FHGEN 120 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What has hundreds of historical maps? - Answer-Ancestry.com
What can be used to locate places, or to estimate the distance between two places -
Answer-Google Maps
Gazetteers are: - Answer-Geographical dictionaries packed with area-specific
information.
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is: - Answer-An online gazetteer
where you can also select features such as churches, post offices, schools or hospitals.
The system indexes lakes, streams and natural landmarks such as hills and plateaus.
Can be found online. Use a portal such as Cyndi's List, or use a Family Search wiki,
Google search or the reference section from the search page on Ancestry.com to find: -
Answer-Historical Gazetteers
Usually printed and organized by state or county and include prominent men in local
communities. - Answer-Biographies
Used to discover the meaning of words within a genealogical document, such as the
cause of death cited in a death certificate or Latin words in a German marriage record. -
Answer-Dictionaries
Used to quickly find information about a topic, place, or well-known person.
Wikipedia is the largest. - Answer-Encyclopedias
Collection Descriptions: - Answer-help you evaluate and use physical or digital
genealogical collections.
Guides or Finding Aids help: - Answer-Explain what a collection covers, or explain how
it is organized.
Contain information about the date range covered by the collection, the kind of data
included in the collection, and the jurisdictions covered by the collection. - Answer-
Digital Record Descriptions
Multiple genealogy databases available, including marriage, land, and military. -
Answer-Illinois State Archives
, A database created by volunteers which includes 5,000 ship passenger lists. - Answer-
Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild
Compiled by the State Historical Society of North Dakota, this is an index of North
Dakota Naturalizations complete for all counties. It contains over 212,000 name entries.
- Answer-North Dakota Naturalization Records Database
A search index with actual death certificate images. - Answer-Missouri Death
Certificates, 1910-1963
Offers lists of Norwegians in the United States on censuses, military rolls, probate
registers, church registers, and emigrant records. - Answer-The Digital Archives of
Norway
Easy access to passenger manifest records for more than 22 million immigrants. -
Answer-Illis Island Records
Almost 90 million records to look through, including Scottish census records, wills, birth
certificates, and death certificates. - Answer-Scotland's People
A database which contains basic facts about US servicemen who served on both sides
of the Civil War. It contains approximately 5 million names. - Answer-US Civil War
Soldiers and Sailors
A free, cross-referenced "database of ancestral towns and surnames." - Answer-
JewishGen Family Finder
A database of over 121 million graves. Contributions are made by average people who
upload photographs. Memorials can be left on each entry. - Answer-Find-A-Grave
What website contains thousands of collections of databases with access to over 15
billion records. - Answer-Ancestry.com
Database containing millions records from over 5,000 cemeteries worldwide. - Answer-
Interment.net
Website with largest collection of free databases containing more than 4 billion names
in over 1900 collections from countries all over the world, including the US, Canada,
Mexico, England, Germany, France, Argentina, Brazil, Russia, Hungary, the Philippines,
and many more. Indexes and many document images are available. - Answer-
FamilySearch Historical Records
Website with large collection of databases focused primarily on records from the United
Kingdom. - Answer-FindMyPast.com
AND ANSWERS
What has hundreds of historical maps? - Answer-Ancestry.com
What can be used to locate places, or to estimate the distance between two places -
Answer-Google Maps
Gazetteers are: - Answer-Geographical dictionaries packed with area-specific
information.
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is: - Answer-An online gazetteer
where you can also select features such as churches, post offices, schools or hospitals.
The system indexes lakes, streams and natural landmarks such as hills and plateaus.
Can be found online. Use a portal such as Cyndi's List, or use a Family Search wiki,
Google search or the reference section from the search page on Ancestry.com to find: -
Answer-Historical Gazetteers
Usually printed and organized by state or county and include prominent men in local
communities. - Answer-Biographies
Used to discover the meaning of words within a genealogical document, such as the
cause of death cited in a death certificate or Latin words in a German marriage record. -
Answer-Dictionaries
Used to quickly find information about a topic, place, or well-known person.
Wikipedia is the largest. - Answer-Encyclopedias
Collection Descriptions: - Answer-help you evaluate and use physical or digital
genealogical collections.
Guides or Finding Aids help: - Answer-Explain what a collection covers, or explain how
it is organized.
Contain information about the date range covered by the collection, the kind of data
included in the collection, and the jurisdictions covered by the collection. - Answer-
Digital Record Descriptions
Multiple genealogy databases available, including marriage, land, and military. -
Answer-Illinois State Archives
, A database created by volunteers which includes 5,000 ship passenger lists. - Answer-
Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild
Compiled by the State Historical Society of North Dakota, this is an index of North
Dakota Naturalizations complete for all counties. It contains over 212,000 name entries.
- Answer-North Dakota Naturalization Records Database
A search index with actual death certificate images. - Answer-Missouri Death
Certificates, 1910-1963
Offers lists of Norwegians in the United States on censuses, military rolls, probate
registers, church registers, and emigrant records. - Answer-The Digital Archives of
Norway
Easy access to passenger manifest records for more than 22 million immigrants. -
Answer-Illis Island Records
Almost 90 million records to look through, including Scottish census records, wills, birth
certificates, and death certificates. - Answer-Scotland's People
A database which contains basic facts about US servicemen who served on both sides
of the Civil War. It contains approximately 5 million names. - Answer-US Civil War
Soldiers and Sailors
A free, cross-referenced "database of ancestral towns and surnames." - Answer-
JewishGen Family Finder
A database of over 121 million graves. Contributions are made by average people who
upload photographs. Memorials can be left on each entry. - Answer-Find-A-Grave
What website contains thousands of collections of databases with access to over 15
billion records. - Answer-Ancestry.com
Database containing millions records from over 5,000 cemeteries worldwide. - Answer-
Interment.net
Website with largest collection of free databases containing more than 4 billion names
in over 1900 collections from countries all over the world, including the US, Canada,
Mexico, England, Germany, France, Argentina, Brazil, Russia, Hungary, the Philippines,
and many more. Indexes and many document images are available. - Answer-
FamilySearch Historical Records
Website with large collection of databases focused primarily on records from the United
Kingdom. - Answer-FindMyPast.com
