Misc. Genealogy Sites and Topics

Note: I have obfuscated individual email addresses. I have replaced the "at" sign @ with the character string ' [at] '. This is the result of the insidious situation with SPAM that has become a major problem in the internet today. Spammers use automated robots, similar to those used by reputable search engines, to scan websites and harvest email addresses. If you wish to contact an individual with an altered address, simply replace the ' [at] ' character string (removing spaces) with the usual @ symbol.

Sites Loosely Grouped by Subject

Research Sources and Data - Secondary Genealogy "Mega" Sites

• Genealogy Bank

  Haphazard collection of old newspaper images online. Subscription fee.

• Footnote.com

  Various collections of documents online. Subscription fee. Reports from some subscribers not favorable.

• World Vital Records

  Subscription fee?

• Familybuilder

  User-submitted family tree "profiles." Subscription fee? Founded mid-2007.

• Genealogy Inc.

  
  A lot of stuff

  • Genealogy Encyclopedia

    
    Terminology definitions for Genealogical Abbreviations, Early Illnesses & Diseases, Early Occupations, Genealogical Terms, Common Nicknames & Their Given Name Equivalents, Tombstone Symbols and Worldwide Epidemics.

• Roots Television

  "Live" television broadcast of genealogy shows via PC.

• GenealogyBuff.com

  Appears to be a genealogy search engine where you enter your surname and it returns a list of hits. However, the list is returns is just a pre-established list of other websites for which it generates a query with your surname. Not all sites actually contain information about the surname. The websites it returns are some lesser-known ones and if their scope matches your area of interest, it may turn up something. The site appears cobbled together, but some may find a few clues.

• "GenServ" Genealogical GEDCOM Server System

  User-submitted family trees thu GEDCOM format. 60 days free if you submit YOUR GEDCOM. After that, small annual fee. Claim volunteer-operated. I have not subscribed or tried, but seems redundant to, and probably not nearly as extensive as framily trees at Rootsweb.

• Ancestor Detective - Formal Education and Certification in Genealogy

  Education/Certification info. is a couple pages down from the entry point.

• Gen Circles

  Family Trees Apparently uncertain who these people are.

• Associated group:

  Illya D'Addezio, editor.

  • Genealogy Today

  • Genealogy Times

  • State Gen Sites

  • Family Tree Climbers

• Myfamilyhistory.com

• Allcensus.com

• My-ged.com

• KindredKonnections.com

• Gendex

• Global Genealogy

  Canadian-oriented site, has many articles of general interest including back articles of its "Global Gazette" online magazine.

Maps

• 1895 County Maps

  Examples:

  • 1895 County Map - Lincoln County, Missouri
  • 1895 County Map - Pike County, Missouri

• "Do It Yourself" Color-Coded State Maps

  
  Can create own map showing location of up to three counties (color-coded) per state.

• Selected Missouri Maps and Misc.

• Map of Indiana Counties

DNA

No substitute for traditional genealogy research techniques. But is helpful for 1) Resolving issues, 2) Confirming or denying ancestry and 3) Population studies. There is much information on the internet, most of which I don't understand since I clueless about the life sciences.

A number of companies have entered the business. Individual DNA projects and testing for a fee. Cavaet emptor. Beware the Hype. See esp: ROOTS-L V03 #520.

• Sorenson Genomics / Genetree.com
  Website as of December 2007 is skimpy; appears to be intended to be a family tree-sharing site. Only offer mitrocondrial DNA test.
• sorensongenomics.com
• "Genetic Genealogy" at Ancestry.com
  apparently have subpages for surname projects
• familytreedna.com
• relativegenetics.com
• www.ftdna.com
• http://www.familytreedna.com

A Few articles:

• DNA Testing

  ROOTS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 669: #10 DNA testing for genealogy

• Rootsweb Review Vol. 5, No. 8, 20 February 2002:

  DNA genetic studies are now being provided by Relative Genetics, a new organization that handles all the special projects that were formerly accomplished by BYU. Should readers desire more information they are asked to e-mail their questions and requirements direct to Diahan Southard diahan [at] relativegenetics.com in care of Relative Genetics. She will give the perimeters for doing special studies and the costs. More info. see: "Genetic Genealogy" at Ancestry.com

• Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 15:07:05 -0600
  From: ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com
  Subject: ROOTS-L Digest V02 #211
  To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com
  Reply-to: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com
  X-Loop: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com
  X-Mailing-List:  archive/volume02/211
  
  ------------------------------
  
  X-Message: #1
  Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 19:52:11 -0500
  From: John Lancaster 
  Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Is there a list discussing DNA, etc?
  
