GENERAL INTEREST
favorite search engine http://www.google.com/
index for all rootswebs genealogical lists http://lists.rootsweb.com/
genforum....a computer "bulletin board" for most surnames http://www.genforum.com/
usgenweb.....use the state archives search engine to see what has been posted for all the states...and please submit your own information and do your part! Be a giver as well as a taker! http://www.usgenweb.com/
usgenweb archives and special projects http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/
how to find the address of any courthouse http://www.genealogy.com/countlst.html
locating geographic place names http://genealogy.about.com/cs/places
A list to subscribe to, to get the newest submissions to the Genweb archives DAILY-UPLOADS-L-request@rootsweb.com (just send a subscribe email to this address)
Gen. search engines http://surnames.obitlinkspage.com
Library of Congress http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/
LOC Prints and photographs on line.... http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html
Allen County Library http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/
genealogical research at the National Archives http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/
site to find any public library in the country http://www.publiclibraries.com/index.htm
Genealogy libraries on the WWW
http://www.genealogy.org/~holdiman/LSG/libraries.html
American Philosophical Soc. Library (in Philly) http://www.amphilsoc.org/library
Social Security Death Index http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.html
hyper dictionary
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/placate
guide to specialized search engines
http://www.searchability.com/
America's first families (has an interesting section on fradulent family trees) http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/
convert money of a past date to today's money http://www.cjr.org/resources/inflater.asp
colonial money http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCurrency/CurrencyIntros/IntroValue.html
calculating birth dates
http://www.obitcentral.com/calc.htm
Quaker dating http://www.illuminatrix.com/andria/quaker.html
random acts of genealogical kindness
http://www.raogk.org/
foreign language translator http://www.babel.altavista.com/tr?
Ellis Island Records
http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/
A URL that contains photos of the different organizational Flag holders,
found in cemeteries; http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/flaghold/flaghold.htm
Descendants of the signers of the Declaration of Independence http://www.dsdi1776.org/
Accessible archives....periodicals http://www.accessible.com
post your family migration http://www.migrations.org/index.html
Migration trails http://www.mcn.org/2/noel/Westmoreland/MigrationTrails.htm
Digital library of Am. soc. history..antebellum to reconstruction
http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/
for local info via the yellowpages; ie: funeral homes, cemeteries. etc . http://local.yahoo.com/
white pages http://www.theultimates.com/white/
German genealogy http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/genealogy.html
historical timelines http://www.ourtimelines.com
rootsweb online census data http://userdb.rootsweb.com/census/index/
census bureau http://www.census.gov/
1930 census microfilm locator....NARA http://1930census.archives.gov/
Chronicles of Scots Irish settlement in Va (Chalkley's Index) http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley/index.htm
http://www.idreamof.com/cemetery/md/cecil/nottingham.html
This is the reading of the West Nottingham Presbyterian Church Cemetery in
Cecil County, MD.
WebWide Surname Locator http://surnames.obitlinkspage.com
Where to find vital statistics http://www.vitalrec.com/
DAR lookup site http://www.dar.org/natsociety/default.html On the main page there is a menu on the right, look for Patriotic lookup or use this URL http://www.dar.org/cgi-bin/natsociety/pi_lookup.cfm
Soundex sites; this is the National Archives site; http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/soundex/soundex.html
These are a couple of rootsweb soundex converter sites; http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter http://www.genealogy.org/soundex.shtml
where to buy census records http://www.censusmicrofilm.
institute historical research http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/welcome.html
Documents http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook2.html#gov2 index medieval govt admin, & legal documents/
William and Mary Quarterly http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/special/wmmaryqtr/index.htm
http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/#16 The American Colonist's Library A TREASURY OF PRIMARY DOCUMENTS Primary Source Documents Pertaining to Early American History An invaluable collection of historical works which contributed to the formation of American politics, culture, and ideals
Look up library http://www.rootsweb.com/~bwo/library.html
Books we own (free lookups ) http://www.rootsweb.com/~bwo/index.html#Library
FTM CDs free lookups (don't miss this one!) http://loricase.com/CDs/cdlist.html
Cecil County 1830 Federal Census Transcription - 1st Election District http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/md/cecil/census/1830/
Deciphering old handwriting : http://www.amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/oldhand.html
Relocation of Remains in Hollingsworth Family Burial Ground http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/md/cecil/cemeteries/hollingsworth.txt
Various Articles from The Cecil Whig, Elkton, 1883 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/md/cecil/newspapers/whig1883.txt
WPA http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html BOOKS ONLINE. Online Books Page. 15,000+ listings of FREE full- text public domain works online. Search by author, title, subject, serials). Genealogists might check the regional history subject listing. http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania., Henry Graham Ashmead, 1884, L. H. Everts & Co, Philadelphia: http://www.delcohistory.org/ http://www.delcohistory.org/ashmead/ how to find any county http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgireading old handwriting http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgicalculating the Distance between 2 places this is a neat site, used to tell the distance between 2 places.
sites for DEEDMAPPING software
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcaggni/caggninf/meetings/2000/may.htm
http://www.ultranet.com/~deeds/
http://www.ultranet.com/~deeds/factsht.htm
Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild
http://istg.rootsweb.com/
Immigrant ships - 1800s http://istg.rootsweb.com/1800/index.html