.
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the
Internet
One of the biggest and best sites for genealogy links, over 121,700 links, categorized & cross-referenced, in over 150 categories (and growing).
Genealogy Gateway(TM) to the Web
The Genealogy Gateway(TM) is a genealogy and history listing service that now exceeds 16,000 links categorized by subject areas. There are now 12 "gateways" online and is still growing.
They are also beginning a "genealogy cooperative". Two examples of this are the "Gateway to Scotland" (under development) and the "Gateway to Obits" (a one-of-a-kind on-line 140 Newspaper Obit Search page). By cooperative agreements with the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, and then with Paul Peterson and Bruce Remick, they are able to utilize their resources to provide the gateway services. Contributing to the Gateway is Brian Mavrogeorge of the Genealogy SF Web site. His listings are widely known as "Brian's Hot List". Also included at this excellent site is The Lacy Genealogist Homepage the "Super Center" of Lacy family hompages.
Genealogy - The Mining Company
This site contains links to many genealogy sites, a calendar of events, articles, new and
genealogy chat sessions.
Helm's Genealogy Toolbox
The Toolbox consists of links to genealogical information currently on the Internet The Genealogy Toolbox contains a few new resources to aid users. The first is the search engine that allows users to find resources in a quick and efficient way. An index to the entire site can be accessed off of the main Toolbox page. Users can also see the entire Toolbox site in a glance by
accessing the Genealogy Toolbox Site Map. Another resource is an "all-in-one" search section that allows users to search many different sites without having to go to those sites individually.
Library and Archives
Resources
A listing of links to archives, historical photographs, manuscripts, rare books, repositories of primary sources for the research scholar. It also contains links to genealogy on the Web and Salt Lake City LDS Family History Center information.
My Virtual Reference Desk -
Genealogy
A Web page set up by Bob Drudge. This page contains information on atlas - maps, beginner's
guides, biography / Who's Who, databases, dictionaries, electronic texts, encyclopedias,
genealogy, government, grammar / style, history, Internet, law, libraries, misc., phone book,
population, postal, science, thesaurus, time - date, weights - measures, world religions, and
WWW Virtual Library.
Richard Eastman's Genealogy
Forum on CompuServe(r)
CompuServe's Genealogy Forum can supply you with the information that you are looking for in
a manner that you can use quickly and easily. Many genealogy sources are available on
CompuServe itself. And then there are pointers to hundreds of other genealogy sources on the
Internet.
Searchable Genealogy Links
These pages provide a comprehensive listing of original genealogical data that can be found on
the Internet in the categories of African-American; Australia & New Zealand; Canada; Europe &
Asia; General; Hispanic; Jewish; and U.S.A. The focus is on genealogy material that can be
accessed without leaving your chair: names, dates, and places, primarily. It is, essentially, a
compilation of links and resources that you may find useful in searching your family history
on-line. They do not link genealogy pages that only give you a reference which you then need to
write to in order to receive the "real" information. They also avoid linking pages devoted to only
one (or a few) surnames or GEDCOMs.
Yahoo!'s Genealogy
Page
Links to many genealogy related pages.
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African American Web Sites
African American Cemetery's Online
Links to many Cemetery's with African American's.
AfriGeneas Web site.
The word AfriGeneas is derived from African American Genealogy Buddies. It's pronounced: A · fri · GEE · nee · as.
Black History Pages.
Claims to be the best of Black History on the Internet.
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives.
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and assembled and microfilmed in 1941 as the seventeen-volume Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves. This online collection is a joint presentation of the Manuscript and Prints and Photographs Divisions of the Library of Congress and includes more than 200 photographs from the Prints and Photographs Division that are now made available to the public for the first time. Born in Slavery was made possible by a major gift from the Citigroup Foundation.
Freedmen's Bureau Marriage Records
Contains Freedmen's marriage certificates, 1861-69.
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Ethnic and Special Interest Groups
Acadian Genealogy Home Page
A genealogical page which includes complete details on the historical nonprofit "In Search of Our Acadian Roots" CD-ROM Project. There are also links to genealogy newsgroups, Acadian, Canadian and French genealogy-related Web sites as well as a large genealogy-related "Hot List" on the Web.
Afrigeneas Page
Afrigeneas is a mailing list focused on genealogical research and resources in general and on African ancestry in particular. This Web page serves as a focal point for information about African-ancestored families and for pointers to genealogical sources worldwide. Each of us may provide information to this collection. This page contains many great African American links and resources.
American Civil War Home page
The American Civil War Home page gathers together in one place hyper text links to the most
useful identified electronic files about the American Civil War (1861-1865). The page opens a
gateway to the Internet's multi-formatted resources about what is arguably the seminal event in
American history. Not only was the War the occasion for the abolition of slavery, but by
conflict's end the reunited States had emerged as a modern, industrialized power.
Cherokee National Historical
Society
Home page of the Cherokee National Historical Society. In 1963, a group of distinguished
Cherokees founded the Cherokee National Historical Society, a private non-profit corporation
designed to preserve the history and culture of the Cherokee people-past, present, and future.
Church of the Brethren - History &
Genealogy
Web site for the Church of the Brethren Network of Genealogy & History resources. Their Web
site is divided into four sections: church records, miscellaneous lists, other genealogical Web
sites, and libraries having genealogical archives. There are also additional Brethren online
resources. Take the opportunity to learn about your Brethren ancestors.
Dead People Server
This is a fun and interesting site. The Dead People Server is simply a list of interesting celebrities who are, or might plausibly be, dead, including those who have been spaced, with information as to who has really "Rung Down the Curtain" and "Joined the Choir Invisible" and who's just resting. "Interesting" in the previous sentence means "I felt like putting them on this list."
Flags Of The World
Flags Of The World (FOTW) is a Web site devoted to vexillology. Here you can read more than 1,500 pages and view more than 2,500 images about flags. The site is fed with news and images posted to FOTW mailing list and with other contributions. The contributors and the Editorial Staff work at FOTW freely. The contents of these pages are freely offered to the Internet community.
Genealogy Exchange
Web page of the "Lutheran Roots" Genealogy Exchange, sponsored by Aid Association for
Lutherans (AAL). This Web site consists of two sections: the Lutheran Roots Family Registry
which allows others to more clearly see your family name, and the Lutheran Roots Genealogy
Message Board where you can ask more broad-topic genealogy questions or share research tips.
This site is especially helpful if you know that your ancestors were Lutheran or had some
connection with a Lutheran church.
JewishGen: The Home of Jewish
Genealogy
JewishGen(r), Inc. is a primary Internet resource connecting researchers of Jewish genealogy
worldwide. Its most popular components are the JewishGen Discussion Group, the JewishGen
Family Finder (a database of over 70,000 surnames and towns), the comprehensive directory of
InfoFiles, and a variety of databases like the ShtetlSeeker.
Molineaux Diary Index
Augustana College Library has transcribed the index for the Molineaux Diary. It covers the Civil
War, May 1865 - June 1866 troop movements. Actual digitized diary pages can be viewed
online.
NAVA - Flags of Native American Peoples of the
U.S.
The North American Vexillological Association (NAVA), one of the oldest vexillological
associations in the world, welcomes you to its official "Home Page"! They hope you enjoy the
unusual topic selected for their first presentation. They believe it to be unique on the Web, a
noteworthy achievement in itself.
Notable Women
Ancestors
There have been many famous (and infamous) women throughout history. There have also been
thousands of lesser known women whose roles in history have often been overlooked. As every
good genealogist also knows, there are an even greater number of women who, while possibly
not contributing anything historically significant, nonetheless managed to lead very interesting
lives. This Web page has been designed with ALL of these notable women in mind, offering both
historical and genealogical information about them, as well as an occasional amusing anecdote.
The Political Graveyard
A Web site indicating where dead politicians are buried, organized by state. They include great
descriptions of local cemeteries.
Pony Express Home
Page
Ranked among the most remarkable feats to come out of the 1860 American West, the Pony
Express was in service from April 1860 to November 1861. Its primary mission was to deliver
mail and news between St. Joseph, Missouri, and San Francisco, California. This site contains
extensive information about the Pony Express.
WWII U.S. Veterans Web Site
The World War II U.S. Veterans Web site. This Internet Web site is dedicated to the millions of
men and women from the United States who made the ultimate sacrifice for the good of free
people everywhere.
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Foreign Genealogy Research Sites
Carpatho-Rusyn Knowledge Base
This site is brought to you by genealogists Greg Gressa & Megan Smolenyak, and by the
contributions of their readers, many organizations, and author friends. This site provides
information pertaining to Carpatho-Rusyn culture, history, genealogy, etc., as well as other Web
sites of similar interest. Their long term goal is to develop this site into an electronic knowledge
base for the benefit of Carpatho-Rusyns worldwide who wish to learn more about their culture.
Czech Info Center - Find a Czech
Ancestor
If you are trying to find out more information about your family roots in the Czech Republic, this
is the place for you. There is a fee to post a query on this site, but you can try it out for free for
14 days! Your posting may not exceed 5 lines of text. You can also read the current listings for
free. The queries are listed in both the English and Czech languages.
Database of
Irish On-Line Resources - Genealogy
This is a searchable database of many Irish genealogy resources that are available on the World
Wide Web.
DBI-LINK - German Libraries
DBI-LINK offers access to supraregional library-catalogues, table-of-contents, literature and
index-databases with holdings locations of approximately 3,000 German libraries. Connected to
the databases is a comfortable document-order-system enabling users to place online-orders
subsequently to a title search. At the moment twenty one German libraries accept online-orders
via DBI-LINK.
Federation of East European Family History Societies
An 108.6 megabyte site of genealogical data with an eleven megabyte "Web Site Index" that has
been created by their Web site full text search engine indexer. You can use it to find a hypertext
index to any of 212,196 unique words in the 3,633 files on their Web site. This "site specific"
search engine is re-indexed anytime something is added, changed, or deleted from their Web site.
Gary Kemper's German
Resources
This site contains a wide variety of German resources that are available online, including:
miscellaneous Germany resources, WWW servers in Germany, German search engines and
indexes, book search engines, German book publishers, publishers and bookstores, reference
books, newspapers, and magazines.
