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From: Connie J. Gaines< >
Subject: Misc viewing sites - Research, misc.
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 21:41:00 -0700

The following list was forwarded to me from a friend who received
it through HOWELL-L mailing list.

You may have most of these and you can always hit the trash button,
but some might be useful.

Connie
- - - - -
Jim's list.

>Favorite search engines:
>http://www.altavista.digital.com/ (Alta Vista)
>http://www.aol.com/netfind/ (AOL searcher)
>http://www.excite.com/ (Excite)
>http://galaxy.tradewave.com/galaxy.html (Galaxy)
>http://www.hotbot.com/ (Hot Bot)
>http://www.infoseek.com/ (InfoSeek)
>http://lycospro.lycos.com/ (Lycos)
>
>People searchers:
>http://www.anywho.com/resq.html
>http://www.555-1212.com/whte_us.htm
>http://www.four11.com/
>http://in-114.infospace.com/_1_196816106__yp.ch/reverse.htm (reverse
=
finder)
>http://www.switchboard.com/
>http://www.whowhere.com/
>
>Geographic information:
>http://www.mit.edu/geo/ (finds county for known place and state)
>http://www.ahip.getty.edu/tgn_browser/ (geographic thesaurus)
>http://www1.proximus.com/lycos/ (Lycos road map)
>http://www.mapquest.com/ (Mapquest)
>http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html (geographic name =
locater)
>http://www.expediamaps.com/PlaceFinder.asp (Microsoft worldwide
info)
>http://members.aol.com/oldmapsne/ (Historical Ink; old maps, NY&NE)
>http://www.outfitters.com/genealogy/land/twprange.html (township &
=
range
>system)
>http://www.multimap.com/ (United Kingdom)
>http://www.livgenmi.com/1895.htm (US atlas, 1895)
>http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/gnis/ (Yale geographic name
locater)
>
>Vital record sources:
>http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm (center for health
=
stats)
>http://www.medaccess.com/address/vital_toc.htm (where to write)
>http://www.inlink.com/~nomi/vitalrec/ (Naomi's list)
>http://www.census-online.com/links/index.html#top (online census =
materials)
>http://www.doitnow.com/~moravia/census.html (alternate, census
online)
>http://members.tripod.com/~rosters/ (searchable South)
>
>Giant genealogy sites:
>http://www.genweb.net/ DO NOT USE! He surfs the web and steals =
materials
>from
>websites public and private and has set up surname and locality =
"discussion
>lists" that undercut the work of rootsweb.
>http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.html (barrel of links)
>http://www.CyndisList.com (Cyndi's list)
>http://www.wwnet.com/~krugman1/fgc/ (Ford genealogy club)
>http://www.genforum.com/ (genealogy discussions)
>http://www.polaris.net/~legend/genalogy.htm (genealogy gateway)
>http://posom.com/hl/ (genealogy helplist)
>http://www.citynet.net/mostwanted/ (genealogy's most wanted)
>http://emcee.com/ (genealogy online)
>http://genealogy.tbox.com/ (genealogy toolbox)
>http://www.gensource.com/ifoundit/ (genealogy search engine)
>http://www.genhomepage.com/societies.html (genealogical societies)
>http://www.lds.org/Family_History/How_Do_I_Begin.html (Mormon FHCs)
>http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ (National Genealogical Society)
>http://www.nehgs.org/ (New England Historic Genealogical Society)
>http://www.rand.org/personal/Genea/ (Rand genealogy club)
>http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/searches/ (Roots Web Searches)
>http://www.bc1.com/users/sgl/html/usa.htm (searchable genealogy
links)
>http://genealogy.traveller.com/genealogy/ (Traveller southern
families)
>http://www.ukans.edu/heritage/research/dbd.html (UofKS sourcelist)
>http://www.usgenweb.com/ (US Genealogy web)
>http://www.usigs.org/index.htm (US Internet Genealogical Society)
>ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/roots-l/genealog/genealog.vital-mo =
(genealogical
>and historical societies of Missouri; to change states, delete "mo"
and
>substitute the postal abbreviation of the state of your choice)
>
>Church history:
>http://www.ncccusa.org/ (National Council of Churches)
>http://www.ats.edu/members/denom.htm (theological seminaries)
>http://www.rrlc.org/guide/arc02.shtml (American Baptist)
>http://www.cob-net.org/ (Church of the Brethren)
>http://www.catholic.net/ (Roman Catholic Church)
>http://www.cin.org/ (Catholic information network)
>http://www.catholic.org/colweb/direct.html (Catholic web directory)
>http://www.disciples.org/historc.htm (Disciples of Christ)
>http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/ (Episcopal Church, USA)
>http://www.elca.org/ (Evangelical Lutheran)
>http://www.fum.org/ (Friends United/Quaker)
>http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/index.htm (Quaker genealogy)
>http://www.mercer.edu/mainlib/SpColl.html (Georgia Baptist)
