Getting Started



Getting StartedBegin your genealogy quest – Click Here! Wiki on the FamilySearch website for anyone just getting started with genealogy.AGBI (American Genealogical Biographical Index) HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" AGBI Key Title Index? Decoder for AGBI sources, from the Allen County Public Library. AGBI Lookups ($)? Online at ancestry AGBI Wiki? How to use AGBI WIKI, with links to order form, from FamilySearchAGBI Order Form? AGBI order form for the Godfrey Memorial Library HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" Access Genealogy Links portal to a variety of databases, especially good for researching American Indian ancestors HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Several free databases and portals including the African American Gateway, Family Bible Records and Our Military Heritage. Other resources include digitized full-text books and pathfinders to various areas of research. HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" Ancestry ($ or access at local library or Family History Center) Many records including all US census images, UK records and census images (requires subscription, free at the Kitsap Regional and many public libraries)Ancestry Wiki? Genealogy articles and reference material Recent Genealogy Databases? The latest additions to ancestryRecords from the National Archives? Passenger manifests, border crossings, immigration and naturalization records, census records, mortality schedules and military records HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" Cyndi’s List Categorized list of links to online genealogy research resources HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" FamilySearch HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" FamilySearch Learning Center? Find out how to do genealogy research using the FamilySearch Research WIKI, online classes and discussion forums. FamilySearch Wiki? Family Search research advice from the communityFamily History Library Catalog:? Search the library catalog online, links to some books online Research Series Classes:? Tutorials with videos, class notes and outlines Updated Youtube Channel? Short videos with tips, news and getting started ideas HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" FindMyPast ($ or access at local Family History Center)? Premier UK collection, now with Irish, Scottish, Australian and U.S. records HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" Genealogy Resources by Veritas Prep? Nice overview of resources for anyone getting started HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" GenGateway Genealogy portal, a website with links to free online resources for the U.S., England, Ireland, Scotland and Australia HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" Genealogy Resources by State? The U.S. government’s list of states’ genealogy resources, with links to state archives and historical societies HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" Godfrey Memorial Library ($)? Collection of databases and links to genealogy resources including online newspapers. Requires subscription. HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" Google Advanced Search Create a complex search without knowing the syntax. HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" HeritageQuest Search Electronic Resources/Genealogy/HeritageQuest Online (Access through Kitsap County Library Website/Research Tab/Genealogy Tab)US Census Records, Historical Books, PERSI (Periodical source index, archive version, no longer being updated), Revolutionary War RecordsHistorical New York Times (1851-1999) Search Electronic Resources/Genealogy/Historical New York Times (Access through Kitsap County Library Website/Research Tab/View All Tab/ProQuest)MyHeritage ($)? Large collection of searchable records, online family trees with smart matching and DNA testing, newspaper index is free. HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)? Find out how to obtain copies of US immigration and military records at the archives; use online research tools and guides; access digital collections. HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Locations? Locations across the United StatesRootsweb The world’s oldest free genealogy site, now owned by ancestry, with message boards, surname and place lists, shared family tree and lots moreSearching for Your Genealogical Records? Web page with links to genealogy resources HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" World Vital Records ($ or access with King County or Sno-Isle Library Card)? WorldVitalRecords and FamilyLink are now available on?.Search 10,000 databases including family histories, gazetteers, and even English census records (requires subscription, free at the Family History Center or from home with King County or Sno-Isle Library Card)Bible RecordsBible Records?? Over 1100 bible records, some with scanned images, searchable by surnameDAR Bible Records and Transcriptions?? Index to more than 40,000 digitized family bible records from the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)DAR Library Search Services ($)?? to order records from the DARTennessee Bible Records ?the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) collection of more than 1500 digitized bibles, searchable by surnameBiographiesMy Genealogy Hound?? 20,000 plus biographies of people from Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and TennesseeBooks and JournalsAmerican Colonist’s Library? Primary Source Documents Pertaining to Early American Family History Wiki? A great place to learn more about family historyBritish Library Online Gallery? Includes links to old maps (worldwide) and links to notable books and journalsCompilation of Published Sources? ?MyHeritage’s collection of more than 150,000 digitized historical booksDigital Book Index? Indexed links to more than 165,000 full text books from book publishers, universities and private sitesFamily History Books? collection of digitized family history publications in institutions they partner withFold3? ?$ or free at Poulsbo Family History Center and NARA in Seattle. Collection of historic documents (some are free without a subscription)Free Irish Genealogy eBooks? List of free eBooks and eJournals on the topic of Irish, Irish-American and Irish-Canadian genealogy; read books online or downloadGoogle Books? ?large collection of public domain books and some books for purchaseGoogle Scholar? ?Scholarly Literature SearchHathi Trust? a digital repository for the nation’s great research libraries, some digitized and others in the catalog that can be ordered through interlibrary loanHeritage Quest? collection of family and local histories available at home with Kitsap Regional Library card. Click on Research>Genealogy>Heritage Quest>Search Books.” Dollarhide’s invaluable Census Map Guide also available in the Census section under MapsInternet Archive? ?enormous collection of open library books and public domain books, constantly growing, great source for local histories and directoriesInternet Archive/EBooks and Texts? Free digital books and texts JSTOR? All access available to individuals with a subscription or access free at many colleges & universities. Offers more journals than available in the Early Journal Content.JSTOR Early Journal Content? ?Free access to many historical society journals published before 1923, including William & Mary Quarterly. Now available on Internet Archive.Jurn? Search engine for free articles in digitized journals Library of Congress Digital Collection?? Books, documents, and manuscriptsLibrary Ireland?? Historical books and articles relating to IrelandMaking of America? Digital library of primary sources in American social history. Includes books and journalsNational Archives Digitized Historic Documents? ?takes you to the NARA records available on Fold3 websiteNew York Public Library Digital? ?Manuscripts, books, historical maps, rare prints, illustrated books, printed ephemera and photosOnline Books Page? Facilitates access to digitized books that are freely available online Open Library? A partnership with Internet Archive providing a catalog of every book published. Some listings will take you to a digitized bookRed Book: American State, County, and Town Sources? Guide to genealogySmithsonian Libraries over seven thousand rare books, journals and manuscripts onlineThe Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy? a handbook and a guide to selecting, locating, and using appropriate primary and secondary sourcesWorld eBook Fair ($)? Membership required Yale University Library Digital Collections? with historic New Haven, works by Thomas Jefferson and much more.Catalogs – Library and Archive71 Digital Portals to State History? ?sites that bill themselves as general interest portals to historical resources, organized by state, from the Library of Congress blogThe American Antiquarian Society? ?houses the largest and most accessible collection of printed materials from first contact through 1876 in what is now the United States, the West Indies and parts of Canada. Their digital collection includes graphic arts and photography, books and manuscripts.ArchiveGrid? ?Search engine for primary source materials held in archives, special collections, and manuscript collections around the world Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research – Houston Public Library? ?International collection with over 100,000 books, 3000 periodicals and extensive microfilm and fiche collectionDAR Library? ?Daughters of the American Revolution, American genealogical and historical manuscripts and publications, some online, search services availableDigital Public Library of America? ?Virtual library with a variety of digital collections and archives from across the country available, more than 2.4 million digital books, manuscripts, photos, maps and other resourcesDigital State Archives? ?links to archives across all 50 states with useful information and descriptionsThe European Library? ?search the content of European National Libraries Europeana? ?millions of items from a range of Europe’s leading galleries, libraries, archives and museums- books and manuscripts, photos and paintings, television and film, sculpture and crafts, diaries and maps, sheet music and recordings Fiske Genealogical Foundation? ?Local Seattle library focusing on New England, with many additional US and world resourcesMiriam Weiner Routes to Roots Archive Database? ?Eastern European Archive Database with excellent tutorials National Archives Research & Catalog? ?links to catalog, archival databases and research toolsNUCMC? ?the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, now included in WorldCat The Online Books Page? ?the University of Pennsylvania’s list of over 2 million free books, with links The Online Books Page – Archives & Indexes? ?the University of Pennsylvania’s list of major sources and indexes for free online texts, includes specialty archives Smithsonian Collections? ?the Smithsonian’s collection of artifacts, works of art and specimens, includes the National Portrait GallerySOGCAT, the Society of Genealogists? ?library catalog for the largest family history centre in the UK WorldCat? ?global catalog of library collections, find any book in the nearest libraryCensus RecordsAncestry?$?or access at local library or Family History Center? ?Complete collection of US census records and census substitutes for missing 1890 recordsFamilySearch?$? Indexes for the entire U.S. census, images may require partner site membershipFindMyPast US Census?$? ?Complete United States Federal CensusHeritagequest? complete collection of??U.S. Census records available at home with Kitsap Regional Library card. Click on Research>Genealogy>Heritage Quest>Search Census Records. Dollarhide’s Census Map Guide showing how each State’s counties changed over time is also available in MapsMyHeritage?$? ?Complete United States Federal Census1940 Unified Census ED Finder? ?Steve Morse’s tool for finding the Enumeration District for a 1940 location in one step1940 United States Federal Census at NARA? ?includes where living in 1935 and total wages in 19391940 United States Federal Census on Ancestry 1940 United States Federal Census on FamilySearch 1940 United States Federal Census on FindMyPast? ?provides notification once the records you’re searching for are indexed, free registration required1940 United States Federal Census on MyHeritage? ?1940 US federal censusCensus Online? ?links to online census records for the US, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales Census Timeline Worksheet from CensusMate? ?Census worksheet in timeline format Census Tools?$? ?Spreadsheets for census data, includes all years for U.S. census, international census, state census and more. NOTE: Fee for forms. Censusfinder??census records directory, many countries including US, England, Canada, Ireland, and Scotland. . Direct Me NYC 1940? ?New York Public Library’s Tool to help you find New York City relatives in the 1940 census FindMyPast?$?or access at any Family History Center)? ?Complete collection of US and UK census recordsSee specific?Places?for more census records. (BIGS Places)Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses From 1790 to 2000? ?U.S. Census Bureau publication with a complete description of the exact instructions to the census takers for each census year. NOTE: Large PDF documentPopulation Census Items? ?List of items included in the US federal census for each year (scroll to page 3) NOTE: PDF documentUnited States Enumeration District Maps for the Twelfth through the Sixteenth US Censuses, 1900-1940 Special Census Records (US “Nonpopulation” Schedules)Mortality Schedules? ?from the US federal census and some state censuses between 1850 and 1900, are a good source to find out causes and dates of deathNARA Microfilm Catalog NARA Nonpopulation Microfilm List by State NARA Nonpopulation Census Records? Information on Agricultural, Manufacturing, Social Statistics and Business Schedules with Microfilm ListAgriculture Schedules?taken from 1850 to 1890, useful with land and tax records to find location of landAncestry Search card catalog with keywords Agriculture and South Carolina.Family History Library Search catalog with keywords agriculture, agriculture 1850.NARA Nonpopulation Microfilm List by State Defective, Dependent & Delinquent (DDD) Schedules?taken from 1830 to 1880, separate schedule in 1880, included insane, idiots, deaf-mutes, blind, homeless children and paupers and indigents who were inhabitants of institutions or boarded at public expense in private homes.Ancestry??Search card catalog with keywords defective, dependent, delinquent. Family History Library??Search catalog with keywords defective, dependent, delinquent. Availability varies by state. NARA Nonpopulation Census Records Indian Schedules?“Indian” added to census in 1860. Indians were counted as whites in white community or black in black community before 1860. Indian schedules are usually at the end of the enumeration district.Ancestry??Search card catalog with keyword Indian to find “US Census Schedules 1885-1940”. Family History Library Search catalog with place United States, Subject Census or Keyword Native American Census. NARA Microfilm Catalog??Search for keyword “Indian Census Rolls”. Films include M595A-M595D, M1791: Schedules of Special Census of the Indian (1880) and A1154: Non-population schedules of Washington Territory for 1860-1880. NARA Federal Population Census 1790-1890??Information on US Federal Census and Microfilm Manufacturing or Industry Schedules?taken in 1810, 1820, 1840-1880 and 1890, usually lists the owner of the company.Ancestry??Search card catalog with title or keyword manufacturing. Family History Library??Search catalog with keywords manufactures, manufacturing, industry. NARA Microfilm Catalog??Search for keywords manufacture, manufacturing, industry, non-population, nonpopulation. NARA Nonpopulation Microfilm List by State Mortality Schedules?taken from 1850 to 1880 and 1885 in the US and in Minnesota in 1900 (but not available.) Records of deaths for one year prior to June 1 of the census year for both people who lived in the district but died elsewhere and people who died in the district but lived elsewhere. Not always complete. This may be the only source for an individual’s death.Ancestry??Search card catalog with keyword mortality to see the US Federal Census Mortality Schedules. Ancestry Census Page Search Family History Library??Search catalog with different searches. NARA Microfilm Catalog NARA Non-population Microfilm List by State Census Online??Transcriptions of US Federal Census Mortality Schedules Genealogy Trails??Transcriptions of US Federal Census Mortality Schedules and Headstones of Union Civil War veterans 1879-1903 US Census??Transcriptions of US Federal Census Mortality Schedules Slave Schedules?taken from 1790 to 1860, used to allot seats in Congress and to estimate the value of slave “property”. Slave’s names usually aren’t listed. There’s nothing in the population schedule to indicate slave ownership so look at value of real estate and personal property, neighbors and occupation.Ancestry Census Page Search??Slaves are listed with regular population schedules. Census Online??Transcriptions of US Federal Census Schedules. Family History Library??Search catalog with keyword slave schedule. Go to state census and look at the end of the list of films for the slave schedules. NARA Microfilm Catalog. NARA Non-population Microfilm List by State Social Statistics Schedules?Taken from 1850 to 1870 and 1885, used to gather statistics on wealth, public debt, taxes, schools, libraries, newspapers, churches, wages, paupers and criminals. There is no information on individuals but this is a good place to find out what newpapers were published in a specific area.Ancestry??Search card catalog with keyword non-population. Family History Library??Search catalog with keyword “social statistics”. NARA Veterans and Widows Schedules?The 1840 population census lists names and ages of pensioners, most from the Revolutionary War. The 1890 census had a special schedule for those who served in the Civil War or their widows. It’s not searchable though. The 1910 census lists males over 50 who were survivors of the Union or Confederate Army or Navy. The 1930 population census lists males over 21 who were veterans and the war or expedition they served in.Ancestry??Search card catalog with keyword veterans, veterans’ census, veterans schedule, 1890 veterans or confederate. Family History Library??Search catalog with title “Union Veterans and Widows”, “Confederate Soldiers” or keyword veterans, “confederate soldiers”, “Union Veterans”, “Confederate soldiers”. NARA Microfilm Catalog NARA Nonpopulation Microfilm List by State NARA Federal Population Census 1790-1890??Information on US Federal Census and Microfilm. Church Records**UNDER CONSTRUCTION**General Resources for Church Records in the ColoniesBeginning Research in United States Church Records from Family SearchUS Church Records Class Handout Beginning Research in US Church Records Early American Church Records – Lessons on? Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness? CongregationalCongregational Library and Archives? Researching Congregational Church (Puritans, Separatists) Classes OnlineFamilySearch Learning Center? ?with hundreds of excellent free genealogy courses Illinois State Genealogical Society? ?free live webinars on the second Tuesday of each month and access to archived webinars for membersIntroduction to Genealogy? ?free online, interactive genealogy class written by a professional genealogistLegacy Family Tree Webinars? ?live webinars with nationally known speakers each month, register and attend live or watch archived webinars free within 10 days or purchase archived webinar on CD laterRootweb’s Guide to Family Trees? ?more than 25 lessons on various aspects of family tree research Southern California Genealogical Society Webinars? ?free live webinars and archives available for membersDirectoriesCurrentBirthDatabase? ?Free Birthday Search British Telecom? ?the Phone Book, search for people and businesses in the UKPipl? Comprehensive people searchYellow Pages? ?Telephone directory, reverse phone and reverse address lookups Note: was superpagesWhite Pages? ?Telephone directory, reverse phone, unlisted and cell phone lookups, area code and zip code lookups Note: was SwitchboardUnited States Public Records, 1970-2009? ?on FamilySearchZabasearch? ?Search for people in the USA Zoominfo? ?Detailed profiles on over 65 million business peopleHistoricalAncestry’s U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989? ?$British Phone Books $? ?British Telecom’s archives of old phone booksCity Directories of the United States of America? ?Comprehensive list of city directories, printed, microfilmed and online, and their repositories in the US Digital Book Initiative’s City, Business & Commercial Directories Collection? ?List of online US directories with links FamilySearch’s WIKI on City Directories? ?excellent research guide on how and why to use directories to further your genealogy researchFold3’s U.S. City Directories?