  > I wonder if anyone can tell me if there is a discussion list dealing
  > with the new DNA, family gene issues?  Ancestry.com is now offering DNA
  > tests which are said to tell if one has Native American ancestry, etc,
  > but I am not clear exactly what such tests do tell right now.  There are
  > alot of questions still unanswered of course, but I would like to keep
  > up with what is happening in this area.  Does anyone know of a good
  > source for this information?
  >
  > Anelle Kloski
  >
  
  Here are a couple of sites with answers for that:
  
  Ancestry's Genetics page:
  http://www.ancestry.lycos.com/genetics/main.htm
  
  Dick Eastman Online: DNA for Family Historians
  http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/eastman/4206.asp
  
  The May Surname DNA Project (also by Eastman):
  http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/eastman/5335.asp
  
  The BYU DNA Roadshow Project:
  http://www.msnbc.com/news/710648.asp?cp1=1
  
  ...and so on. All that from typing in "Ancestry dna" (without quotes) at
  www.google.com
  
  trapper
  John Lancaster, author of The Electronic Genealogist
  The New FREE Weekly Genealogy Site Review Email Letter
  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jclancaster/teg/index.html
  Email: mailto:jclanc@swbell.net
  
  

• 
  Message: 1
  Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:01:48 -0800
  From: Stephanie Ray 
  Subject: [ROOTS-L] DNA for Dummies?!
  To: Rootsweb 
  
  Check out this little book- it explains DNA and how it relates to
  genealogy in a very easy-to-understand manner:
  
  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594860068
  
  *Trace Your Roots with DNA: Use Your DNA to Complete Your Family Tree
  (Paperback)
  *by Megan Smolenyak
  
  (Author), Ann Turner
  
  (Author)
  
  

Researchers for hire

• APG - Association of Professional Genealogists
• genealogyfreelancers.com
• GeneCollective

Specialty Sites

• VA Veteran's Cemetery/Grave locator

• Cemetery Inscriptions - www.interment.net

  Over 400k names (July, 2000), volunteer submissions, search engine. I was skeptical at first, but found a couple of names.

• Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Cemeteries and Markers

  Database of 3 million veterans buried in VA national cemeteries since the Civil War and veterans buried in state veterans cemeteries and Arlington National Cemetery since 1999. Also 1.9 million buried in private cemeteries for whom the VA has provided markers. (As of December 2005.)

Poupourri

• Buried Alive Stories

Others' Recommended Site Lists

LDS-GENEALOGY-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 28

• Find A Grave

  Among the best and biggest cemetery sites, Find A Grave lets you search 4.1 million grave records or look for specific cemeteries. You can also create virtual memorials and even add "virtual flowers" and a note to an ancestor's grave.

• Interment.net

  Our other favorite cemetery site puts online more than 3.2 million records from nearly 7,000 cemeteries worldwide. Browse transcriptions by region and check out special collections of veterans cemeteries.

• Obituary Central

  Death is a lively topic here, with thousands of links to online obituaries; cemetery inscriptions; birth, marriage and death notices; and divorce records arranged by state and county, plus a collection of search engines that cover only obituaries.

• Access Genealogy

  It's not just a useful online starting place, with genealogy-related news plus lots of links, but also a source for data. Researchers with Native American roots especially will want to explore the collection here, which includes the 1880 Cherokee census and the Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes. Other resources cover military records, cemeteries, biographies, census records, immigration, African-American ancestry, vital records and more.

• Genealogy Resources on the Internet

  The Web isn't the only way to research your family tree online; don't forget mailing lists, newsgroups, telnet and Gopher, technologies that predated today's ubiquitous WWW. This in-depth list, compiled and still continuously updated by Chris Gaunt and John Fuller, covers all those other ways to plug into your roots, as well as Web sites.

• Genealogy Today

  A useful stop wherever you are in your genealogical journey: Resources and how-to information are categorized for those just getting started, those who've been researching for several years and are mostly interested in recent generations, those who've already traced their families back multiple generations, and advanced genealogists (including professionals, librarians and educators).

