Genealogy Resources

GENEALOGY – BEYOND THE BASICS

http://rwguide.rootsweb.com
            31 genealogy topics on various kinds of records to nationalities roots

http://www.heritagequestonline.com
               HeritageQuest Online

http://www.cyndislist.com
            Over 240,000 links to genealogical sites

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mdtmgug/education/sitemap.htm#top
          Mostly secondary sources for many different kinds of records

http://wilson.lib.umn.edu/reference/gen-how.html
            A two part website of topics of interest to genealogists
http://www.genealogytoday.com/columns/ruby/
            Practically everything you ever wanted to know about doing genealogy
http://www.bcgcertification.org/skillbuilders/
            Using, analyzing, evaluating records, indexes and how to cite findings
http://web.mel.org/SPT--BrowseResources.php?ParentId=416
            More than 60 web sites, not limited to Michigan
http://www.arkansasresearch.com/guide.html
            Thirteen categories of various records
http://www.genealogybranches.com/
            Genealogy Articles, Tips & Research Guides
http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/micounty/
            Michigan County Histories
http://familyhistory.byu.edu/tutorials.asp
          Brigham Young University tutorials

FEMALE ANCESTORS
http://genealogy.allinfoabout.com/features/women.html
            How to find women in your family tree

CEMETERY RECORDS
http://www.pbs.org/kbyu/ancestors/records/cemetery/table2_text.html
Cemetery or Sexton Records Guide
http://www.familychronicle.com/CemeteryRecords.html
Suggestions for finding death records

COURT RECORDS
http://www.genealogy.com/47_neill.html
            Types of court records
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=3501
            What to do when the courthouse burns
http://www.dohistory.org/on_your_own/toolkit/probateRecords.html
            How to read probate records
http://www.bcgcertification.org/skillbuilders/skbld955.html
            Analyzing wills
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=908&o_xid=0039218725&o_lid=0039218725&o_xt=31936496
            Relationships in Probate records
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=2136
            What’s in a probate packet?

DEEDS AND LAND RECORDS
http://users.rcn.com/deeds/deeds.htm
            Finding your ancestors using deed records
http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson29.htm
            Land records in the U.S.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/l/o/Scott-S-Slocum/FILE/0015page.html
            Scroll down to see frequently asked questions about land records
http://www.spokanelibrary.org/research/genealogy/Land%20Records.asp
            Land Records
http://www.rootdig.com/adn/sanborn.html
            Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

NEWSPAPERS
http://genealogy.about.com/cs/newspapers/a/news_research_2.htm
Where and how to find old newspapers
http://genealogy.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ancestry.com%2Flibrary%2Fview%2Fancmag%2F2739.asp
Searching newspapers

MILITARY RECORDS
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
            All things about the Civil War
http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/civilwar/default.asp
            Michigan Civil War records
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/military.html
            Online searchable military records
http://www.rootdig.com/pensions/
            Civil war pensions, articles, information and samples

PASSENGER LISTS
http://members.aol.com/rprost/passenger.html
            Passenger Lists on the Internet
http://home.att.net/~arnielang/shipgide.html
            Immigration and Ships passenger list research guide
http://www.immigrantships.net/
            More than 5,000 ships listed by ships listed by ship’s name, port of departure, port of arrival, captain’s name and surnames
http://www.theshipslist.com/
            Self explanatory
http://www.genesearch.com/ports.html
          Ports of arrival and their available passenger lists 1820-1957, including Canadian and Mexican Border crossing records
http://www.freesurnamesearch.com/search/passlists.html
            Free genealogy databases – Passenger Lists
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/onlinelists.html
            What passenger lists are online?
http://stevemorse.org
            Castle Garden and Ellis Island
http://www.dholmes.com/ships.html
            Portuguese Passenger Ship Master List
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=6049
            Discovering Immigrants place of Origin from Catholic marriage records
ETHNIC GROUPS
GENERAL
http://www.familysearch.org/
            Research guides, Research helps, Word lists and Vital Records Index for Scandinavian     and Mexican birth and marriage data
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/ethnic_intro.asp
            List of ethnic web sites
http://www.genhomepage.com/world.html
          World wide genealogy resources

