Genealogy
National Menu
Vital Record Links
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Family Search-A searchable world-wide database of transcribed events and patron submittals at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints-the "Mormons". |
Deaths, Burials and Cemeteries
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Find-A-Grave.com-The name says it all. A national database of cemetery transcriptions. Search by name, state, or county. I contribute my submissions to this site. |
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Interment.net-Another good national database of cemetery transcriptions, with a comprehensive collection of VA cemeteries. |
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National Cemetery Administration-Search for burial locations of veterans and their dependents in VA National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries and various other Department of Interior and military cemeteries. |
Social Security Death Index |
Social Security Death Index-A very useful database at Ancestry.com. |
Repositories
Allen County Public Library |
The Fred J. Reynolds Historical Genealogy Department of the Allen County Public Library contains more than 300,000 printed volumes and 314,000 items of microfilm and microfiche. Fort Wayne, IN |
Ellis Island |
Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation. New York, NY |
NARA |
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC |
NEHGS |
New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston, MA |
NYGBS |
New York Genealogical & Biographical Society. New York, NY |
Western Reserve Historical Society |
One of the finest genealogical repositories in the world. Cleveland, OH |
Other Useful Links
Ancestry.com |
TONS of good stuff, both free and paid subscriber databases. |
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Bureau of Land Management-the official Federal Lands Records site. |
Consumer Price Index 1800-Date |
Your ancester had $100 worth of personal property when they died-this is where you can find out what it was worth in today's dollars. |
Cyndi's List |
A categorized & cross-referenced index to genealogical resources on the Internet.. |
Ecclesiastical Calendar |
Your ancestor was married on the Friday after the 10th Trinity-this is where you find out what the exact date was. |
Genealogy.com |
Lots of good stuff, both free and paid subscriber databases. |
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) |
They moved to WHERE??? The USGS site for locating unfamiliar places. |
Land Measurement Conversion Chart |
Is a perch the same as a rod? You bet it is! This handy chart converts archaic terms of measurement into current ones. |
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness |
People who are willing to help you with your genealogical research in far-off locations. |
US GENWEB |
The GENWEB site for the United States. |
Virtual Perpetual Calendar |
If you wish to know, for example, which day of the week you were born. |
Wholly Genes Software
Second Site |
The software programs that I use for genealogy. |
Societies
Daughters of the American Revolution |
168,000 members in 3,000 chapters across the United States and internationally. |
General Society of the War of 1812 |
Male descendants of veterans of the War of 1812. |
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution |
26,000 members in over 470 chapters in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. |
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War |
Over 6,360 members in the only male organization dedicated to the principles of the GAR -- Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty. |
United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada |
Loyalists were people who remained loyal to the Crown during the American Revolution, had their land confiscated afterwards, and were removed to Canada and elsewhere. |