• German Roots

  In addition to being a terrific starting point for pursuing your German ancestors, this handy site includes lists of links to US military records and death records of interest to all genealogists.

• Heraldry on the Internet

  Also of interest to British Isles researchers, this site offers the best crash course on coats of arms on the Internet.

Misc. Topics

• Family Group Sheets
  Sources of pre-printed, formatted family group sheets. Ancestry.com probably also has. familysearch.org also has many other forms, including U.S. and Canadian censuses for each decade.

  • Family Group - LDS FamilySearch.org, in PDF

  • Pedigree - LDS FamilySearch.org, in PDF

  • Family Group - Misc., in PDF

  • Family Group - BYU, in PDF

  • Family Group - Misc., in PDF

• Medieval and Royal Research

  • Medieval Families article and discussion; Gary T. Horlacher; 2001.

  • Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700; Weis, Frederick Lewis; 1950 (first edition, later revisions, latest 8th).

• Archaic Medical Terms/Cause of Death/Misc. Medical

  • Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms

  • Archaic Medical Terms

  • Diseases and Medical Terms for Genealogists

  • Old Disease Names

  • List of Medical Terms found on Old Death Certificates ...
  • Old-Time Medical Terminology

  • Old-Time Folk Remedies

• Naturalization

  • NaturalizationRecords.com

• Copyright
  Sources of information about copyright. General information and specific to genealogy. Be advised that copyright law, a subset of intellectual property law, is a complex subject and these websites may only give an overview which may or may not be correct in all circumstances, particularly given the substantial opportunity for exceptions.
  • Brief Recap: "When U.S. Works Pass Into the Public Domain"

  • "Copyrights: An overview for photography clients" - A photography studio's detailed and interesting view of their copyright rights. Undoubtedly biased, but probably generally accurate.

  • Cornell - "Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States"

    Table recap summary of copyright statuses.

  • U.S. Copyright Law Statute

  • "Rights for Artists" discussion of copyright issues from artistic creators perspective. sp>
  • U.S. Government Copyright Office
    • U.S. Government Copyright Office - Copyright Status Look-up "Quick Search"
      Copyrights issued since 1978.

    • U.S. Government Copyright Office - Copyright Status Look-up Connection using old LOCIS (TN3270)
      Need TN3270 software installed. Will be replaced by an "improved" copyright searching system in 2007, exact date TBA.

  • Copyrights and genealogy

  • Copyrights and genealogy

  • Copyrights and genealogy

  • USGenWeb: Copyrights and genealogy - general information.

  • U of Penn. Copyrights and genealogy - general information.

  • § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use

  • WalMart copyright policy for photo printing

• Services - Printing - Large Pedigree charts

  • generationmaps.com Reportedly (Nov 2008) excellent and fast.

  • printmychart.com

• Cultural History - Food

  • Food History Timeline 1872-2002

• Genealogy Methodology

  • Source Citations The following are introductions to general source citations. They are not necessarily the same as specific recommendations for genealogical source citations. See the comprehensive (i.e. long) Evidence Explained by Mills for genealogical source citation methods.

    • Sourceaid.com Citation Reference

    • CMS Crib Sheet

    • EasyBib Online Citation generator Generates citations for a website URL.

Sites In No Order or Group

Words of Wisdom

• "Genealogist Commandments"

  
  (1) Thou shalt name your male children:
  James, John, Joseph, Josiah, Abel, Richard,
  Thomas or William
  
  (2) Thou shalt name your female children:
  Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, Maria, Sarah, Ida,
  Virginia, May
  
  (3) Thou shalt leave NO trace of your female
  children.
  
  (4) Thou shalt, after naming your children from the
  above lists, never refer to them by those names again;
  instead call them by strange nicknames such as:
  Ike, Eli, Polly, Dolly, and Sukey.---making them
  difficult to trace.
  
  (5) Thou shalt NOT use any middle names on any legal
  documents or census reports, and only where
  necessary, you may use only initials on legal
  documents.
  
  (6) Thou shalt learn to sign all documents illegibly
  so that your surname can be spelled, or misspelled,
  in various ways: Hicks , Hix, Hixe, Hucks, Kicks;
  Tipper, Topper, Hopper, Tucker, Tapper.
  
  (7) Thou shalt, after no more then 3 generations,
  make sure that all family records are lost,
  misplaced, burned in a fire, lost at sea or buried so that NO
  future trace of them can be found.
  
