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Census
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of all US Census Rolls - Counties, EDs, etc. 1790-1930 -
Dr. Steve Morris. To find your state, click on EDIT - FIND IN TOP
WINDOW and type in the state or county and click FIND. Keep doing
so until you get to the census year you are looking for. If using
this with Ancestry, first tell search engine which version you are
using Ancestry.com or AncestryLibraryEdition. You can use the search
engine to go directly to the ED you want in Ancestry - Dr. Steve
Morris |
Unified
ED Finder - Obtaining the Census Enumeration District for
an 1880 to 1950
Location
in One Step - Dr. Steve Morris
The
Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy
Red
Book: American State, County and Town Sources |
| Creating
Soundex and Daitch Motokoff Soundex in one step - Dr. Steve
Morris |
| The
Census Book - William Dollarhide - Complete book online at Heritage
Quest Online. Check your local Library website. |
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Country
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ARMENIA
Armenia
Info - Tour Armenia - History, travel, maps, etc.
Armeniapedia
- Armenian Encyclopedia on the web
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GERMANY
Find
German town names which have changed and are now in Poland
Osterholtz-Scharmbeck
(in German) (Fischer relatives)
Worpswede
(in German) (Murken relatives)
Stolpmuende
(in German) (Peters)
Pomerania
(in English) (Peters)
Places
in Germany - Alphabetical order
German
Genealogy Internet Portal
1883
Ravenstein Atlas des Deutschen Reichs - Extensive indexing
down to village.
Identifying Place Names in German Documents - FamilySearch.org
FISCHERS
in America Map 1880 FISCHERS
in America Map 1920
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LEBANON
Arabic
Naming Conventions
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IRELAND
Irish
National Archives
Lindels
Donegal Research - Researcher Carolyn from New Zealand
is providing much information on the Gildeas and is involved in
a one-name study on the family name.
Donegal
- General history and information
Boston
Pilot - Missing Friends - From October 1831 through October
1921, the Boston Pilot newspaper printed a “Missing Friends” column
with advertisements from people looking for “lost” friends and
relatives who had emigrated from Ireland to the United States.
This extraordinary collection of 31,711 records is available here
as a searchable online database, which contains a text record
for each ad that appeared in the Pilot.
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Civil
War
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| National
Civil War Museum |
| War
of the Rebellion records have been digitized by Cornell
University |
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| Documenting
the South Documenting the American South (DocSouth), a digital
publishing initiative sponsored by the University Library at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides access to
digitized primary materials that offer Southern perspectives on
American history and culture. |
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Passenger
Lists
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Interpreting
Marks, Lines, Notations on Passenger Lists |
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| Cyndi's
List - Ports of Entry Cyndi's
List - Ships |
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| Ellis
Island Passenger Arrivals |
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| Passenger
Arrival Form - from EllisIsland.org. Transcribe your records
on this form so you can keep information handy. |
| BOOK:
They Came In Ships by John
P. Colletta |
| Family
History Library - Search catalog for microfilm and
borrow through local Family History Centers in your area |
| Castle
Garden: America's First Immigration Center |
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Obits
- Deaths
Cemeteries
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Funeral
Cards Found - Search this online database |
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| FindaGrave.com |
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Search
Bible Records, Coffin Plates, Funeral Cards, etc
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Legacy.com
Nationwide Resource for Obits and Guest Books
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Florida
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Florida
Heritage Collection: digitized books, documents, images
PALMM
- Publication of Archival Library & Museum Materials. Digitized
collections including Sanborn Maps below.
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| Florida
Office of Vital Statistics - Copies of vital records |
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Florida
Map Collection
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The Exploring Florida Maps collection contains approximately 6,000
historic and contemporary Florida maps.
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| Florida
Historical Map Collection The Florida Historical Map Collection
is one of the treasures of the P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History
and contains more than 2300 images of Florida dating from the early
1500s to 1926. |
| Nassau
County Florida - Callahan |
| Florida
State Archives: Florida
Memory |
| Florida
Postcards - USGenWeb |
| Genealogy
Today: Florida State Genealogy Links |
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Georgia
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Georgia
Archives - Virtual
Vault
Digital
Library of Georgia - University of Georgia
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| New
Georgia Encyclopedia - The New Georgia Encyclopedia provides
an authoritative source of information about people, places, events,
institutions, and many other topics relating to the state. |
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Georgia
Place Names and Historical Maps
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| Georgia
Vital Records Department |
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Sanborn
Fire Insurance Maps of Georgia Cities
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| Chatham
County Property Appraiser: Use addresses found on SURNAME:
Homes pages, City Directory pages and Census pages to see what the
address looks like today. Remember, too, that addresses have changed
through the years. |
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Savannah Public
Library - Live
Oak Public Library
Chatham
County Georgia Genealogy Links
Georgia
Historical Society - Savannah Georgia. Includes online
search.
