Vertical Files: What Are They and How to Use Them – new Legacy QuickGuide now available

Legacy QuickGuides^TM have quickly become one of the more popular resources for genealogists. Each guide contains four (sometimes five, sometimes more) pages of valuable information covering a variety of genealogy research topics, dozens of clickable links, and are written by genealogists and family historians who are experts in the subject areas. We've added another new Legacy QuickGuide: Vertical Files: What Are They and How to Use Them by Melissa Barker. Now choose from 83 Legacy QuickGuides!

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Vertical files, also called subject files, are a collection of miscellaneous documents and ephemera organized in file folders and stored in filing cabinets. These files are a hodge-podge of records that have been donated to the archive and could contain any kind of records that would fit into a file folder.

The Vertical Files: What Are They and How to Use Them Legacy QuickGuide™ contains useful information including a review of how to locate vertical files, how to access individual documents and use them in research and more. This handy 4-page PDF guide can be used on your computer or mobile device for anytime access.

 

 

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United States – State Guides

• Alabama Genealogy
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United States – other Guides

• African-American Genealogy
• American Migration Patterns
• Quaker Genealogy
• Researching County Histories
• Researching War of 1812 Ancestors
• Researching Your U.S. Civil War Ancestors
• Understanding US Vital Records
• US City Directories
• U.S. Federal Non-population Census Records
• Using Probate Records

Europe

• Croatian Genealogy
• Czech Genealogy
• Deciphering Germanic Script: Common Words in Church Books
• Finnish Genealogy
• Germans from Russia
• Hungarian Genealogy
• Irish Genealogy
• Norwegian Genealogy
• Polish Genealogy
• Slovak Genealogy
• Swedish Genealogy
• Ukrainian Genealogy

Religion

• Catholic Genealogy
• Moravian Genealogy

General

• Anatomy of a Birth Record
• Anatomy of a Death Record
• Anatomy of a Marriage Record
• Cemetery Research
• Citing Your Sources
• Ephemera: Genealogy Gold
• Establishing Genealogical Proof
• Finding Your Female Ancestors
• Fraternal Societies
• Genealogy Clues in Quilts, Samplers, and Other Textiles
• It's Not All Online: Researching in Archives
• Lineage Societies and Genealogy
• Obituaries in Genealogy: A Research Tool
• Organizing and Digitizing Family Photos
• Preparing for a Successful Repository Research Trip
• Preserving Family Heirlooms
• Preserving Old Family Letters: Tips from an Archivist
• Researching in Libraries and Archives
• Researching the Family Legend
• Scrapbooks: A Genealogist's Gold Mine
• Starting a Family Archive
• Unraveling Brick Wall Mysteries
• Using Historical Newspapers for Genealogy Research
• Vertical Files: What Are They and How to Use Them
• Writing Your Family History