$? ?City directories from 22 states, be sure to check miscellaneousHistorical Directories? ?historical city directories for England and Wales from 1766 to 1919Old European Phonebooks? ?is a great resource for anyone with European ancestors. The Library of Congress maintains an extensive collection with some directories that go back decades. Online Historical Directories? ?Collection of links to city directories in Canada, Ireland, the UK and US, most free, some $. Great resource for tracking your ancestors between census records.R.L. Polk & Co’s Directory of Directories? ?directory of directories published by R.L. Polk in the U.S. and CanadaUrban Maps and City Directories: Correlating Family History into Space and Time? ?presentation from Frank Southcutt, on the Historical Society of Pennsylvania siteWorldVitalRecords USA Directories Collections? $ Note: Redirects to MyHeritageSee?Books Online?for other sources for directories. (BIGS Books and Journals)DNAInformation & ExamplesDNA Case Study Examples DNAeXplained? ?blog with commentary and current articles on DNA for genetic genealogyExample of DNA Test Results? GEDmatch? ?tools to help you compare genealogies and DNA test resultsGenetic Genealogy Ireland YouTube channel? ?with presentations from the 2015 conferenceInternational Society of Genetic Genealogy? ?a good place to find out about DNA for genealogyKevin Duerinck’s Page? ?Results of over 800 Y chromosome DNA tests and results Note: LAST REVISED September 5, 2010 Great information for anyone using DNA to augment their genealogy research of the Duerinck family studyKitty Cooper’s blog on DNA testing? ? Map of human mitochondrial DNA? National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Human Genome Resources? National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)? Rootsweb’s DNA message board University of Utah’s Genetic Science Learning Center Labs for DNA Testing23 and Me? ?Autosomal family DNA testing service offering both health and genealogy reports, largest autosomal databaseAncestry DNA? Autosomal DNA testing integrated with your ancestry accountFamily Tree DNA? Genetic genealogy company offering autosomal DNA, YDNA,MyHeritage? ?Social networking and genealogy website’s DNA testing serviceNational Geographic’s Genographic Project? ?Old project tracking migration patterns worldwideNational Geographic Geno 2.0? ?SNP tests from autosomal, X, Y and MDT Oxford Ancestors? ?British DNA testing service, pioneer in DNA testingReferenceBeginners Guide to Genetic Genealogy Genetic Genealogist Blog? ?Keep up-to-date on the latest news on the big testing companiesTrace Your Roots with DNA: Use Your DNA to Complete Your Family Tree? ?Book by Megan Smolenyak, published in 2004 NOTE: Link to Searchable Databasesmitosearch? ?public database of mitochondrial DNA test results Note: Now part of FamilyTreeDNAybase??Y chromosome test participants from multiple studies, transferred to FamilyTreeDNA in 2011Family Health HistoryInformation and Free ToolsGenetics Home Reference? ?Guide to understanding genetic conditionsNational Society of Genetic Counselors Surgeon General? ?My Family Health Portrait web based toolCommercial ToolsLegacy Family Tree Progeny Software Death CertificatesObtaining US Death Certificates $ Emigration/ImmigrationBallinStadt Emigration Museum Hamburg? ?history of immigration from Hamburg, a key port for European emigrantsCyndi’s List? ?resources for ships and passenger listsCastle Garden? ?11 million immigrants to New York from 1820 to 1892 Ellis Island? ?records of millions of immigrants to American between 1892 and 1924Ellis Island Overview? ?from the New York Cleaning Service, with links to recordsGreat Migration?$? information about people who settled in New England between 1620 and 1640 EMILE – Early Migrant Letter Stories? ?Immigrant letters written to people in the old countries: Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy, Poland and Sweden. A Guide to Interpreting Passenger List Annotations? ?a comprehensive reference guide to interpreting the markings, or annotations, found on immigration passenger listsHamburg Passenger Lists 1850-1934?$? on Ancestry, with images, not completely indexedHamburg Passenger Lists, Handwritten Indexes, 1850-1934?$? ?on AncestryHistoric Ship Passenger Lists? ?ship passenger lists to the United States and Canada, many from Germany. Immigrant Ancestor’s Project? ?Brigham Young University has transcribed emigration records, records of departures. These records sometimes contain information on birthplaces not included in the immigration and naturalization records of the destination countries. Immigrant Servants Database? ?searchable list of colonial ancestors from Europe who were indentured servants, convict servants or redemptioners, from 1607 through 1820Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild? ?transcribed ship passenger listsImmigrants to Canada? ?links to emigration and immigration reports on nineteenth century immigrants to Eastern Canada Immigration History Resource Center? ?the University of Minnesota’s collection of primary sources on immigration, including letters, diaries, and oral histories from North American immigrants during 1800-1950Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930. ? Harvard University Library, Open Collections Program?digitized books, maps, photographs, maps and manuscripts on immigration to the USLibrary of Congress: Guide to Published Sources for Immigrant Arrivals Mayflower 2020? ?New England Historic Genealogical Society’s interactive website with free access to biographies of the Pilgrims and an online gallery for descendantsPassport Records? ?how to obtain passport records from the U.S. Department of State Olive Tree Genealogy? ?many passenger recordsThe Original Lists of Persons of Quality Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700? ?John Camden Hotten’s 1962 book with the names of more than 11,000 emigrants from England to the United States from 1600 to 1700The Scots Irish Journey to the New World? ?description of five ships of Ulster Scots to Boston in 1718 The Ships List? ?immigration reports, newspaper records, shipwreck information Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England? ?Charles Banks’ 1937 book with records of almost 3000 emigrants listing their home in England, ships in which they sailed, New England towns they settled in and reference to sourcesTracing Immigrant Origins? ?lessons on how to find your immigrant ancestorsUS Citizenship and Immigration Services? ?naturalization files (1906 to 1956), visa and citizenship applications?$US National Archives Archival Database System Ethnic GroupsAfrican American HYPERLINK "" \t "extwindow" AfriGeneas? ?African American genealogy, researching in the Americas, with a great “getting started” guide American Slave Narratives? ?from the Federal Writers’ Project, with more than 2,300 interviews and photos of former slaves taken between 1936 and 1938 with first-hand accounts of their experiencesBlack History Collection?$? from Fold3 with Anti-Slavery Manuscripts, Civil War records, Amistad Federal Court records and much moreCohabitation Registers – Virginia Memory Project? ?1866 registers by which formerly enslaved couples legitimized their pre-slavery marriages and children of unions that no longer existed in 1866 due to circumstances such as the wife being sold away Digital Library on American Slavery? ?at the University of North Carolina, includes detailed information on about 150,000 people extracted from 18th and 19th century recordsFree African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina and Free African Americans of Maryland and Delaware? ?Paul Heinegg’s published work on free African Americans online with about 2,000 pages of family histories based on colonial court order and minute books, free Negro registers, marriage bonds, census records and abstracted tax lists The Freedmen’s Bureau Project nearly 1.8 million men, women and children are now searchable online.Lowcountry Africana? ?African American genealogy in the historic rice-growing areas of South Carolina, Georgia, and northeastern Florida, hosts a wealth of more unique record types including labor contracts, transportation requests, and field reports from the Freedmen’s Bureau, and 1868 voter registration records Maryland State Archives – Legacy of Slavery in Maryland? ?with a searchable database, case studies and interactive maps University of North Carolina Greensboro? ?with slave diaries and slave insurance policies JewishAvotaynu? ?Consolidated Jewish Surname Index Avotaynu Online? ?Reviews of Jewish genealogy and family history and all articles from 2007 to 2011 published in the quarterly journal AVOTAYNU, the International Review of Jewish Genealogy Jewish Family History Collection? ?Ancestry’s free collection of historical Jewish recordsJewishGen??Jewish genealogy network with Family Finder database of 400,000 surnames and townsPre-World War II Jewish Life Images? ?Database from The International Center of Photography in New York and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. with 9,000 images of Jewish life in Central and Eastern Europe prior to World War II Genealogy NewsBlogsGenealogy Blog Finder find a blog on the genealogy topic of your choiceAncestry? ?the latest articles from ancestry, monthlyEastman’s Online Genealogy Daily Blog? ?Daily Blog from Dick Eastman, with lots of tips on genealogy technologyGenealogy Blog? ?Everton Publishers Genealogy Explained? ?an educational blog designed to help weekend warrior genealogists learn how to climb their family trees.Genealogy Insider? ?from Family Tree MagazineGenealogyInTime? ?a free online genealogy magazine containing genealogy news, articles and linksGenes-Musings? ?Randy Seaver’s genealogy research tips and techniques, genealogy newsIrish Genealogy News? ?Claire Santry’s outstanding blog of Irish family history newsThe Legal Genealogist? ?Blog of Judy G. Russell, helping us understand the law and how it relates to genealogy researchPhoto Detective? ?Maureen Taylor’s tips on uncovering your ancestry through photographs No Longer Active. Moved to Steve’s Genealogy Blog? ?Stephen Danko’s blog about Polish history, his family ancestry and organizing your treeUpfront? ?the latest genealogy news from the National Genealogical SocietyVita Brevis? ?from the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), with short essays by the Society’s expert staff on their own research as well as news of the greater genealogical communityNewsletters & MagazinesFiske Genealogical Foundation Newsletter Historic Pathways? ?a collection of her articles and genealogical case studies from Elizabeth Shown Mills, available for downloadPrologue? ?the National Archives quarterly magazine, some articles free onlinePodcastsExtreme Genes? ?weekly radio show and podcast about genealogy researchFamily Tree Magazine Podcast? ?Lisa Louise Cooke hosts interviews with experts and news from managing editor Diane HaddadGenealogy Gems? ?podcast from Lisa Louise Cooke covering all aspects of genealogy research. Genealogy Guys? ?podcast discussing current genealogy news with archives that go back all the way to 2005. Irish Roots? ?Irish Family History broadcasts with extensive archive National Archives? Know Your Records?workshops??on using their recordsNational Archives of England Podcast Series? ?lectures on English genealogy researchVideoAncestry’s Youtube Channel? ?Instructional videos on using Ancestry, grouped in playlistsFamilySearch Youtube Channel? ?Short videos with tips, news and getting started ideasLand RecordsArphax Publishing’s Family Map Series of Land Patent Books? ?can be ordered hereAmerican State Papers? ?38 volume set of Congressional Documents from 1738-1838, includes many special land grants for individuals and small groups General Land Office (GLO) Land Patents Database? ?from the Bureau of Land Management, federal land title records for Eastern public land states (1820 to 1908). Note that once land was transferred out of Federal custody, records were kept by the county.General Land Office (GLO) Land Patents Related Websites Homestead Records $? ?now online at Fold3, starting with NebraskaLand Records at the National Archives Maps of U.S. Territories and States, 1789-present Public Land Act of 1796? ?from the Library of Congress American Memory Project The French Grant in Alabama: A History of the Founding of Demopolis? ?1904 work by Gauis Whitfield, Jr. with a list of French grantees in Alabama Arkansas History Commission Land Records? ?searchable index of records from 1853 to 1956, can order copies of claim documents Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands Office? ?includes documents on the Louisiana Purchase, Spanish Land Grants, Military Bounty Lands and New Madrid claims Florida Spanish Land Grants? ?digital copies of land claims filed by Florida settlers after the transfer of the territory from Spain to the United States in 1821, documenting original land claims going back to 1790Georgia Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909 Georgia State Archives? ?Bounty certificatesGeorgia’s Virtual Vault? ?Headright and Bounty Plats of Survey, 1783-1909.Hawaii Online Land Indexes? ?index card abstracts with information from original documents, work ongoing Kentucky Military District Kentucky Land Offices Databases? ?Virginia and Old Kentucky Patents, Revolutionary War Warrants, County Court Order PatentsMaryland State Archives? ?digitized volumes of Provincial Court Land Records (1676-1700), plus access links to digitized land records and survey/plat mapsMaryland State Archives Guide to Revolutionary War Research Salem Massachusetts Historic Deeds? ?browsable digitized images from the first twenty books of Essex County, Massachusetts land records, from 1641 to 1709 Minnesota Maps? ?original land surveys and plat books 1848 to 1907, Bureau of Land Management maps up to 2001 Missouri State Archives Land Records? ?search the index online and order a copy of the land document for?$1New Hampshire County Registries of Deeds? ?links to New Hampshire counties that have index and/or image records of their land deeds online, many including historical deeds New Jersey Colonial Land Surveys and Warrants, 1670-1727? ?search the index and order original records from the New Jersey State Archives New York State Land Bounties? ?with applications for land grants 1642-1803 (63 volumes with volumes 37-63 covering Revolutionary bounty land), Military Patents 1764-1797, Abstract of Patents for Lands in Military Tract, Register of Military Land Bounty Patents (the Balloting Book and more) 1825 and Record of Deeds 1652-1884. New York and Land and Property Pennsylvania Land Records at the State Archives? ?scanned records including patent indexes, survey books, warrant books, donation lands, depreciation lands and land grant applications South Carolina Plats for State Land Grants, 1784-1868? ?searchable index from the Department of Archives and History Texas General Land Office – Land Grants & Maps? ?searchable Land Grant Database with listing of original land grants from the Texas General Land Office (GLO), including Spanish, Republic and State land grants, many digitized and more than 2 million maps Library of Virginia’s Digital Collections? ?with Virginia Land Grants 1623-1779, grants made in the Northern Neck of Virginia 1623-1779 and grants made by the state after 1779 Virginia State Archives Research Note? ?guide to researching Virginia Revolutionary War recordsMapsAncestry ($ or access at library or local Family History Center)? Collection of maps, atlases and gazetteers, subscription requiredAnimap $? Purchase software to show U.S. state and territorial boundary changes from 1776 AnyPlace America? Free US topographical maps, good for finding small watercourses and springs in land descriptionsArphax Publishing’s Family Map Series of Land Patent Books? can be ordered hereAtlas of Historical County Boundaries Project? Newberry Library’s interactive state maps showing county boundaries with user setting the yearAtlas of the Historical Geography of the United States? the University of Richmond’s digital edition of Charles O. Paullin and John K. Wright’s 1932 atlas, animated to show change over time with clickable underlying data Cassini Maps? detailed historical maps for England and Wales, dating from 1853 Charles Booth Online Archive? the London School of Economics poverty maps of London from 1886 to 1903.David Rumsey Historical Map Collection over 13,000 maps, primarily 18th and 19th centuryDollarhide’s Census Map Guide? ?Collection of?Dollarhide’s Census Map Guide showing how each State’s counties changed over time is available?at home with Kitsap Regional Library card. Click on Research>Genealogy>Heritage Quest>Maps Early Irish Maps c.1558 – c.1610? National Archives collection of early maps of Ireland, created when land ownership was transferring from the native Irish to English settlers, $ to download maps Falling Rain? Interactive mapping software for the entire world Fold3 $?Maps Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)? information about physical and cultural geographic features in the US and associated areas, current and historical (not including roads and highways)Google Earth? Free software showing maps and satellite imagery for the worldGoogle Maps? Interactive mapping software for the entire worldThe Gough Map of Great Britain? 14th century map of England The Growth of Newspapers across the U.S., 1690-2011? Visualization of newspapers acorss the U.S. over time Historical County Boundary Maps? trace US historical county boundaries on Google mapsHistorical Map Archive? University of Alabama’s historic maps of the world Historic Mapworks ($ or access at local Family History Center)? Searchable GIS maps for the 19th and early 20th centuriesIrish Historic Maps? Ordnance Survey Maps 1829-1842, ($) to downloadLibrary of Congress Map Collections 1500-2004 Library of Congress Panoramic Maps 1847-1920 Locating London’s Past? 1746 map of London overlaid on a Google map, created by the Centre for Metropolitan History and Museum of London ArchaeologyMap of US? Historical animated maps showing county boundary changes and county boundaries for each U.S. census yearMap Warper? allows you to overlay an historic map onto a modern map and rectify the two, downloads of more than 20,000 maps of places around the world maps. Mapping programs for county boundaries, latitude/longitude and more Mapping Migration in the United States? shows resident populations of each state for 3 different years, 2012, 1950 and 1900, and their places of birthNational Library of Scotland? Find maps of England, Scotland, Wales and IrelandNorman B. Leventhal Map Center? Boston Public Library’s collection of 200,000 maps and 5,000 atlases illustrating the development of mapmaking. Special focus on New England but other areas of the country and world are included.Old Maps of New England? Wall maps of the late 1850s of Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine. Reproductions and CDs available Old Maps Online? Gateway to historical maps in libraries around the worldPerry-Casteneda Library Map Collection? at the University of Texas, an extensive collection of maps of all parts of the worldSanborn Fire Insurance Maps Library of Congress Collection? Useful for finding homes of urban ancestorsSanborn Maps –?How to Use the Library of Congress’ New Sanborn Maps for Genealogy? Family Tree Magazine Genealogy/Insider BlogSepiatown? Collection of mapped historical images from around the world, users can contribute images. UK Ordnance Survey and Historic Maps United States Census Maps & Data? Census data mapper, reference maps and thematic maps United States Digital Map Library? USGenWeb Archives collection with US maps, state and county maps and Indian land cessions United States National Archives Finding Aid for Selected Maps of States and Territories? describing approximately 900 state maps from their holdings, to order maps on or off-siteUniversity of Virginia’s Cultural Maps? with links to online maps including historical maps and geography. US Genweb? volunteer site organized by state and county, with many maps US Geologic Survey Historical Topographical Map Collection? high resolution topo maps of the contiguous United States, $ to order map or downloadUS Historic Maps of New England and NY? from the University of New Hampshire Library MigrationCalifornia Bound? ?transcribed passenger lists for ships and wagon trains traveling to California between 1848 and 1873 RoadTrails? ?Early American Roads and Trails by Beverly Whitaker, MA Canal Records? ?History of the Erie Canal and the area around Rochester, New York New York State Canal Records? ?a guide to canal records in the New York State Archives National Road? ?paper on the Historic National Road Oregon-California Trails Association Oregon Trail Center Trails of Hope: Overland Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869? ?a collection of the original writings of 49 voyagers on the Mormon, California, Oregon, and Montana trails who wrote while traveling on the trail MilitaryMilitary HistoryAir Force Historical Research Agency Army Military History Institute Naval Historical Center North American Forts 1526-1956? catalogue and gazetteer of forts and fortresses, trading posts, camps, stockades, blockhouses, garrisons, arsenals, and seacoast batteries in the United States and Canada and Associated TerritoriesUS Army Center of Military History? free online publications covering most US conflictsMilitary RecordsAmerican Battle Monuments Commission? database of American military buried or declared missing in action outside the USAncestry’s Military Records $? collection includes the Revolutionary