City
of Savannah Research Library - Information on all records
available in the city
Chatham
County USGenWeb page is exceptional - deeds, maps, photos,
military, etc.
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World
Wars
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The
Veterans History Project relies on volunteers to collect
and preserve stories of wartime service. The Veterans History Project
is a project of the Library of Congress aimed at collecting oral
history interviews, memoirs, letters, diaries, photographs, and
other original materials from veterans of World Wars I and II, and
the Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf Wars and the Afghanistan and
Iraq conflicts (2001-present). |
| World
War I - Blank draft registration cards - blank forms help
transcribe poor copies. |
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Destroyer
Escort Sailor's Association - Neil Fischer, Sr. was a
2nd Gunner's mate on the Richard S. Bull DE 402, (WGT) John C.
Butler Class. Site has photos, history, technical data, etc.
History
of the Richard S. Bull DE 402
Photos
of Richard S. Bull DE 402 with brief history
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| Army
Nurse Corps - Florence Gildea served in this Unit |
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Military
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National
Personel Records Center Military
Personnel Records
9700 Page Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63132-5100. |
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Genealogy
& History Societies
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Savannah
Area Genealogical Association - PO Box 15385 Savannah, GA 31416
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| Central
Florida Genealogical Society |
| Georgia
Genealogical Society |
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Daughters of the American Revolution |
| Sons
of Confederate Veterans |
| United
Daughters of the Confederacy |
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Research
Aids
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| Vital
Records - Read the info at VitalRec.com
on your state and then GO to the individual STATE's website to order
the documents you need. |
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| One
Step Search Engines - Dr. Stephen Morse - Helpful in searching
Castle Garden and Ellis Island databases, Jewish Research, People
and Birthday finders, Change street names, etc. |
| Colonial
Occupations |
| Charts
and Forms from National Archives |
| Genealogy
Abbreviations |
| WorldCat
- Search for books in libraries across the country. If you need
copies of pages, try to request book or copies via interlibrary
loan from your home library (ILL). If your library does not perform
this service, contact the library directly and inquire as to their
charges. If they will not perform this service, search www.usgenweb.com
or www.geneasearch.com for a "lookup angel" in that area
who might be willing to copy and mail the copies to you. ALWAYS
offer to send payment in advance and always send something, even
if they tell you not to. You may need them again! |
| WeRelate.org
- Put in your family name and see what happens |
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| Latin
Dictionary and Translation Aid |
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Land
Research
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Bureau
of Land Management - Actual patents and deeds 1820-1908 |
| David
Rumsey Map Collection - Thousands of digitized historical
maps. |
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Maps:
Historical County Lines - All States
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Sanborn
Fire Insurance Maps
Black
& White Map Key Map
Key and Colors - Library of Congress |
| Changed
Street Names - Another fantastic search engine by Dr. Steve
Morris! |
| Maps:
Historical & current; national & international -
FANTASTIC COLLECTION at University of Texas |
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Postcards
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Penny
Postcards - US GenWeb Site
Scanned images of postcards give snapshot of life in the towns
where ancestors lived.
Georgia Archives Digital Postcard Collection
1, 666 postcards, dating from the early 1900s through the 1970s.
Florida
Postcards - USGenWeb |
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Digitized
Book Collections
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BYU
Digitized Book Collection
PALMM
- Publication of Archival Library & Museum Materials. Digitized
collections including Sanborn Maps below.
Georgia
Archives
Digital
Library of Georgia - University of Georgia
Cornell
University digitized collection including War of the Rebellion
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US Gen Web
- Go to your county and check for "look up angels" or
"random acts of kindness" persons who do look ups in the
area of information you need. |
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Name
of old time illnesses
Colonial
Diseases
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Dead
Fred Genealogy Photo Archive - Search for your surnames,
submit photos of persons you know or don't know or send original
photos you can no longer care for and they will post and maintain
the originals.
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Chronicling
America Historic Newspapers - Free access to historic
papers from 1900 forward. More added weekly.
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Library
of Congress - Search the largest collections in one search. |