Genealogy and Poland - A
Guide
Millions of people all around the world trace their roots to the territory of present-day Poland.
Their ancestors might have been of Polish, German, Jewish or other ethnic backgrounds and they
might have belonged to the Roman Catholic, Greek Catholic, Lutheran, Orthodox, Calvinist or
Mennonite Churches, or professed Judaism. This guide is designed to help their descendants
research their family's history dating back to different times and places in contemporary Poland.
Germans from Russia Heritage Society
Home page of the Germans From Russia Heritage Society. The society was founded on January
9, 1971 at Bismarck, ND under the name North Dakota Historical Society of Germans from
Russia (NDHSGR). On July 14, 1979, the membership, by popular vote, changed the name to
Germans from Russia Heritage Society (GRHS).
Italian Genealogical Group
Web site of the Italian Genealogical Group (IGG). They bring together individuals researching
their Italian genealogy. They have links to some very good Italian Web sites as well as some
online information.
Luxembourg
Gazetteer of villages and towns Online
A gazetteer of Luxembourg villages and towns is now available on the World Wide Web.
Luxembourg place names have the peculiarity of sometimes having three different versions
depending on if the French, German, or Luxembourg Version was used. This can be very
confusing for a genealogist who discovers a Luxembourg place name in a record but cannot find
that name on the Luxembourg map. This site is an answer to that problem.
New South Wales Registry
(Australia)
The New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages records all births, deaths and
marriages occurring in New South Wales (Australia) and provides documentation to individuals
to help establish a range of legal entitlements. The registry collects statistical data for
governments and other organizations, and performs civil marriages.
Public Record Office (PRO)
This is the Web site of the Public Record Office (PRO). They are the national archives of
England, Wales and the United Kingdom.
Scottish Roots
This is a fee-based ancestral research service. This site contains no online data. However, if you
know the name and date of an ancestor who was born, married, or died in Scotland, preferably
after 1855, a full search can be arranged.
Scots Origins
The Scots Origins database is an online pay-per-view FEE database that contains fully searchable
indexes of the GRO(S) index to births/baptisms and banns/marriages from the Old Parish
Registers dating from 1553 to 1854, plus it contains the indexes to births, deaths and marriages
from 1855 to 1897.
South & West Wales Genealogical
Index
This is a large index to marriages, births, baptisms, wills, and other genealogical information
available to the family historian in South Wales. They also have St. Catherine's House marriages
during 1837-1852. Eventually they will have indexes of all the marriages for Glamorgan &
Carmarthenshire from 1754-1952 and Pembrokeshire & Cardiganshire from 1813-1952.
Tracing your Scottish
Ancestry
This is a collection of resources designed to assist those wishing to trace their Scottish ancestry.
They have tried to include all new major Scottish resources which will help you find out more
about where your ancestors came from.
UK and Ireland
This Web site lists newsgroups and resources for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel
Islands, and the Isle of Man. This page provides pointers to these six areas, plus information
which relates to the UK and Ireland as a whole.
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Language Aids
Dictionaries & Etc
This Web site contains links to various dictionaries and other useful resources.
Genealogy
Dictionary
Dick Eastman's genealogy dictionary listing. This file contains many of the common
"buzzwords," terminology and legal words found in genealogy work.
German Translation Service -
Old Script
Their specialties are church records, civil and military documents, and letters in the Old German
Script.
OneLook Dictionaries
This site is a metasearch dictionary containing information from 287 dictionaries.
Online Grammars
This page maintains links with on-line grammars of as many languages as can be found on the
Web. It includes all types of grammars: reference grammars, learning grammars, and historical
grammars.
Travlang's Translating Dictionaries
Dictionaries are available for online use to translate from English German, English Dutch,
English French, English Spanish, English Danish, English Finnish, English Portuguese,
English Afrikaans, and English Esperanto.
Your Dictonary
This site is linked to many dictionaries.
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Genealogical Software Sites
Ancestral Quest Home Page
This is the Web site of Ancestral Quest It is an easy-to-learn and to use program.
Ann Turner's GEDCOM
Utilities
This page contains the GEDWRAP utility for converting notes from the older GEDCOM
standard to the newer 5.5 GEDCOM standard. Ann Turner is currently working on developing a
more comprehensive package called GEDUTILS.
Cumberland Family Tree
Cumberland Family Tree for Windows DELUXE Package includes Cumberland Family Tree,
Cumberland Diary for Windows and Cumberland Family Photo Album for Windows. Only the
CFT-Win is available as a 32 bit program. However, both the Diary and the Family Photo Album
will run smoothly in the Windows 95 environment. You may download all three programs for
testing.
Design Software
Creators of specialized genealogy software that can help you organize your special genealogy
records. They make Family Census Research, Family Marriage Research, and the Genealogical
Cemetery Database.
Family Forest Software Home Page
(Genealogy CD Rom's) Whether you are interested in searching for your ancestors or studying
United States history, they invite you take a closer look at the Exploring A Family Forest video,
and the Delaware Family Forest, Pittsburgh Family Forest and Founders & Patriots Family
Forest CD-ROMs. Let them know what you think, and return often to find out about upcoming
Family Forest titles.
Family Matters(r) Genealogy
Software
Welcome to the MatterWare(tm) Family Matters(r) Genealogy Software Web page. Family
Matters is a shareware genealogy program written expressly for Windows, by Ray Nicklas. It
now even creates Web pages.
Family Origins Home Page
Family Origins Home Page. Your family counts on you to preserve its history. Now you can
count on Family Origins to help you create a detailed family tree that's sure to be enjoyed today and for
generations to come. It creates very nice Web pages.
Family Tree House
Welcome to The FamilyTree House(TM), the World Wide Web site of AFTER(TM), the
Association for FamilyTree Enrollment and Registry. This site offers free family tree software
and links to key genealogy sites. The software is available on-line. You can build your
FamilyTree House in real time, no downloading is required. And your membership in AFTER is
free, as well. Access to the genealogy links is available to everyone; but, as a member of
AFTER, you can create and register your own online FamilyTree. And because it is online, you
can enlist the help of other family members by giving them your personal access code to allow
them to fill in the missing branches-it's a project the whole family can participate in no matter
where they live.
Family Tree Maker Home
Page
Home Page for the Family Tree Maker(tm) Deluxe. The Family Tree Maker
includes: Ancestor and Descendant Trees, Kinship Report, Birthday and Anniversary Calendars,
Hundreds of Reports, Family Group Sheets and Individual Fact Sheets, Scrapbook Pages,
Mailing Labels, Cards, and Name Tags and Family Books. Also supports photo CDs. It can
create Web pages, but only for use on their Web Site. Now available for Macintosh computers.
GEDCOM Utilities Page
A Web page with GEDCOM utility programs, set up by Randy Winch.
GEN-BOOK Home Page
Generate a GENealogy BOOK from PAF or Ancestral Quest to be put into WordPerfect or
Microsoft Word. Also available for GEDCOM files so you can generate a book from almost any
genealogy program now, including PAF 3.
Gene
Gene is a shareware Macintosh genealogy database management program written by Diana and
David Eppstein. You can use Gene to store family data and notes, draw and print family trees
and pedigree charts, show how different people are related, or browse the database by clicking on
names in cards and trees. Gene is capable of handling complicated databases with thousands of
names, multiple marriages and divorces, adoptions, illegitimate children, and intermarriage
between relatives.
Genealogy Software
Springboard
This site has been created in order to help fellow rooters & genealogists review genealogy
programs. The PRO's & CON's of the programs have been submitted by the USERS of these
programs, not just the features the developers outline for you. These personal views give a better
view of the programs' abilities & functions. This is not an attempt to list all software programs
available, it is more a view of the more widely used programs. If you are interested in shareware
programs there are currently a few listed here.
Generations Home Page
Formerly Reunion for Windows. Sierra Software recently bought this version of Reunion from
Lester Productions. This program is especially flexible when it comes to creating and
customizing charts and reports.
Heritage Genealogy
Software
Heritage Genealogy Software is a Macintosh genealogy program.
KINWRITE Plus
KINWRITE Plus is a product which merges the capabilities of Kinwrite and Kinpublish. It
allows you to publish a book from PAF 2.31 and now PAF 3.0.
Legacy Family Tree Home Page
Home page of the new Legacy Family Tree software. This site claims their software is
comprehensive and easy-to-use. You can take a guided tour at this site and try their free demo.
This is a very full-featured program that is constantly adding even more features. They are very
responsive to fix reported bugs and add requested features.
Louis Kessler's Genealogical
Program Link
One person's listing of the genealogy programs that are available. It also includes their opinion of
which programs are the best.
Personal Ancestral File (PAF) 4
The newest version of the Personal Ancestral File (PAF) genealogy program by
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They have a version for Windows and an older version for the Macintosh. You can download the Windows version for free for a limited time.
Reunion Home Page
Web page of Leister Productions, Inc., developed Reunion, family tree software for Macintosh.
Their Windows prodict has been sold to Sierra and re-named Generations (See above). Reunion
helps you to document, store, and display genealogy information - names, dates, facts, plenty of
notes, sources of information, and digitized pictures. It displays family relationships in an
elegant, graphic form. People and families are linked in an easy-to-understand fashion.
The Gold Bug
Home page of a small company dedicated to providing you with historical information and
software for genealogical research, academic study or just to satisfy your curiosity. They have a
large selection of reproductions of early maps of the U.S., Europe and the world, going back to
the 16th century. They make the AniMap Plus U.S. County Boundary Historical Atlas software
for Windows, which is designed to aid in genealogical research.
The Master Genealogist (TMG)
TMG is an excellent genealogical database program. It has enough power to satisfy the most
experienced computer genealogist. TMG is written by Wholly Genes, Inc. The NEW version 4.0
for Windows, now with great charting capabilities, has recently been released.