  (8) Thou shalt propagate misleading legends, rumors,
  vague innuendo regarding your place origination.
  
  (A) You may have come from: England, Ireland,
  Scotland, Wales....or ??
  
  (B) You may have American Indian ancestry of
  the ______ tribe.
  
  (C) You may have descended from one of three
  brothers that came over from _____.
  
  (9) Thou shalt leave NO cemetery records, or
  headstones with legible names; nor will any of the dates
  thereon math those in any public records.
  
  (10) Thou shalt leave NO family Bible with records of
  birth, marriages, or deaths.
  
  (11) Thou shalt ALWAYS flip thy name around. If born
  James Albert, thou must make all the rest of thy
  records in the names of Albert, AJ, JA, AL, Bert,
  Bart, Alfred or Fred.
  
  (12) Thou must also flip thy parent's names when making
  reference to them, although "Unknown" or a blank line
  is an acceptable alternative.
  
  (13) Thou shalt name all generations of children with
  the identical first names, as well all of your
  brothers so that all cousins are named the same.
  
  ------------------------------
  

Other, Miscellaneous Sites

• How to Obtain a Revolutionary War Pension File

• Amish FAQ's

  VERY interesting FAQ's about the Amish.

• World War II Draft Cards - "Old Men's Draft Cards"

  World War II Draft Cards - "Old Men's Draft Cards" (the 4th registration in 1942) for men born between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897 are available to the public. Alphabetically filed by state. NOT microfilmed, filed at appropriate branch of the National Archives. Cards don't name parents. (Indiana in Great Lakes Region in Chicago; Kentucky in Southeast Region (Atlanta?).

• "The Cemetery Project"

  One individual's photos and descriptions of over 1,000 gravesites of famous personalities he has personally visited. Very interesting.

• "Encyclopedia of Genealogy"

• National Archives - Online Ordering

  Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 00:00:49 -0600 From: ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com Subject: ROOTS-L Digest V04 #296 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Press Release June 7, 2004 National Archives Inaugurates new On-Line Ordering Service Washington, DC. . . On June 7, ordering records at the National Archives and Records Administration became easier with a new online service. Family historians can now order copies of selected records from the National Archives online. Electronic versions of the forms used to order Federal pension application files, Census schedules, and Federal land entry files are now available through the new Order Online! system, on the National Archives website at https://eservices.archives.gov/orderonline/. Three of the most genealogically rich records, pension application files of soldiers who fought for the United States beginning in the Revolutionary War (1774) through the Spanish American War (1898), bounty land application files, and homestead applicati on files, are part of the Order Online! system. These files often provide information not available elsewhere. Digital copies of samples of the different files are available by clicking on a type of order. Once visitors select a type of file to request, t he new Order Online! system walks them through the entire process of filling in the required information. Help screens and drop down lists also assist in completing the requests. Order Online! requires researchers to register as a user and pay by credit card. The system sends immediate receipt confirmation emails and follows up with a second email letting you know your tracking master number. Order Online! also features order trac king which permits you to check on the status of an order at anytime. If researchers do not want to register online, or if they prefer to pay by check or money order, the National Archives will continue to offer the options of ordering reproductions by ma il using one of our National Archives Trust Fund forms. Send an email to inquire@nara.gov and specify the type of form needed. The Customer Service Center may be reached by calling 1-86 NARA NARA (1-866-272-6272 ) or by writing Customer Service Center, Na tional Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. The fee covers the cost of the copies. There is no fee for the search. The National Archives offers copies of the most frequently requested records for family history research through Order Online!. The most popular of these are pension application files. These records date from a time before States collected copies of birth certificates and death certificates. In some cases they are only source for valuable family history information. The National Archives offers copies of pension application files for all of the wars until the Spanish American War through Order Online! Researchers interested in pension files can choose from two products. They may order either the full pension file or a packet of documents selected from the pension file. The packet, which costs $14.75, includes copies of the following, if they are found in the file: 1. the original declaration for a pension (the application); 2. declaration for a widow's pension; 3. a statement of service usually provided by the Adjutant General's Office; 4. questionnaires completed by the applicants (numbered forms); 5. "pension dropped" card (usually proof of death); 6. marriage certificates; 7. death certificates; and 8. discharge certificates. Researchers may also request the complete file through Order Online! This version provides a copy of everything in the file including the papers found in a document packet. The application files often contain medical information about ailments resulting f rom combat wounds or diseases contracted during service. Widow's applications list the names and birthdates of all of the children under the age of 16. If a widow did not have documentation of the wedding or proof of the children's birth, the file can con tain depositions from neighbors attesting that the woman was married to the soldier and that the soldier was the father of her children. The full file costs $37. Bounty Land application files are the third type of file that can be requested. Similar to pension applications, the bounty land applications typically provide a statement of the soldier's service and may include family information if the widow applied. T hese files tend to be smaller and the cost for each complete file is $17.25. Federal land entry files, are also available through Order Online! Some land files, such as homestead applications, contain significant genealogical information. The case files include the name of the applicant, the location of the land, the date the land was acquired, the postal address of the applicant, age or date of birth, place of birth, marital status, and if married, the name of the spouse and the size of the family. Supporting documents can show the immigrants country of birth and sometimes the da te and place of arrival in the US. Land entry case files are $17.75 each. The paper version of this form is, Order for Copies of Land Entry Files, the NATF Form 84. The final offering at Order Online! is single pages from the Federal Census schedules. Additional records will be available at Order Online! as they become available Soon researchers will be able to order copies of specific pages from a census, a homestead case file, or a bounty land application.

