RevelationsDiscovering yourself, your family, and your genealogy

Part IV

Non-Government Sitesby Julie Sikes-Speir

Journal makingJournal writingGenealogical PhotographyGenealogical Study

A FOUR PART GENEALOGICAL

PROGRAM

Julie Sikes-Speir

GENEALOGICAL PROGRAM1. Journal making2. Journal writing3. Genealogical Photography4. Genealogical Study

Genealogy 101 – Getting Started (including local materials housed in libraries)Internet Mega databases Government Genealogical Research sitesNon-Government Genealogical Research sites

Non Government Sites

Libraries and Archives

Genealogical Links

Family History Library atFamilySearch.org

https://www.familysearch.org/locations/saltlakecity-library

Oldest online genealogical site in the world

Family History Library@ FamilySearch.org

Family History LibrarySalt Lake City, UT

Maintained by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, this allows access to not only genealogical records, but their comprehensive library catalog.

http://www.familysearch.org/

Family Search.orgThe Family History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints houses genealogical materials that include over3 billion records. It’s the largest collection of its kind in the world.

Oldest online genealogical site in the world

Family Search LibrarySearch the Catalog

Family History Centers where you can go for help with research and look at microfilm and they only charge nominal fees if they have to order something specifically for you .

Family Search Centers Find a local center

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp

Staff are available to assist with searches and will arrange for the microfilm containing the information you need to be shipped in.

Family Search Centers

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints(LDS/Mormons) have the largest genealogicallibrary in the world.

Family History Catalog is free.Genealogical records from over 140 countriesMajority of information deals with persons

who lived before 1920The International Genealogical Index database

contains over 600 million individual namesFree genealogy software – Personal Ancestry

File (PAF)

Family History Local Library/CentersSearches can also be conducted through local Family

History Centers. Each centre has a basic collection ofmaterials for beginning research as well as copies of theFamily History Library Catalog, Ancestor File and theInternational Genealogical Index.

Other records kept include district and county marriagerecords, vital statistics records and various municipal andTownship records

Allen County Public Library Ft. Wayne, ID

http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx

The premier U.S. public library genealogy collection. They will provide reprints of articles from that database/index via copies of their online order form.

Library of Congress

Has numerous searchable databases

Kansan City Public Library

Library of CongressAmerican Memory

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

Map Collection at Perr-Castaneda LibraryUniversity Texas, Austin

Historical maps including topical ones such as military conflicts, territorial growth, westward migration, and early Indian tribes.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

University of GeorgiaGenealogical Resources

http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/GeorgiaReferenceShelf/Genealogy.html?Welcome

Searchable Death Indexes

Very extensiveThis directory of online death indexes listed by state includes death certificate indexes, obituaries, cemetery burials and probate records.

http://www.deathindexes.com/

ObitsArchive.com

Database will search specific local newspapers and give you the date of obituary. For more information that is a $20/ mo. subscription fee.

Find A Grave

Find A Grave

Also lists extensive additional information about the subject.

Live Roots.comLive Roots is a specialized search engine that assists you with locating genealogical resources, including both those that are accessible online and others which may require assistance from another researcher. The concept behind Live Roots was to build a search experience that bridges the gaps between independent genealogy web sites, large commercial ancestry repositories and many other printed family history materials yet to be digitized and published on the World Wide Web.

Ethnic Sites

Ethnic SitesChristine’s Genealogy (African-American)

http://ccharity.com/

AfriGeneas

Genealogy.com (African-American) http://www.genealogy.com/00000360.html?%0bWelcome=1037666830

American Memory Project CollectionSlave narratives

NARA Ethnic Heritage Resources on other Web sites.

Native American Indian Genealogy

Christine’s Genealogy

Offers good research sources for African-American genealogy

African Origins

Offers some census slave schedules

AfriGeneas

Africana

http://www.africanaheritage.com/

Documents names and lives of slaves, freed persons and their descendants.

African American Migration

http://www.inmotionaame.org/

Digital Library of American Slavery

http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/pSearch.aspx?s=2

A searchable database of detailed personal information about slaves, slaveholders, and free people of color that includes more than 150,000 individuals, 80,000 slaves and 8,000 free people of color.

African American Historyat American Memory

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

Athens-Clarke County Library (GA)Extensive Published materials relating to African American Genealogy

Native American Genealogy at National Archives

http://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/

Indian censuses from 1885 through 1940 and the Dawes Rolls, applications for enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes taken between 1896 and 1914.