Webified Genealogy Home
Page
Webified Genealogy v2.6 (WebGene) is a tool which publishes family history information on the Web. It publishes this information from a standard file type used typically to exchange data between genealogy software applications. This file type is called GEDCOM. Additionally, WebGene uses the GEDCOM file to publish the family history information dynamically. Dynamically means that a Web page is produced on the fly from a GEDCOM file when the user accesses it. This cuts down on storage space required to publish one's family history because you don't have to store many static Web pages.
Win-Family Home Page
Win-family has been taken over by Webhuset. Win-family is a genealogy program that addresses itself both to the beginner and to the more experienced genealogist. Much work has been put into making the program user friendly, yet it still contains a lot of functions for the more experienced as well. The program is used to enter
data about persons and then get this data presented in various forms like suns, trees, statistics and
many different types of printouts.
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Genealogical & Historical Societies
Online
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society
The Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. is a non-profit, membership organization committed to the preservation of the history, genealogy, and culture of the African-Ancestored populations of the local, national, and international community. AAHGS stresses the importance of our history and genealogy by encouraging active participation in recording research and documenting personal family histories.
Association of Professional Genealogists
(APG)
Web page for the APG, a Professional Association For All Genealogists Supporting High
Standards in the Field of Genealogy. They were formed in 1979 by nineteen genealogists to
promote standards and ethics in the genealogical field , they currently have over 1,000 members
worldwide.
Board for Certification of
Genealogists
Since its founding in 1964, the Board for Certification of Genealogists, independent of any
society, has stood for the highest standards of competence and ethics. The Board views
genealogical practice as a profession or hobby that requires training and advanced skills. It
defines a client as anyone who receives the benefit of the genealogist's work, regardless of
whether a fee is paid for that benefit. Individuals certified in genealogy, like those in any
profession, are expected to pass qualifying examinations.
California Historical Society Home
Page
As the state's official historical society, they hold extensive materials about California's rich
history. Their Web site is still young, but growing and it primarily provides "content" for
researchers. They invite you to visit their headquarters at 678 Mission Street in the South of
Market/Yerba Buena area of San Francisco.
California Genealogical
Society
California Genealogical Society founded in 1898, is the oldest genealogical society in the State
of California. Their purpose is to help people trace and compile their family histories. They
maintain a library, gather and preserve vital records, and provide education through meetings,
seminars and workshops.
California State
Genealogical Alliance (CSGA)
Founded in October 1982, the California State Genealogical Alliance serves as a statewide
association of independent genealogical societies, individuals, and nonprofit organizations, such
as libraries. It was organized to meet the need for a statewide effort to accomplish major goals of
benefit to all genealogists.
Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego
The CGSSD is an association of people using personal computers in the pursuit of their
genealogical research. The computer, coupled with genealogy software, allows you to better
manage the family history information you have gathered. The computer allows you to print out
your research information in many formats and share it with others. Computers can also help
with genealogy research by providing access to databases, CD-ROM data files, and the Internet.
East Tennessee Historical Society
The East Tennessee Historical Society traces its roots to the East Tennessee Historical and
Antiquarian Society, founded in 1834 by distinguished Tennessee historian Dr. J.G.M. Ramsey.
The East Tennessee Historical Society was revived in 1925 with its headquarters in Lawson
McGhee Library. The Society and the Library have enjoyed a long history of working together to
preserve books and historic manuscripts for the study of Tennessee history.
Federation of East European Family History Societies
Master Index Page
This is the Master Index to the FEEFHS web site (over 103 Mb). The Full Text search engine of
this web site has decreased the use this index, but has not decreased its importance for those who
want to understand how the FEEFHS Web Site is organized and how to find related information
more quickly.
The Federation of Family History
Societies
FFHS was formed in 1974 as a result of the growing interest in the study of family history. Since
then its membership has grown to almost 200 societies throughout the world including national,
regional and one-name groups. Its principal aims are to co-ordinate and assist the work of
societies or other bodies that are interested in Family History, Genealogy, and Heraldry and to
foster mutual co-operation and regional projects in these subjects.
Federation of Genealogical Societies
The Federation of Genealogical Societies, founded in 1976, has three major purposes: serving the
needs of its member societies, providing products and services needed by member societies, and
marshaling the resources of its member organizations.
GENTECH Information
GENTECH, Inc. is an independent, nonprofit organization chartered in the state of Texas to
educate genealogists in the use of technology for gathering, storing, sharing and evaluating their
research.
International Internet Genealogical Society
They are a brand new organization. They envision their organization as being key to worldwide
genealogy. For the most part they want to be an organization helping others to acquire and store
information in their own repositories, whether by funding, by sheer volume of volunteer
manpower or simply through technical advice. Linking all of this together through the master
pages housed in a multi-lingual format in conjunction with new standards, enabling software to
access this data - all genealogists worldwide will have interactive access to all the information
that has been placed online no matter where it or they might be located.
Irish Family History Foundation
The Irish Family History Foundation is the co-ordinating body for a network of government
approved genealogical research centers in the Republic of Ireland (Eire) and in Northern Ireland
which have computerized tens of millions of Irish ancestral records of different types. They have
many records available, but charge a fee for searches.
Mobile Genealogical Society
Mobile Genealogical Society's new Web page. For more information about the society contact
Kevin Sellew
e-mail:ksellew@zebra.net.
National Genealogical Society Home Page
NGS is a national membership organization with more than 15,000 members nationwide.
Although most of its members are individuals, its institutional members include genealogical and
historical societies, family organizations, libraries, and other organizations.
National Society Daughters of the American
Revolution
Incorporated by an Act of Congress in 1896, the National Society Daughters of the American
Revolution (NSDAR) is a non-profit, non-political, volunteer service organization with nearly
180,000 women in some 3,000 chapters in each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia,
Australia, Canada, France, Mexico, the United Kingdom and Japan. The Society was founded in
Washington, D.C. on October 11, 1890 and has celebrated more than 100 years of service to the
nation.
National Society Sons of the American Revolution
In keeping with the educational goals and objectives of the National Society Sons of the
American Revolution (NSSAR), this web site is designed to "perpetuate the memory of those
who, by their services or sacrifices during the war of the American Revolution, achieved the
independence of the American People."
New England Historic Genealogical Society Home
Page
The New England Historic Genealogical Society's Home page. The New England Historic
Genealogical Society (NEHGS) is the largest and oldest genealogical library in the world, with
more than 16,000 members worldwide. You can order books online, join or learn about the
society, and view their up coming events.
North San Diego County Genealogical Society
(NSDCGS)
North San Diego County Genealogy Society (NSDCGS) was formed in 1968 by a group of
North County San Diego genealogists living in the Carlsbad area. Its purpose is to encourage
study and research in genealogy and local history. It also aids in the collection and preservation
of genealogical records, supports a library specializing in genealogy and local history and holds
meetings to provide information and continuing education on genealogical subjects. Today the
genealogy collection in the Carlsbad Library has grown to over 40,000 volumes and is still
increasing due to the generosity of the 650 members of the Society. The site includes a listing of
their upcoming events and genealogy classes.
Orange County California Genealogical Society
(OCCGS)
World Wide Web page of the Orange County California Genealogical Society (OCCGS) based at
the Huntington Beach, California Central Library. They have 700+ members.
Questing Heirs Genealogical Society,
Inc.
Home page for the Questing Heirs Genealogical Society of Long Beach, California. The Society was founded in June, 1969, for the purpose of collecting, preserving and publishing data relating to genealogy. Meetings are held the third Sunday of each month at 1:15 PM. All members receive the monthly newsletter.
RAND Genealogy Club
A group of several Rand employees who share the hobby of tracing family trees. Has free
searchable database and excellent links to other areas on the Internet.
San Diego Genealogical Society
The Society was founded in 1946 by Mrs. Alicia P. Mayer and a small group of people interested
in genealogy. Mrs. Mayer, the first President, stated the main purposes of the Society are "to
promote general interest in the related fields of genealogy, history and heraldry," to assist
members with their research , and to establish a genealogical library. Membership grew from the
original 25 charter members to a total of 39 by the end of the first year. The San Diego
Genealogical Society was incorporated in 1966 as a non-profit, 501C(3), California corporation
and the official seal was developed.
Santa Barbara Genealogical
Society
Established in 1972, by a group of Santa Barbara genealogists living in the Santa Barbara County
area. Their purpose is to promote study and research in genealogy by providing assistance and
educational opportunities for those who are interested in pursuing their family history. It also
aids in the collection and preservation of genealogical records, supports a library specializing in
genealogy and local history, and holds meetings to provide information and continuing education
on genealogical subjects. Today the genealogy collection in the SBCGS Library has grown to
over 4000 volumes and is still increasing due to the generosity of the over 400 members of the
Society.
Silicon Valley PAF Users Group
The Silicon Valley PAF Users Group is recognized worldwide as a leader in computer
genealogy. Over 1,800 members strong, a non-profit organization focused on education and
development of computer genealogy methods. This site contains Information about the group,
the GenWeb Project, and related genealogy topics. Contains links to other genealogy areas on the
Web.
South Orange County Genealogy Society
Home Page
Home page for the South Orange County Genealogy Society, including back issues of their
newsletters and projects their members are working on. They even have an online application for
membership.
Southern California Chapter, Association of
Professional Genealogists Home Page
This is the home page for the Southern California Chapter of the Association of Professional
Genealogists (APG). They are a local Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists.
Southern California Genealogical Society
(SCGS)
Home page for the Southern Caifornia Genealogical Society. They were organized January 10, 1964 to foster interest in genealogy, preserve genealogical materials, and train researchers in effective and accurate techniques.
United States Internet Genealogical Society
They are brand new group formed on the Internet. They were developed as a result of discussions
between several people trying to once again get USGenWeb incorporated as a non-profit
organization. A suggestion was made during this time period that instead of trying to incorporate
USGenWeb that a separate non-profit organization should be formed that would support the total
Internet Genealogical Community. That is the purpose of this society.
Utah Valley PAF Users Group
UV-PAF-UG is an organization of genealogists who use computers and Personal Ancestral File for record keeping. Although we meet in Provo, our members come from throughout Utah, from other states, even some from overseas. In addition to providing you with information about our group, over time this page will become a source of information on the bustling genealogy scene in central Utah. Contains lots of genealogical links.
