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SHPL- INTERNET LINKS
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 | About.com is great
starting point for beginners on genealogy. Offers site reviews,
newsletters, census resources, and a great collection of research sites
for kids. |
| Cyndi’s List of
Genealogy Links on the Internet is a terrific source of links to over
262,000+ genealogy related sites. Organized by categories. |
| GeneaNet: Genealogical
Database Network’s mission is to set up a universal register of the
world’s genealogical resources. |
| Genealogy Home Page
is a directory of genealogy links. |
| Genealogy Today
has hundreds of articles on a variety of family history topics, a
community of amateur and professional genealogists, plus a store. |
| Helm's Genealogy
Toolbox includes a categorized list of genealogical links,
software profiles, search engines, digitized images, how-to articles,
queries, and genealogical news stories. |
| Genealogy.com is a
commercial site but it has a good selection of beginner’s information
and a list of online resources. |
| Access Genealogy
is a useful starting place and a source of data. Good Native American
collection. |
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Government and Association Sources
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| Social Security Death Index.
Find obituaries, cemetery records, locate a death certificate, or track
down probate records. |
| Death Indexes is a
directory of online death indexes listed by state, including death
certificate indexes, obituaries, cemetery burials and probate records. |
| US Vital Record
Information. How to obtain vital records from each state. |
| Child Welfare (was
National Adoption Information Clearinghouse) is a comprehensive resource
on all aspects of adoption, foster care, etc. |
| Census Online
provides links to U.S. and Canadian census information broken down by
county or province. |
| The
Genealogy Page from the National Archives. |
| National Genealogy Society.
Membership, events, charts, forms, conferences. |
| American Family
Immigration History Center has a searchable database on the 22
million immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island between 1898-1924. Free
registration. |
| Church of the Latter Day
Saints. Browse records of census, property records, voting
registration, and more. Also can build a starter family tree. |
| Library of Congress has
history and photos too. |
| Allen
County Library Genealogy Department. Source of local
genealogical information plus links to other sites of interest. |
| Civil War
Soldiers and Sailors System. Computerized database with
information about Civil War both Union and Confederate. |
| World GenWeb Project
is a non-profit, volunteer based organization dedicated to providing
genealogical and historical records and resources for world-wide access! |
| US GenWeb Project pulls
together all of the states’ genealogy web sites. Terrific source for
genealogy. |
| Michigan GenWeb
is Michigan’s part of the US GenWeb. |
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Michigan Sources
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| Michigan Polonia, by local
genealogist Ceil Jensen, is an excellent resource. |
| Making of Modern Michigan
includes local history materials from communities around the state.
Michigan's unique heritage is represented through photographs, family
papers, oral histories, genealogical materials, and much more. |
| Michigan Electronic Library
offers resources for genealogists including state resources and "how-to's".
The Michigan Newspaper Project can also be useful for genealogists. |
| Mt. Clemens
Public Library. Guide to genealogy sources. Also has some
specific sources for Macomb County. |
| Sterling Heights
Genealogical Society |
| Macomb County
Death Records. Local source for death records. |
| Draft
Registration Index for Macomb County, MI. Compiled by librarian
Kristy Taormina from National Archives microfilm of 7,243 draft
registration cards for Macomb County. Includes information on men of
Macomb County who were between ages 18-45 during World War I, even if
they never served in the military. The site includes a more detailed
explanation of the nature of the records, as well as an image of a
sample draft registration card. |
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Other Sites for Genealogy Research
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| Ellis Island Manifests |
| Steve Morse’s site has
Elllis Island Manifests |
| Ancestry.com is a
leading resource for family history online. Site has over a billion
names in 3,000 databases. Also offers subscription service which is
available free in the library. |
| Rootsweb Data
Cooperative. Purpose is to make large volumes of data available
to online researches at minimal cost. Home of the Roots-L-Surname list
and databases. Also has free access to Social Security Death Index and
other files. |
| Deciphering
old handwriting. |
| Genealogy Gateway
acts as a gateway to further information. Click on the gateway you need
and follow the links. |
| Gensource provides
databases to assist with research online. Features I Found It & Common
Threads. |
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Genealogy on the Web links including newsgroups, state and
country information. |
| Olive
Tree Genealogy Useful to find ancestors who traveled by ship.
Also offers a database of lists to other resources. |
| CousinConnect is a
great source for hooking up with other genealogists and distant cousins
researching your family. |
| City Directories of
the USA attempts to identify all city directories for the US and
where they’re held. |
| Caleb Johnson's
Mayflower Web. The site lists passengers who came to the New
World in the 1620's on the Mayflower, the Fortune and the Anne. |
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Cemetery and Obituary Help
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| Cemetery Internment Lists.
Use to find gravesites of ancestors. |
| FuneralNet.
Search for U.S. funeral homes. |
| ObitFinder has more than
a million recent obits from U.S. and Canada. Search by newspaper name. |
| Obituary Central has
thousands of links to online obituaries and other notices. Also has
search engines for obits. |
| Find a Grave is a
guide to find “where everybody who was anybody is buried.” |
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Genealogy Ethnic Resources
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Also try:
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www.familyrecords.gov.uk |
| www.irishgenealogy.com |
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irelandgenealogyprojects.rootsweb.com |
| www.irishroots.net. |
| Scottish Archive Network
is funded by the Heritage Lottery Funds. Has digitized catalogs of more
than 50 Scottish archives. |
| Detroit
Polonia and Hamtramck Genealogical Website: Local resource. |
| PolishRoots |
| Cuban Genealogy Homepage.
Surnames, videos, LDS, families, index to “Historias de familias Cubanas”. |
| Canadian Genealogy Centre
serves as a genealogy umbrella for the National Library of Canada and
the National Archives of Canda. |
| Acadian-Cajun Genealogy &
History site includes queries, history, and step-by-step how-to
research tips. |
| Avotaynu is the leading
publisher for Jewish genealogy. |
| JewishGen is a
genealogy gathering place. Share research and use the online archives. |
| Index of Native
American Resources on the Internet includes genealogy in its
wide-ranging resources. |
| Chineseroots offers
help on Chinese research, surnames, and resources. Some fee for service. |
| Italian Genealogy Homepage.
Surname databases, family histories, etc. |
| Data
Banks of Italian Emigrants: their databases cover over 200,000
Italians who made their way to New York before Ellis Island opened. |
| Federation of East European Family
History Societies. |
| German Roots. |
| Norway’s Digital Archive |
| Holland records |
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Keeping track of your own family
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| MyFamily.com. Set up a circle for your family with message boards, photo albums, chat rooms, and calendars. |
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Additional Link Suggestions from our Patrons
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These are a few suggestions of interest to
those interested in Polish and other Eastern European heritage:
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April 14, 2008
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