CANADIAN, FRENCH-CANADIAN and ARCADIAN

http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=6830
http://automatedgenealogy.com
          Index to 1901 and 1911 Canadian censuses

AFRICAN AMERICAN
http://www.genealogy.com/12_obits_print.html
            Obituaries
http://www.afrigeneas.com/guide/
            Beginners guide

NATIVE AMERICAN
http://www.genealogybranches.com/nativeamericans.html

ENGLISH SPEAKING

ENGLAND
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl
Free birth, marriage and death index for England and Wales since 1 July 1837
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/
Includes U. K. and Ireland

WALES
http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/wales/

AUSTRALIA
http://www.genealogylinks.net/australia/#OZNAT
http://www.shoalhaven.net.au/~cathyd/austmenu.html

NEW ZEALAND
http://www.genealogylinks.net/newzealand/

SOUTH AFRICA
http://www.rupert.net/~lkool/page2.html

IRELAND
http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/

NORTHERN IRELAND
http://www.nireland.com/genealogy/quick_guide.html

SCOTS-IRISH
http://www.scotchirish.net/

SCOTLAND
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/famrec/index/html
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/emigration/

FRANCE
http://genealogy.about.com/od/france/
http://www.afgs.org/genepges.html

ITALY
http://www.italianancestry.com/Section6.html -
http://italiangenealogy.tardio.com/

GREECE
http://genealogy.about.com/od/greece/

SPAIN
http://www.ldelpino.com/consejos.html - Watch for links that are in English
http://www.genealogyweb.com/spain.html

SCANDINAVIAN

SWEDEN
http://www.genealogylinks.net/europe/sweden/
FINLAND
http://sydaby.eget.net/swe/emi_intro.htm
            Before Ellis Island – register for   free
http://www.genealogia.fi/indexe.htm
DENMARK
http://www.emiarch.dk – Danish Emigration Archives
NORWAY
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wgnorway/ http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/sab/howto.html
ICELAND
http://www.samkoma.com/cgi/links.pl.cgi?061
GERMANIC
GERMAN
http://www.geocities.com/german_genealogy
            German Roots
http://dict.leo.org/
            Translation into English of words
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/
            Resources for German Genealogy on the Internet

AUSTRIAN
http://www.sobek.org/
http://www.rootsweb.com/~autwgw/index.htm

DUTCH
http://www.genlias.nl
Be sure to ask for this site in English when you get to it. Mostly 19th and 20th Century baptism, marriage and death records
http://www.twente.nl/~genealogy/
http://genealogy.about.com/library/authors/ucklaassen1a.htm

BELGIAN
http://belgium.rootsweb.com/
SWITZERLAND
http://genealogy.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eye.ch%2Fswissgen%2Fgener-e.htm
LUXEMBOURG
http://www.intech.mnsu.edu/bunkers/links.htm
LIECHTENSTEIN
http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/CH/FL/flemi1-e.htm
SLAVIC
http://www.iarelative.com/
Tools and resources for Czech, Bohemian, Moravian, Slovak, and other Slavic countries records

EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
http://www.feefhs.org/maps/INDEXMAP.HTML
Maps of these countries
POLAND
http://www.polishroots.com/genpoland/index.htm
http://www.polishroots.org/

LEMKO
http://lemko.org/roots.html

CZECHS
http://www.iarelative.com/czech/

BOHEMIA
http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/SUD/sudet_en.html#gener

HUNGARY
http://www.bogardi.com/gen/

CROATIA
http://www.croatia-in-english.com/gen

SLOVAKIA
http://www.rootsweb.com/~svkwgw/

ASIA
http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/index.htm
Select Chinese Immigrant Files

HISPANICS
PUERTO RICO
http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eprwgw/
CUBA
http://www.cubagenweb.org
Cuban genealogy center

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