War, Civil War, World Wars and other conflictsfold3 (formerly footnote) ($ or access at NARA or local Family History Center)? premier collection of US military recordsLibrary of Congress National Archives: Military Resources? genealogical resources for wars from the Revolutionary War to current timeNaval History and Heritage Command? everything about US naval history: officer list from 1775 through 1900; photos of ships, naval personnel and aircraft; the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)? order individual Official Military Personnel Files (OMPFs) of Army, Army Air Corps, Army Air Forces, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard military personnel who served and were discharged, retired or died while in the service, prior to 1946Papers of the War Department 1784 – 1800? database of 55,000+ documents from the Department of War whose files were mostly destroyed by fire in 1800 US Army War College? archives include personal papers, diaries, letters, photos and rare books US Department of Veterans’ Affairs Nationwide Gravesite Locator? lists burials of military personnel and family members in US military cemeteries. Listings date from the Revolutionary War to the presentUSAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers–1908 to Present? serial numbers for aircraft of the US Air Force and its predecessors from 1908 to the present. Civil WarAmerican Civil War Research Database $? subscription site with Confederate and Union soldier’s records, regimental rosters, regimental chronicles, officer profiles, soldier photographs and battle synopses. Civil War? timeline, battle maps, photos the Official Record (OR) and account from the commanders. Civil War Richmond? documents, photographs, and maps about Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors?Database? Online indexCivil War in Virginia: Walk in Their Footsteps? track a soldier’s history across Virginia’s Civil War sites and plot a “Battle Plan” travel itinerary. Genealogy Trails? soldier and burial records for Union soldiers who died between 1873 and 1903 and a few War of 1812 veterans. NARA’s Access to Archives Civil War Series? searchable databasesNARA’s Confederate Pensions information and links about obtaining pension papers from the individual Southern state archives SUVCW National Grave Registration? search for civil war graves at the Sons of Union Veterans of the Union Civil War Virginia Tech University’s Special Collections – American Civil War Manuscript Guides Revolutionary WarAmerican Archives Documents of the American Revolutionary Period, 1774-1776 – Southern Illinois University Libraries? Historical military manuscriptsAncestry’s Revolutionary War Collection ($ or access at your local library or Family History Center)? subscription required. Daughters of the American RevolutionDaughters of the American Revolution DAR Bible Records Index? Index to more than 40,000 digitized family bible records DAR Library Search Services ($)? to order records from the DARDAR Genealogical Research System? Several databases containing information submitted by descendants of people who fought in the Revolutionary War.DAR Library GRC National Index? Hourly based search service for a feeDAR Patriot Index Lookup Service? Request a volunteer to look for your ancestor (free), order records $Sons?of the American RevolutionSons of the American Revolution Fold3 (formerly footnote)? images of documents from the National Archives, subscription required for some $Kentucky Revolutionary War Land Warrants? digitized images of the actual warrants many of which were issued to men from Virginia. Library of Virginia National Archives: Military Resources: American Revolution Pennsylvania State Archives Revolutionary War Timeline Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters? Collection of transcribed pension statements for Revolutionary War soldiers who served in the Southern Campaign, many of whom ended up going north or west after the war. The United Empire Loyalists? Revolutionary War Patriots who were loyal to the Royal Standard, includes Loyalist directory. War of 1812Letters Received By the Adjutant General, 1805-1821 ($ or access at NARA or local Family History Center)? from Fold3War of 1812 Pension Files? joint project between Fold3 and the Federation of Genealogical Societies, currently active and seeking volunteersWar of 1812 Prize Cases, Southern District Court, NY ($ or access at NARA or local Family History Center)? from Fold3War of 1812 Service Records? from Fold3, always free, created from muster, pay, receipt and other rolls for soldiers and sailors who served in the warLosses from the Board of Claims (1813 to 1848)? from Library and Archives Canada. Upper Canada (primarily Ontario) militia returns, nominal rolls and playlists? from Library and Archives Canada. Lower Canada militia returns, nominal rolls and playlists? from Library and Archives Canada. Miscellaneous Records? from Library and Archives Canada. World War IIWorld War II Databases at NARA? US Army (including Women’s Auxiliary), Prisoners of War, Prisoners of the Japanese, Japanese-American internees, Naval Intelligence personnelNewspapers19th Century British Newspapers?$? ?24 hour/100 article maximum or 7 day/200 article maximum passes availableAccessible Archives ($?or access with your King County Library card)? ?19th century Pennsylvania , 18th century South Carolina Civil War era and African American newspapers. The Ancestor Hunt? collection of more than 17,500 links to free newspapers all organized by country and state. British Newspaper Archive?$? ?Collection of more than 65 million articles from British newspapers over the past 300 years. Searches free,?$?to download imageCalifornia Digital Newspaper Collection? ?this collection contains 279,364 issues comprising 3,678,929 pages and 20,161,399 articles.Chronicling America? ?links to online historic newspapers and a directory of holdings of American papersCranbury Public Library, Middlesex County NJ? ?The Cranbury Press newspaper database from 1886 to 1926Elephind? ?search engine for digital newspaper collections in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore with dates spanning 1803 to 2011European Newspaper Archives?? free newspaper archives for the UK, Ireland, Wales, Germany, France and the rest of Europe. Find My Past Newspapers and Periodicals? British, Irish, US and World Newspapers and PERiodical Source IndexGenealogyBank ($?or access with your Seattle Public Library card)? ?US Newspapers from 1690 to 1977, subscription requiredGoogle’s News Archives? ?Google searches a vast number of news sitesThe Green Free Public Library Newspaper Archive? ?Scanned images of six Wellsboro, Tioga County newspapers, from 1838 to 2006Historic Oregon Newspapers Historical Newspapers of England?$ Hudson River Valley Heritage Historical Newspapers Journalism’s Voyage West? ?Stanford University’s data visualization of rural newspapers in the western United States over three centuries. The Lancaster (PA) Historical Society? ?with the Columbia Spy newspaper from 1830 to 1889Monroe County (WI) Local History Room Museum? newspaper index. Montana Newspapers? Montana Historical Society’s free portal for digitized newspapers. New York State Historic Newspapers Newspaper Abstracts? ?Abstracts and extracts from historical newspapers. Newspapers?$? Ancestry’s historic newspaper subscription service. Newspapercat? ?Catalog of digital historical newspapers from the University of Florida, for the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. Old Fulton New York Postcards? Searchable database of digitized papers from NY State. Online Historical Newspapers Website?? Extensive collection of links to online newspapers in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland and Mexico, both free and pay sitesRutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library, Ohio Obituary IndexSmallTownPapers? ?Group of about 250 little community newspapers from various years and many states. South Dakota State Historical Society Newspaper searchWashington State Library? Newspapers?database and indexesOrganizationArchivalStorage Products11×17? ?oversized binders and protective sheetsArchival Supplies? ?binders with slipcasesLight Impressions? ?archival and presentation supplies. Printfile? ?paper and plastic supplies to preserve your family heirloomsUniversity Products? ?“the archival company”Paper DeacidificationTalas? paper deacidfying sprayVideo on Paper Deacidification Spray FormsDownloadable Forms? ?Charts and forms including five generation, deed indexes, research check lists, census, correspondence log. ServicesBook Binding and Bible RestorationPhil’s Custom Bindery? ?in Seattle, WashingtonDuckabush Bindery? ?in Port Ludlow, Washington. Personal HistoryChristopher Davenport Films? ?Learn how to make a personal documentary, free newsletter. Preserving Heritage? ?Beautiful hand-crafted family history books, custom family trees and document preservation. Photo and VideoAcadia Imaging Service Bureau? ?Seattle company. Slide and photo scanning. Creative Memories? ?Digital scrapbookingDigMyPics? ?35mm slide scanning, film scanning, print scanning, photo restoration services and photo archival products. Scansafe? ?Send your images and documents to be scannedPrinting, Laminating and Spiral BindingBlue Sky Printing? ?in Poulsbo, Washington. Custom Printing? ?on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Office Max? ?in Poulsbo, WashingtonSound Reprographics? ?on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Photographs Historical, Videos and AudioAncientFaces? ?browse and search old family photos for free or create a family page ($)DeadFred? ?genealogy photo archive, free or?$?for extra features. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online? ?more than 14 million photos, historical prints, cartoons, documentary drawings, fine prints, architectural and engineering designs WhatWasWhere? ?is historical photo archive where anyone can upload photos. Wikimedia Commons? a?media file repository?making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to everyone,?in their own language. The repository is created and maintained by volunteers.YouTube Time Machine? ?collection of audio and video snippets from 1860 to 2010. United StatesAmerican Memory? gateway to primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States, from the Library of Congress with other participating libraries and archives. American State Papers? 38 volume set of Congressional Documents from 1738-1838. European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750? a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750, covering the history of European exploration, portrayals of Native American peoples, natural disasters, disease outbreaks and slavery. Genealogy Resources by State? the U.S government’s list of states’ genealogy resources, with links to state archives and historical societies. Great Lakes Maritime History? includes both Canadian provinces and U.S. states that border the Great Lakes. Records include biographies, the 1930 census of merchant seamen, list of shipwrecks, lighthouses, obituaries and storms. Library of Congress State Digital Resources? memory projects, online encyclopedias, historical and cultural materials collections from across the US. National Portal to Historic Collections? search historic artifacts, photos paintings and documents across the U.S. and look at them online.The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America? is a leader in historic preservation, restoration and interpretation of historic sites. Website includes Museum Properties, an Ancestor Bibliographical Register and Ancestor Profiles.Reclaim the Records? group of not-for-profit genealogists, historians, researchers and others who are filing Freedom of Information requests to get public data back into the public domainUS genweb? links to state and county sites, some with records or indexes online. Western History and Genealogy? obituary databases, indexes to Centennial State pioneers, guide to Colorado place names, military records (including Nebraska Civil War records and the Western History Digital Photography CollectionWestern States Marriage Records Index? Marriage records (pre-1900) from Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, eastern Washington and Wyoming. Regions Appalachia RegionArchives of Appalachia – East Tennessee State University? ?provides a?comprehensive resource for the study of Appalachian history and cultural heritage.Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College??(Kentucky) Includes records that document the history and culture of the Southern Appalachian Region.AlabamaGeorgiaKentuckyNorth CarolinaTennesseeVirginiaNew England17th-c. New England Research Guide? David Dearborn from the New England Historic Genealogical Society’s free guide to books, finding aids, study projects and records, with a free hour long webinarNew England Marriages Prior to 1700 ($ or access at local library or Family History Center)? Database of Clarence A. Torry’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700Great Migration $? information about people who settled in New England between 1620 and 1640. Great Migration Begins $? immigrant to New England 1620-1633. Historic New England? a cultural history museum that preserves buildings and objects from the 17th century with photographs of buildings, artifacts and images of manuscriptsNew England Historic Genealogical Society $? the oldest genealogical society in the country, many online databases, particularly strong in New England. Subscription required for many but some are free.Old Maps of New England? Wall maps of the late 1850s of Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine. Reproductions and CDs available. Ray’s Place? Great resource for NE research, includes vital records, town histories, biographies and much more. Savage’s Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, before 1692? essential for early NE research. Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England? Charles Banks’ 1937 book with records of almost 3000 emigrants listing their home in England, ships in which they sailed, New England towns they settled in and reference to sourcesAlso see individual New England States:ConnecticutMaineMassachusettsNew HampshireRhode IslandVermontThe SouthColonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774 $? Ancestry database of Murtie June Clark’s 1983 bookDocumenting the American South The University of North Carolina Library’s collection of texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and cultureDuke University Library? manuscript collection for North Carolina and other southern statesDuke University Library? Women’s History & CultureFreedmen’s Bureau? ?Established after the Civil War to supervise relief and educational activities relating to refugees and freedmen. Lyman Copeland Draper Papers, 1854-1890 $? ? database of a publication of an Index to the manuscript collection in the Draper Collection relating to the history of Kentucky.National Archives at Atlanta? a center for the study of the history of the SouthRace & Slavery Petitions Project? ?Search database by name and/or StateSouthern Baptist Historical Library & Archives? worldwide center for the study of Baptist history, with biographies, finding aids and links online. Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters? ?Volunteers transcribed and contributed pension?applications. Search by name. Southern Historical Library Collection? the University of North Carolina’s Chapel Hill Library with finding aids, online exhibits and a digital collection of manuscriptsUniversity of North Carolina Library, Special Collections? ?North Carolina and the South in generalAlso see individual Southern States:AlabamaArkansasFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyLouisianaMississippiNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginiaWest VirginiaWestern StatesArchives West? descriptions of primary sources in the western United States, including correspondence, diaries or photographs with some digital reproductions. Mountain West Digital Library? portal to digital resources from museums, archives, colleges, universities and historical societies in Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada and Utah. Materials include photos, maps, art, videos, pioneer diaries, books, vital records and finding aids.Also see individual Western States:AlaskaCaliforniaIdahoMontanaOregonUtahWashingtonWyomingStatesAlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingWorldWorldGenWeb? genealogical, historical records and resources for many countriesCountries and RegionsArgentinaAustraliaAustriaCanadaCaribbeanCzech RepublicDenmarkEastern EuropeEnglandEstoniaFinlandFranceGermanyHollandHungaryIrelandItalyLuxembourgNorthern IrelandNorwayPolandRussiaScotlandSpainSwedenSwitzerlandWalesProbateU.S. Wills and Probate?Records Ancestry? ReferenceAbbreviationsAbbreviations found in Genealogy? good resource for deciphering documents in your research. Reference Books11 essential reference books for genealogists? from Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources? guide to genealogyThe Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy? a handbook and a guide to selecting, locating, and using appropriate primary and secondary sourcesCalendarsCalendar Years? explanation of old style dates (UK site) Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day: US Cities and Towns? obtain?the times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, transits of the Sun and Moon, and the beginning and end of civil twilight, along with information on the Moon’s phase, by specifying the date and locationDate Converter? converts between old style and new style dates. Perpetual Calendar? find day of week on any date in historyCitationsCiting Records in the National Archives of the United States GeneaBlogger’s Genealogy Source Citations Quick References Online! Reference guide to using Internet sources Simple Citations? Citing genealogical sources for your family history shouldn’t require a degree in rocket science. Diseases and Medical TermsAntiquus Morbus?a Glossary of Archaic Medical Terms, Diseases and Causes of Death Colonial Diseases and Cures DisastersGenDisasters? searchable excerpts from historical newspaper articles describing disasters across America. EpidemicsEpidemics in US 1628-1918 Timeline of Epidemics? list of major epidemics in the U.S. and around the worldHandwriting and Tools for Deciphering DocumentsDo History? includes diary of Martha Ballard and toolkit including article?How to Read 18th Century WritingBritish National Archives Paleography Section? is a gold mine of information including a handwriting tutorial. Dorchester & Fordington Glossary? Dictionary of term used in wills, inventories and other documents for the 17th & 18th centuries. English Handwriting 1500 – 1700? an online course describing writing tools, showing examples of handwriting styles in actual documents and transcriptions so that you can read along and get a feel for the script.FamilySearch Handwriting Help? articles and tutorials on reading handwriting from various times and placesHow to Read Old Handwriting? (Video) article from Ancestors magazineInternet Library of Early Journals? has digitized 18th and 19th century journals, offering a look at the use of words of these time periods. Medieval Handwriting? introduction to the history of medieval writing. Dianne’s Medieval Writing? a companion to the website Medieval Writing. Paleography? Hands-on experience for reading, interpreting and understanding early modern and medieval texts. Reading English Handwritten Records? tutorial from FamilySearch. Quirks of Old Documents? YouTube video from the University of VirginiaScottish Handwriting? provides an online tutorial in paleography in the context of early modern (1500-1700) documents.HistoryCivil War? timeline, battle maps, photos the Official Record (OR) and account from the commanders. Common-Place? interactive journal of early American life. eHistory? multimedia history, from Ohio State UniversityYale Law School’s Avalon Project? Collections include American Revolution; Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents; Confederate States of America; Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1789; World War II. LawBob’s Genealogical Filing Cabinet? Discussion of legal terms, especially in the colonial ages.Black’s Law Dictionary? Essential tool for examining old court documents and deeds, 1891 (first) and 1910 (second) editions. Bouvier’s Law Dictionary? Bouvier’s Law Dictionary 1856 Justia US Law? Reference for US primary, federal and state lawsThe Legal Genealogist? Blog on legal terms found in genealogyLocating People and BusinessesWhite Pages directory NOTE: DuplicateNamesFirst Name Abbreviations Given Name Alternatives for Irish Research? List of abbreviations, nicknames and surnames for Irish given names. . Note: Document is a PDFA Listing Of Some 18th and 19th Century American Nicknames? from the Connecticut State Library. Public profiler gbnames? Distribution of surnames in Great Britain in 1881 or 1998 Nicknames of Females? from Family Tree MagazineSurname Database? History and Origins of Family Surnames Surname Thesaurus? Good source of surname variations, up to 30 searches per day free Varieties and synonymes of surnames and Christian names in Ireland? Book published in 1905 on the Irish use of names, both in English and