Adventures in Genealogy - Genealogy on Higher Ground
Some interesting stuff around the internet
There are so many times that someone I know is looking for information. I run a small facebook group of friends who have the same interests. We've come up with quite a list of links and we add to them regularly. As we add to them in our group, I'll add them here. You can see that I've just started compiling this list of links for genealogical resources, but if you google anything you need, you'll be surprised how much you can find. The sites I've listed below just happen to be the pages that we use most frequently.
If you find a link that no longer exists, please do send me a quick note. As of this post date (11-8-2012) all the links here were valid.
Don't forget that you can find me also on the two links above - Facebook and Twitter.
If you find a link that no longer exists, please do send me a quick note. As of this post date (11-8-2012) all the links here were valid.
Don't forget that you can find me also on the two links above - Facebook and Twitter.
United States and it's Territories listed in alphabetical order:
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Alabama
Alaska American Samoa
Arkansas
Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi
Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York New York CITY North Carolina North Dakota Northern Marianas Islands |
Ohio
Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Virgin Islands Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Military Revolutionary War War of 1812 Civil War
World War I World War II Other Countries: |
Website links used often by my fellow researchers:
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www.ancestry.com Free areas & subscriptions.
http://blogs.ancestry.com Official blog (Usually up and running) http://is.gd/FTMmb Family Tree Maker Message Board http://cyndislist.com/ Free links. http://blog.eogn.com/ Dick Eastman Online Gen News. Free & Paid https://www.familysearch.org/ Not always accurate. Free. www.mocavo.com Genealogical search engine. Free & Paid http://stevemorse.org/census/quiz.php How to Access the 1940 Census in One Step www.usgenweb.com USGenWeb Project by county and state http://rootstech.org/ Free videos from this years conference www.surnamedb.com/ The Internet Surname Database Ancestry.com https://twitter.com/#!/Ancestrydotcom Follow Ancestry on Twitter member services 1-800-ANCESTRY NARA www.archives.gov/federal-register - The Federal Register (Washington, DC) www.archives.gov US National Archives Washington,DC www.archives.gov/suitland - Washington National Records Center (Suitland, MD) www.archives.gov/frc/atlanta - Atlanta Federal Records Center (Ellenwood, GA) www.archives.gov/atlanta - National Archives at Atlanta, GA (Morrow, GA) www.archives.gov/frc/boston - Boston Federal Records Center (Waltham, MA) www.archives.gov/boston - National Archives at Boston, MA (Waltham, MA) www.archives.gov/frc/chicago - Chicago Federal Records Center (Chicago, IL) www.archives.gov/chicago - National Archives at Chicago, IL www.archives.gov/college-park - National Archives at College Park, MD www.archives.gov/frc/dayton - Dayton Federal Records Center (Moraine, OH) www.archives.gov/frc/denver - Denver Federal Records Center (Broomfield, CO) www.archives.gov/denver - National Archives at Denver, CO (Broomfield, CO) www.archives.gov/frc/fort-worth - Fort Worth Federal Records Center (Fort Worth, Twww.archives.gov/denverX) www.archives.gov/fort-worth - National Archives at Fort Worth, TX www.archives.gov/frc/kansas-city - Kansas City Federal Records Center (Kansas City, MO) www.archives.gov/kansas-city - National Archives at Kansas city, MO www.archives.gov/frc/kingsridge - Kingsridge Federal Records Center (Miamisburg, OH) www.archives.gov/frc/lees-summit - Lee's Summit Federal Records Center (Lee's Summit, MO) www.archives.gov/frc/lenexa - Lenexa Federal Records Center (Lenexa, KS) www.archives.gov/nyc - National Archives at New York City, NY www.archives.gov/frc/philadelphia - Philadelphia Federal Records Center (Philadelphia, PA) www.archives.gov/philadelphia - National Archives at Philadelphia, PA www.archives.gov/frc/pittsfield - Pittsfield Federal Records Center (Pittsfield, MA) www.archives.gov/frc/riverside - Riverside Federal Records Center (Perris, CA) www.archives.gov/riverside - National Archives at Riverside, CA www.archives.gov/frc/san-francisco - San Bruno Federal Records Center (San Bruno, CA) www.archives.gov/san-francisco - National Archives at San Francisco, CA www.archives.gov/frc/seattle - Seattle Federal Records Center (Seattle, WA) www.archives.gov/seattle - National Archives at Seattle, WA www.archives.gov/st-louis - National Archives at St. Louis, MO www.archives.gov/personnel-records-center/civilian-non-archival - National Personnel