GENEALOGY CLASS HANDOUT
Return to Start Page

GENEALOGY HOME BASE SITES:
LDS Church site with Ancestral File, IGI, card catalog, Pedigree resource file index, research helps, databases and links to other sites.

Offers free services, websearch, search of FTM CDROM’s, products to purchase, 1900 census images and. Index by subscription.

Offers free data searches, subscription data searches, products to purchase. You can download a GEDCOM.

Provides mail lists, links to other sites, searchable databases.

Ancestral Findings; Free look-ups on extensive CDROM collection; limited to two persons per day.

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com
Searches family trees that have been submitted. You can download a GEDCOM
MAPS:
http://maps.yahoo.com/yahoo
Map of an U.S. Place

www.segenealogy.com

Maps of development of SE States
www.negenealogy.com
Maps of development of NE states

SEARCH ENGINES:
www.google.com is the best for genealogy sites.
Also good are:
www.searchenginewatch.com
NO SINGLE SEARCH ENGINE SEARCHES THE ENTIRE WEB!
Use several to get good coverage.

LOOKUPS:
Random Acts of Genealogy Kindness. Volunteers who will look up specific names in Census and other records.

PEOPLE FINDERS:

HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS:
Detroit Publishing Company-downloadable photos

INDEXING SITES:
Index to thousands of genealogically oriented sites (over 250,000)

A web site for each State and county in U.S.,
lists resources, methods and look-ups

Similar project for other countries

SURNAME LISTS:
A Searchable listing of researchers and surnames they are working on with E-mail address
ONLINE CATALOGS:
Los Angeles Main Public Library

http://catalog.loc.gov/
Library of congress Online Catalog

http://www.lva.lib.va.us

Mega Catalog of Library sites
----Site appears to be broken----

http://www.gwest.org/gen_libs.htm
List of genealogy library sites

http://www.lvccld.org/catalog/
Site to access Las Vegas library catalogs online

http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/
Links to state archival and manuscripts repositories

OLD BOOKS:

Site where you can post questions and messages and get in touch with other researchers

SEARCHABLE DATA BASES:
Government land sale records in AL, AR, FL, IN, LA, MI, MN, MS, MO, OH, WI, starting in 1828
BIBLE RECORDS:
www.biblerecords.com
Transcriptions and photos of Bible Family history page