>http://www.depauw.edu/lib/services/Desc/dept.htm#archives (Indiana
UMC)
>http://www.lcms.org/ (Lutheran, Missouri Synod)
>http://www.jewell.edu/academia/currylibrary/partee/partee.html(MO
Bapt)
>http://cmc2.cmc.edu/arc.html (Missouri United Methodist)
>http://cc.owu.edu/~librweb/spuma.htm (Ohio United Methodist)
>http://www.libertynet.org/~pacscl/phs/index.html (Presbyterian)
>http://www.rca.org/ (Reformed Church in America)
>http://carolus.furman.edu/library/welcome/specpage.htm (SC Baptist)
>http://www.ucc.org/ (United Church of Christ)
http://www.gcah.org/center.htm
>(United Methodist archives) =
http://www.gcah.org/Conference/umcdirectory.htm
>(UMC state archives)
>
>Ethnics
>http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/searchable.html (searchable
=
Canada)
>http://www.genealogy.com/gene/www/emig/emigr.html (emigration from
=
Germany)
>http://genealogy.org/~palam/#iareg (Palatines to America)
>http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~tbrass/AMST/Amst.html (Dutch in New =
Amsterdam)
>http://www.familyworkings.com/genealogy1.htm (German genealogy)
>http://www.kst.dit.ie/nat-arch/index.html (Ireland's national
archives)
>http://www.rootsweb.com/~irish/index.html (Irish Genealogical
Society)
>http://gentreegenealogy.com (Irish genealogy)
>http://www.anywhere.co.uk/news.html (Scots birth, death, marriage =
indices)
>http://www.scotclans.com/ (Scots clans)
>http://www.tartans.com/genalogy.htm (Scots genealogy)
>http://www.origins.net/GRO/ (Scotland General Register Office)
>http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/story/story.htm (tartans &
=
clans)
>http://www.tartans.com/ (tartans)
>http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/ (UK genealogy)
>
>Wars
>http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/milhist/ (Canada war timeline)
>http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~hoemann/unit1.html (Civil War
fighting
units)
>http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm (CW Dakota
State)
>http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/ (Civil War, UofKY)
>http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/civlink.htm (Civil War, LSU)
>http://www.usgenweb.com/military/index.htm (military history for =
genealogy)
>http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/ (Military History Institute)
>http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/millib/index.html (military
libraries)
>http://www.toast.net/~beau/gs1812.htm (Society of the War of 1812)
>
>Book sources
>http://www.clark.net/pub/rmharris/netdlrs.html (antiquarian books)
>http://www.appletons.com/homepage.html (Appleton's)
>http://www.glbco.com/ (Blair's)
>http://www.esva.net/ghotes/biblio/bkdealer.htm#dealer (dealers &
publishers)
>http://www.hearthstonebooks.com/ (Hearthstone)
>http://www.higginsonbooks.com/genbooks.htm (Higginson genealogy)
>http://www.hopefarm.com/genealog.htm (Hope Farm, NY books)
>http://www.midcoast.com/~picton/ (Picton Press)
>http://server.mediasoft.net/Scott/C/ (Willow Bend)
>http://www.yogs.com/ (Ye Olde Gen Shop, Indianapolis)
>
>Lookups
>http://www.rootsweb.com/~bwo/#States (books we own)
>http://www.mindspring.com/~wcrews/BooksPlus.html (mostly Southern =
books)
>http://www.longstreet.net/census.html (census lookups)
>http://www.cswnet.com/~mgoad/dar.html (DAR patriot index)
>http://www.concentric.net/~Mikerice/hl/usa/index.shtml (genealogy =
helplist)
>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2154/springin.htm (surname =
springboard)
>
>Mailing lists
>http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html
>http://members.aol.com/gresinet/gen_mail.html
>http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/
>http://php.indiana.edu/~stephenl/ownlists.htm
>http://www.eskimo.com/~chance/lists.html
>
>States
>http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/mhgs/index.html (midwest gen
society)
>http://www.asc.edu/archives/genealog.html (Alabama genealogy)
>http://www.cogensoc.org/cgs/cgs-home.htm (Colorado genealogical =
society)
>http://www.cslnet.ctstateu.edu/ (Connecticut library)
>http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs/ (Florida genealogical society)
>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9829/Ga.html (Georgia =
helplist)
>http://www.sos.state.il.us/ (Illinois Secretary of State)
>http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/ (Indiana library)
>http://www.uiowa.edu/~shsi/index.htm (Iowa historical society)
>http://home.att.net/~ladylake10/ipl/ipl_main.htm (Iowa pioneers)
>http://www.kumc.edu/kansas/KSL/Ref/ksl_ref.html (Kansas library)
>http://www.kdla.state.ky.us/kdlaindx/kdlaindx.htm (Kentucky library
&
>archives)
>http://mlin.lib.ma.us/ (Massachusetts Library and Information