Records Center (Civilian) (Valmeyer, IL) Presidential Library List Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum www.hoover.archives.gov Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum www.trumanlibrary.org Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Libary and Museum www.eisenhower.archives.gov John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum www.jfklibrary.org Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum www.lbjlibrary.org Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum www.nixonlibrary.gov Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum www.reaganlibrary.gov George Bush Presidential Library and Museum https://bush41library.tamu.edu William J Clinton Presidential Library and Museum www.clintonlibrary.gov George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum www.georgewbusylibrary.smu.edu Barak Obama Presidential Library www.obamalibrary.gov www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/ National Archives Genealogist Resources www.archives.gov/research/census/1850-1930.html Clues in Census Schedules Gravesite Related www.findagrave.com Does what it says - FREE! (and paid) www.billiongraves.com GPS enabled smart phone uploads graves Military Related http://www.fold3.com Subscription http://www.archives.gov/veterans/ Military Service Records Ships / Passenger / Naturalization Resources http://genealogy.about.com/od/passenger_lists/a/annotations.htm U.S. Passenger List Annotations http://www.naturalizationrecords.com/usa/naturalizations.shtml American Naturalization Records http://www.ellisisland.org/ Ellis Island - Free port of New York Passenger Records Search http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/liste.php?char=L Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy http://castlegarden.org/ Castle Garden Immigration Center Land Records http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#searchTabIndex=0&searchByTypeIndex=0 Dept of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) All states. Irish Resources http://infowanted.bc.edu http://census.nationalarchives.ie 1901, 1911 census www.proni.gov.uk 1858-1943 N Ireland Armageh, Belfast, Londonderry |
General Research sites www.fultonhistory.com/ NY News, CENSUS and FARM Schedule Helps: www.census.gov Census www.census.gov/history/pdf/agcensusschedules.pdf Farm Schedule PDF of what was included in them www.namethesaurus.com/Thesaurus/ Name Variant Thesaurus www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/olddiseases1.htm Find the Old Disease Info Education Resources http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/educational_courses NGS Learning Opportunities https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/german-script-tutorial/91 German script https://indexing.familysearch.org/public/publications.jsf Their help tab has a section on English handwriting w/5 links (1st one isn't working for me this AM though) https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/home.html#read_hand_rec Their Learning Center - left side lists countries for which they have tutorials & if you scroll down there are other subjects as well. http://www.archives.gov/preservation/family-archives/ Caring for your Family Archives http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration Works Progress Administration Info http://www.dollartimes.com/calculators/inflation.htm Inflation Calculator http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi Inflation Calculator (another one) Map Resources http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/ Maps from each state and county. Very handy resource. Newspaper Resources http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/ http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/ http://newspaperarchive.com/ (Subscription service) Moral / Ethical Resources http://journal.ahima.org/2009/08/04/rights-to-deceased-patient-records/ Who has a right to a deceased patient's records? http://www.gravestonestudies.org/faq.htm The Association for Gravestone Studies http://www.ncgenweb.us/newhanover/cem1.html Safe Solutions for hard to read tombstones Photos / Archival Resources http://www.pixiq.com/article/unsharp-mask-sharpening-photos-photoshop Sharpening your photos using Unsharp Mask http://www.photoshopstar.com/photo-effects/how-to-sharpen-photo-without-increasing-noise-visibility/ How to Sharpen Photo without Increasing Noise Visibility http://www.pixiq.com/article/why-sharpen-photos Why sharpen your images? http://www.espressographics.com/text/unsharpmask_cs.html Sharpening Blurry Images http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-754.html Sharpening Blurry Old Photos [Archive] - Elements Village http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zJsgTz57hY Restore Old Photos Part 3 (You may also want to watch parts 1 and 2) |
