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Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 1
Which is more likely to be found:
- A. An oral biography by the WPA dated 1922.
- B. A Social Security record dated 1930.
- C. An 1890 Federal Census record.
- D. A Confederate Service record dated 1935.
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 2
The most correct method of writing the fifth day of May in the year 1925:
- A. 5-5-25
- B. 1925, 5-5
- C. May 5, 1925
- D. 5 May 1925
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 3
The least accurate record to obtain information:
- A. Birth certificate.
- B. Christening record.
- C. Marriage certificate.
- D. Death Certificate.
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 4
Where would genealogy books be filed using the Dewey
Decimal System:
- A. 392
- B. 523
- C. 929
- D. 235
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 5
Which immigrants to 1775 colonial America were not naturalized?
- A. English
- B. French
- C. Austrian
- D. Spanish
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 6
The phrase "the 28th ultimo" means:
- A. The 28th of the last month.
- B. The 28th being the most probable.
- C. The best guess being the 28th.
- D. By the 28th.
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 7
What is the major difference between a State Land State and a
Public Land State?
- A. States can not sell public land to private individuals.
- B. A public land state issues land grants.
- C. The federal government could override sale of state land.
- D. Public land states were created from ceded state land.
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 8
Which type of record usually mentions the spouse, is considered
the most complete and reliable record available, and is often ignored
by researchers.
- A. Federal autopsy records.
- B. Death certificates.
- C. Dental records.
- D. Land records.
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 9
Which was the first Federal Census to be indexed using Soundex?
- A. 1860
- B. 1880
- C. 1900
- D. 1920
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 10
You would use an Ahnentafel chart to:
- A. List aunts, nieces, nephews, and fels (uncles).
- B. List ancestors' names and vital statistics.
- C. List non-blood relative connections.
- D. List direct descendants.
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 11
Which would not be found in Probate records:
- A. Estate settlements.
- B. Parole documents.
- C. Wills.
- D. Insanity proceedings.
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 12
Military personnel records you probably won't find would include
those from:
- A. 1760 to 1830
- B. 1830 to 1900
- C. 1900 to 1970
- D. 1970 to present
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 13
The Roman numerals MDCCCLXIV equals:
- A. 1395
- B. 1934
- C. 1355
- D. 1864
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 14
The least likely place to find a death date would be in a:
- A. Will.
- B. Ancestral file.
- C. IGI record.
- D. Sexton's record.
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 15
What is a GEDCOM?
- A. The companion of an unmarried uncle.
- B. A written or electronic certificate of authenticity regarding a pedigree.
- C. The acronym for Genealogical Education Commission.
- D. A file format for sending or receiving genealogical data.
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 16
Which should be used to fill out family group sheets or other
"working" forms?
- A. Indelible black or black-blue ink.
- B. Ink that is erasable.
- C. Pencil.
- D. Anything as long as it is easy to read.
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 17
What does it take to be a good genealogist?
- A. Live in Salt Lake City or Washington, D.C.
- B. Hold certification as a professional genealogist.
- C. Money, time, space, persistence.
- D. Patience, desire, reasonable judgement.
Test Your Genealogy IQ - Question 18
What is a genealogist's greatest folly?
- A. Not backing up computer files.
- B. Trying to remember data until you can get it down on paper.
- C. Having sources that are not cited.
- D. Having facts that are not verified.
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