Vertical Files: What Are They and How to Use Them
Melissa Barker
Content
Introduction
0:58
Vertical File Basics
3:28
Where Are They Stored?
1:54
Surnames and Subjects
0:40
Arrangement
0:43
Index
1:22
Access
4:02
Requesting and Handling
8:16
What You'll Find
0:56
Newspaper Clippings
10:30
Family Group Sheets
1:23
Family Histories
2:00
Unique Documents
2:00
Receipts
0:47
Business Letterheads
1:56
Election Memorabilia
1:30
Business Advertisements
1:27
Certificates
1:03
Legal Ephemera
0:58
Funeral Home Records
1:47
Bits n Pieces
4:06
Online
3:11
Conclusion
1:04
About this webinar
Vertical Files, what are they and how can they benefit the genealogist? This webinar will help the researcher understand exactly what Vertical Files are and how to locate them at local repositories. This record source is "like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get."
About the speaker
Melissa Barker is a Certified Archives Manager and Public Historian currently working at the Houston County, Tennessee Archives & Museum where she has been the first and only archivist for the pas...
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