Gaelic. OccupationsColonial Occupations 1 Colonial Occupations 2 PlacesCity-County Search? find the county a city is currently located in, may be different historicallyRelationshipsRelationship Chart? determine relationship based on common ancestorReligious RecordsChurch Records? Research guides for religious records and directory of churches in the US. Presbyterian Historical Society? the National Archives of the PC (USA) and special collectionsQuaker Collection? Ancestry’s collection of records from the Society of Friends ($)England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Births 1578-1841? Findmypast’s collection of birth, marriage and burial records from The Society of Friends (Quakers) ($)Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives#? with biographies, newspapers, photo collections and useful links Swarthmore Friends Historical Library? Collection of records documenting the history of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and its concerns from the 17th century to the present, most not online but lots of information for researching Quakers. Copy and research services available.United Methodist Church – Genealogy and Family Research#? with clergy information, baptism and local church membership SoundexRootsweb’s Soundex Converter? codes surnames together that sound similar but have different spellings Social HistoryColonial North American Project? Harvard University’s digital portrait of Colonial life with images of diaries, journals, notebooks, and other rare documents from then 17th and 18th centuries The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA) – Cornell University? electronic collection of agricultural texts published between the early nineteenth century and the middle to late twentieth centuryLiving History Lectures? See performance clips and upcoming programs for Tams Alan, historian and living history performerSoftwareReviews and TipsCyndi’s List? articles, comparisons & reviews of genealogy softwareGenealogy Sotware – Mac? descriptions, reviews, free trial versions, comparisons, and tips from Mac usersGenSoftReviews? reviews of genealogy software, direct feedback from usersMacHeredis? French genealogy program now with an English version, excellent chartsiFamily? excellent program with only general citation support MacFamilyTree? program with a very different interface, great charts but limited documentation and supportReunion? considered by many to be the best genealogy program for the Mac PCAncestral Quest? good program for PAF users looking for additional features Family Tree Maker? includes a variety of trees and reports, easy to useLegacy Family Tree? comprehensive and easy to use program, standard version freePersonal Ancestral File (PAF)?free program from the LDS, very easy to use –?DISCONTINUEDRootsMagic? easy to use, full featured program The Master Genealogist?used by many genealogy professionals, rich feature set but somewhat difficult to use –?DISCONTINUEDUtilitiesGenSmarts? provides research recommendations and online links to expand your family tree ToolsArchivingPreserving Audio? New York Times Tips on Archiving Family History, Part 1. Need Account.Preserving Documents? New York Times Tips on Archiving Family History, Part 3. Need Account.Preserving Film and Photos? New York Times Tips on Archiving Family History, Part 2. Need Account.Collaboration and Social NetworkingAncestral Atlas? Map based genealogy site that enables you to add and share your family history events worldwide, free registration to add content, ($) for premium content and features Genealogy on FaceBook? List of 10,000+ links of English speaking genealogy groups on FacebookFindMyPast ($ or access at local Family History Center)? US, UK and Australia records, integrated with a family tree builderGenealogyWise? Social network, like Facebook, just for genealogists Geni? Networking and genealogy web site supporting basic family history data, can set privacy levels, free for nowMyHeritage ?Build family tree online or upload GEDCOM $MyTrees? Archives with more than 230 million names in pedigree files, $ monthly fee or free access if you submit your treeWeRelate? Wiki allowing genealogists to share information on common ancestors AND a genealogy search engineWikiTree? the Worldwide Family Tree WIKI, with “trusted light” system that allows you to collaborate with individuals you selectCustom Book Printing/Reprintinglulu? on-demand printer, great for self-publishingQuintin Publications? prints or produces digital versions of rare genealogy books Date CalculatorsDate Calculator? add to or subtract from a dateWeekday Calculator? find out the day of week for a specific dateImagesTinEye? reverse image search engine, find out if a photo or image has a match anywhere on the InternetLookupsBooks We Own? book lookups by volunteers Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness? Volunteer lookup directoryMoneyMeasuringWorth? compare the value of U.S. dollars for any year from 1774 SpellingSpelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada? table of commonly misread letters and another of phonetic substitutes, useful if a transcriber misread handwriting or if the creator of a record misspelled the nameTimelinesGenelines? customizable timeline charts that display your family history ($Ourtimelines? to create a custom timeline showing your ancestor’s life as it fit into history Tiki-Toki? timeline creation tool allowing you to visualize the passage of time through your ancestor’s life Timeline Tool? web-based tool allowing you to create an interactive timeline with audio and video WhoWhatWhen? database of people and events from 1000 BC to present TranslationBabelfish? to translate a block of text or a web pageCharacters in Foreign Alphabets? translate text from cursive to print and vice versa, useful for typing a name into a database that uses a foreign alphabet, also a virtual keyboard for characters of any Latin-based alphabet (Steven Morse Website)European Word Translator? translate words from English to European languagesFree Online Translations Google Translate translate text or an entire web page from one language into anotherWeb SearchingFamily Tree Search? GenealogyInTime’s search engine for family trees online Family Tree Searcher? search multiple family tree sites at the same timeGenealogy Search Engine? GenealogyInTime’s search engine for ancestral records Genealogy Search Help for Google? create better google searches for genealogyGenealogy Sleuth Search Engine? Google’s meta-search of five genealogy web sitesGoogle Search Engines by Country? GenealogyInTime’s list of google search engines by country Million Short? allows you to remove the most popular websites from your search resultsStephen P. Morse? search multiple databases (census, passenger records and more) with a one-step searchWaybackMachine? to access to old, no longer published websitesWolframAlpha? computational knowledge engine, useful for family history calculations, e.g. distance between places, day of week for a specific date, size of a county, relationships and moreVital RecordsCDC Vital Records Directory? Center of Disease Control’s directory of where to write for birth, marriage and death records in each stateDeath Indexes & Records? directory of links to websites with online death indexes, listed by state and county, includes death records, death certificate indexes, death notices & registers, obituaries, probate indexes, and cemetery & burial records.USGenWeb Archives? searchable state and county databases with marriage, cemetery and tombstone recordsvitalrec ?how to obtain vital records (birth certificates, death records, marriage licenses, divorce decrees, naturalization, adoption and land records) from each state, territory and county of the United States Cemeteries & GravesBillionGraves? images of headstones with GPS locations, with iPhone and Android smartphone apps so can easily add moreDaddezio? links to cemeteries across the US, Australia and Canada Findagrave? search 15 million grave recordsThe Farber Gravestone Collection? from the American Antiquarian Society, over 13,000 images of graves, most prior to 1800 in the northeastern US ? published transcriptions from 5,000+ cemeteries across the world Political graveyard? lists where dead US politicians are buried, includes political biographies US Department of Veterans’ Affairs Nationwide Gravesite Locator? lists burials of military personnel and family members in US military cemeteries. Listings date from the Revolutionary War to the presentFuneral HomesUSA Funeral Homes Online? Directory of funeral homes Obituaries & DeathsDeathIndexes? links to websites with online death indexes, listed by state and county. Included are death records, death certificate indexes, death notices & registers, obituaries, probate indexes, and cemetery & burial records.GenealogyBank Newspaper Obituaries ($ or access with your Seattle Public Library card)? searchable obituaries from 1690 to todayLegacy? searchable obituaries, guest books and memorial sitesObituary Central? search for obituaries and cemeteries in the US Request for a Deceased Individual’s Social Security Record? to order a social security record, can be used even without social security number when death wasn’t reported to the Social Security Administration PDF DocumentSocial Security Death Index? Steve Morse’s SSDI search, choose which search engine to useUnited States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014? FamilySearch’s index to recent obituary indexes on GenealogyBankWebinarsFamilySearch Webinars? hundreds of online genealogy classes GeneaWebinars? calendar and blog about genealogy training opportunities on the web Rootstech? presentations from the Rootstech conferenceWomenSallie Bingham Center for Women’s History & Culture? at Duke University Rubinstein Library. Published and unpublished materials that reflect the public and private lives of women, past and present.Women Physicians 1850s – 1970s – Drexel University College of Medicine? collection of correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, college records, images, diaries, publications and ephemera documenting the history of women physicians Women Working – Harvard University’s Open Collections Program? thousands of items that illuminate women’s work history from 1830-1900WritingMemoir Writing Maps ebook?? quickly access the pertinent, detailed memories needed to write vivid and complete life stories $Why Don’t You Finish That Book?? Author Timothy Hallinan addressing the would-be novelist, but applicable to family historians and memoirists as well StatesAlabama Alabama 1867 Voter Registration Records Database Alabama/America Timeline through 1840 Alabama Department of Archives & History (ADAH)? Civil War Service Database, 1867 Voter Registration Database, World War I Gold Star Database and Photo Database Alabama Mosaic? Electronically accessible repository of digital materials on Alabama’s history, culture, places, and people from Alabama’s archives, libraries, museums, and other repositories The French Grant in Alabama: A History of the Founding of Demopolis? 1904 work by Gauis Whitfield, Jr. with a list of French grantees in Alabama Manuscript Collections: Auburn University University of Alabama Birmingham Birmingham Public Library Samford University’s Special Collections? ?documents on the History of the University, The State of Alabama and Its People, and Alabama’s Religious Institutions through the acquisition of historically significant, rare and/or unique materials AlaskaAlaska’s Digital Archive? historical photographs, albums, oral histories, moving images, maps, and documents ArizonaArizona Department of Health Services Genealogy Page? birth (1855-1943) and death (1870-1968) indexes with images of the certificates Pimeria Alta Mission Records: The National Park Service Mission 2000 database contains records of baptisms, marriages and burials from the late seventeenth century to the mid-nineteenth century for the Pimería Alta missions of southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico ArkansasArkansas Commissioner of State Lands Office? includes documents on the Louisiana Purchase, Spanish Land Grants, Military Bounty Lands and New Madrid claims The Arkansas State Archives? has a wide variety of types of records.? From this page you can search for county records, military records, maps, newspapers, land records, church records, manuscript materials on microfilm, and the State Archives’ vertical and printed ephemera files. California California Bound? transcribed passenger lists for ships and wagon trains traveling to California between 1848 and 1873 California Digital Newspaper Collection? has over 200,000 newspaper pages from 1849 to 1911Claremont Colleges Libraries Special Collections? 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Cemetery, Census, Court, Death, Immigration, Land, Marriage, Military, Miscellaneous, Obituary, Probate and Voter Records OnlineColorado Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado?? La Plata County, Colorado, Marriages records inventory, from 1877 to 1959 Colorado’s Historic Newspaper Collection? statewide historical newspaper database, from 1859 to 1923Colorado State Archives? historical records database containing nearly 100 indexes with nearly 300,000 individual entriesDenver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Collection? Colorado marriage and divorce index, Denver obituary index, mining fatalities, state reformatory recordsFoothills Genealogical Society? searchable databases of Jefferson County marriages, obituaries, residents, funeral records, WWI draft registration and naturalizationConnecticutColonial Connecticut Records 1636-1776? complete, digitized volumes of the Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636-1776. Also,?includes court records. ?Access scanned images of all fifteen volumes by browsing an A-Z subject index, search by date, or search by volume and page number.Connecticut State Library? many genealogical and historical resources. Connecticut Town Clerks Portal? with land records for 70 of the 169 Connecticut cities and towns onlineConnecticut Towns and Counties? list of town name, county, year established, parent town and history of incorporation for every town in Connecticut. DelawareDelaware Online Genealogy Records: Guide to Delaware Online Genealogy Records for researching ancestry, family history and genealogy:?birth, marriage, death, census, church, military, immigration, and naturalization records.FloridaAlachua County Archives? marriage records 1837-1973, probate and court records, deed and mortgage indexes, census indexes, book transcriptions and images. Florida Memory Project? Confederate pension applications, WWI service cards, Spanish land grants and family papers Jacksonville Public Library Ansbacher Map Collection? a digitized historic map collection from around the world and focusing on North FloridaGeorgiaAtlanta History Center? an institution chartered to preserve Atlanta’s history, searchable online catalogs, and database of digitized photos, architectural drawings, finding aids and subject guidesColonial Will Books? beginning in 1754, from the Georgia Department of Archives and HistoryDigital Library of Georgia? Gateway to digitized books, manuscripts, photos, documents, newspapers, maps and more from institutions across the stateDigital Library of Georgia Historic Newspapers? collection of 14 historic newspapers spanning the years 1847 to 1922, searchable, original imagesGeorgia Archival Repositories? from the Society of Georgia Archivists, links to selected archival repositories in the state of GeorgiaGeorgia Archives Virtual Vault? Death certificates (1919-1927), Colonial wills, Confederate soldier information, historic maps and moreGeorgia Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909? database on?FamilySearchGeorgia Historic Newspapers– Search by title, date, county, and regionGeorgia History? the Georgia Historical Society with online collections, oral histories and digitized images of photographs, prints, artifacts, portraits, and manuscriptsHargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library? online collection includes Civil War documents, war diary, facsimile books, historical maps, images and broadsidesHeadright and Bounty Plats of Survey, 1783-1909? useful for early land records, from the Georgia Department of Archives and HistoryNew Georgia Encyclopedia? web-based encyclopedia containing over 2,000 articles about the state of GeorgiaSavannah Historic Newspapers Archive? online access to seventeen newspaper titles published in Savannah from 1809 to 1880, can be browsed by date and full-text searchableTroup County Historical Society Archives? digital archives of marriage records, deeds, photographs and oral history University of Georgia Libraries Wilkes County, Georgia “The Mother of Upper Georgia”? large compilation of record abstracts (land, deed, probate, tax lists), online books, histories, cemetery info and links for research in this very early and important NE Georgia county HawaiiHawaiian Genealogy Indexes? contains information extracted from the Hawaii State Archives including marriage records, court records (divorce, probate, wills), naturalization, denization and passports covering a time period of mid 1800s through early 1900s. IdahoBYU Idaho Special Collections and Family History? abstracts of Idaho death certificates from 1911-1956, marriage index for various western states ID Genealogy? Idaho genealogy and history, featuring ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records Idaho Genealogical Society? provides information about each county, quarterly newsletter, summary of Idaho Research Resources and links to Idaho related resources IllinoisBarrington Area Library? opens ‘local history’ page of the library; links to cemeteries, documents, histories, maps, and more Chicago Ancestors? with city directories, cemeteries, digital books, photos and much more accessed through a map interface, from the Newberry LibraryChicago Genealogist online collection of the quarterly journal published since 1967, from the Newberry Library Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court Naturalization Declarations of Intention? more than 500,000 naturalization petitions from 1871 to 1929 with transcribed summaries, $ to order actual record Cook County Vital Records? free search of Chicago area birth, marriage and death records; free account registration required to view summary information, download copy $ Illinois State Archives? indexes to a variety of vital statistics records, court records, almshouse registers, and veterans’ rollsOld Maps of Chicago? digitized maps of Chicago at least 70 years oldWheaton Public Library? vital records index containing births, deaths and marriage compiled from early Wheaton newspapers IndianaAnderson Public Library, Madison County? obituary list 1921-1967, cemetery database, naturalization records Edinburgh Public Library, Johnson County? 