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The Family History Project
Getting Started
Beginning Genealogy-Genealogy 110 - Excellent description
of how to direct students to begin
Ancestors - Forms here, too.
Pennsylvania Genealogy-Getting Started With Your Family Tree
Genealogy Homepage - Help getting started
including software links
Oral History Questions - From the Oral History Project
Memorabilia Corner - Commercial site selling many
genealogical aids - forms, maps, and books including a forms program for Microsoft Works - I don't suggest
buying, but book titles may be helpful. Genealogy libraries may have the book.
Genealogy Links for K-12 Teachers - Part of the History/Social Studies Web Site for Teachers -
Includes links to some Ethnic group resources near the bottom of the page.
Maps
USGS Online Database - Just enter the name of the feature and find where it is: rivers,
towns, counties, churches, hills, whatever it is!
Historical Maps of the United States
1895 U.S. Atlas - Locate villages and towns hard to find
Miscellaneous Links
CHARTS FOR REFERENCE IN GENEALOGY RESEARCH -
GLOSSARY CHART - OCCUPATION CHART - WAR CHART - DISEASE CHART
Genealogical Terms and Definitions
http://www.kuhnslagoon.net/cybertree/howto/abbrev.html">Genealogy Abbreviations
Terms, Phrases, Dictionaries, Glossaries
Questions to ask Yourself for your Bio
National Archives of the US
Sample Letters to an Archive - in several languages.
Genealogy and History Research Links
Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Check it out!
A list of all the newsgroups and listservs is here!
Mark and Cyndi's Family Tree - Cyndi's page is one of the best for genealogy links on the net - over 21,700
Be sure to give it a try!
Genealogy Toolbox - many surnames here
American History Project- Tons of links to all kinds of history information including newspapers
USGenWeb Project - Genealogy web pages for every state, broken down
by counties
World Genealogy Web Project - Links to many countries
Historical Societies on the Internet - Doesn't appear up-to-date but a start - A society in your town may have student programs
Social Security Death Index - Locate information on date of death, last residence, place of application, birth date of persons registered
with Social Security Adminstration(after 1931)
Hyperhistory Online - World History Timeline -Check This Out - Lots of detail
Gene Stark's Surname Database
Colonial and Revolutionary War
Colonial Williamsburg - Early colonial timelines, African slave information - Great for colonial history
The War Generations - Take a peek at the table, if your male ancestor was born within the time
frames, chances are he could have served (and left records) in the
military during the specified war.
War of 1812
Rocket's Red Glare
Links to Other Sites
Military History - War of 1812
Historical Text Archive-University of Mississippi
Civil War
American Civil War Page
United States Civil War Center - Links to all kinds of information about the Civil War
Letters of Edgar W. Clark to his wife Catherine
in Lansing, MI - These letters describe his life as a soldier, battle experiences, and various hospitals.
Letters from an Iowa Soldierin the Civil War
Links to many Civil War Units Plus several others of interest
BerryLink - More Civil War stuff including pictures
Ship's Lists
Ship's Lists - Look carefully here,
you might get lucky with name! Includes many years, has a search tool for Irish
immigrants to the US. Includes the passenger list of the Titanic.
German
German Genealogy Home Page
Palatine & Pennsylvania Dutch Genealogy
Native American
Cherokee by Blood
American Indian link list - Includes a list of
federally tribes as of 1994
Birthday Story of Private John G. Burnett, Captain Abraham McClellan’s Company, 2nd Regiment, 2nd
Brigade, Mounted Infantry, Cherokee Indian Removal, 1838-39
Native American Genealogy - Information About Many Different Nations
GENEALOGY RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET - American Indians
Jewish
Genealogy in Israel
JewishGen - Your Guide to Jewish Genealogical Sources
Holocaust Index
Cybrary of the Holocaust
Swiss Dormant Bank Accounts Web Site - list of the dormant accounts opened by non-Swiss
individuals prior to the end of World War II ( May 9, 1945)
Sources for German Jewish genealogy
African/Negro
Welcome To Afrigeneas - African-American Genealogy
Christine's Genealogy Website - African-American
African-American Genealogy Links
Portugese American
Portuguese - American Communities on the World Wide Web - Mostly to the U.S. but some good interesting
history on these pages - "Was Columbus the First to Discover the Americas?" and Brazalian information
Scotch-Irish
Gathering of the Clans
The Clan Campbell Society of North America
Argyll County,Scotland - includes
links for Scotish-Irish research.
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