surnames. Let's say you are interested in information about James Claypoole (1630-1686) of Philadelphia. You look in this book under the name Claypoole. You will find listed a book written in 1893 by Rebecca Graff entitled, "A History of the Claypoole Family of Philadelphia." You can order a copy of this book by writing the Library of Congress, Photo Duplication Service. Another source in the library is the Daughter of American Revolution "Patriot Index." This book lists all of the people who served in the Revolutionary War. It lists where they came from, when they were born and died, who they married, their rank, and if their spouse received a pension from the government. Once you find the listing, you may also write the DAR in Washington, D.C. for further information. Other excellent sources of information (such as cemetery records, overseasreserach, family bible and the "American Compendium pf Genealogy") will be discussed in later principles. prin-ciples. Next week we will discuss the ninth principle prin-ciple of genealogical research. Location Principle. ANCESTOR LINE Martha Nell Craig, P.O. Box 645, Twin Harte, Calif., 95383, publishes "The Craig Links." This quarterly is dedicated to the uniting queries, publishing family histories and lineages and research information on the Craig family. Besides having a lot of very good and extremely useful genealogical date, Martha Nell includes (the names, addresses, and the names of the ancestors an-cestors they are working |