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Indiana State Library’s collection of small-town newspapers across Indiana, with digital images Indiana City Directories? list of directories organized by country, indicating which are available on AncestryIndiana State Archives? more than 2.7 million online digitized records dating back to the Civil WarIndiana State Library-Genealogy Division? index of marriages through 1850, newspaper indexes, World War II servicemenIndianapolis City Directory Collection? from Indiana University-Purdue University’s University Library Kokomo-Howard County Public Library? online genealogy and local history of Indiana’s 92 counties, focus on Howard County and the adjacent counties of Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Grant, Tipton, and MiamiMarion Public Library, Grant County? Search the Indiana History and Genealogy Database and order records Owen County Historical and Genealogical Society? Lots of searchable databases: assessor’s lists, census indexes, vital statistics, divorces 1819-1871, probate court records, and links to obituary index. Thorntown Public Library Local History & Genealogy, Thorntown, Indiana? Area Records: Local Histories, Funeral Homes Records, WW II Indexes, and Photograph Collection Vigo County Public Library, Terre Haute? Wabash Valley (includes both Indiana and Illinois) obituaries, marriages and online books IowaDavenport Public Library Special Collections? online index to books, maps, archives and manuscript collections, newspapers on microfilm, pamphlets, videos, and oral history tapesIowa Genealogical Society Iowa Gravestone Photo Project? Iowa Historical Newspapers: Digitized: A-Z Cities/CountiesState Historical Research Centers— provides access to 209 million documents, photographs, newspapers and more (some online, others in the library)KansasDigital Library of the KSGenWeb? State-wide files & Project, links to county pages. Index to Fraternal Order Death Notices? Over 50,000 individuals for who a death was published in the proceedings of a fraternal order, from the Kansas Historical SocietyKansas Genealogy Trails? Free genealogy resources offered by volunteers Kansas History Web Sites? Documents for the study of American history, Kansas page Kansas Memory? Primary sources online from the Kansas Historical SocietyKansas State Historical Society (KSHS)? Research guides, vital records, Topeka State Hospital Cemetery patient case files, histories and maps of counties and photographsKentuckyBerea College – Hutchins Library Special Collections Bourbon County Genealogical Society? Transcriptions and images of bible records, cemetery records, gravestone transcriptions, land records, military records, obituaries, photos and vital records Filson Historical Society? Kentucky’s oldest privately supported Historical Society, founded in 1884Kentucky Confederate Pension applications? digital images of pension applications, sometimes the only surviving record of a soldier’s service Kenton County Public Library? geNKY Northern Kentucky Genealogy Databases and the Newspaper Index Northern Kentucky (available to all, other databases for cardholders only)Kentucky Department of Library and Archives – Catalog of Records? with online catalog and electronic archives of holdings in the State Archives and other Kentucky manuscript repositoriesKentucky Digital Library? online archives from Kentucky colleges, universities, libraries and historical society repositories with archives of civil and criminal court case files for most counties, microfilmed county records Kentucky Historical Society? Cemetery records database, oral history collection and digital libraryKentucky Land Offices Databases? Virginia and Old Kentucky Patents, Revolutionary War Warrants, County Court Order PatentsKentucky Pioneers $? records of Kentucky families, genealogies, wills, estates, inventories, bible records, books and moreKentucky Vital Records Project? view and print copies of death certificates, check vital records index for complete list Kentucky Vital Records Index The University of Kentucky’s selected vital records databases including Death Index 1911-1986 and 1987-1992, Marriage Index 1973-1993 and Divorce Index 1973-1993 Online Kentucky Ancestors Archive? online archives of genealogical journal from the Kentucky Historical SocietyOnline Kentucky Death Records and Indexes? some free, some ($)Virginia and Old Kentucky Patent Series Western Kentucky History & Genealogy? covers the counties of Christian, Crittenden, Caldwell, Livingston, Lyon, Trigg, and the land Between the Rivers (Trigg and Lyon Co and Stewart Co TN), an area that experienced lots of movement of settlers along the border between Tennessee and Kentucky in the early years LouisianaThe Archdiocese of New Orleans? historic records from the St. Louis Cathedral Louisiana State Archives Confederate Pension Applications Index? pension applications from soldiers or their familiesNotarial Archives’ Research Center and Historical Documents of the Orleans Parish Civil Clerk? with online indexes for the French Colonial records and the highly important Notarial Records are near the bottom New Orleans Public Library: Louisiana Division, City Archives and Special Collections? including the Louisiana Biography and Obituary Index (1804-1972) and New Orleans Justices of the Peace Marriage Records (1846-1880) MaineAbbott Memorial Library Obituary Database?? local obituaries from 1810 to 2006 Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire $? database of Charles Thornton Libby’s 1928 reference of every family in Maine and New Hampshire before 1699Maine Genealogy? links for all kinds of records for Maine genealogy, listed by record type, individual towns and cities and counties Maine State Archives? death records, marriage records, Revolutionary War land grant and pension applications and early court casesSnow Index to Brunswick Newspapers?? index to microfilm of Brunswick Newspapers at the Curtis Memorial Library MarylandMaryland 1783 Tax Assessment Index Archives of Maryland Online? city directories, probate and land records, military and early Maryland resources Early Settlers of Maryland? online index to books The Early Settlers of Maryland by Gust Skordas and Supplement by Carson Gibbs, with excellent explanationsHistorical Society of Frederick County Howard County Historical Society Marriage Licenses Database? marriage records from minister’s returns of marriage licenses and courthouse ledgers, between 1860 and 1939 Gaius Marcys Brumbaugh’s Maryland records, colonial, revolutionary, county and church, from original sources, Volume 1 Gaius Marcys Brumbaugh’s Maryland records, colonial, revolutionary, county and church, from original sources, Volume 2 Maryland State Archives? with Proceedings of the Council of Maryland for the earliest history and also the Protestant Revolution in Maryland Maryland State Archives – Census Index 1776, 1778, 1870, 1880 Maryland State Archives – Index to Chancery Court Papers Maryland State Archives – Church Records Maryland State Archives – Death Records Index? includes two general indexes from 1898-1951, selected indexes from 1875 to 1972 for Baltimore, searching abstracts, fee for actual records Maryland State Archives – Immigration & Naturalization Record Maryland State Archives – Land Records? includes lands no longer in Maryland Maryland State Archives – , a Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Records in Maryland Maryland State Archives – Marriage Records Maryland State Archives – Military Records Maryland State Archives – Patents Index Maryland State Archives – Probate Records Maryland State Archives – Probate Records, Colonial, Index, 1634-1777 Maryland State Archives – Legacy of Slavery in Maryland? with a searchable database, case studies and interactive maps Maryland 1783 Tax Assessment Index Washington County Free Library Historic Newspaper Indexing Project MassachusettsBillerica Public Library? databases including vital statistics, cemetery indexes, photos and maps for the town in Middlesex County, about 20 miles northwest of Boston Boston Athenaeum? digital collection including Boston Directory 1789-1900, manuscripts, photos, prints and rare books Boston Historic Burying Grounds Initiative? listing of grave markers of historic burying grounds in Boston, useful since early death records in Boston are far from completeBoston 1775? a look at history at the very beginning of the Revolution Boston Streets? from Tufts Digital Collections and Archives, with city directories, zoomable maps and photographs, cow paths mapping tool to plot images and directory information on a map Concord Free Public Library? surveys drawn by Henry David Thoreau, grave marker data and Concord historyHolbrook Collection $? images of Massachusetts town and county vital records from 1620 to 1988, ancestry subscription required or free at many librariesEarly Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850? John Slaughter’s collection of transcribed Massachusetts Vital Records, indexed by both town and surname Massachusetts Archives? collection of searchable documents from 1629 to 1799, transcribed immigrant records from 1848 to 1891 Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners?links to digital collections, (Find Books and Magazines Online menu)Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) – Manuscripts, Archives & Special Collections? ?find manuscripts, archives and special collections located in Massachusetts libraries (public and private), archives, historical societies, and town clerk’s officesMassachusetts Genealogy? a directory of more than 18,000 record sources for doing genealogy in Massachusetts, organized by county, town and record type. Middlesex County Massachusetts Probate Records?? collection of probate records, including wills, administrations and guardianships for the years between 1648 and 1871 for one of the four original Massachusetts counties, parent of both Worcester and Hampshire CountiesNative American Deeds?? records of land transfers between the Native American Indians and the English settlers in Essex County Northeast Massachusetts Digital Library? history collections including Antiquarian Papers from the Ipswich Public LibraryThe Pioneers of Massachusetts (1620-1650)? Charles Henry Pope’s 1900 book of 5000 settlers mentioned in the records of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts between 1620 and 1650Plymouth Colony Pages? resources for colonial ancestors in New Plymouth Colony in what is now Barnstable, Bristol and Plymouth Counties in MassachusettsRecords and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County? transcribed and abstracted records from the original court manuscript for Essex County, Massachusetts from 1636 to 1686 Salem Massachusetts Historic Deeds? browseable digitized images from the first twenty books of Essex County, Massachusetts land records, from 1641 to 1709 Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project? a collection of court records, record books, letters, sermons, diaries and maps from the Salem Witch Trials Sturgis Library, Barnstable, Massachusetts? on Cape Cod has newspaper archives and a digital archival database with manuscripts, early land deeds, photos and postcards Watertown Free Public Library? online images, maps and city directories (Find Books and Magazines Online menu)MichiganThe Making of Ann Arbor? Ann Arbor’s history told through texts, maps, postcards, and images of historic buildingsThe Making of Modern Michigan? local history materials related to communities throughout the state; including photos, family papers, oral histories, cemetery records, newspaper obituary indexes Michigan Department of Community Health’s Death Indexing System? Death records from 1867-1884 so far. Michigan County Histories? county histories from the collection published during the period from 1866 to 1926 Michigan Department of Community Health? transcribed Michigan death records from 1867 to 1885. Mount Clemens Public Library? Macomb County records including 1930 census index, cemetery index, city directory index, obituary index, military service-related indexes Michigan Family History Network? a volunteer supported site with transcribed birth, marriages and deaths from every county in the state Public Libraries of Saginaw Obituary Index Index to more than 200,000 obituaries from the Saginaw News starting in 1860Seeking Michigan? images of Michigan death records from 1897 and 1920 Index to more than 200,000 obituaries from the Saginaw News starting in 1860 University of Michigan Image Source? links to numerous photo archives and local historyWaterford Township Public Library? newspaper indexes, obituaries and death notices, censuses, cemetery indexes, biographies and mapsWestern Michigan Genealogical Society? index of death notices in West Michigan newspapers, Black Monument Company Records, Kent County Marriages, Western Michigan Obituaries, Kent School Records and more MinnesotaDalby Database? Compiled information on southern Minnesota genealogy including cemeteries, Civil War information, obituaries Minnesota Discovery Center?? with a genealogy database with birth, marriage and death records as well as alien registrations, naturalizations and obituaries from the stateMinnesota Historical Society? birth and death certificate indexes, resource guides and links Minnesota Reflections? collection from the Minnesota Digital Library containing more than 116,000 images, maps and documents from more than 133 of the state’s cultural heritage organizationsOlmsted County Historical Society? items include photographs, diaries, letters, newspaper articles, documents, cemeteries, etc. organized biographically.Redwood Falls Public Library? high school yearbooks, cemetery index, county histories of Redwood and Renville counties, Dakota conflict manuscripts US GenWeb for Minnesota? user submitted databases Winona Newspaper Project? online archive of three late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century Winona, Minnesota, newspapersYellow Medicine County Museum and Historical Society? indexes to births 1870-1910, deaths 1872-1910, historical society newsletter MississippiThe Itawamba Historical Society? census and tax records, Civil War records, property and court records and probate records. Some indexes online. Mississippi Digital Library? access to primary source materials from museums, archives, libraries, and other cultural heritage institutions throughout the state MissouriChristian County Library? census, church, county, marriage and funeral home recordsMcDonald County Area Obituaries? Nineteenth through twenty first century records Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 – 1966 Missouri State Archives? death certificate database, pre-1910 births and deaths, naturalization records, court papers, land patents and military recordsMissouri State Archives Land Records? search the index online and order a copy of the land document for $1Springfield-Greene County Library District? digitized collections St. Louis County Library (SLCL) Local History and Genealogy Collection? genealogical and local history materials, also the library holdings of the St. Louis Genealogical Society and the National Genealogical Society University of Missouri Newspaper Research? Missouri, International and Historical MontanaGreat Falls Genealogy Society? birth records (through 1933), marriage records (1910 to 1919), death records, cemetery records and local historiesLewis & Clark County Genealogical Society? indexes to births, deaths, divorces, naturalization records and probate records, obituary index, census indexes and cemetery records Missoula Internment Listing? searchable list of people buried at the Missoula Cemetery, with death dates, age at time of death and grave locations Montana Memory Project? access to digital collections and items relating to Montana’s cultural heritage and government including digitized copies of historic materialMontana Newspapers? Montana Historical Society’s free portal for digitized newspapers Montana State Genealogical Society? death indexes (pre-1954), Eastern Montana Marriage Records Index, Eastern Montana Naturalization Records and 1930 Census Index for Montana NebraskaLancaster County, County Clerk’s Office Marriage License Search?? marriage license application database from 1964 to presentNevadaNevada State Archives: Genealogical Research Resources? census database, Carson Appeal newspaper index, Nevada Appeal obituaries, Nevada State Prison inmate case files New HampshireConway Public Library? Conway vital statistics 1887 – 2004 Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire $? database of Charles Thornton Libby’s 1928 reference of every family in Maine and New Hampshire before 1699Historical Society of Amherst? a collection of digital images with searchable photos, vital records index transcribed by the town genealogist Lane Memorial Library, Hampton, New Hampshire? Hampton marriage records since 1888, probate records 1649 – 1770, cemetery records Keene Public Library? transcribed Keene vital records, local historyState and Provincial Papers of New Hampshire Index. Index and papers of 40 volume set of Revolutionary Rolls, Town Papers, Town Charters and Masonian Papers, Probate Records and Court Records between 1623 and 1800 University of New Hampshire Library? Digital Library Project, Collections including broadsides and poplar press, mapsNew JerseyBurlington County Library System – Bordentown Register Index? ?index to weekly newspaper from 1845 Cranbury Public Library, Middlesex County The Cranbury Press newspaper database from 1886 to 1926 Italian Genealogical Group? with databases of vital records and naturalizations in the New York City metropolitan area including New Jersey, not limited to people of Italian descentNew Jersey Colonial Land Surveys and Warrants, 1670-1727? search the index and order original records from the New Jersey State Archives New Jersey State Archives? early land records, marriage records 1666-1799, marriage indexes 1848-1867, Supreme Court Cases 1704 -1844 New Jersey State Library? Digital collection includes Civil and Revolutionary War records, a guide to city directories of the state.State of New Jersey State Index to Wills? Volume 1, before 1901 Trenton Historical Society? obituary indexes, city directories, cemetery directories, high school yearbooks New MexicoNew Mexico Digital Collections This site provides access to digitized manuscripts, as well as photographs, oral histories and maps from libraries and museums across New Mexico. Under Browse All Collections, the Newspapers Database tells where copies are available and includes links to digitized copies of some titles.New Mexico USGenWeb Project Archives Scroll down the page to search a statewide index to almost 51,000 deaths from 1899 to 1949. On the right, click on links to County List and Tombstone Photos Project for more resources organized by county. New YorkBrooklyn Newstand? digitized newspapers the Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1841-1955, Brooklyn Life 1890-1924 and Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island Society 1924-1931 Brooklyn Public Library’s collection of Digitized City Directories and Telephone Books, 1856-1967 City of Rochester Archives and Records Center? index of records from 1876 through 1932Dutchess County Ancient Documents Collection? 12,000 digitized pages of eighteenth-century legal documents from the Court of Common Pleas and General Session, searchable by keyword, party (individual names and party identifiers), record type, offense type and location of incidentFulton History? an outstanding collection of New York state historical newspapers. Appears to be Fulton Postcards Site.The Irish Mission at Watson House? digital archives and information about mission operated near Castle Garden by the Port of New York from 1883 to 1954, providing assistance to Irish immigrant girlsItalian Genealogical Group? with databases of vital records and naturalizations in the New York City metropolitan area, not limited to people of Italian descentNew England Historic Genealogical Society ($)? the oldest genealogical society in the country, many online databases, particularly strong in New England. Subscription required for many but some are free.New York City Directories The New York Public Library is in the process of digitizing 137 years of New York City directories.?New York City Genealogy? directory of New York City genealogy recordsNew York City marriage index, 1908-1929? scanned copies of records containing witnesses’ addresses, town of birth for bride and groom, father and mother’s country of birth, former spouses and moreNew York City marriage index, 1950-1995? 3.1 million searchable marriage licenses for New York City.??The index shows the first, middle and last names of the bride and groom, the borough and the year they were married.New York City Municipal Archives Online Gallery ?more than 800,000 digitized items including photos, maps, motion pictures and audio records. