Genealogy
Canadian Genealogy & History
http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/cghl.html
A listing of genealogical and historical websites dealing with Canada.
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/
"The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System is a computerized database
containing very basic facts about servicemen who served on both sides
during the Civil War. ... Other information includes: histories of regiments
in both the Union and Confederate Armies, links to descriptions of 384
significant battles of the war, and other historical information. Additional
information about soldiers, sailors, regiments, and battles, as well
as prisoner-of-war records and cemetery records, will be added over time." (LII)
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites
http://www.CyndisList.com
Hundreds of thousands of links related to genealogy, organized and cross-referenced
in over 100 categories. This site is one of the richest resources for
genealogy studies. (LII)
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
http://www.familysearch.org
This Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) site has a search
engine for over 35 million names in its "vast record collections," including
its Ancestral File and International Genealogical Index, census and other
vital statistics sources, and a directory of family history websites.
Also provides genealogical search advice. Free registration allows additions
of websites, family record retention in the LDS vault, email list access,
and other services. (LII)
Federation of East European Family History Societies
http://feefhs.org
Promotes family research
in eastern and central Europe without any ethnic, religious, or social
distinctions.
Genealogy (Digital Librarian)
http://www.digital-librarian.com/genealogy.html
A selection of genealogy resources selected and maintained by a librarian
from New York.
The Genealogy Home Page
http://www.genhomepage.com
A collection of briefly
annotated links to information about genealogy, including online catalogs,
family and personal
pages, maps, genealogy-related discussion lists, and newsgroups. (LII)
GENUKI, UK & Ireland Genealogical Information
Service
http://www.genuki.org.uk
A genealogy site with a focus on the United Kingdom and Ireland.
JewishGen
http://www.jewishgen.org
The primary Internet source connecting researchers of Jewish genealogy.
The most popular parts are its Discussion Group, Family Finder (a database
of over 60,000 surnames and towns), Infofiles (comprehensive directory
of information resources, organized by both topic and country) and
a variety of other databases like the ShtetlSeeker. This excellent
site
also contains information on genealogical techniques and allows you
to search by country as well as by topic, such as Holocaust, Immigration,
Sephardic, Libraries and Archives, etc. (LII)
Journal of Online Genealogy
http://www.onlinegenealogy.com
Helm's genealogy Toolbox provides links to genealogical and historical
resources. Includes digitized images of original documents.
Library of Congress, Genealogy Division
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/
The Library of Congress has one of the world's premier collections of
U.S. and foreign genealogical and local historical publications. The
Library's genealogy collection began as early as 1815 with the purchase
of Thomas Jefferson's library.
National Archives of Ireland
http://www.nationalarchives.ie
The National Archives holds a wide variety of records which
are relevant to Irish genealogy and local history.
Newberry Library
http://www.newberry.org
An independent research library open to the public, the Newberry
Library in Chicago is known for its extensive genealogy materials,
as well
as its history and literature collections for Western Europe and
the Americas.
Visit the Web site to search the online catalog; learn which services
are available by mail or in person; and check current schedules
for programs and exhibits. (LII)
New England Historic Genealogical Society
http://www.newenglandancestors.org/
New England Historic Geneaology Society webpage is a membership site
which contains information on geneaology in the New England area.
PBS Ancestors Series
http://www.byubroadcasting.org/ancestors/
The companion web site to the PBS family history and genealogy television
series.
Public Records Office, United Kingdom
http://www.pro.gov.uk
The National Archives is the UK government's official archive, containing
900 years of history with records ranging from parchment and paper scrolls
through to digital files and archived websites. The National Archives
makes open records available to all, either onsite or online.
Social Security Death Index
http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/
The Social Security
Death Index (SSDI) is a searchable database of the Death Master File
(DMF) from the U.S.
Social Security Administration. DMF contains over 60 million records
created from SSA payment records (mostly from the mid-1960s to date)
and is updated monthly. The database can contain name, social security
number, date of birth, date of death, and last residence/lump sum payment
information when available, and can be searched on those criteria.
(LII)
U.S. GenWeb Project
http://www.usgenweb.com
This comprehensive
site provides links to all the state genealogy Web sites which, in
turn, provide gateways to the counties. They also sponsor
Special Archiving Projects that include putting all U.S. census data
online; transcribing cemetery tombstone information; tracking single
lineage; and genealogy for children. In addition, there is an excellent
guide to doing genealogy research that also includes such information
as caring for old documents; repairing old books; preserving old photographs;
and publishing your results. (LII)
http://www.archives.gov/
Leads to presidential libraries for George Herbert Walker Bush, Jimmy Carter, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gerald R. Ford, Herbert Hoover, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman; genealogy information (in the Research Room ; Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) information (including frequently requested records in the Electronic Reading Room ); and more. Some materials available in Spanish. (LII)