Tips for Finding Ancestors in State Archives: Use Guides

By Shelley K. Bishop Premium

In this seven part series, you'll learn how to dig up the genealogical treasures awaiting you in your ancestors’ state archives. In this fourth article in the series, we're discussing using finding aids/guides to get further information about what a collection contains.

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