Whittier Area Genealogy Society (WAGS)
Home Page
Home page for the Whittier Area Genealogy Society, including their Computer Interest Group.
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Library & Catalog
Sites
Allen County Public Library Home Page
The Allen County Public Library World Wide Web Home Page. Contains general information
about ACPL, on line catalog and Internet sites, library events and programs and a search engine for ACPL's Web pages.
American Library Association Home Page
Contains ALA lists and discussion groups, frequently asked questions, links to library Web resources, and more.
Brigham Young University Libraries Information
Network
This site is the Brigham Young University Libraries Information Network World Wide Web
Server. They encourage your comments and suggestions.
CARLweb - Library Catalog
Site
CARLweb presents a seamless and simple gateway and navigation aid to the information
universe. CARLweb was designed with a single, unified purpose; to support the library's mission
to provide the most powerful access and retrieval possible to all of its users regardless of their
skill level or the complexity of their information need.
Electric Library
The Electric Library makes it possible to conduct real research over the Internet, using a deep
database of reliable sources. With the Electric Library, any person can pose a question in plain
English and launch a comprehensive, simultaneous search through numerous full-text
newspapers, full-text magazines, maps, and photographs.
HYTEL (Library Catalogues on the World Wide
Web)
HYTELNET is the utility which gives an IBM-PC user instant-access to all telnet-accessible
library catalogs, FREE-NETS, BBSs, Gophers, WAIS, etc. This site includes Library Catalogs,
arranged geographically and Library Catalogs, arranged by vendor. You must use a Telnet
program to access the catalogs.
The Internet Public Library
Welcome to the Internet Public Library. This resource is the result of a great deal of time and
hard work (not to mention late nights, maniacal laughter and the occasional muttered death
threat) on the part of a great many dedicated, talented people.
LDS Family History
Center Search
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Family
History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah has one of the most impressive collections of
genealogical material in the world. The Family History Library is NOT ONLINE. However,
many of the resources of the Library are available through local Family History Centers
throughout the world. This site let's you search for a local Family History Center.
Library of Congress Home
Page
The Library of Congress is using the World Wide Web (WWW) to present information about
and materials from its collections over the Internet. Find out what's new on the Library's Web
Site or access any of the following categories of information: About the Library and the World
Wide Web; Exhibits and Events; Services and Publications; Digital Library Collections; LC
Online Systems; Congress and Government; Indexes to Other World Wide Web Services.
Library of Virginia Digital Collections
Includes an online catalog, archives & manuscript database, bible records, and Virginia Colonial
Records. Excellent finding aids online and exciting digitized primary records are being added
regularly.
Los Angeles Main Public Library
Provides access to the Los Angeles Public Library Catalog. You can use a graphical web-based
search OR you can open a text-based Telnet session if your Internet browser supports a Telnet
application. The catalog contains 1.2 million records representing the more than five million
library materials located at the Central Library and in the sixty-six branches of the library system.
At this time, periodicals, newspapers, corporate annual reports, patents, many government
documents and photographs are not included in the catalog.
MELVYL System Welcome Page
The University of California's MELVYL library system was developed by the Division of
Library Automation (DLA) at the UC Office of the President, in consultation with UC campuses.
The system can search the UC union catalog (materials at all UC campuses plus other locations),
the California Academic Libraries List of Serials (periodical titles at California academic
libraries), and other databases and Internet resources.
OCLC (Online Computer Library Center)
OCLC is a nonprofit membership library computer service and research organization dedicated
to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing information
costs.
Texas State Electronic Library
The Texas State Electronic Library (TSEL) gives you the ability to ask a reference question,
search dictionaries, find out about the weather, and other quick facts. You can search the book
stacks, reference, electronic lists and news, print indexes and articles, Library of Congress and
subject guides. They also have a search engine so you can search their entire site.
webCATS (Library Catalogues on the World
Wide Web)
A collection of library catalogs on the World Wide Web.
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Map & Gazetteer
Sites
Canadian Geographical
Names
This site is an interactive and authoritative source of over 500,000 geographical names in
Canada, which is maintained by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names
(CPCGN). By combining this server and the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base
(CGNDB), they provide a simple reference service, which includes basic vocational information
and maps that are easy to download. It's a popular source of information for researchers,
genealogists, cartographers and students.
Gazetteer for Scotland
Part of an on-going project by the Department of Geography at the University of Edinburgh, this
site will hold a comprehensive geographical database for Scotland, accessible via the
World-Wide Web. The "Gazetteer for Scotland" is being designed in collaboration with the
Royal Scottish Geographical Society as an enhancement to the well-known Gateway to Scotland
Web site, implemented by Bruce Gittings at the University of Edinburgh.
Historical Ink
This site contains Old Maps of New York, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New
Hampshire, Vermont, and Connecticut Cities, Towns & Villages & Gazetteer Excerpts. These
are not online, they are available for a fee.
Historical County Lines
Site
This site contains an animated presentation of the formation of the 48 contiguous states and the
counties in those states. It also has maps showing the U.S. territorial expansion from 1775 to the
present. It also has links to various maps sorted by state.
MapBlast
Use this site to locate a detailed street map from almost any street address in the United States,
e-mail a map to somebody, or add a map into your home page by generating an HTML code
fragment you can cut and paste.
MapQuest
Includes an interactive atlas, TripQuest, to help plan your trip and personalized maps.
Maps and Cartography
Resources
This Web site was created by Jack Mount, the Science-Engineering Librarian at the University of
Arizona Library. This page will give Web and some printed resources for cartography and maps
to help you with your research. These Web pages deal with the subjects of Maps, Cartography,
and Geographic Names.
My Virtual Reference Desk - Atlas and
Maps
A Web page set up by Bob Drudge. This page contains information on atlases and maps.
PCL
Map Collection (University of Texas)
The Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin. Very good
map resource list. Includes maps of other areas in the world also.
Rare Map Collection at
the Hargrett Library
The over 800 rare maps in the Hargrett Library at the University of Georgia Library span 500
years, from the sixteenth through the early twentieth century. They include works of the early
cartographers such as Sebastain Munster, Gerard Mercator, and Willem Bleau. All of our maps
are available in this Library in digital format, but only a subset of them are on this site.
TIGER Mapping Service
The Tiger Mapping Service has been designed around an open architecture for maximum
flexibility. The TMS Map Browser is not the only way of accessing TMS-generated maps; it is
only an example application. By using the syntax indicated on the Web page, anyone can request
maps directly via a URL.
U.S. Gazetteer
Searchable gazetteer, you can search by name and state or by 5-digit zip code.
U.S. Surname Distribution
Are you curious where other people with your same last name (surname) live in the United
States? Interested in genealogy? Just enter any surname into their form, and you will see a map
of the United States showing the distribution of people with this surname within the 50 United
States. This database contains 50,000 of the most common surnames in the United States.
U.S. Geological Survey National Mapping
Information
The USGS, through its National Mapping Program, provides accurate and up-to-date
cartographic data and information for the United States. These data products and information
provide a framework of spatial information needed by Federal, State, and local government
agencies, as well as the private sector, to deal with such problems as conserving our natural
resources, identifying and mitigating hazards, defining and studying ecosystems, and supporting
economic development.
U.S.G.S. - National Mapping
Query Form
Geographic Names Information System is an online database query form. A simple database
query would be a search for information about a specific geographic feature by its name. For
example, "List all features anywhere in the U.S. with names beginning with the word 'felder'."
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Genealogy Book Stores &
Publishers
20th Century Direct
20th Century Direct carries archival photo and scrapbook pages, available in an unmatched
variety of page formats. They offer over 100 styles and colors of photo albums and scrapbooks.
Amazon Books
Although this is not a genealogy bookstore, they have the largest collection of books on the
Internet, over 2.5 million books.
Ancestry, Inc. Home Page
Ancestry Inc. provides family history products and services, including books, periodicals,
computer products, maps, charts, and professional research services. They invite you to explore
their web site, and to discover how Ancestry can help you learn about your ancestors.
Appleton's Books
Previously called Moobasi. For those of you who visited their site before, you may notice that
the format has changed to improve the user-friendliness of the Web site.
Book Craftsman
It's almost a forgotten art. But, at The Book Craftsman, hand bookbinding and the rebuilding of
old and valuable books continues in the quality and tradition of the past. Your memories can be
preserved for generations to come. They can also bind your own family history book for you.
They can bind in the quantity of books you desire. Your order can be as small as one book!
Broken Arrow Publishing
Scotch-Irish, Native American, & General Research; Family History Publishing, Book Sales,
Genealogy Links, Surname Histories, and the Houston/Huston Family Association, Quaite
Family Association. They can help you create a bound volume from your research. Reasonable
rates, Library standard binding meets the specifications of the Library Binding Institute.
Byron Sistler and Associates, Inc
They have sold genealogy books since 1968, including census records, wills, deeds, marriages,
and more. Their catalog features over 900 genealogy titles covering records from Tennessee,
Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky.
Census View
Actual census on CD-ROM, not transcribed or just an index. No installation required; multiple
print options; unlimited zoom, lighten, darken, invert; select by page number, use existing
indexes; no membership fees.
Everton Publisher's Home Page
Contains Everton's Online Genealogical Helper "Helping More People Find More Genealogy".
Also contains information about research, genealogy software and Internet resources.
Family Chronicle
Magazine
Family Chronicle magazine is specially written for family researchers by people who share their
interest in genealogy and family history. You may be interested in several unsolicited comments
that readers have shared with them. Researchers may want to find out about Family Chronicle
classifieds.
Frontier Press
Specializing in providing genealogical and historical books for the family, local, and social
historian.
Genealogical Publishing Company
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. is the largest commercial publisher of genealogical reference
books, textbooks, and how-to books in the world. Over the years, GPC and its subsidiaries,
Clearfield Company and Gateway Press, have published more than 5,000 titles in genealogy and
related fields.
Genealogy Books: Iberian Publishing
Company
Iberian Publishing Company's online genealogy catalog. Supplying quality genealogical
reference books for the Virginias and other southeastern states since 1982.
