One of those taken in the preparatory stages of modern science with genealogical material is compiling genealogical records. This bank of original documents or excerpts from historical sources that fully characterize the genealogist interested person. French historians have developed a versatile set of items that are appropriate to reflect in such a file:
1) The civil status (birth, death, etc) _
2) marital status (marriage contracts and certificates, documents, registering a civil or religious marriage, divorce);
3) nationality;
4) The external signs and physical condition (portraits, medical records, death certificate);
5) Intelligence (sample letter contemporaries);
6) worship (acts of baptism, ID religiosity or atheism);
7) politics (memories, documents reflecting the political creed of life at different times);
8) education (diplomas, report cards);
9) official and social position (orders of appointment, assignment titles, titles);
10) Financial position (mortgages, promissory notes, other instruments).
This profile focuses on the broad definition of the tasks of genealogy. It makes it possible to analyze changes in social status or property status or members of a particular kind of the whole group, their professional activities, religious affiliation, depending on the chosen aspect of the study.