• Scanning Tips
• TIFF Reader
• Film to Video Transfer

  
  http://www.homemoviedepot.com/
  
  http://www.dcpproductions.com/8%20mm%20film%20transfer.htm
  
  http://www.scatteredpictures.com/
  
  http://www.integratedphoto.com/vidtran.htm
  

• Funeral Homes / funeralnet.com Funeral Home names, addresses searchable by state, county, city
• Beginning German Research
• Draper manuscripts
  • Description of Draper Manuscripts
  • Wisconsin Historical Society - Description
  • Wisconsin Historical Society - Microfilm sets
  • Another description

• Genealogy abbreviations

• Genealogy Terminology

• Index to Scottish probate and testementary documents bef 1901

• The long "s" (handwritten script)

• "700000 people connected with European Royalty"

• Preserving Family Bibles

  The following article (edited) appeared in the Ancestry Daily News on 8 May 2003 and provides options for preserving and depositing family Bibles. In particular, see her link at: http://www.honoringourancestors.com/library.html#nine which has more information about the topic.

  "Honoring Our Ancestors: Bible Rescue Insurance"
  by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak
  Over the last six months, I've written a series of articles about techniques to track down the rightful owners of Bibles and other treasures that have strayed from family hands. If you're just joining in on this subject, you can see previous articles at: http://www.honoringourancestors.com/library.html#nine
  
  [snip]
  Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
  Long before anyone had even thought of a concept like the Internet, the DAR gathered Bible records for preservation. Marcia Connors, the Tennessee DAR Lineage Research Chairman, wrote to remind us of this long-established resource:
  
  "I am in the DAR and one of the projects we support is the copying of the genealogical information in family Bibles, so that this will be preserved for history, rather than lost one day when the Bible disappears. These records are recorded in a book of Bible records in the county where that particular family lived. We do not care where a Bible is from, only that its genealogical information be preserved. Our chapter of the DAR is currently collecting Bible records from those in our county, and this information will eventually be put into book form. If someone has records from another state, those pages are sent to that state's Bible records collection. These records are compiled by the DAR, and placed in the DAR Library at each chapter's expense for anyone to use."

  To look for Bibles that may pertain to your family, go to the DAR's Online Library Catalog and search your family surnames as well as the counties in which they lived. Including the word "Bible" in your search terms will help focus the results.
  
  Local and State Societies
  Rev. Richard R. Berg, Archivist of the Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society and Director of Library Services for the Lancaster Theological Seminary, provided another option for the researcher hoping to ensure the preservation of a Bible and its contents:
  
  "I . . . support efforts to return such items to the proper families. When such efforts are not successful or the current owner does not wish to make such an effort, an alternative is to locate an appropriate archival repository for the item(s). Local or state historical and genealogical societies will often welcome the donation. In addition, they will often make the contents available to a wide audience on their website.
  
  "Our institution, the Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society, is the repository for records of the former German Reformed Church (U.S.) 1725-1869; Reformed Church in the United States 1869-1934; and the Evangelical and Reformed Church 1934-1961. We have received many donations of family Bibles, local church records, and personal papers from persons who purchased the items at local auctions, flea markets, or antique shops. All of these donations have enriched our collection, preserved the history of churches and individuals, and made the information available to historical and genealogical researchers."
  