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYG&B) ($)? has digital copies of all issues of the?NYG&B Record?going back to 1870.New York Heritage?a research portal with access to more than 160 digital collections with historical, scholarly and cultural materials New York Historical Society? guide to the Records of the Children’s Aid Society?1836-2006 (bulk 1853-1947) New York State Military Records? records of individuals who served in conflicts prior to World War II, includes the New York State Civil War Soldier Database New York State Newspaper Project? database cataloging the state’s newspapers, to locate film and print versions Northern New York Library Network? Northern New York Historical Newspapers, North Country Digital History ProjectRochester City Directories? digitized directories from 1892 to 1920 (Monroe County Library System)Rochester Public Library? Rochester City Directories, Indexes to Primary Source Records and more (Monroe County Library System)Schenectady County Public Library – Schenectady Digital History Archive? New York census records, Schenectady church histories and records, indexes to vital records in newspapers and more Suffolk County Long Island Historic Newspapers? eight newspapers so far with more being added Westchester County Virtual Archives? Westchester County during the Civil War, historical context and background informationNorth CarolinaDavidson County, North Carolina Library – Family and Davidson County History Documenting the American South? The University of North Carolina Library’s collection of texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture, includes all published colonial records of North CarolinaDuke University Library Guilford College Friends Historical Collection collection of materials related to the history of the Religious Society of FriendsHighland Scots? from the North Carolina History Project Moravian Archives, Winston-Salem, North Carolina? the repository of the records of the Moravian Church, Southern Province, and its members dating back to 1753Mount Olive College Special Collections NCGenWeb Digital Bookshelf? directory for NC-related e-texts/documents that may be useful for your family history and genealogical research New Bern-Craven County Public Library? Craven County Digital History Exhibit, the New Bern Obituary Index, and Photographs, as well as African American, Genealogy, Colonial/Revolutionary Era, Civil War Era, and Military resources North Carolina Echo? search across thousands of historic materials from cultural institutions in North Carolina North Carolina Genealogical Society North Carolina GenWeb? user contributed information on North Carolina County recordsNorth Carolina History? from Colonial period to current dayNorth Carolina Maps? comprehensive, online collection of historic maps of the Tar Heel StateNorth Carolina Maps at East Carolina University North Carolina Room – Forsyth County Public Library? special collection focusing on local history, genealogy, local travel and culture, biography, literature and folklore, special collections, as well as state and local governmentNorth Carolina State Archives? with bible records, marriage and death notices, indices of marriage and death announcements, Civil War records and mapsNorth Carolina State Archives – original probate records? Search for MARSIds starting with 12.9 North Carolina State Archives – land grants index? Search for MARSIds starting with 12.14 Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society Online North Carolina Death Records Indexes and Obituaries? some free, some ($), includes images of death certificates from 1909-1975 available for download at ancestryScots in North Carolina before 1775? good background information State Library of North Carolina? bibliographies, vital records, bible records, marriage and death notices and cemetery photographsUniversity of North Carolina Library University of North Carolina Library – Historic Photo Collection University of North Carolina Library – North Carolina Maps University of North Carolina Library – Special Collections? North Carolina and the South in generalUniversity of North Carolina Charlotte – Special Collections? Western North CarolinaUniversity of North Carolina Greensboro? with slave diaries and slave insurance policiesWake Forrest University Special Collections & Archives North DakotaInstitute for Regional Studies at North Dakota State University? Searchable databases on divorce cases, probate, marriage licenses, biographies, obituaries, census records, naturalization and death indexOhioCarnegie Public Library, Washington Court House? Fayette County death index, births, obituaries from the Record Herald, St. Colman Church death records and moreCenter for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University? newspaper indexes, Civil War manuscript collections, Great Lakes databasesChampaign County Ohio Local History & Genealogy? GAR War Sketch Book, Obituary Index, Wills Index, Children’s Home Inmates, Guardianship RecordsCleveland Necrology File? the Cleveland Public Libraries database of clippings of paid death notices and local cemetery records for northeastern OhioDigital Shoebox?Historical Treasures of Southeastern Ohio Henry County Genealogical Society? Birth Records, Chattel Tax Records, Estate Records, Marriage Records, Naturalizations, 68th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and County Directory Louisville Public Library? Obituary database from the Louisville Herald and Canton RepositoryMassillon Public Library? selected resources of the Massillon Public Library’s (in western Stark County) local history collection: obituary index, The Rotch-Wales Papers Ohio History Connection? (formerly Ohio Historical Society – includes Ohio State Archives) Ohio Obit Collection? index to over 3,500,000 obituaries, death & marriage notices & other sources from Ohio from the 1810s to the present day. Actual obits may be ordered from over 60 partner libraries; only Hayes Library has online ordering.The Wales-Ohio Project? a digitized selection of Welsh Americana relating to the state of Ohio held at The National Library of WalesOklahomaOklahoma Department of Libraries? Commissioner of Confederate Pensions-Applications, Homestead Registers, Applications to the Bar and moreThe Pioneer Genealogical Society (PGS)? birth records for the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, an index of cemetery records, obituaries, marriage records, military records, property records and school records OregonGenealogical Forum of Oregon? databases indexing library: Multnomah County Marriage Records, Newspaper Obituary CollectionHistoric Oregon Newspapers? with digital images from by the Oregon Digital Newspaper ProgramOregon Historical Society Online Digital Archives Oregon State Archives Genealogy Records?? Find your records in the Oregon Historical Records Index or where to find them in either the Oregon County Records Guide or the Provisional and Territorial Records Guide Rogue Valley Genealogical Society (RVGS)? Indexes for obituaries, Jackson County Deeds, Juror List, Death Certificates, Birth and Wedding Announcements PennsylvaniaButler Area Public Library, Butler, Pennsylvania? Obituary Index Database Centre County Pennsylvania Genealogical Society? Bible records and 1930 census index online. Chester County Archives and Records Services? with a vast collection of indexes: births, marriages and deaths, criminal and prison records, naturalizations, occupation and licensing records, probate, estate and guardianship records and servant and slavery recordsErie County Public Library, Erie, Pennsylvania? Obituary Listings The Green Free Public Library Newspaper Archive? Scanned images of six Wellsboro, Tioga County newspapers, from 1838 to 2006Historical Society of Pennsylvania? online catalog, digital history projects and the Pennsylvania Magazine of History BiographyThe Lancaster Historical Society? with the Columbia Spy newspaper from 1830 to 1889Land Records at the Pennsylvania State Archives? Penn State Digital Library? Searchable newspaper databases, digital maps collections and the Eighth Air Force Archive Pennsylvania Archives on fold3 (formerly footnote)? Records from 1664 to 1880 include military, tax, marriage, land and historic documentsThe Pennsylvania Civil War Collection? Penn State’s collection of 11 newspapers published between 1850 and 1870 Pennsylvania State Archives? Civil War Veterans’ Card File, 1861 – 1866, World War I Service Medal Application Cards, Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File and more Pennsylvania State Historical and Museum Commission Digital Collection? finding aids, land records, military records and historical documents University of Pittsburgh’s Digital Research Library – Historic Pittsburgh? includes 500 books from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, maps collection, and census schedulesWestmoreland County, Pennsylvania? marriage license application database back to the late 1800s. Look under e-services, free general public access.Rhode IslandColonial Justice: Preserving and Digitizing Early Rhode Island Court Records? selected 1729-1812 records from the courts of Providence County, Kent County, and what was known as Kings County (now Washington County) Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island? genealogical data of about 500 Rhode Island pre-1690 settlers and their descendants (Books on Google)Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online? (RIAMCO) The gateway to information about archival collections in Rhode Island. Search the finding aids to discover what historical materials are available for research and where those collections are located. Rhode Island Digital Archives? detailed finding aids, images, and links to other resources Rhode Island Genealogical Society? ?Lists of early Rhode Island censuses, Rhode Island towns, and volunteer researchers by town, historic cemeteries database, links to Sheldon Family Association and Roger Williams Family AssociationRhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 ($)? digital images from James Newell Arnold’s 21 volume collection at NEHGS, ancestry subscription required or or free at many librariesSouth CarolinaThe Formation of Counties in South Carolina? maps tracing the formation of counties Access Genealogy’s Free South Carolina Genealogy Data and Links Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina? contains many Church of England colonial recordsFurman University Library Migration from South Carolina before the Revolutionary War Public Libraries in South Carolina The Huguenot Society of South Carolina Revolutionary War Timeline The Revolutionary War in South Carolina? USGenweb collection of materialsSouth Carolina – The American Revolution? Sciway’s collection of materialsSouth Carolina Baptists? 1935 book by Leah Townsend, Ph.D. The South Carolina Genealogical Society South Carolina Historical Society South Carolina Links at Cyndi’s List South Carolina Marriages, 1688-1799 $? Ancestry database of book by Brent HolcolmbSouth Carolina Plats for State Land Grants, 1784-1868? searchable index from the Department of Archives and History South Carolina Resources at Rootsweb South Carolina as a Royal Province? 1903 book by William Roy Smith (GoogleBooks)South Carolina State Archives Department of Archives & History? organization responsible for preserving and promoting the documentary and cultural heritage of the state with research requests and online indexes South Carolina State Archives Department of Archives & History – Digital Collections? with Colonial Plats, Militia Enrollments of 1869, Will Transcripts 1782-1855 and more. South Carolina State Archives Department of Archives & History – Database Search? of the full online collectionSouth Carolina State Archives Department of Archives & History – Online Records Index? online indexes for documents including Records of Confederate Veterans 1909-1973, Legislative Papers 1782-1866, Plats for State Land Grants 1784-1868, School Insurance Photographs 1935-1952 and Will Transcripts 1782-1855South Carolina State Archives Department of Archives & History – Maps South Carolina United Methodist Collection? South Carolina Methodist records dating to 1785, sketches of Methodist Preachers and photos Sciway? South Carolina’s Information Highway with a list of and links to archives, repositories, special collections, and museums in South CarolinaSpartanburg County Public Library, South Carolina? county death and obituary notices, World War II Photos of Camp Croft, links to sites of interest to anyone researching South Carolina University of South Carolina Libraries Warrants for lands in South Carolina, 1672-1711 South DakotaSouth Dakota Birth Records pre-1900? transcribed South Dakota State Historical Society? includes a newspaper vital records index starting in 1876 and an 1885 Civil War census of veterans living in Dakota Territory South Dakota Online Genealogy Records (Family Search)TennesseeAnsearchin’ News Archives? Issues of the quarterly publication from the Tennessee Genealogical Society back to 1954 Chattanooga Hamilton County Bicentennial Library Index to Local Obituaries? Index to obituaries from Chattanooga newspapers from 1897 through 2003Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA)? death records index, military records, Confederate Soldier’s home application index, Civil War Veterans’ questionnairesTennessee Bible Records? the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) collection of more than 1500 digitized bibles, searchable by surnameTennessee County Formation Maps? tool for visually tracking the formation of counties from 1770 to 1985 Tennessee Records Repository? archive of records for some Tennessee Counties University of Tennessee Libraries Digital Collections? documentary history, 1796 – 1850, database focuses primarily on antebellum TennesseeTexasAustin History Center of the Austin Public Library, Texas? list of burials in the Oakwood Cemetery, Austin’s oldest cemetery, online exhibits of Austin treasures and African American Sources resource guide Land Grant Database? listing of all original land grants that have been issued an abstract number by the Texas General Land Office (GLO) Portal to Texas History? gateway to Texas history materials with books, newspapers, maps, photos, with search engine and a collection of digitized images transcribedTexas Death Records, 1964-1998?transcribedTexas State Archives? maps, Republic claims (1835-1846), Confederate pension applications and more UtahUtah Digital Newspapers Utah History Research Center? Utah’s cemeteries and burials online, digital photos too Utah State Archives? searchable database of more than 250,000 death certificates, 1904 to 1958, with images of original records VermontVermont Historical Society under the Research tab, select Genealogy and then click on Genealogy Indexes & Lists to find links to PDF files with indexes and transcriptions of various Vermont records, including baptisms, marriages, deaths, naturalizations and town records.VirginiaAntient Press Books/Now Heritage Books? Northern Virginia/Northern Neck county record abstracts; books by Ruth and Sam Sparacio, The Antient Press; website contains lists of books for saleBest Sources for Virginia Research by Time Period? from the Library of Virginia Central Rappahannock Heritage Center? styled as the largest regional archives of records in Virginia, provides a searchable every name index to a variety of records for a variety of counties, some of which are part of the “burned counties”Colonial Williamsburg? educational site with online resources for people, places, life, the Revolution, trades, clothing, gardens and an online tour.The Daily Progress Newspaper? Charlottesville area newspaper starting in 1893, from the University of Virginia Fairfax County Public Library? Fairfax County cemetery survey, Fairfax County Slave and Free Colored Births, 1853 – 1871, historical newspaper index and more Fredericksburg Research Resources resources for the independent city of Fredericksburg including surrounding area Historic Court Records of Fredericksburg, Virginia? large collection of “loose papers” that have been collated, abstracted, and indexed for Fredericksburg, an independent city, not part of a county structureHow Virginia Got Its Boundaries? describes and illustrates with maps how Virginia land boundaries evolved from 1600 to 1867 Legislative Petitions Database? Petitions to the General Assembly from 1776 until 1865 including Public improvements, military claims, divorce, manumission of slaves, division of counties, incorporation of towns, religious freedom, and taxation Library of Virginia? research guides, indexed Confederate Veteran magazine, scanned family Bible records, death register index, wills and administrations, Confederate pension applications Library of Virginia’s Digital Collections (Virginia Memory)? with Virginia Land Grants 1623-1779, grants made in the Northern Neck of Virginia 1623-1779 and grants made by the state after 1779, Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Revolutionary War State Pensions, Chancery Court Index of digital case files by county and much more Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library? ?Records for Lancaster County & the Northern Neck with a card catalog & estate records Virginia Chancery Records Index? index database that also includes digitized chancery court cases for some counties (Virginia Memory Library) Virginia Colonial Records Project? index to almost 15,000 reports describing documents relating to colonial Virginia history, documents housed in repositories in Great Britain and Europe, survey report images online with references to microfilm of original documents Virginia Genealogical Society? with interesting publications, lists of genealogists and local newsVirginia Heritage – Guide to Manuscript Collections in Virginia? database of more than 12,000 finding aids providing information about manuscripts and archival materials in historical societies, libraries, museums, colleges and universities across the CommonwealthVirginia Historical Society? only have part of their collection online but you can order copies of papers, collection rich in private papersVirginia Historical Society – Manuscripts and Special Collections Virginia Historical Society, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007? (opens in FamilySearch website) with images on Familysearch, consult Wiki for details on collectionVirginia Historical Society, Historical Society Papers Wiki? FamilySearch Wiki details on the collection and how to use itVirginia Land Office Patents and Grants? images of land patents, Land Office grants, Northern Neck grants and recorded Northern Neck surveys Virginia Legislative Petitions Digital Collection (includes counties that became West Virginia)? digitized images including petitions from “burned counties” Virginia Military Institute Archives?Civil War Collections, Letters, Diaries, Manuscripts, Photos, Online Exhibits William and Mary University – Earl Gregg Swem Library Special Collections? with a catalog of manuscripts, rare books and periodicals WashingtonBainbridge Review, 1941-1946? World War II editions of weekly newspaper published by Walt and Milly WoodwardGIS Maps? Geographic Information System mapsTacoma Public Library? information on Tacoma and the Puget Sound RegionWashington State Digital Archives? huge collection of databases with birth, marriage and death, military, naturalization and institution records.Washington State Library? digital collection includes historical newspapers, maps and photosWashington State Library – County Directories? list of directories available for all Washington countiesWest VirginiaHacker’s Creek Pioneer Descendants?vital records, land records, county court records and much moreThe Vital Records Research Project? West Virginia county birth, marriage and death records and statewide death records West Virgina Division of Culture and History? scanned images of vital records WisconsinAppleton Public Library Obituary Index? partial index to obituaries and death notices published in Appleton newspapers from 1853 to 1991 Clark County, WI American Local History Network? Extracted online records: Biographical History, Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes, Probate Index, Miltary Records, Schools, Property Owners, Cheese Factories & Dairies Marshfield Public Library Genealogy Index? over 200,000 newspaper extracts for Wood, Clark and Marathon CountiesMilwaukee Public Library (Digital Library) “Remember When . . .” local history collection from The Milwaukee Journal, marriage certificates 1822 – 1876, historic photos and more The State of Wisconsin Collection of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Plat map books, local history collections, atlases and imagesWaushara County Obituary Database? Index of obituaries from 1865 through 2005Wisconsin Historical Society? Obituaries, biographical sketches, birth, death and marriage records, articles, memoirs, interviews, Civil War rosters and imagesWMJ Physician Obituary Database The Ebling Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison-Health Sciences specialized obituary index of physicians printed in the Wisconsin Medical Journal (WMJ) from 1903 to 2008. WyomingCampbell County Public Library? Vital Records Indexes and Cemetery RecordsWorldWorldGenWeb? genealogical, historical records and resources for many countriesCountries and RegionsArgentinaFamilysearch Argentina? online genealogy recordsAustraliaBiographical Database of Australia (BDA)? a research tool for historians and genealogists with transcripts and indexes of original records Library of Australia? directory of websites relating to family history and genealogy that guides, indexes and digitized imagesTrove? from the National Library of Australia contains historic newspapers, maps, images, books and moreAustriaGenTeam? collection of more than 11 million records for Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and Slovakia (English and German)Canada1921 Census of Canada ($ or access at local library or Family History Center)? Census of the Northwest Provinces, 1906? Census for the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, searchable by name, age and keyword. Archives of Canada? Census, Vital Records, Immigration, Land, Loyalist, Military, Naturalization records and resource guides Automated Genenealogy? Census transcriptions with links to images at Library and Archives Canada Canadian County Atlas Digital Project? Searchable database of property owners’ names from township maps in county atlases, from McGill University Canadian Naturalization 1915-1951? database of people who became naturalized subjects with roots that aren’t British from the Libraries and Archives Canada. Canadiana ?more than 21 million pages of Canadian historic records with 11 different collections including one on genealogy and local history Drouin Collection $? Searchable parish registers for the Province of Quebec, some from the Province of Ontario, the Maritimes, Acadia, some notarial acts and hundreds of other documents. Requires ancestry world deluxe membership.Can genealogy? Resource guide for Canada research Canada GenWeb? gateway to regional sites for each of the provinces and territories, historical maps, immigrants, family bibles and more Canadian Health Obituaries Index File? Osler Library at McGill University’s Index of Canadian Death Records from 1852 to 2000 The Canadian Immigrant Experience (Data moved here will not change) Canadian passenger lists from 1865 to 1922? from the Canadian Genealogy Centre, a part of Library and Archives Canada Canadian Passenger Lists from 1925 to 1935? digitized collection from Library and Archives Canada listing all ship passengers for the period 1925 to 1935 for most of the major Canadian port cities (North Sydney, Halifax, Saint John, Quebec City, Montreal, Vancouver and Victoria),organized by port and arrival date The Global Gazette? where to get vital records for each province Great Lakes Maritime History? includes both Canadian provinces and U.S. states that border the Great Lakes. Records include biographies, the 1930 census of merchant seamen, list of shipwrecks, lighthouses, obituaries and storms. Immigrants to Canada? surviving lists of immigrants arriving in Canada before 1865 Immigrants to Canada? links to emigration and immigration reports on nineteenth century immigrants to Eastern Canada Library and Archives Canada? site with censuses, land grants, WWI service files, immigrants at Grosse-Ile and divorce records (1841 to 1968) North American Forts 1526-1956? catalogue and gazetteer of forts and fortresses, trading posts, camps, stockades, blockhouses, garrisons, arsenals, and seacoast batteries in the United States and Canada and Associated Territoriesthe Shamrock and the Maple Leaf? Research your Irish ancestors in CanadaThat’s My Family?search tool connecting to federal, territorial and provincial archives, strong in French Canadian research Western Canada Directories? Links to Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan Directories Upper Canada Genealogy? Upper Canada, Canada West and Ontario record indexes, very useful if you don’t know exactly where your ancestor lived within the region. Original records can be ordered for a fee. Census Online Censuses? from 1825 to 1921, links to online census records for all provinces, from the Library and Archives Canada, includes research aids, links to directories and information on census returns on microfilm AlbertaGlenbow Museum, Calgary?documents of the history of western Canada including CPR Land Sales Catalog and Newspaper Clippings Catalogue NOTE: Being relocated to Glenbow Research Centre Summer 2019 at Columbia1901 British Columbia Census?? 