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From: "Sally Pavia" <>
Subject: [GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES] Some Really Good Sites
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:09:56 -0700

American Cultural History
www.Kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/19thcentury.HTML
Or
www.kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.HTML
Place your ancestors in historical context with these lively guides to the
19th and 20th centuries—you'll find everything from basic facts and
statistics to fads and fashions to education and technology. Profiles of
each decade include suggested books for further reading.


Early American History
www.1st-hand-history.org
This lively collection of written accounts from the 1700s and 1800s warns,
This is probably not the same history that you learned in school." Clicking
through these documents is like interviewing your early American
ancestors-listening to real people, not the famous folks who made the
history books-express their thoughts, feelings and ambitions. As the site's
introduction puts it, "Here is the real pioneer spirit at its best and worst



EPodunk.com
www.epodunk.com/genealogy
Find those obscure and obsolete ancestral towns with this searchable guide
to 45,000 cities, villages, towns and townships across America. Search on a
place name, and you'll find the name of the county, the county seat and
links to various genealogical resources.


Map History
www.maphistory.info/sum.html
Besides an introduction to the history of cartography, this site serves up
thousands of links to old-map sites—including hundreds with digitized
images—to help you trace your ancestors' whereabouts.


TribalPages [one of my favorites]
www.tribalpages.com
We thought the Web had enough pedigree-sharing sites until we discovered
TribalPages, a free service that lets you not only share but also document
and view your family history online. Besides searching the database of 12
million-plus names, you can store your own data and get online charts and
reports.


Looking 4 Kin
www.looking4kin.com
Maybe someone in this friendly site's genealogy chat room can solve your
brick-wall problem. You'll also find an extensive list of well-categorized
links here.


Directory of Corporate Archives in the United States and Canada
www.hunterinformation.com/corporat.htm
Start finding your kin's occupational records with this guide to company
archives, arranged by corporation, archivist and geographic area.


Old Directory Search
Olddirectorysearch.com
This modest but growing collection of digitized city directory pages
includes such volumes as the 1892 Denver directory, 1844 Chicago directory,
1786 New York City directory, 1890 Philadelphia directory and 1837 Cleveland
directory. If your ancestors were in the right place at the right time, this
site could spell a breakthrough.


Pullman Collection
www.rootsweb.com/~ssghs/pullman.htm
Maintained by the South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society (SSGHS)
in Illinois, this site will get you started digging into the records of some
200,000 former Pullman Car Works employees. Fill out the form here and SSGHS
will do a quick search of records from 1900 to 1949, free.


Applied Language
www.appliedlanguage.com/free_translation.shtml
Stumped by that foreign phrase or Web site? This free online resource
translates
up to 150 words or any Web page between English and 10 different languages
(even Chinese). You'll find world maps and online foreign-language
dictionaries here, too.

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