Genealogical Publishing Company
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. is the largest commercial publisher of genealogical reference
books, textbooks, and how-to books in the world. Over the years, GPC and its subsidiaries,
Clearfield Company and Gateway Press, have published more than 5,000 titles in genealogy and
related fields.
Genealogy Books
GENEALOGY BOOKS was established in 1996. Currently, there are over 1,200 genealogy
books listed here for sale which include books on immigration and passenger lists, probate
records, county records (such as wills, deeds, marriages), obituaries, census, Bibles, civil war,
revolutionary war, county histories, genealogies, family histories, family organizations,
newsletters, Bible records, how-to-do-it manuals, research aids and textbooks from the United
States, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Russia, Scotland and Wales, and many other
genealogy books.
Government
CD-ROMs
Contains a list of CD-ROM titles available through the Superintendent of Documents the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO). They sell CD-ROM titles published by a wide variety of
Federal government agencies, including the General Land Office Records CD.
Hearthstone Bookshop
Home page of Hearthstone Bookshop. Their specialty is Genealogy and related products. Just as
your ancestors provisioned their wagons at a general store or trading post when journeying to
new lands, they invite you to make their web page a regular stop on your own "ancestral trail."
They stock more titles from more publishers than any other genealogical dealer. They also carry
software, CDs, charts, forms, and other items. Check out their listings at this site. They have a
search engine that can search their whole database They add new items monthly.
Heratige Quest
Their book selection includes hundreds of titles relating to genealogy from all major publishers, including Heritage Quest. They carry publications on a variety of subjects including: how-to, reference, military records, immigration, genealogy resource information and much more. Whether you are just getting started in genealogy or are an experienced researcher, they have the titles that you need.
Iberian Publishing Company - Genealogy
Books
This site contains Iberian Publishing Company's online genealogy catalog. They have supplied
quality genealogical reference books for the Virginias and other Southeastern states since 1982.
Microfilm
Catalogs
National Archives Microfilm Publication indexes on the Internet.
Online Pioneers Genealogy
Page
Have you been run over on the Information Superhighway? If you can't keep up with the
escalating world of computers and genealogy, Online Pioneers newsletter is for you. A
newsletter geared to new and experienced users alike, filled with informative, timely articles,
Online Pioneers is a one-of-a-kind publication that covers both the online and offline computer
genealogy community.
Willow Bend Books
Willow Bend Books sells and publishes books, especially genealogical and historical materials.
They represent themselves, Iberian Press, Family Line Publications, Heritage Books, Clearfield
Company, Genealogical Publishing Company, Scholarly Resources, Masthoff Press, The Library
of Virginia and some self-published authors.
Yates Publishing
Search their Online Database "The Computerized Ancestor" or visit their FTP site, or read their
catalogue.
Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe(c)
Pat and Ray Gooldy opened Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe(c) in 1974, providing exhibits, lectures,
classes, publications and other genealogical services. They have numerous categories of special
catalogs online for you to look at.
Zarahemla Book Shop - Genealogy
Software
Link to a source for some genealogy software. Also includes link to it's LDS main bookshop.
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Online Genealogy
Publications
Digital Digest
The Digital Digest is written by Carla & Dennis Ridenour. It is dedicated to the use of computers
in the study of Genealogy and Family History. It contains online articles about genealogy and
genealogy related computer subjects. The articles appear in their entirety, and can also be
downloaded for offline reading.
Eastman's Online Genealogy
Newsletter
This is a weekly summary by Richard Eastman of events and topics of interest to online
genealogists.
Family Tree Online
They are an international genealogical publication which is in the process of bringing The
Family Tree Online into the digital world. The Family Tree, in its hard copy version, is published
bimonthly by the Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library in Moultrie, Georgia. As a repository for
over ninety Scots Clans, the library serves as a central source of information and study to those
with an interest in genealogy. In its sixth year, The Family Tree has all the latest news from
numerous affiliations, and offers a refreshing perspective to celebrating our heritage.
The Global Gazette
The Global Gazette is Canada's bi-weekly Genealogy & Heritage Magazine.
The Hoosier Genealogist
This is the Web site of the online edition of the The Hoosier Genealogist. This quarterly
publication, established by the Indiana Historical Society in 1961, is devoted to information on
Hoosier family history. Some of the many primary research materials that may be contained in
each issue include: Bible records, marriage records, estate records, school enumerations, probate
and will records, land records, church records, naturalization records, pension records, alumni
lists, items from old newspapers, obituaries, and old settlers' meetings.
Journal of Online Genealogy
Welcome to the Journal of Online Genealogy. The Journal is a free e-zine which focuses on the
use of online resources and techniques in genealogy and family history.
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Online Databases for
Genealogists
All-in-One
Genealogy Search Page
GenSearcher, the "All-in-One Genealogy Search Page" enables on-line genealogy research
utilizing some of the best resources and sites on the Internet. This site is meant for convenience
and utility-it is not meant to replace the referenced sites but merely to provide an extra door.
Please visit the sites mentioned for more detailed search options, assistance, and access to a vast
amount of genealogy information. This site has links to many of the best free genealogy
databases online.
American Life Histories - WPA
Project
This Web site has a searchable database containing: American Life Histories: Manuscripts from
the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940.
Ancestry Research Site
Their site contains the following: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) - the Death Master File;
more than 51 million searchable records; Ancestry World Tree; and a free trial of some of their
other databases.
Ancestry World Tree Search
Site
The Web site of the Ancestry World Tree, a fully searchable database created by the
contributions of fellow family history enthusiasts throughout the World. You can help the World
Tree grow by contributing your own family tree (GEDCOM file).
Archives Web
This site contains links to national archives around the world, listed by country.
ArchivesUSA(TM) Home Page
ArchivesUSA(TM) (available on CD-ROM or online by subscription-very expensive!) allows
instant access to the special collection details of more than 4,400 repositories. It includes records,
complete with detailed indexes, for approximately 100,000 individual collections. This is an
exciting tool for finding manuscript sources that combines both NUCMC and NIDS in an easily
searched format.
Biography.com
Not strictly for genealogy, but the Biography.com database puts over 20,000 of the greatest lives,
past and present, at your fingertips. Enter a name in their search box to discover who they were,
what they did, and why.
BLM Land Patent Search Site
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Eastern States, General Land Office (GLO) Records
Automation Web site. This site provides access to more than two million land records for the
Eastern Public Land States (those 31 states bordering or east of the Mississippi). You have to
sign up for the site, but it's free.
Books We Own Project
Books We Own is a list of resources owned/accessed by ROOTS-L mailing list members and
others who are willing to look up genealogical information and e-mail or snail mail it to others
who request it. The books are separated into categories. The categories are general information,
surnames, various countries, the states listed by county, and more.
British Columbia Archives
The British Columbia Archives are located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. They are the
central archives service for the government of British Columbia, and provides research access to
records of enduring value to the province for both the provincial government and public
clientele. Their archival holdings include: government documents and records; private historical
manuscripts and papers; maps, charts and architectural plans; photographs; paintings, drawings
and prints; audio and video tapes; film; newspapers; and an extensive library of publications with
a strong emphasis on the social and political history of British Columbia and the Pacific North
West.
California Heritage Digital Image Access
Project
The California Heritage Collection is a "digital" archive containing photographs, pictures, and
manuscripts from the collections of the Bancroft Library. It is an "archive" because it offers the
public direct access to unique, primary source materials documenting California's rich history "in
their original archival context." This is achieved by embedding digital representations of the
primary sources directly within the documents-archival finding aids-created by the Bancroft
Library's curators and archivists to describe the collections.
California State - USGenWeb
Project
The California portion of The USGenWeb Project is setup to provide a single entry point for all
counties in California. There are pages that list resources for each county. Also a query page is
available for every county in the state. Read and post queries there for free. Also available is the
California USGenWeb Archives, where collected databases are stored. In addition, these
databases are indexed, so you can find which files are available for any county in the state.
Cemetery Listing
Association
The Cemetery Listing Association (CLA) was founded so that genealogists would be able to
access cemetery records instantly and freely world-wide. The CLA database currently contains
90 cemeteries and 6,830 graves.
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System
The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) will be a computerized database containing
very basic facts about servicemen who served on both sides during the Civil War; a list of
regiments in both the Union and Confederate Armies; identifications and descriptions of 384
significant battles of the war; references that identify the sources of the information in the
database; and suggestions for where to find additional information. The CWSS is made possible
by partnerships with the Federation of Genealogical Societies, the Genealogical Society of Utah,
the United Daughters of the Confederacy and other partners. Additional information about
soldiers, sailors, regiments, and battles, as well as prisoner-of-war records and cemetery records,
will be added over time. The first phase contains more than 230,000 soldiers names.
Clark County, Nevada
Marriage Inquiry System
Marriages are indexed on-line from 1984 through the present. For inquires about marriages prior
to 1984 (from 1909 through 1983), you need to either visit their office to view the archived
records, call, or mail them your request.
Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans
and Widows
This collection consists of approved pension applications and amended applications filed by
resident Virginia Confederate veterans and their widows. The applications contain statements
pertaining to the service record of the applicants and may include medical evaluations,
information about the income and property of the veterans or their widows, and, in the case of
widows, the date and place of marriages.
Confederate Pensions - Texas State
Archives
This site has a searchable index to the Confederate Pension claims held by the Texas State
Archives.
Everton Publishers Site
Access to Everton's Genealogical Helper online. Social Security Index - this database contains
over 60 million records. You can also try a free trial of two of their subscription databases. Their
subscription includes: Roots Cellar (free trial available), Family File (Over 80,000 group
records), Pedigree File (Over 50,000 pedigree charts), GEDSRCH (free trial available), Vietnam
Memorial Database, PhotoFind Database, and "EPI Photo" Database. The subscription prices are
high at: One Month - $15.00, Six Months $29.50, One Year $49.50.
Family
Chronicle - Surname Origin List
Where does that name begin? Actually, the origin of surnames varies greatly from place to place.
There are articles relevant to British surnames: first names, localities, occupations, nicknames
and Chinese surnames .