  As Rev. Berg points out, religious repositories may make a particularly appropriate choice for Bible records.
  
  NGS AND NEHGS
  Recently both the National Genealogical Society (NGS) and New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) have launched preservation efforts geared specifically toward Bibles. NGS recently initiated the Orphaned Bible and Family Record Rescue Project and invites people to send Bibles found "for sale, at used bookstores, on auction sites, in antique stores, or at tag, garage or yard sales." They will capture all the information for their Digital Bibles Archives Project (see National Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol. 90, No. 4, December 2002, pages 301-3 for more information) and then attempt to return the Bible to the family of origin. If you have such a Bible to contribute, contact Dereka Smith (dereka [at] ngs.org), Director of the NGS Member Resource Center.

  NEHGS, which has been gathering New England Bibles for more than 150 years, announced The NEHGS Bible Records Recruitment Campaign last year. They request that you consider donating your family Bible (or a photocopy of its family record entries and title page) so the information can be preserved and disseminated. For more information about this project, please contact the special collections department staff (Tim Hughes, thughes [at] nehgs.org, or Tim Salls, tsalls [at] nehgs.org).

  No Excuses
  With all of these options, there is no excuse for any family Bible to disappear or slip into obscurity. If you are fortunate enough to own one of these treasures, please consider at least making a copy of the family pages and contributing them to one of these organizations. And if you are in the process of making a rescue yourself, please do the same. It's an insurance policy that will only cost a little time and some minor shipping fees--well worth the investment.

  Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, author of Honoring Our Ancestors (HOA) and In Search of Our Ancestors, can be contacted through: http://www.honoringourancestors.com
  Resources for rescuing orphan photos can be found at: http://honoringourancestors.com/
  orphanphotos.html
  Information about her HOA grants can be found at: http://www.honoringourancestors.com/
  grants.html

• Vermont Gateway

• German Notes

• England death certificates

• Information for Beginners and Newbies
  • My Notes for Beginners

  • "How to Cite Sources"

  • Information for Beginners at Rootsweb

• 1895 8th grade graduation test - article
  1895 8th grade graduation test - actual test

  1895 8th grade graduation test

• Naturalization records info.

  Info. about change 1906 declaration vs. petition

• Animated Migration atlas

• Geneweb

  Dynamic internet display of genealogical data. Geneweb alternate

• US Government Printing Office - Office of Electronic Information Services (EIDS)

  Online access to Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, the Congressional Record and other major Government publications.

• eMan software - "CE My Family"

  Read/write program for the Pocket PC.

• French 'Dit' names

• The Art of Bundling

• Geography, Place names
  • German Muncipalities list (DMOZ Open Directory Project
  • Worldwide Directory of Cities and Towns

• Search Engines
  • Vivisimo.com - "Clustering" search engine
  • Ixquick.com - "Meta" search engine
  • Surfwax.com - "Meta" search engine

• Academic-Genealogy.com
  • Academic-Genealogy.com - Links to various computer info. and resources

  • Academic-Genealogy.com - "What's New"

  • Academic-Genealogy.com - Media and Travel

  • Academic-Genealogy.com - Medical and Health: Genetics and Genealogy

  • Academic-Genealogy.com - Professional Library Sources: Links and News

  • Academic-Genealogy.com - Top Search Engines and Directories

  • Academic-Genealogy.com - "Who Can Find People?"

• Inflation Calculator

• Illinois State Genealogical Society

  Annual conference ca. July in Springfield

• National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.)

  Includes link to their online library catalog.

  Primary publications include:

  • (Patriot's Index, Centennial Edition)
  • "Lineage Books of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution"
  • "Index of the Rolls of Honor (Ancestor's Index) in the Lineage Books of the N.S.D.A.R."

• Genealogy Forms including US Censuses at Family Tree Magazine

  Census forms can also be downloaded from Ancestry.com

  
  Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 13:01:11 -0600
  From: ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com
  Subject: ROOTS-L Digest V02 #239
  X-Message: #3
  Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:37:32 -0700 (PDT)
  From: John Mainprize 
  Subject: census forms
  
  For some unknown reason, www.ancestry.com makes
  finding the blank census forms very difficult to find.
  They can be obtained by following their directions
  listed below:
  
  To download a chart or form from Ancestry.com, please
  consult the following:
  
  1. Click on the Trees tab
  2. Click on the Charts and Forms link at the bottom of
  the page
  3. Choose a chart or form from the left-hand column of
  the page
  4. If you already have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed,
  click on Download Chart Now or Download Form
  5. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed,
  please click on the Get Acrobat Reader icon, and
  follow the easy, free, download of the program. After
  installing it, you can download the forms on the
  left-hand column of the page.
  

