Course Enrollment: AM-102 American: Vital Records, Understanding and Using The Records

Note: This course requires compulsory materials to be ordered. The book(s) are available at GenealogyStore.com

• Mills, Elizabeth Shown, Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian (1997; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2011). OR,
  
• Mills, Elizabeth Shown, Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace, Third Edition Revised (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2017). 
  

Optional Print Course Material: American: Vital Records, Understanding and Using the Records

• Understanding the creation of vital records in the United States
  
• Locating vital records in the United States
  
• Evaluating information in these records 
  
• Creating a research plan based on availability of records 
  
• Securing documents needed to prove your family lineage