Family Tree Makers FamilyFinder
Index
The FamilyFinder Index has approximately 123 million names from census records, marriage
records, social security death records, actual family trees, etc. About 20% of people who have
ever lived in the U.S. are listed here. However, this site only shows which of their CD ROMs
you need to buy to be able to view the data. This index contains NO actual genealogical data.
Funeral Net
FuneralNet home page. They have over 20,000 U.S. Funeral Homes Listed. They claim that on
their Web site you will find the most extensive funeral home directory on the Internet. The
directory can lead you to funeral home Web sites in your area, as well as those around the
country. If the funeral home you are looking for does not offer information online, their name,
address, and phone number can still often be found.
GEN-WEB Site
Gen-Web site with links to hundreds of GEDCOM files all over the world. Sorted by location,
then name.
GenConnect
An automated query system for genealogists. Many of the county coordinators in the USGenWeb
and WorldGenWeb Projects are using this system to bring you queries, biographies and
obituaries for their counties. You definitely want to search and post queries in the counties or
countries where your ancestors lived.
GENDEX
This link takes you to GENDEX, an enterprise devoted to advancing the progress of family
history and genealogy research on the World Wide Web.
Genealogist's Index to the World
Wide Web
This index locates any name, or surname you search for. It indexes the USGenWeb queries as
well as hundreds of GEDCOM files online. It now has some new features, including SOUNDEX
searching as well as searching by state and county. Maintained by John Rigdon.
Genealogy Databases @
Internets
Genealogy Databases @ Internets contains links to many searchable databases, including:
Canadian Genealogy Search Engine, Celtic Resources Scottish Irish Database, Federation of
Genealogical Societies Index, Genealogy Library Database, Genealogy Resources on the
Internet, GenWeb Database, Heritage Cascade, Illustrated International Glossary of Heraldry,
Linkages Kinship Database, Mormon Databases, Pence list of bulletin boards in genealogy,
Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry, RAND Genealogy Club's Roots Surname List, Roots surname
database, Silicon Valley PAF Program, surnames and surnames database.
Genealogy Exchange &
Surname Registry
The Genealogy Exchange & Surname Registry is broken down into two sections as the name
indicates. In the Genealogy Exchange you can find lots of genealogy resource information for
both on and off line genealogy. In Surname Registry there are two different types, General
Registry where you can post any surname you have on your list, and Select Surname Registries,
these are surname specific databases. They plan to have over fifty Select Surname Registries
available on this site.
GenealogyLibrary.com
A new FEE subscription site featuring a rapidly-growing online collection of rare books,
historical databases, and "family finding" resources. GenealogyLibrary.com was created by
Brøderbund Software. They claim to put hundreds of rare, hard-to-find books right at your
fingertips, 24 hours a day, and save you dozens of trips to distant libraries or weeks of waiting
for inter-library loans. This Web site started on 1 June 1998, with more than 500 books and
databases online. The cost is $39.99 for an annual subscription, or pay $5.99 per month for a
monthly subscription.
GENSERV - Genealogical Server
GENSERV is a large collection of genealogical data. They have over 7.9 million names in 5800+
GEDCOM databases online. They CHARGE for their services, but you can get one search free.
They have three categories of annual subscriptions: regular subscription $12.00; over 60 and
students $6.00; and prime sponsor (donations are not refused) $35.00 +.
Illinois Land Records
This archive contains transaction data for approximately 545,000 public domain land sales in
Illinois, supplied by the Illinois Secretary of State and the State Archive to the University of
Illinois at Chicago's University Library and Computer Center. The great majority of transactions
date from the year 1815 to about 1880.
Index to Passenger Lists
This site contains an index to many early American ships' lists. Including: Definitions of Early
Ships, Palatine Ships to PA, Dutch & Huguenot Ships to New Netherland (New York), Ships to
Nova Scotia, Miscellaneous Ships, Irish Ships to Boston, Ships to the Carolinas, Ships to New
England & Connecticut, Huguenot Ships to Virginia, Ships to Virginia 1625-1626 & 1635, and
an Index of all Ships arranged by year of sailing.
Kentucky Death Index 1911-1992
Searchable online database of Kentucky deaths from 1911 to 1992. Gives the date of death, age,
place, volume number, certificate number and deathvol number.
Kindred Konnections
Many of their services are free. It is their desire to provide you with valuable research tools at
little or no cost. In addition to complimentary tools, their goal is to provide you with the most
advanced personal genealogical software at no cost. In the research interest area you can both
register your research interests as well as search this database for others who may be working on
similar lines. They have a wealth of genealogical books, tapes, and videos for purchase.
Lacy's Genealogy Gateway(tm) 5 to
the Web
Claims to be the largest online newspaper obituaries listing on the WWW! They have access to
more than 140 Obituary Search links! The information you receive from each site varies.
Library of Virginia Archives and
Manuscripts Database
The Archives and Manuscript Database includes approximately 8,700 catalog records for most
materials received since the late 1980s. Several retrospective cataloging projects have been
completed most notably the cataloging of 4,700 family Bible records and the records of the state
Auditor of Public Accounts. A project to retrospectively catalog the personal papers collection
was begun in 1995. Researchers should also consult the various published guides to the archival
collections, the research notes series and the online finding aids available through the electronic
card indexes.
Lineages' Genealogy Site: Free
Genealogy Queries
This is the free genealogy queries Web page on Lineages' Genealogy Site. Lineages has more
than 29,000 genealogy queries online, some may have your ancestors' surnames. Let everyone
know who your ancestors are with Lineages' free genealogy queries. It's an easy way to trace
your family history.
Mayflower Passenger List
A complete passenger list for the Mayflower. Based on the passenger list made by William
Bradford in his journal published under the title Of Plymouth Plantation; this list includes
subsequent research in primary source records in England and America to fill in names Bradford
did not give in full. Passengers are listed alphabetically by surname. Each head of household has
a link, which takes you to biographical and genealogical information about the passenger.
my-ged.com Server
This site is a free GEDCOM server. This is a site where people can share their genealogy with
others.
National Archives and Records
Administration (NAIL)
NARA Archival Information Locator (NAIL). Currently, the searchable database NAIL contains
only limited genealogical data: descriptions of 52,000 case files of Cherokee, Creek, and
Seminole applications for enrollment to the Five Civilized Tribes (Dawes Commission) between
1898 and 1914 and descriptions of 50,000 Fort Smith, Arkansas, criminal case files. Files are
updated weekly.
National Archives Records Administration
(NARA)
Home page for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). NARA is the
government agency responsible for overseeing the management of the records of the federal
government. NARA ensures, for the Citizen and the Public Servant, for the President and the
Congress and the Courts, ready access to essential evidence that documents the rights of
American citizens, the actions of federal officials, and the national experience.
Obituary Daily Times Web
Site
This new free genealogical tool for family researchers is growing fast. They are receiving
obituaries from almost every state and province in the US and Canada, and some international. If
you are searching for descendants of a particular family group, this is the exchange group you
want (i.e. all of ONESURNAME family).
OLIVE TREE Genealogy Homepage
This is an interesting genealogy page created by Lorine McGinnis Schulze. She has tried to
incorporate a little bit of everything - surnames she's searching, Dutch naming patterns of the
1600s to assist you in finding those elusive ancestors, passenger lists from ships sailing to the
New World, Militia muster rolls, source materials for different locations and eras, and other
items of interest.
Online Bible Records
Every week they try to add some Bible records for your viewing. The Bibles are US-wide and
some of them very old. Be sure and bookmark this page and check back regularly.
On-line
Books
This Web page contains pointers to full-text books available on-line.
Online Genealogical Database
Index
The Genealogical Database Index contains links to all known genealogical databases searchable
through the Web. It is limited to searchable databases and does NOT include links to sites that
are devoted to a family, unless a database at that site is available for searching.
Online Catalog Virtua-Web
Gateway Basic Word/Phrase Search
Archives and manuscripts database search. The database includes bible records.
PERiodical Source Index
(PERSI)
PERSI is a comprehensive subject index, produced by the Allen County Public Library, to
genealogy and local history periodicals written in English and also French-Canadian since 1800.
The collection also includes literature dating from the 1700s (the collection before 1800 is less
complete). PERSI online represents some 27 volumes in print. PERSI is available at this
Ancestry Web site for a reasonable monthly FEE, or by purchase on CD ROM from Ancestry,
Inc.
Repositories of
Primary Sources
This site has a listing of over 2,700 Web sites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare
books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar. All links have
been tested for correctness and appropriateness.
RSL (Roots Surname
List)
This site lets you perform an Interactive Search of the current Roots Surname List messages.
These surnames are submitted by about 34,691 genealogists. You must enter at least the first
two letters of the surname (that is, at least "sm" for Smith or "is" for Isaacson) are required.
Roots-L Web Page
ROOTS-L is a mailing list for people who are interested in genealogy. It's not the only one, there
are many other genealogical mailing lists. ROOTS-L is currently the oldest and largest
genealogical mailing list: they have over 8,000 subscribers in early 1997.
RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative
RootsWeb is really about search engines-databases and software married together to let you
search for records online. You'll find they already have enhanced search engines for the
232,474-name Roots Surname List and the Roots Location List. As resources allow, they will
bring more databases like Social Security Death Index, census extracts, and county history
indices online.
RootsWeb Online Search
Engine
This site allows you to search: the 207,972 name Roots Surname List (RSL); The Roots Location
List (RLL); Arkansas Databases; California Databases; Louisiana Databases; South Carolina
Databases; South Dakota Databases; Tennessee Databases; Vermont Databases; Wisconsin
Databases; Search Usenet Newsgroups; and Search the ROOTS-L Archives.
Rootsweb Mailing List
Archives
An area on Rootsweb that contains archives for many genealogy mail lists. You can view old
messages to those mail lists.
Scott McGee's GenWeb
Page
Be sure to check these out if you are just visiting. Especially, see the Royal92 file, which has
Europe's royalty, Mayflo9 file, is the latest update of the Mayflower database (which already had
10 generations of descendants and 25 of ancestors of the Mayflower passengers) and has even
more people (now over 24,000!), Pool file, which has many medieval genealogies and a "descent
from Adam" ancestry based on biblical references, and Murphy file, which has been recently
updated and now has over 26,000 entries!