• Newspaper Finders
  • href="http://newslink.org/"> http://newslink.org/
  • href="http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html"> http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html
  • href="http://www.kidon.com/media-link/usa.shtml"> http://www.kidon.com/media-link/usa.shtml
  • href="http://www.newsdirectory.com/"> http://www.newsdirectory.com/
  • href="http://www.newslibrary.com/nlsite/region_pgs/mwest_search.htm"> http://www.newslibrary.com/nlsite/region_pgs/mwest_search.htm
  • href="http://www.newspaperlinks.com/home.cfm?mid="> http://www.newspaperlinks.com/home.cfm?mid=
  • href="http://www.newspaperlinks.net/states.asp"> http://www.newspaperlinks.net/states.asp
  • href="http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/usatable.htm"> http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/usatable.htm
  • href="http://www.usnewspaperlinks.com/"> http://www.usnewspaperlinks.com/
• Library Finders

  Online lists of libraries

  • List of public libraries by state

    Generally listed by name of town, but those named after something or somebody will be difficult to find. HOWEVER, only shows links to those with websites. Does NOT have addresses or contact info. for those without websites.

  • Libweb @ Berkeley

  • Libraryspot.com

    Links to all types of libraries

  • http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/liblocator/library.asp

• U.C. Berkeley "Internet Archive"

  The Wayback Machine - archive of the internet. Alternate URL: www.WayBackMachine.org

• Metes and Bounds Surveys

  Nice overview of the metes and bounds survey system.

• CMU "Pronounciation of Proper Names" site

  Details of the current pronounciation models

• Genealogy Organizations
  • National Genealogical Society

  • Chicago Genealogical Society

• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Genealogy-related Information

  At some point in the past, NARA changed its research URL's from nara.gov to archives.gov and relocated some pages.

  • NARA's "Resources for Genealogists"

  • NARA's "The Soundex Indexing System" Official Soundex coding rules, including a missing rule.

• Organizing a Family Reunion
  • http://family-reunion.com/ (everything you need to know plus so much more - the best of all of 'em)
  • http://www-instruct.nmu.edu/math_cs/kiltinen/web/checklist.html (a good checklist)
  • http://www.mindspring.net/community/featurepgs/familyplan/
  • http://www.event-plans.com/
  • http://www.temple.edu/fri/familyreunion/organize.html
  • http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/ancmag/4668.asp (25 fun activities - more good links at the bottom)
  • http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/1_share.html?Welcome=1012145792 (more good activities and tips)

• World Time Server

• Calendarhome.com

  Build month calendar for 10,000 years.

• Milwaukee Catholic Cemetery site and database

  Click on "Genealogy" / searchable database

• UK Parish Locator

• Dead Fred - "The Original Genealogy Photo Archive"

  Has U/I 1918 Illio pictures, searchable database. (Enter "UI" in the photographer field.)

• Georga State Archives

  Supposedly has info. about other states' archives as well.

• Some Social Security Genealogical Info. Details
  • SSA website - History

  • Social Security numbers: Structure, etc.

    "Everything you ever wanted to know about the structure of social security numbers."

  • "Social Security Number Allocations" by state

• Censuses online and census info.
  • Census dates

    U.S. enumerators were instructed to take down the names of the family as it was composed on the OFFICIAL DATE of the census -- not the day of the actual visit. Official census dates were:

    • First Monday in August for 1790-1820 schedules
    • June 1 for 1830-1880
    • First Monday in June for 1890 (most of this schedule was destroyed or badly damaged by a fire in 1921
    • June 1 for 1900
    • April 15 for 1910
    • January 1 for 1920
    • April 1 for 1930
    See "U.S. Census Records: Soundexes, Indexes and Finding Aids" http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/lesson9.htm ]

  • US Census Quick Facts

  • S-K Publications

    Commercial website; supposedly has scanned pictures of township maps for each county in their presentation.