Network)
>http://www.mnhs.org/ (Minnesota historical society)
>http://mosl.sos.state.mo.us/rec-man/arch.html (Missouri archives)
>http://www.system.missouri.edu/shs/ (Missouri historical society)
>http://www.nehgs.org/ (New England Historic Genealogical Society, =
Boston)
>http://www.state.nj.us/statelibrary/libgene.htm (New Jersey
library)
>http://www.sara.nysed.gov/ (New York archives)
>http://unix2.nysed.gov/ (New York library)
>http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/vr.htm (New York
vital
>records)
>http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/archives/ (North Carolina archives)
>http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NCSLHOME.HTM#information (NC =
library)
>http://www.ohiohistory.org/ (Ohio historical society)
>http://www.ok-history.mus.ok.us/ (Oklahoma museum of history)
>http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ (Oregon archives)
>http://www.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Historical_Museum/DAM/overview.
htm(Penn
>archive)
>http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/pde/LIBSTATE.HTML (Penn. commonwealth =
Library)
>http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/respol.htm (South Carolina archives)
>http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/escn_database_reports/ (old
SC
>papers)
>http://www.historic.com/schs/ (South Carolina historical society)
>http://www.sc.edu/library/socar/mnscrpts/index.html (USC's South =
Carolinia
>lib)
>http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/tslahome.htm (Tennessee library
&
>archives)
>http://www.vsla.edu/index.html (Virginia library)
>http://www.westvirginia.org/ (West Virginia online)
>http://www.wisc.edu/shs-archives/ (Wisconsin historical society)
>http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/www/wis_lib.html (online Wisconsin =
libraries)
>
>Surnames
>http://www.one-name.org/top.htm (Guild of One-Name Studies)
>http://cgi.rootsweb.com/surhelp/srchall.html (surname helper)
>http://www.eskimo.com/~chance/lists.html (surname mailing lists)
>http://www.gendex.com:8080/display?page=3Dsurnames&; (surname search
=
engine)
>http://surnameweb.org/registry/ (surname web's registry)
>
>Lands
>http://www.avana.net/~lhaasdav/Patentlocations.html (all states)
>http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ (BLM eastern states land records)
>http://www.innernet.net/hively/newpage29.htm (PA lands, with links)
>http://image.vtls.com/collections/LO.html (Virginia land office =
records)
>
>Newspapers
>http://www.dds.nl/~kidon/medie-link/uspapers.shtml (Kidon US
dailies)
>http://www.dds.nl/~kidon/media-link/usweek.shtml (Kidon US
weeklies)
>http://www.dds.nl/~kidon/media-link/capapers.shtml (Kidon Canada)
>http://caroline.eastlib.ufl.edu/flnews/projects.html (state
newspaper
>projects)
>http://www.lib.virginia.edu/cataloging/vnp/contacts.html (state =
projects
>list)
>http://www.naa.org/hotlinks/index.asp (state associations, dailies
by
state)
>
>When they're gone
>http://users.deltanet.com/~steven/cemetery.html (cemetery listings)
>http://www.funeral.com/cemeterystates/ (cemetery listings)
>http://www.funeralnet.com/cgi-local/notfound.pl?/ (funeral home =
listings)
>http://www.dreamscape.com/goldlinks/cemetery.htm
>http://www.Islandnet.com/ocfa/ (Ontario cemetery listings)
>http://we.got.net/docent/cem/uscem.htm (US cemeteries)
>http://www.inwd.com/death/usa.htm (US cemeteries)
>
>Other related sites
>http://www.firstct.com/fv/stone.html (breaking down the wall)
>http://www.ala.org/alonline/ (American Library Association)
>http://www.genealogy.org/~bcg/ (Board for Certification of =
Genealogists)
>http://www.firstct.com/fv/oldhand.html (deciphering old
handwriting)
>http://www.nara.gov/regional/stlouis.html (fed personnel records =
center)
>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3207/ (Low Country
Huguenots)
>http://OfficialCitySites.com (index of local government sites)
>http://www.umdl.umich.edu/moa/moa_search.html (UMich literature
search)
>http://www.vanished.com/pages/database.html (misc. online
databases)
>http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us (Mid-Continent Public Library)
>http://www.libraryspot.com/librariesonline.htm (libraries
everywhere)
>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/8088/philly.html =
(Philadelphia)
>http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/ (Zip Codes)
>
>
>>*:~:*:~:*:~:*:~:*:~:*:~:*:~:** **:~:*:~:*:~:*:~:*:~:*:~:*:~:**
>~~~Rachel Spence in Juneau, Alaska
>http://www.ptialaska.net/~alsknmom with new photos
>http://www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/1970 with older photos
(same
>pages, different photos/server)

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