Social Security Death
Index
This site allows you to search the complete Social Security Death Index online. (March 1997
edition).
Tombstone Transcription
Project
A new project to create a database of tombstone inscriptions. They feel we need to record
tombstone inscriptions now-before they are lost forever to the winds and the rains. Though many
cemeteries have already been recorded by various Genealogical Societies, just as many have not.
And, of those recorded, how accessible is that data to the world? If we join together and do this
recording, we will guarantee that our ancestors are not forgotten-that their memorials will live on
so that future generations may remember them as well as we do.
Traveller Southern Families
The Traveller Southern Families site is dedicated to Genealogy, the science or study of family
descent. Being Southern born and Southern bred, they have concentrated on Southern families
and related Web sites. At their site, you will find family trees donated by folks like you (The
Cousin Finder), a Web bulletin board service which allows anyone to post genealogical inquires
(WebBoard), and Internet References to hundreds of other excellent Web sites containing
invaluable genealogical information.
US Biographies Project
The US Biographies Project was organized by Jeff Murphy in May of 1997. The project used the
established KY Biographies Project as a model. State coordinators were sought to set up their
own state project. They were offered the system design and tools created for the KY project, but
were free to set up their project in any way they chose.
USGenWeb Archives
The USGenWeb Archive was developed to present actual transcriptions of public domain records
on the Internet.
This huge undertaking is the cooperative effort of volunteers who either have electronically
formatted files on
census records, marriage bonds, wills, and other public documents, or are willing to transcribe
this information to
contribute.
USGenWeb Archives Search
Engine
This search engine can search all of the files in the USGenWeb Archives for any state in the US.
USGenWeb Federal Census Project State
Index
The USGenWeb Census Project was established to transcribe Federal and State Census Records
and the posting of that information on the Internet. The actual transcribed census records will be
placed in the USGenWeb Archives.
The USGenWeb Project
An effort to organize the genealogy information and materials on the Internet. This project is
supported by hundreds of volunteers all across the country. Basically, the system is organized by
states, and counties. Each county has a coordinator responsible for maintaining a site listing
resources available for that county. You'll also find files of genealogy records, also organized by
state and county. The USGenWeb project page has links to all of the State USGenWeb pages,
where information is being setup for every county, in every state.
Veteran And Military Web
Sites
Site with numerous links to veteran and military Web sites.
WDC GenWeb Project Home
Page
The World Descendant Charts Genealogy Web Project was originally conceived as a home for
those who do not have their own Web pages and GEDCOM files, to put their genealogy on
display. (Even if you do have your own Web page you are invited to participate). WDC is a
non-commercial non-profit project.
Webified Genealogy Home
Page
Webified Genealogy (WebGene) is a tool produced by Rex Myer to view GEDCOM files on the
Web. It can dynamically produce graphical pedigree charts, descendant charts, and outlines of
genealogy information from a GEDCOM file. Keep in mind that "dynamically produce them"
means that you don't have to have a bunch of pages and directories which contain the Web pages
of your genealogy. All you need is the GEDCOM file (and the tool). Also it is best viewed with
Netscape, but other browsers can see it too.
World Genealogy Web Project
An effort to organize world wide genealogy materials on the Internet. Supported by many
volunteers all across the world. The system is organized by countries. Each country has a
coordinator responsible for maintaining a site of resources which are available for that country.
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Genealogy Tools &
Training
Ancestors - A New Genealogy
Series
KBYU-TV, in association with the Public Broadcasting Service, is pleased to present the home
page for Ancestors, a family history and genealogy series coming to PBS stations in the fall of
1996. Whether you're new to genealogy or an expert in past generations, this is the place, and the
series, you don't want to miss.
Ask Quailind
This is a link to a paid (fee) service. They have an information and document delivery service for
genealogists and family historians. They will search records in the Sutro Library holdings, or
from the microfilm publications of the National Archives - Pacific Region (SF), for a small fee.
Birth Year Calculator
This site will calculate a persons birth year based on their age on the census information. You
simply click on the year of the census and it will give you a table of ages and birth years.
Calendar
Creator
The Calendar Creator can create a calendar for any year you wish. It will accept any year
between 0001 and 4000. If you write a year between 1 and 99, the calendar thinks you mean
1901-1999, so if you really want to see the year 25 AD, you will have to type "025," which will
give you the year 25 AD. Just input the year and a calendar will be created for that year.
Carl Sandburg College Genealogy
Classes
Genealogy on the Internet, sponsored by: Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, Illinois. They offer
online courses such as: Genealogy on the Internet, Beginning Genealogy, and Intermediate
Genealogy.
Census - Lookups
This site is a meeting place, where researchers and volunteers can meet who are willing to look
up information in copies which they may have of the Federal Census. This Web site was begun
on the 8th of May, 1998, and hopefully will eventually include every county in the U.S.
Center for Life Stories Preservation
The Center for Life Stories Preservation is a resource dedicated to helping people capture their
family and life stories. Their mission is to educate people about the power of life stories,
empower them to celebrate and preserve their stories before they're lost, and support them in
accomplishing that goal through a variety of methods.
County Finder
This is an excellent aid for all genealogists. You can find the county name for any city in the
entire U.S. at this site.
Family Photo
Historian
This Web page was set up to help educate people in the methods of finding, organizing,
restoring, and preserving valuable family photos.
Federal Census
Indexes Online
Includes the 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses: Catalog of National Archives Microfilm,
the 1900 Federal Population Census, the 1910 Federal Population Census: A Catalog of National
Archives Microfilm, the 1920 Census.
Frequently
Occurring Names from the 1990 Census
This site contains frequently occurring first names and surnames from the 1990 census. These
files contain only the frequency with which the name appears in the census, not specific
individual information.
Genealogy
Genealogy-Part of the History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers. Contains over a
hundred links to other great Web sites, including some great "how to" sites. You definitely want
to check out this page.
Genealogy Articles &
Files
The genealogical information on this Web page is divided into the following categories: (1)
Family Histories, Charts, and Records; (2) Other Genealogies; (3) Classes & Articles; and (4)
Miscellaneous Downloads.
Genealogy Helplist United States
The Genealogy Helplist consists of volunteers who are willing to help others with specific items
at institutions near them, or help with other information easily accessible to them. Help is
available all across the US.
Genealogy Launch
Pad
Provides summary documentation about the resources available at the LDS Family History
Library. Provides important links to genealogy resources on the Internet. Provides a one-stop
resource for those wanting to know how to begin genealogy research.
Genealogy Resource Page
The Genealogy Resource Page provides family history "how to" information in the following
areas; U.S. Census, Social Security Death Index, California Indexes - Marriage, Divorce, and
Death, North Carolina - Marriage Bond Abstracts 1741 - 1868, and links to other useful
genealogy sites on the Web.
Genealogy's Most Wanted
On these pages you will find the surnames and known information on a person that is "MOST
WANTED." The information listed has been submitted by a researcher who is requesting your
help.... The researcher's e-mail address or their snail mail address has been provided should you
have any information or leads to assist them in their search for their "MOST WANTED."
ICONnect
ICONnect Internet training page. School library media specialists, teachers, and students will
find the opportunity to learn the skills necessary to navigate the information superhighway right
here. Contains online Internet training courses.
LDS Church - Family
History Information
This is an official site by the LDS church. It gives the five basic steps to get started in
discovering your family history. Discover the records and services available at your Family
History Center(tm). Locate the Family History Center(tm) closest to you.
Lineages Genealogy
Queries Page
Lineages' free genealogy queries are a good way to help you locate others with a common family
history.
NARA's "The Genealogy Page"
This site provides many of the finding aids, guides, and research tools that can prepare the
genealogist for a visit to one of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
facilities.
NetGuide - Genealogists Guide to the
Internet
By George Archer. This guide is a work in progress. The Net is constantly changing, and this
guide reflects these changes. Not everything described there will work well or all the time
because sites close, and files and addresses change.
New Jerusalem Home
Page
A list of genealogy resources. Also "The Genealogy Lady" will take your questions about
genealogy and give answers to them.
NGS "Standards for Sound
Genealogical Research"
NGS "Standards for Using Records
Repositories and Libraries"
The (U.S.) National Genealogical Society has released these two standards for genealogical
researchers. The society hopes that these will be broadly disseminated and taken to heart by
genealogists, especially new researchers. Anyone interested in researching their ancestry should
read these documents and consider them carefully.
Nicknames and Naming
Traditions
A knowledge of the various nicknames can help us better identify our ancestors. This site does
not include some of the more obvious names. Remember, there can be an Eliza and an Elizabeth
in the same family. Also, it is not uncommon to find two children with the same name.
NUCMC Catalog
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. NUCMC contains descriptions of
approximately 72,300 collections located in 1406 different repositories with approximately
1,085,000 index references to topical subjects and personal, family, corporate, and geographic
names. The 29th and final NUCMC volume was released in 1994. Cataloging for the volumes
from 1986/87 to 1993 is also available in the RLIN AMC file, but the cataloging in the earlier
volumes is not currently available in machine readable form. Limited searches for manuscript
sources may be made here.
Occupations
Descriptions
In your research, when stuck with the question of what the occupation listed on the certificate or
census film meant, you can come to this Web page. It contains a list of occupations that can be
invaluable in understanding our ancestors day to day living.
Old Disease Names & Their
Modern Definitions
This Web site gives a very good listing of old diseases along with their modern names.
OneLook Dictionaries
The OneLook Dictionaries site is a great place to look up those words you don't understand or
aren't familiar with. It allows you to search for a word in 183 dictionaries/glossaries on the
Internet at one time. It can find legal terms and Internet terms with ease.
Origins of Family
Names
Web page by Ron Collins. A surname is a name added to a baptismal or given name for the
purposes of making it more specific and of indicating family relationship or descent. Classified
according to origin, most surnames fall into four general groups: (1) those formed from the given
name of the sire; (2) those arising from bodily or personal characteristics; (3) those derived from
locality or place of residence; and (4) those derived from occupation.
