“Finding U.S. Birth Records”
Donald R. Snow
10/18/23
Categories: RR, IR
Talk Abstract:
Vital records include birth, marriage, and death records. Certified copies of such records are usually available in the United States from government agencies, e.g. state, county, or city. Most genealogical uses of vital records do not require certified copies and there are many websites with compiled records and some even original records. This class will discuss finding birth records online and how to save and use them. Copies can be used in your genealogy database and posted on places like FamilySearch Family Tree. Be sure to check the original and not just the index or compilation which may be wrong or incomplete. The notes and other related information, all with active internet links, is posted on https://uvtagg.org/classes/dons/dons-classes.html .
Speaker Bio:
Don is a Californian by birth, with Snow ancestors from Southern Utah. He is a retired Professor of Mathematics from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, and has lived in several foreign countries, both for mathematics and church assignments. After retiring from the BYU Math Faculty, he and his now deceased wife Diane Snow who taught Humanities at BYU, served four Family History missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These included being Directors of the New York Family History Center in Manhattan, in the Illinois Nauvoo Mission on a FH project ( http://earlylds.com ), and in the London England Family History Centre in the Hyde Park Chapel. Don served two terms on the Board of Directors of the Utah Genealogical Association, where he was the Host of the online UGA Virtual Chapter Meetings, and has been a VP of the Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group since the early 1990’s. He is a frequent speaker at FH venues and loves teaching and playing his accordion. He has 6 children and 30 grandchildren. His FH class schedule and notes are posted on his webpage.
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