Some of our favorite surfing locations:

 

Favorites:

Barbee Crossroads : http://members.aol.com/BarbeeJK/Crossroads.html

Rootsweb : http://www.rootsweb.com

GenForum : http://www.genforum.com

Family Tree Maker : http://www.familytreemaker.com/cgi-bin/iff

Genex - Index of Surnames : http://www.gendex.com:8080/display?page=surnames&

Surname Springboard : http://www.geocities.com/heartland/2154/springin.htm

Ancestory.com : http://www.ancestry.com/worldtree/tree.htm

Geocities Genealogy Society : http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=hgsring&id=YOURSITEID&list

Yahoo Genealogy Clubs : http://clubs.yahoo.com/

 

Vital records:

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.hamrick.com/names

http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.html

http://www.CyndisList.com

http://www.genforum.com

http://www.polaris.net/~legend/genalogy.htm

http://posom.com/hl

http://www.citynet.net/mostwanted

http://emcee.com

http://genealogy.tbox.com

http://www.gensource.com/ifoundit

http://www.genhomepage.com/societies.html

http://www.lds.org/Family_Hostory/How_Do_I_Begin.html

http://www.ngsgenealogy.org

http://www.nehgs.org

http://www.rand.org/personal/Genea

http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/searches

http://www.bc1.com/users/sgl/html/usa.htm

http://genealogy.travellor.com/genealogy

http://www.ukans.edu/heritage/research/dbd.html

http://www.usgenweb.com

http://www.usigs.org/index.htm

ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/roots-l/genealog/genealog.vital-ky

 

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 (Catholis 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 Baptist)

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)

 

Archives for military history & 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, U of KY)

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)

 

Sources for books:

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 and 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)

 

Lookup services:

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)

 

Genealogy mailing lists -

"how to guides":

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/~stephen/ownlists.htm

http://www.eskimo.com/~chance/lists.html

 

State & regional genealogy societies:

http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/mhgs/index.html (midwest gen society)

http://www.asc.edu/archives/genealog.html (Alabama genealogy)

http://wwwcogensoc.org/cgs/cgs-home.htm (Colorado gen society)

http://www.cslnet.ctstateu.edu (Connecticut library)

http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs (Florida gen 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 and archives)

http://mlin.lib.ma.us (Massachusettes Library and Information Network)

http://www.mnhs.org (Minnesota historical society)

http://mosl.sos.state.mo (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/NCSLHOMEHTM#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 (Pennsylvania archives)

http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/pde/LIDSTATE.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 Carolina library)

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 (suname helper)

http://www.eskimo.com/~chance/lists.html (surname mailing lists)

http://surnameweb.org/registry (surname web's registry)

 

Search for land titles and land patents:

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/~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)

 

Cemetery records:

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 genealogy 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/regionals/stlouis.html (fed personnel records)

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/8080/philly.html (Philadelphia)

http://www.usps.gov/ncsc (Zip Codes)

 

Real-Time Computer Translations

All European Languages

http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate

 

Geographic information:

http://www.calle.com/world/index.html (Global Gazatteer - Foreign)

http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html (United State Geological Service - finds exact location of places, names, cemeteries, churches, streams, etc.!!)

http://www.indo.com/distance (Distance between two locations.)

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 locator)

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 and 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 locator)

 

Ethnic research:

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 (Irelands 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 (Scot 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)

 

Search for people - search engines:

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

http://www.switchboard.com

http://www.whowhere.com

http://www.icq.com/emaildir.html

 

Favorite search engines:

http://www.aj.com (Ask Jeeves)

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 (Info Seek)

http://lycospro.lycos.com (Lycos)

 

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