Our Ancestors
Nicknames
This Web site gives many common nicknames and various spellings for names. Name changes
and spelling variants give novice and professional researchers a headache.
Repeat Performance
This site includes audio recordings of genealogical seminars and conferences. It can be used as a
resource for genealogists or individuals searching for their family tree, ancestry, lineage, or
adoption records. You may find their site and it's tapes useful in your search and education.
Research Tools - CD
Lookups
This person will do limited look ups from genealogy CD ROM's for free. They have numerous
CD ROM titles available for searching.
Institute of Genealogy &
Historical Research
The Samford Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research offers a week of intensive
genealogical study led by nationally prominent genealogical educators. A student may choose
one of seven courses ranging from a course for beginners to courses for specialized topics. The
Institute is academically and professionally oriented and is cosponsored by the Board for
Certification of Genealogists.
Soundex Conversion
Tool
This is a searchable index by the Rand Genealogy Club. The Soundex system is the means
established by the National Archives to index the U.S. censuses (beginning with 1880). It codes
together surnames of the same and similar sounds but of variant spellings. Soundexes are
arranged by state, Soundex code of the surname, and given name.
Spectrum Virtual University
Spectrum is an online university dedicated in the belief that knowledge is the bridge to freedom,
prosperity, and hope on planet Earth. Their virtual campus on the World Wide Web is the largest
online learning community on the Internet and more than some half-million people from 128
countries have attended their online classes.
Surnames: What's in a Name? Name
Origins & Meanings
Broken Arrow Publishing site. What did your medieval ancestors do? Or where did they live?
Surnames-our last names-tell a story that has been handed down for hundreds of years, and yet
many people don't know what the story means. Most last names have a unique history that tells
us about the medieval ancestors who gave us our surnames. What is the meaning of your name?
If you don't know, take heart-most queries are easily answered.
Surname Registry -
Horus
This site contains the H-GIG Genealogical Registry for registry of surnames. It was set up by the
University of California, Riverside.
SurnameWeb
This is the Web site of the Surname Genealogy Web Project. This page links to surnames from
every country in the world. It contains the surname registry, surname resource centers, other
surname resources and databases, and the SurnameRing.
The Genealogy Anonymous
FTP site
This site contains programs and text files related to genealogy. Many of the programs and files in
this index have simple descriptions after the file names. Many descriptions include a link to a
home or other page with newer versions or more information about the program or file.
Tracing Mormon Pioneers
The purpose of this Web page is to provide tips for those tracing their Mormon Pioneers'
ancestry from Europe and South Africa to Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the 150th year since the
arrival of the first pioneer company to Salt Lake City in 1847, and many descendants of these
pioneers have not traced their pioneer heritage. This page will assist those descendants in their
quest.
Treasure Map's
Learn "how-to" in the Research Room: Five steps to Getting Started on your Family History;
How-to get past the "Stone Wall Syndrome." Every researcher runs into the stone wall. This can
help you climb over it. A fascinating tutorial on Deciphering Old Handwriting. From a course
taught by Sabina J. Murray. And many more training aids and great links.
Twenty Ways to Avoid
Genealogical Grief
Here are some suggestions for beginners to prevent misfortune when learning how to do
genealogical research. Many of these tips are "old hat" to experienced genealogists, it's always
good to remind ourselves of the basics of research.
US Land & Property Research Training
Course
This course, offered by the International Internet Genealogical Society University, is a self-paced
set of lessons on the basics of land and property research in the United States. This type of
research is often daunting and somewhat intimidating to genealogists, especially those just
beginning to encounter land grants, deeds, and other forms of property acquisition and transfer.
Vital Records
Information
This page contains information about where to obtain vital records from each state, territory and
county of the United States. The information on these pages is constantly being updated with
information obtained from other genealogists. If you find any mistakes in the information
provided, please let them know so they can make updates. If you obtain any new information
about the prices of vital records, please e-mail them that information also.
Where to Write for Vital Records
(FTM)
Family Tree Maker's site. This gives information on where to write for records sorted by state.
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Citing Sources & Writing Skills
Citing Online
Sources
Contains specific examples of citing online sources. Includes general rules for citing electronic
sources. From Kingwood College Library.
Guide to Grammar and
Spelling
Online copy editing tutorial. An introduction to the procedures of copy editing for consumer,
trade, and specialty magazines.
My Virtual Reference Desk - Grammar,
Usage and Style
A Web page set up by Bob Drudge. This page contains information on grammar, usage, and
style.
On-line English Grammar
Help
This grammar help has been put online by Anthony Hughes and is available free of charge for
anyone to use. However, copyright applies to the grammar help and a copyright notice can be
found on his page.
On-Line Resources for
Writers
A list of Internet writing sites recommended by the English Faculty of Capital
Community-Technical College in Hartford.
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Copyright Information
The Big C: Information about
Copyrights
Information on this Web page is intended only as a guide. Information supplied here has been
compiled from literature received from the Copyright Office in Washington DC. They have tried
to explain the various types of copyright forms.
Copyright Myths
Ten Big Myths about copyright explained. An attempt to answer some of the common myths
about copyright seen on the net and cover issues related to copyright and USENET/Internet
publication.
Family Tree Maker, Who Owns
Genealogy? Cousins and Copyrights
Article discussing: Who owns a compiled genealogy? The one who compiled it? The one who
possesses a copy? The one whose ancestors are the subject of the compilation? Anyone? No one?
- Written by Gary B. Hoffman
Government Site: Copyright
Basics
This US Government site includes details of all copyright laws.
USGenWeb Copyright Information Page
This site is maintained by The USGenWeb Project. They feel it is vital for genealogists and
family historians to understand copyright laws, not only for the protection of others' rights, but to
ensure that they retain the rights to their own work. This page covers many aspects of copyright
law, including many links to other copyright sites.
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Mail Lists, Newsgroups & Chat Sites
AGI - Chat Room
The Internet Genealogical Directory's free Chat Room Web page. They also have a French
speaking Chat Room online, located at http://agi.hypermart.net/chat1.htm.
Genealogy Related
Newsgroups
This site contains a list of genealogy related newsgroups which formed by the soc.genealogy.*
hierarchy. It contains descriptions of the various newsgroups. It also lists where the newsgroup
messages are archived, if they are. Also any associated mail lists. This particular page is updated
on the 8th of every month.
GenForum
GenForum is a conglomeration of message boards (some people call them queries, they call them
forums). Anyone can post a message to these forums and immediately have their data shared
with other researchers. From their main page, you can access our over 8,200 forums devoted to
specific surnames, states, countries, and general topics. They also have a genealogy chat section.
You may find their Web site both fun and useful.
GMW Chat Page
The Genealogy's Most Wanted Chat Page is for the discussion of Genealogy. When the chat page
is operating, several regulars frequent the page. Sometimes their discussions are non-genealogy
related. Should you wish to join with them and ask genealogy questions, just simply pick up a
handle (nickname) and join in. I am sure they will be more than willing to switch their
conversation back to genealogy to help you with any queries you may have.
Mail Lists, Newsgroups and Special Home
Pages
Contains a list of mail list groups on the Internet that may be of value to genealogists. If there is a
newsgroup associated with the mail list group, then that is indicated also. Also contains links to
special genealogy home pages.
Mail Lists
Very complete list of mail lists maintained by John Fuller. The mailing lists contained on this
Web page are divided into five major categories: General, Geographic/Non-USA,
Geographic/USA, Software, and Surnames.
Newsgroups on the
Internet
A list of genealogy related Newsgroups on the Internet. This site is maintained by John Fuller.
The DALnet Genealogy
Channels
J. Peter Haliburton (PeterH) and J. Ron Grassi (ColSandrs) are the founders of the genealogy
channels on DALnet. If you are not familiar with IRC, you are really missing out on one of the
most lively spots on the Internet. IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. You can think of it as being
like a CB radio where you type rather than talk. Also, you usually have channel titles instead of
numbers. The ones they are most interested in are #Genealogy and #Genealogy2.
Virus Hoaxes
Many times in e-mail lists and newsgroups messages are passed about viruses. Although there
are thousands of viruses discovered each year, there are still some that only exist in the
imaginations of the public and the press. This is Web site contains a comprehensive list of
viruses that DO NOT EXIST, despite rumor of their creation and distribution.
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Locate Living
People
411 Directories
The White Pages of the Internet. Search for phone numbers or e-mail addresses.
555-1212.com
On-line business and personal directories. Includes area code look-up; e-mail addresses,
telephone numbers, and a Web site directory.
American Directory
Assistance
This service lets you look up businesses or people by name, anywhere in the U.S., and get their
addresses and
phone numbers. If you know the city, your search will be faster. If not, you can search by state.
This works for many
people who have unlisted numbers.
Bigfoot
Bigfoot claims to have the Internet's largest collection of e-mail addresses and "white page"
listings. You can use it to find your family, friends, and colleagues.
Internet Address Finder
Internet Address Finder (IAF) is the easiest and most comprehensive e-mail white pages on the
Internet. By using IAF, you
agree to the IAF Use Agreement. Help us build IAF - add a listing today!
Online Telephone Directories
Link to a pretty complete list of on-line telephone directories, ordered by genealogical
significance.
People Search USA
Find over 112 million listings of people and businesses. You can also search for e-mail
addresses. Also has a search for Canada.
Reverse Area Code
Directory
Did you ever get a phone number and wonder what part of the US it was in? You can search this
directory for area codes in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean. Find the city, state, and
time zone.
Reverse Look Up
Directory
Did you ever have an address or phone number and wonder who it belonged to? You can search
this directory for area codes, addresses or phone numbers in the United States, Canada, and the
Caribbean.
Search International, Inc.
Search International, Inc. is exclusively in the Missing Persons business with their primary focus
being the location of Missing Heirs and Beneficiaries. They also have a National Adoption
Registry, Inc. where adoptee's & birth parents are reunited.
The Seeker Magazine
This site is dedicated to helping you find your missing friends or relatives. If you are looking for
someone, this site has many ways to help you accomplish the task.
Switchboard - Searchable Telephone
Directory
FREE searchable database. Find friends, colleagues, and old roommates for free. Any time,
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