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Digital images of vital records starting in 1864Nova Scotia genweb Routes to Your Roots? genealogical research and trip planningOntarioArchives of Ontario? history of Ontario, databases including immigration register and cemetery index and locator Huron District Assessment Rolls of 1842? ?the earliest official population and land records of the area Oxford County Library? collection of genealogy and local history related databases and indexes for southwestern OntarioPrince Edward IslandArchives Council of Prince Edward Island? searchable database of descriptions of archival holdings held in repositories across PEI Island Register Genealogy QuebecProgramme de Recherche en Demongraphie Historique $? Quebec parish registers from 1621 to 1799, burial records from 1800 to 1850. Search for free, results for fee.Quebec Family History Society $? with Gary’s Genealogical Picks, research tips, surname interests, and a bulletin board and the the new Jacques Gagne Church Compilations in the members sectionQuebec Records? from the Drouin Institue with 1.3 million recent Quebec obituaries (free)Yourfolks $? abstracted information from Catholic marriage records in Quebec, pay per view SaskatchewanArchives of the City of Saskatoon? cemetery records, history of Saskatoon, links outside SaskatoonCaribbeanCaribbean Genealogical Library? research for family history in the Virgin Islands and Caribbean at large Caribbean Genealogy Resources? list of resources by country, a surname index and an index to LDS microfilmsJamaican Family Search Research Library? a major resource for anyone researching Jamaican ancestors, now free Czech RepublicCzechoslovak Genealogical Society International? resources for ethnic groups that comprised the nation of Czechoslovakia $ to Join National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library: Library has a collection of genealogical materials for research and links to Czech & Slovak Genealogy websites.DenmarkDanish Demographic Database? census records, probates and emigration records of people Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland compiled by the Copenhagen Police from 1869 to 1950 Danish Emigration Archives, emigration database, private letters, manuscripts, diaries, biographies, newspaper clippings, photographs, and portraits Scandinavian Cheat Sheet? NEW?Peak Scandinavian Immigration to the United States,?Patronymic Surname SuffixesEastern EuropeCarpatho-Rusyn Society $? information on the Rusyn culture in East Central Europe and in the USEast Europe GenWeb? data repository for queries, family histories, and source records, East Europe branch of World Genweb. East European Genealogical Society (EEGS) $? organization identifying and marshalling genealogical resources for east European research. Members receive quarterly periodical and can participate in surname index.Genealogy of Haychyna/Eastern Galicia? starting point for anyone researching their ancestry in Western Ukraine/Eastern Galicia and a reference for Polish research in Western Galicia Immigration History Research Center? University of Minnesota’s reference site for the American emigrant experienceFoundation for (formerly Federation of) East European Family History Societies? links to member societies and data bases Genealogy Indexer? a searchable collection of directories from the early 20th and 19th centuries for countries in eastern Europe including Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland, Galicia, Selisia, Pomerania, Posen, Warsaw, Krakow, Romania and Carpathia-Ruthenia. Membership required ($) to receive annual journal. GenTeam? collection of more than 11 million records for Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and SlovakiaThe?Latvia State Historical Archives? database of more than 5 million images of archival documents for genealogical research, free registration required Lithuanian Archival Site? order to order birth, marriage and death records dating up to 1940 Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Archive Database? Eastern European Archive Database with excellent tutorials Slovak Links? collection of links to sites pertaining to Slovak research including church records and immigrant listings Slovakia Genealogy Research Strategies? strategy assistance to English-speaking researchers of immigrants from the regions of present-day Slovak Republic (Slovakia) Slovenian Genealogy resources including articles, sources and family trees England1939 Register of England and Wales $? documents covering the entire civilian population of England and Wales at the start of WWIIBritish Isles GenWeb? directory of genealogical resources by county, great parish finder British History Online? British history books Cause Papers? database from the Borthwick Institute for Archives collection of cause papers, case records created by the church courts in the diocese of York 1300-1858Expert Links from Price & Associates? extensive collection of resources for online genealogy research in EnglandFamily Chest $? Database of historical family property deeds from England and Wales. Summaries are free. Pay for transcriptions and documents. Family History Online? databases including parish registers, memorial transcriptions, censuses and gravestone photos, for England and Wales, free searching, $pay-per-viewfamily records? Links to web sites of all of the major British repositoriesfamily relatives $? entire civil registration index with downloadable images, Charterhouse register 1872-1910 (Oxford, Trinity College and others)findmypast (formerly 1837online) ($ or access at local Family History Center)? Scanned General Register Office (GRO) indexes of Births, Marriages & Deaths for England & Wales from 1837 to 2002, 1861 census, subscription or pay-per-view, available for free at any Family History CenterGenealogist’s Internet Comprehensive list of web site for British genealogy research, companion to book but very useful own its own Genes Reunited $? British census records, civil registration indexes, user contributed pedigreesGENfair? British family history related products, listing of family history societies, many you can join using a credit card, some with monumental inscriptions and parish registers for their area for saleGenUKI? genealogical reference library for UK and Ireland with tips, databases, maps, newsgroups and bulletin bboardsgenuki book? how to use genuki reference Google UK Guild of One Name Studies? Researching a specific surnameLondon Ancestor? Guide to Genealogy and Family History in England London Lives? archive of 18th century British life, documents include parish archives, criminal records, coroners’ records and hospital and guild records. Registration is required but access to the site is free. Looking for a Person? National Archives ‘research signpost’ for researching a specific person over a vast number of databases National Archives? free searches of wills (up to 1850), ($)to download, Royal Marine Registers 1842 – 1936, World War 2 shipping movement cards. National Archives Trafalgar Ancestors? list of officers and crew who served in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 Old Bailey Proceedings? text of cases heard at the Old Bailey in London between 1674 and 1834The Original Lists of Persons of Quality Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700? John Camden Hotten’s 1962 book with the names of more than 11,000 emigrants from England to the United States from 1600 to 1700origins (merged into FindMyPast) $? marriage license allegations, will indexes, wills, apprenticeship abstracts, London burial index and more, pay-per-view site, some searches free Parliament and the British Slave Trade 1600-1807? Slave trade documents from the Parliamentary ArchivesParish Chest? a genealogy store with census records, parish registers, maps, books and detailed directoriesPublicprofiler gbname? Distribution of surnames in Great Britain in 1881 or 1998 Rootschat? messaging forum for anyone researching their family or local history with a focus on the British IslesSociety of Genealogists? search and copy service so you can have documents copied and sent to you, access to digitized collections for members. TheGenealogist.co.uk ($ or access at local Family History Center)? census transcriptions and images, land records, non-conformist and parish records, wills. UK Battlefields Resource Centre? information on fields of conflict throughout the United Kingdom. UK/1911 BMD? links to sites containing Civil Registration indexes and Parish data for the UK (some free)UKBMD Online Parish Clerks Websites? Links to websites that offer on-line indexes and transcriptions of UK births, marriages, deaths, censuses, parish records, wills, monumental inscriptions etc.Yesterday’s Journey? Transcribed records, primarily from Derbyshire in England. Includes apprentice records, bastardy papers and coroner’s records. BlogsEnglish Origenes? use your DNA to rediscover your English heritage. Cemetery RecordsDeceased Online? includes the names of millions of people buried or cremated in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland with data from statutory burial and cremation registers and links to the original registers. Searches free, $ to view the original imagesCensus RecordsAncestry England and Wales Census from 1841 to 1911 $ ()Familysearch England and Wales Census from 1841 to 1911? lookups free, FindMyPast $ to view imagesFindMyPast UK Census from 1841 to 1911 $ 1901 Census for England & Wales $?Searches free, pay for downloads. NOTE: Goes to UK Census $?Searches free, pay for downloads NOTE: Goes to and Parish RecordsAnglican Clergy & Other Church Records? Newly available records from the Church of England. Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540-1835? records of clerical careers from over 50 archives in England and Wales Docklands Ancestors Parish Registers Transcription Project? London parish registers, free searches, ($) to download. Deceased Online? Registry of burial and cremation registers for the UK and Republic of Ireland starting in 1837. Searches free, ($) to download transcription or image. freebmd? Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales Kent Parish Records? from the Medway Council Archives ServiceLancashire Online Parish Clerks? extracts of parish records for the county of Lancashire, also has links to other record offices and archives Nonconformist birth, marriage and death records? from the National Archives and Genealogy Supplies Ltd.Civil RecordsOfficial Non-Parochial BMDs Service? official UK National Archives site for Non Parochial and Non-Conformist records. NOTE: Duplicate, See above.General Register Office? Order civil records from 1837 until current day (within 6 to 18 months) DirectoriesBritish Phone Books $? BT’s archives of old phone books, starting in 1880, ($) from ancestryHistorical Directories? University of Leicester’s collection of online historical city directories from 1717 to 1919 Maps (to buy)Assorted AA Maps Relocated to Link: Big Easy Read Britain? large print, easy to use NOTE: 2007 AtlasCurrent Day London Map NOTE: 2010 AtlasLondon Mini A-Z Street Atlas NOTE: 2010 AtlasOrdnance Survey Maps? online version with great detailMaps & Gazetteers OnlineCassini Maps? detailed historical maps for England and Wales, dating from 1853. Charles Booth Online Archive? the London School of Economics poverty maps of London from 1886 to 1903England and Wales Jurisdictions 1851? interactive map showing which jurisdiction each parish resides in, with parishes, civil registration districts, counties and provinces, lists the dates that bishop’s transcripts and parish registers began and non-conformist denominationsGazetteer of British Place Names place name index to Great Britain, containing over 50,000 entries, listing the historic county and the main administrative areas in which each place lies. Historical Map Archive, browse online for free Locating London’s Past? 1746 map of London overlaid on a Google map, created by the Centre for Metropolitan History and Museum of London ArchaeologyNational Library of Scotland? Find maps of England, Scotland, Wales and IrelandOrdnance Survey Maps MilitaryBritish Battles? ad supported site with searchable British battle mapsNewspapers19th Century British Newspapers $? 24 hour/100 article maximum or 7 day/200 article maximum passes available. British Newspaper Archive $? Collection of more than 65 million articles from British newspapers over the past 300 years. Searches free, ($) to download imageFind My Past Newspapers and Periodicals? British, Irish, US and World Newspapers and PERiodical Source IndexHistorical Newspapers $? The Guardian and the Observer, free at libraries subscribing to ProQuest Historical Newspapers ServiceRichard Heaton’s Index to Digitalised British and Irish Newspapers Online? index to British and Irish newspapers online with links to many of them, both free and $PassengersFindMyPast $?Passenger lists from the UK starting in 1890, free index search, pay to view records. ProbateDurham Probate Records Pre-1858? collection of wills and associated documents for the Province of Durham, England. This includes part of what is now Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Crayke (Yorkshire) and Alston (Cumberland) and Northallerton and some surrounding townships in Yorkshire.England and Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 $?collection of pre-1858 wills, with about 1 million records with images of the original records, ancestry subscription required or free at many libraries. NOTE: Goes to UK Probate Service? search the probate index and read summaries for free and order a digital copy of a will for download for a feeResearch GuidesEnglish Genealogy Guide? from David Lambert at the New England Historic Genealogical SocietyFamily History Library’s Research Series: England Beginning Research? online class from the FHL with handouts First Steps in Family History? guide from the Federation of Family History Societies, good overview of probate records Newbies’ Guide to Genealogy & Family History ?by Roy StockdillEstoniaEstonian State Historical Archive? free inventories of records and images including church records, lists identifying family members and Wackbuch (contract books). No searchable index so you need religion and place to browse images. FinlandInstitute of Migration? Finnish records including passenger lists, passports, farm names and North American Finns. Searching free, full access for fee $. FranceGoogle France GermanyBavarian Ancestors? searchable mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the state of Bavaria, Germany. 1883 Atlas of the German Empire? with gazetteer, useful in finding where your ancestors might have livedBallinStadt Emigration Museum Hamburg, history of immigration from Hamburg, a key port for European emigrantsDie MAUS Family History and Genealogical Society of Bremen? Bremen passenger lists from 1920 through 1939, earlier records destroyed Geogen? maps surnames based on distribution in Germany, based on phonebook data. The Germany Genealogy Network? Guide, data bases, GEDCOMs and other resources for German research. Germans to America? Online database and CDs with lists of passengers, 1850-1897.German Roots? lots of information on German research including a list of ports and their records with links to sources onlineGoogle Germany Hamburg Passenger Lists? information to locate passenger lists Hamburg Passenger Lists 1850-1934 $?on Ancestry, with images, not completely indexedHamburg Passenger Lists, Handwritten Indexes, 1850-1934 $? on AncestryHistoric Address Books and Genealogical Gazetteer? to find your ancestors, their occupations and the place where they lived in GermanyPalatines to America? Online library catalog and queries from other researchersPassenger Lists? Links to passenger lists for ships departing from Germany, from Find Your Roots in Germany HollandGenealogie Online? records from the Dutch archives with great English-language interface, timelines for individuals and travel mapswiewaswie (who was who)?Dutch government’s website to replace GenliasResearching your Dutch Ancestors?Dutch surnames and meanings. Trace Your Dutch Roots? Online introduction to researching your Dutch ancestors, with links and a weekly weblog. HungaryRadix $? Genealogical research in Hungary including industry and trade directory of Hungary in 1891, a searchable 1913 gazetteer of Hungary, a listing of most common Hungarian surnames (with alternate spellings) and a surname forum Ireland1641 Irish Depositions? 31 volumes of witness testimonies, with images, of the 1641 rebellion in Ireland 2016 Family History – New free Irish genealogy education site? there are eight modules, focused on the bread-and-butter of Irish genealogy, civil, church, property and census records.Ancestry ($ or access at local library or Family History Center)?Ireland, Selections of Catholic Parish Marriages and Banns 1742-1884Ancestry Ireland? Ulster Historical Foundation?is a long-established, highly reputable research and publishing agency. It offers extensive knowledge on the sources available for tracing Irish and Scots-Irish ancestors. Services include online databases of over 2 million records, genealogy and history books, and personal ancestral research.AskAboutIreland?? Ask About Ireland and the Cultural Heritage Project are an initiative of public libraries together with local museums and archives in the digitization, and online publication, of the original, the unusual and the unique materials from their local studies’ collections, to create a national Internet resource for culture. ?Griffith’s Primary Valuation and maps?available free. CAUTION: The original maps are on the subscription website Findmypast.ie and these maps are the “revision” maps. They can be up to 30 years after Griffith’s Valuation and property tenants might not be the same as the original Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland 1801-1922? Bibliographic database, context for research in Ireland. Use advanced search and material type: British Official Publications.Fáilte Romhat? genealogical information extracted from census, directories, cemeteries and newspapers. Griffith’s Valuation allows you to list everyone in a parish in alphabetical order so you can see variations on a surnameFindMyPast Ireland ($ or access at local Family History Center)? Indexes to wills 1270-1858, gravestone and church memorials, military records from the 1798 Rebellion and World War I, emigration records, obituaries and voting lists, subscription or pay-per-view, available for free at any Family History CenterFrom Ireland? Lists of Irish surnames, gravestone records, information on how to research Irish ancestry, parish record information and history, organized by county. Given Name Alternatives for Irish Research? List of abbreviations, nicknames and surnames for Irish given names. Ireland Reaching Out (Ireland XO)? a free service connecting people researching their Irish ancestry with locals knowledgeable of that areaIreland’s Great Hunger Museum? website for a new museum, opened in September 2012, home to the world’s largest collection of visual art, artifacts and printed materials relating to the starvation and forced emigration that occurred in Ireland from 1845 to 1850. NOTE: Site reports request is not validIrish Archives Resource? web portal funded by the Heritage Council of Ireland allowing researchers to locate archival collections in Ireland. Irish Genealogical Research Society? Founded in 1936 in London, England, this Society is dedicated to the preservation and publication of early Irish genealogical records. They have some very unique resources online and have Indexes to early Irish births, marriages and deaths drawn from a variety of sources. Irish Genealogy Toolkit? Claire Santry’s Genealogical Toolkit?a resource that will guide you through researching your Irish ancestorsLeitrim-Roscommon Genealogy? A reprint of?must read?article by James Reilly, published in the Journal of “The Irish At Home and Abroad”,?Is There More in Griffith’s Valuation Than Just Names? is available here. Understanding the column headings, notations, abc’s, terminology in the Valuation lists is essential to your research. Just because your ancestor is listed as the “Immediate Lessor” does not mean he?owned?the land.National Archives of Ireland? rich and varied collections of records which are relevant to Irish genealogy and local history. National Archives of Ireland – Genealogy? Roman Catholic parish registers with images, census records for 1901 and 1911, Census survivals for 1821-51, Census Search forms for 1841-51, Tithe Applotment Books 1823-1837, Soldiers’ Wills 1914-1917 and Calendar of Wills and Administrations 1858-1922. Rootschat? messaging forum for anyone researching their family or local history with a focus on the British IslesRootsIreland? the?Irish Family History Foundation’s?unique set of Irish family history records including Birth, Marriage, Death and Gravestone records, index search free, $ to download. Royal Irish Constabulary Forum?? This community exists to help in research relating to all old Irish police forces which existed prior to 1922. Its primary theme revolves around the R.I.C., in which tens of thousands of Irishmen served. The Shamrock and the Maple Leaf? Research your Irish ancestors in Canada.? Shane Wilson’s site with links to townland and directory databases, historic maps and many other free resources UKBMD Online Parish Clerks Websites? Links to websites that offer on-line indexes and transcriptions of UK births, marriages, deaths, censuses, parish records, wills, monumental inscriptions etc.BlogsIrish Genealogy News? Claire Santry’s?outstanding blog of Irish family history newsIrish Origenes? Use your DNA to rediscover your Irish heritageIrish Roots? archive of John Grenham’s column in the Irish Times newspaperTownland of Origin? Genealogist Joe Buggy’s posts aiming to help North Americans find their Irish ancestors came from. Books & MagazinesFree Irish Genealogy eBooks? list of free eBooks and eJournals on the topic of Irish, Irish-American and Irish-Canadian genealogy; read books online or download. Irish Life and Lore? CDs and books focused on living history available to purchase Irish Lives Remembered? monthly e-Magazine about Irish family historyLibraryIreland? historical books and articles relating to IrelandNational Library of Ireland – Main Catalogue? deals with all the books in the National Library reading rooms. National Library of Ireland – Source Database ?for Irish research, contains over 180,000 catalogue records for Irish manuscripts, and for articles in Irish periodicals. ?Database of source materials from the National Library of Ireland, catalogues books and periodicals of Irish interest held in the National Library and research centres and universities in the US, Britain, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Cemetery RecordsGlasnevin Trust? 