  • Census Links.com

    Links to other websites with census listings and info. Appears thorough. All states in USA, organized by state.

  • Census-online.com

    All states in USA, organized by state.

  • Olive Tree Genealogy Census info. for New Youk, categorized by county.

• Olive Tree Genealogy
  • Index to New Netherland/NY Church Records (Dutch Reformed)

  • Introduction to the Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church records

• Genealogy-books.com

  "Genealogy Classroom" contains articles. (Have not checked.)

• Legal Terms
  • Old World & Medieval Legal Terms
  • Legal terms in old documents
  • Definitions of archaic legal words and terms
  • British Legal History - selected links on the web
    "Made by Lynette Costello and maintained by Steve Hedley. Links inter alia to Anglo-Saxon, Medieval and early Common Law." Previously http://www.lgu.ac.uk/lawlinks/history.htm.
  • British Legal History at Online Paralegal Resources
  • Law/Legal information resources
  • http://www.duhaime.org/diction.htm
  • http://www.lawyers.com/lawyers-com/content/glossary/glossary.html
  • http://www.lectlaw.com/ref.html
  • http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
  • http://www.nolo.com/dictionary/wordindex.cfm
  • http://www.wld.com/conbus/orans/Welcome.asp

• International Postal Codes (Zip Codes)

• GenSuck

  Critical reviews of current topics and happenings in genealogy.

• Rechtman - FAQ about Social Security and Genealogy

  (Have not checked).

• Genealogy Quest

  Apparent fee-based genealogy research; have some useful info.: Genealogy Quest Glossaries has Abbreviations, Diseases, Epidemics, Latin, Occupations, Terminology

• Hennepin Co. Property Tax Search

  Enter street number and name, gives a lot of info.

• German Genealogy
  • http://www.genealogienetz.de/ Click on "English"

  • http://www.feefhs.org (Not sure)

• Old-Time Occupations

• National Archives of Canada
  • National Archives of Canada - Passenger Lists 1865-1935

• Identity theft laws

  See also 18 U.S.C. § 1028

• Gregorian / Julian Calendar
  • http://www.norbyhus.dk/calendar.html "easiest"

  • http://people.we.mediaone.net/kelsung/other/calendar/gregorian.htm

    One reader gives this an "F" because of black background and blue script.

  • http://sites.netscape.net/chrislintzen/GREGORIAN.htm

  • http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Things/gregorian_calendar.html

  • and here is a nifty converter from the US Naval Observatory

• Ellis Island Immigration Records online

  I thinks this is correct; in news 17 April 2001 but tried and apparently busy. Probably overloaded.

• TopoZone.com

  Get maps by giving coordinates.

• www.locality.com

  Have not checked. Drill down to find County Clerk offices?

• U.S. Newspaper Program

  Have not checked. State-by-state online catalogs of newspaper collections on microfilm.

• Illinois Trails website

  Have not checked. Various genealogical information from Illinois and counties.

• censustools.com

  Spreadsheet forms to record censuses.

• Missouri Census Images

  As of March 2001, had 1830 and 1840 online. Subsequent are in process.

• U.S. Railroad Retirement Board

• "Ancestry Daily News"

• Scandinavian (Norwegian) naming practices

• "Using Census Records for Genealogical Research (U.S.)" - Curt Witcher

• genealogy.about.com

• National Genealogical Society Learning Center (NGS)

• Gencircles.com

  New Gedcom site; have had success.

• "Introduction to Genealogy" lessons

• Census spreadsheets

• "GENUKI" "The most authoritative website for England/Ireland/Scotland/Wales info. Long list of genealogy sites.

• Irish Ireland Surnames

• Public Records in Ohio

• "NEDSITE, the ultimate people finder website" Links to other sites that list people. Long list of genealogy sites.

• Magazine Articles
  • Wired - "Databases of the Dead" - Mormon Church online databases; very interesting, informative, objective, and well-written.
  • Cyndis List Awards Links to magazine articles

• Online Genealogy Magazines - Charge $
• Family Chronicle

• History Magazine

[Screener note: To retrieve a recent missing or mislaid digest, send
a message to roots-l-request@rootsweb.com, but the word "archive"
(without the quotation marks) for the subject line, and for the message,
in Jean's case, write

get volume03/775

If you're looking for a single particular message, you can also review recent
messages in three places:

http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=ROOTS
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTS
http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/index/