Native American Genealogy at Access Genealogy

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/

Access to many of the Indian rolls, including the Dawes, as well as links to individual states and their Indian records.

Carolyne’s Native AmericanGenealogy Helper

A major portion of this site focuses on Native American history and genealogy resources. Includes some "how to" articles for Indian research.

http://www.angelfire.com/tx/carolynegenealogy/

Indian Census Finder

http://www.censusfinder.com/indian-census.htm

Native American Genealogy

Published Book Sources

These hardcopy sources vary greatly from library to library as well as regionally

Compiled Information:These resources are published as periodicals, books, and computer databases.

biographies genealogieslocal historiespublished original records

Genealogy Books and CDsto connect your records with early settlers

Adventurer’s of Purse and Person: Virginia 1608-1624/5, 4th ed. 2007

Immigrants to the New World, 1600s-1800s (in book and CD format)

The Library of Congress at www.loc.gov/index.html.

They have a large collection of published family histories and many historical documents in digital format available.

Use WorldCat to search for specific books.

More Places to Find Published Genealogies:

WorldCat

Helps locate rare genealogical publications near you.

A good place to find where published materials are located.

Making of America Project

Over 1500 nineteenth century digitized books

Genealogical Societies

Seek out local genealogical societies for information on their particular area.

Federation of Genealogical Societies National Genealogical Society State Genealogical Society Daughters of the American Revolution

Genealogy Societies

Federation of Genealogical Societies

Offers standards and guidelines for genealogical research.

Daughters of the American Revolution

http://www.dar.org/natsociety/pi_lookup.cfm

DAR Research

Associated application may be purchased

Local Genealogy Societies

Local Genealogy Societies

Immigration Searches

Ancestry Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Castle Garden Database Ellis Island Foundation Database Stephen Morse’ One Step Webpages

Immigration Web sites

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild

Castle Garden Immigration Center

This free site offers access to an extraordinary database of information on 11 million immigrants from 1820 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened.

Ellis Island Immigration

Search by passenger name or by ship

Hard to find Passenger List s of the Carolinas

http://www.germanroots.com/miscports/charleston.html

Olive Tree Genealogy

Naturalization Records

http://www.germanroots.com/naturalizationrecords.html

Searching beyond America

Canada◦ Canadian Genealogy Centre◦ CanadaGenWeb

British Isles◦ GENUKI

Europe◦ WorldGenWeb◦ American Historical Society of Germans from

Russia (AHSGR)◦ Federation of Eastern European Family

History Societies (FEEFHS)

Non-U.S. Research

United Kingdom Genealogy

United Kingdom Genealogy

State and Local Sites

Alabama Department of Archives and History

Vitalrec.com $ Local Sources for vital records

Alabama Cemetery PreservationAlliance

Gives locations of Alabama cemeteries. May be searched by name, county, city, or town.

http://www.alabama-cemetery-preservation.com/welcome.lasso

Alabama GenWeb

Volunteers coordinate the collection of databases and generally oversee the contents of county web pages.

http://www.algw.org./

Alabama Genealogy Blog

RootsWeb LDS Family Search Ancestry Use search engines to locate Family Name

Web sites

Some Sites Offering Family Charts

Miscellaneous Genealogy Sites

Steven P. Morse’sOne Step

http://stevemorse.org/

Alternate and easier ways of accessing genealogy websites

Ultimate Day of Week Calculator

http://calendarhome.com/day-of-week.html

Today in history, 10000-year calendar, thousands of calendars, calendar encyclopedia, and hundreds of links.

Periodicals

February, 2012 April, 2012

$30/yrhttp://www.familychronicle.com/

Periodicals

$30/yrhttp://www.familychronicle.com/

Many Interesting articles

It’s never really

The End

• The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy

Val D. Greenwood• The Source: A Guidebook of American

GenealogyLoretta Dennis Szucs

• Complete Idiots Guide to GenealogyChristine Rose

• The Everything Family Tree BookKimberly Powell

Read a Genealogy How-to Book

Also FREE:◦ Legacy Family Tree – Standard edition

www.legacyfamilytree.com◦ Family Tree Legends www.familytreelegends.com

For a small cost:◦ Family Tree Maker – Generations◦ Legacy Family Tree – Deluxe edition◦ The Master Genealogist (TMG)◦ RootsMagic

For the Mac:◦ Reunion ◦ MacFamilyTree◦ Also GEDitCom, Genealogy Pro, Heredis, iFamily

Other Genealogy Software Programs

Ancestry LDS FamilySearch RootsWeb

Sites for Social Security Death Index