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So you've accepted the challenge to teach a genealogy class or two.

Now what?

Don't panic! Though your students will likely have differing ethnic backgrounds, there are ways to weave sound genealogical research principles with examples from the localities where your students' ancestors once lived.

For instance, when making the distinction that census records place an ancestors in a certain place every ten years or so, use examples by searching for names of a student's ancestor.



The example above is for the household of Lewis W. Terry, father of my maternal great-grandmother Louisa Mae Terry, listed as 12 years of age. This is from  the  1860 US Federal Census for Salem, Daviess, Missouri.  National Archives microfilm collection M653 roll 617, viewed online at Footnote.com.