1.5 million burial records from 1828 to the present day, cemeteries: Glasnevin (aka Prospect Cemetery), Dardistown, Goldenbridge, Newlands Cross and Palmerston, crematoria: Glasnevin and Newlands Cross with images of the burial ? Ireland & Northern Ireland Cemetery Records Irish Graveyard Surveyors? search Irish graveyards to locate a specific grave or browse through a graveyard or number of graveyardsCensusCensus Finder? Links to transcriptions, databases etc. Incomplete, but a great resource if your ancestor is listed. Census of Ireland 1901 and 1911? all 32 counties, searchable by all categories, with images, from the National Archives of Ireland Ire-Atlas Database? A fully searchable database of ALL the Towns and Townlands in Ireland as used for the 1851 census, detailing the County, Barony, Civil Parish, Poor Law Union and Province for each TownlandIrish Census 1821-1851? the remains of early nineteenth century censuses that survived the fire at the Four Courts in 1922. NOTE: Part of findmypast.1821 census fragments FamilySearch1831 census fragments FamilySearch1841 census fragments FamilySearch1851 census fragments FamilySearchIreland Dog Licence Registers 1866-1914? a good census substitute that you can use to place your ancestor in a specific time and place. Ireland Genealogy? pension application form (green form) extracts with information from the 1841 and 1851 censuses for all of Ireland, important since there’s no surviving census of Ireland before 1901. See Land Records below?for other census substitutes.Church RecordsCatholic Parish and Church Search Search for the closest Catholic Church to a selected location in the late 1830s in early 1840s, on Shane Wilson’s siteCatholic Parish Registers? List of Catholic Parish Registers available at the National Library of Ireland with registers available and dates for each parish Church of Ireland? Representative Church Body?Read Claire Santry’s Genealogical Toolkit (Toolkit and Blog links above) for information on this resource. This List is an essential tool for learning if the Registers for a particular parish still exist. Updated in 2016, it is the definitive guide to Church of Ireland registers. Their website have a very small number of parish registers online. Free. Irish Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915 ($ or access at local Family History Center)? Ancestry’s index of baptisms, marriages and burials with links to images at the National Library of IrelandIreland Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms? FindMyPast’s index of baptisms with links to images at the National Library of IrelandIreland Roman Catholic Parish Marriages? FindMyPast’s index of marriages with links to images at the National Library of IrelandIreland Roman Catholic Parish Burials? FindMyPast’s index of burials with links to images at the National Library of IrelandIrish Genealogy? Births, Marriages and Deaths PLUS Church records?Church records, guides, Central Signposting Index to other sites with databases online. Roman Catholic Church and Church of Ireland records for Kerry, Cork and Dublin among the new databases. Sponsored by Ministry of Arts, Sports and Tourism this is the official Government website for BMD’s. Currently available images are Births 1864-1915, Marriages 1882-1940, Deaths 1891-1965.Roman Catholic Records Map? from the Irish Times shows what records are available for each county and each parish within that countyRootsIreland? the Irish Family History Foundation’s unique set of Irish family history records including Birth, Marriage, Death and Gravestone records, index search free, $ to download. Civil RecordsAncestry ($ or access at local library or Family History Center)? Ireland Select Births and Baptisms 1620-1911, Irish Civil Registration Births Index 1864-1958, Irish Civil Registration Marriage Index 1845-1958, Ireland Select Deaths 1864-1870Familysearch? Ireland Births and Baptisms 1620-1881, Deaths 1864-1870, Marriages 1619-1898, includes church records General Register Office? Order birth, adoption, marriage and death certificatesIGRS Early Irish Marriages database? Index to alternative sources beyond parish registers and civil registration records, from newspapers, the Registry of Deeds and Marriage Licence Bonds Registry of Deeds Index Project Ireland? This on-going project to Index all the names that appear in the memorial books at the Registry of Deeds, located in Henrietta Street, Dublin. The Indexes to People and Places, as well as the Memorials have been filmed by the Family History Library, but this is a good place to start. Research at this level is best conducted in Salt Lake City or Dublin. RootsIreland? the Irish Family History Foundation’s unique set of Irish family history records including Birth, Marriage, Death and Gravestone records, index search free, $ to downloadCountiesClare County Library? includes 1901 census heads of household returns, Griffith’s Valuation 1855 -County Clare Surname Index, 1659 census of Clare, library catalog online Cork Past and Present? Cork City Libraries site with wills, marriage licence bonds, city directories and much more information about tracing your Cork ancestors. Ireland Genealogy Projects? a portal to?resources for each county, also more than 71,000 gravestone photos Kerry County Cemetery Records? burial records from 140 cemeteries that the council owns or controls, records as far back as 1898. Kerry Records Online Tyrone Ireland Genealogical Website? Collection of records, photos, obituaries, maps, letters and much moreDNAGenetic Genealogy Ireland YouTube channel? with presentations from the 2015 conferenceDirectoriesDirectory of Irish Genealogy? free download of an excellent 77-page?Primer of Irish Genealogy. Read?Introduction?for interesting inside information. Sean J. Murphy, Editor, is Professor of Genealogical Studies at National University of Ireland, Dublin. He is a contributing author to several genealogical publications, both in print and online. Irish Directory Database? Links to Historic Directories, some free and some on subscription ($) websitesPigot’s Directory of 1824? Scanned images of directory of Ireland 1824, listed alphabetically by townLand RecordsEstate Records? Find out more in this article.Griffith’s Valuation? Census substitute, a survey of property ownership in Ireland from 1848 to 1864, with maps of the area plus the printed pages from the published Griffith’s book showing not only occupants, but land owners as well. Irish Genealogy News? The new Townland Valuation Translator breaks the ‘code’ used by Griffith’s surveyors (1824–1856)Landed Estates of Connacht and Munster? A searchable, online database of all Landed Estates in Connaught, maintained by the Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway. Even though it is Connaught-based, it documents the other holdings of a family in all parts of Ireland. Myirishancestry? Griffith’s Valuation index (free), links to other sites for each county. Tithe Applotment books? a vital source of pre-famine data given the loss of the 1821-51 census records, compiled between 1823 and 1837, from the National Archives of Ireland. MapsEarly Irish Maps c.1558 – c.1610? National Archives collection of early maps of Ireland, created when land ownership was transferring from the native Irish to English settlers, $ to download maps. Galway County Council Ordnance Survey Maps? 1842 color ordnance survey maps of all towns and townlands in County Galway. Select basemaps (upper right) and Historic 6inch.Irish Townlands Map – Family Search? Townland maps for 23 of the 32 counties are available on microfiche from the Family History Library.National Library of Scotland? Find maps of England, Scotland, Wales and IrelandOrdnance Survey Maps of Ireland? view contemporary or historic maps and order paper mapsMilitaryNational Archives United Kingdom ?Chelsea Pension Records now online. These are the records of the soldiers that were “discharged to pension” from the British army. This includes the soldiers from Ireland, who were discharged from Kilmainham Hospital, Dublin. Large portion of British Army were Irish born or resident. Many “IRISH” records are still held by the Government in England. Check out the catalogs of resources. NewspapersFind My Past Newspapers and Periodicals? British, Irish, US and World Newspapers and PERiodical Source IndexIreland Old News? searchable collection of transcribed news stories transcribed from Irish newspapers from the 18th and 19th centuries Irish Newspaper Archives $? the largest online collection of Irish newspapers with 21 papers including the Irish Independent (1905-2001), Anglo-Celt (1846-2010), Freemans Journal (1763-1924) and the Southern Star (1892-2010), searches free, subscription required to read articlesNational Library of Ireland – Newspaper Database?? these catalogues contain valuable information about resources available. Options to obtain printout from a book or manuscript. Richard Heaton’s Index to Digitalised British and Irish Newspapers Online? index to British and Irish newspapers online with links to many of them, both free and $. PlacesLogainm? Placenames Database of ALL Ireland with location shown on ordnance survey map, details, coordinates links to archival records available for that place.Placenames and Surnames? John Grenham Search ToolTownland Search Page? searchable database of all the towns and townlands in Ireland used for the 1851 census, detailing the County, Barony, Civil Parish, Poor Law Union and Province for that town or townlandItalyItalian Ancestry Pages Daddezio? Links to cemetery research. Data Banks on Italian emigrants to the United States, Argentina and Brazil? with more than 200,000 Italian immigrants entering New York between 1880 and 1891 (before Ellis Island) along with more than a million emigrants to South America Gateway to Italian ancestry? Resources for Italian research Italian Genealogy Group? Naturalization and vital records databasesLuxembourgFamiliLux (formerly GeneLux)? Site for people researching their Luxembourg ancestry. Luxembourg Genealogy Forum? ’s discussion group for people researching Luxembourg ancestry. NOTE: No updates since September 2014Luxembourg Genealogy Links? Free Genealogy Links for Luxembourg. Luxroots? volunteer run website with online archive of more than a million Luxembourg birth certificates. roots.lu? family books, parish registers, 1766 census and more Rootsweb Luxembourg? Rootweb’s Luxembourg page , last update 2007Northern IrelandSession Book of Aghadowey, 1702-1725? papers covering financial, legal and disciplinary matters from Aghadowey, County Londonderry starting in 1702, where some of the first mass group of of Irish and Scots Irish people immigrants to America came fromEmerald Ancestors $? Specializing in Irish ancestry within Northern Ireland, subscription required, starting at monthly ratesFind My Past Newspapers and Periodicals? British, Irish, US and World Newspapers and PERiodical Source Index ?birth > 100 years, marriage >75 years and death >50 years old online, searches free, $ to downloadHistoric Belfast City Directories? from the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), a collection of city directories, primarily for the Belfast region, from 1819 to 1900, searchable by keyword (including name), specific city directory and year. National Library of Scotland? Find maps of England, Scotland, Wales and IrelandPlacenames of Northern Ireland? includes historical administrative names for 6 counties, 60-plus barony and district names, 269 civil parishes, 9,600 townlands and at least 20,000 non-administrative names (including the names of rivers, lakes, mountains, and other physical features). PRONI (Public Record Office of Northern Ireland)? Online information about a variety of research topics. Databases include Ulster Covenant, Freeholders records, and a fully searchable index to the Will calendar entries for the three District Probate Registries of Armagh, Belfast and Londonderry, for the period 1858-1919 and 1922-1943.UKBMD Online Parish Clerks Websites? Links to websites that offer on-line indexes and transcriptions of UK births, marriages, deaths, censuses, parish records, wills, monumental inscriptions etc.Valuation Revision Book Search? list of landholders and their property valuations in counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone, filling in gaps between Griffiths Valuation which ends in 1864 and the 1901 census. NOTE: Goes to Archives of Norway? censuses, parish records, photos and tutorials from the Norwegian Archives Digital Archives of Norway Tips? How to guide on using the Digital Archives of Norway. DIS-Norge, the Genealogy Society with an online community for genealogists in Norway which includes a genealogy forum, maps and links. Getting into the Norwegian census? For example, it tells you that: for crops, “the unit of measurement was the t?nne (pl. t?nner) the equivalent of 4 bushels. thus po 1/2 means 2 bushels of potatoes planted. Norwegian – American Dictionary National Archives of Norway? Censuses, parish registers, real estate registers, probate records, property tax records, legal proceedings and tax records and more. Norwegian Farmer Groups? Discusses categories of farmers (such as ‘leilending’) in the Norwegian census. Norwegian Emigration Center Scandinavian Cheat Sheet? NEW?Peak Scandinavian Immigration to the United States,?Patronymic Surname SuffixesPolandPolish Genealogical Society of America $? Organization for anyone researching their Polish ancestryPolish Roots? includes Galician Vital Records, school registers and cemetery records. RussiaRussian Gen Web Project ScotlandAberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Council Archive? 46 collections of over 23 thousand records including poor relief records, militia records and burial registers. BDM Exchange? Births Deaths and Marriages Exchange for ScotlandDeceased Online? Registry of burial and cremation registers for the UK, Republic of Ireland and Scotland. Searches free, pay to download transcription or image. Electricscotland? directory of Scottish resources.Find My Past Newspapers and Periodicals? British, Irish, US and World Newspapers and PERiodical Source IndexMedievalscotland? Scottish names resources National Library of Scotland? over 1.5 million new records online including newspapers, manuscripts, books and lettersNational Library of Scotland? Find maps of England, Scotland, Wales and IrelandNational Records of Scotland? (NRS) keeps records created by Scottish government, as well as private records created by businesses, landed estates, families, courts, churches and other corporate bodies.National Register for Archives? 32 million descriptions of records held by The National Archives and more than 2,500 archives across UKNational Register of Archives for Scotland? a record of collections of private papers in ScotlandOdom Genealogy Library? Central source of information for over 130 Scottish Clans and organizations, family organizations and other heritage groups, includes the Family Tree newsletterOrigins? Origins is now part of the Findmypast FamilyRootschat? messaging forum for anyone researching their family or local history with a focus on the British IslesScotlandsPeople? a wide range of records kept by the Scottish Government, churches and courts of law.?Five categories of records are indexed by personal name (civil registers, church registers, census returns, valuation rolls and legal recordsScottish Origenes? BLOG use your DNA to rediscover your Scottish heritageScottish Post Office Directories?National Library of Scotland’s digitized collection of directories covering most of Scotland, from 1773 to 1911ScotlandsPlaces? allows you to use geographic locations to search across different national databases, with maps and a variety of historic tax rolls. ?Organized by county.Scottish Archive Network historical records in more than fifty Scottish archivesUKBMD Online Parish Clerks Websites? Links to websites that offer on-line indexes and transcriptions of UK births, marriages, deaths, censuses, parish records, wills, monumental inscriptions etc.SwedenArkivDigital ($ or access at local Family History Center)? huge collection of Swedish church and historic recordsDemographical Database for Southern Sweden? church records from three southern provinces of Halland, Skane and Blekinge. Federation of Swedish Genealogists? information on obtaining Swedish records. Find Your Swedish Roots? Research guide and databases. Genline ($ or access at local Family History Center)? 16 million pages of church records, invaluable for Swedish genealogy research. Riksarkivet? National Archives of Sweden’s collection of Swedish census records, church records, court archives and more databases, search free, $ to download imagesScandinavian Cheat Sheet? Peak Scandinavian Immigration to the United States,?Patronymic Surname SuffixesSwedish American Genealogist, a quarterly journal devoted to Swedish American biography, genealogy, and personal history, part of the CARLI (the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois) Digital Collections. SwitzerlandSwiss Roots Genealogy? the Swiss Center of North America’s portal of resources to explore your Swiss rootsWales1911 UK Census including Wales $? Searches free, pay for downloads. goes to Register of England and Wales $? documents covering the entire civilian population of England and Wales at the start of WWII. goes to ? Volunteer crowdsourcing effort to identify all of the place names and features in Wales from the Ornance Survey’s 1900 maps of c.1900. Find My Past Newspapers and Periodicals? British, Irish, US and World Newspapers and PERiodical Source IndexHistoricalDirectories? University of Leicester’s collection of online historical city directories from 1717 to 1919Kelly’s Directory of Monmouthshire & South Wales? 1920 DirectoryNational Library of Scotland? Find maps of England, Scotland, Wales and IrelandRootschat? messaging forum for anyone researching their family or local history with a focus on the British IslesUK Probate Service? search the probate index and read summaries for free and order a digital copy of a will for download for a feeUKBMD Online Parish Clerks Websites? Links to websites that offer on-line indexes and transcriptions of UK births, marriages, deaths, censuses, parish records, wills, monumental inscriptions etc.The Wales-Ohio Project? a digitized selection of Welsh Americana relating to the state of Ohio held at The National Library of WalesWelsh Newspapers Online? digitized, searchable historic newspaper collection from the National Library of Wales ................
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