ANNOTATED LIST OF HELPFUL

FAMILY HISTORY WEB SITES

©2007 by Donald R. Snow

Sections of the Class Notes

Welcome
Tutorials and Instructions
Genealogy Programs and Utilities
Genealogy Databases
Online Vital Records
Genealogy Search Engines
Maps and Gazetteers
Assignment

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WELCOME

Instructors are Donald R. and Diane M. Snow, 801-225-7123 in Provo, Utah and 435-673-1932 in St. George, Utah (snowd@math.byu.edu, dms34@juno.com)
These notes with active Internet links are posted on the Utah Valley PAF Users Group website http://uvpafug.org under Class Outlines, Don's Listings.
We have selected 30 or 40 helpful web sites out of the millions related to genealogy and family history. Some are shown in more than one category.
Many more such sites can be found by "Googling" terms like "genealogy databases" or "Utah vital records"..

TUTORIALS AND INSTRUCTIONS

http://uvpafug.org -- Utah Valley PAF Users Group web page -- helps, information, many class outlines (DRS's and others)
http://www.familysearch.org -- lots of Research Helps, Research Guidance, Glossary, FHLC
http://paftutorial.byu.edu -- PAF Tutorial from BYU
https://lds.netdimensions.com/ -- LDS FH Dept tutorials (Need to register at http://www.familysearchsupport.org/ )
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/4167/research_tips/research_TIPS.htm -- Tutorials and articles on genealogy research

GENEALOGY PROGRAMS AND UTILITIES

http://www.familysearch.org -- LDS Church's genealogy web site with databases, FH Library Catalog, download PAF, and much more
http://www.ohanasoftware.com -- Commercial site for PAF Insight and many other programs, lessons, classes
http://mudcreeksoftware.com/ -- Commercial site for GENViewer and several other helpful genealogy utilities
http://www.familyatlas.com/ -- Family Atlas software genealogy mapping program

GENEALOGY DATABASES

http://www.familysearch.org -- International Genealogical Index, Ancestral File, some Censuses, Index to Pedigree Resource Files
http://www.rootsweb.com -- Major database of names and helps -- free to everyone
http://www.usgenweb.org -- Web sites of every state and country in U.S., links to web sites with info and data about the states, counties, and towns
http://library.washco.utah.gov/ -- Has link to Heritage Quest Online you can use with your library card barcode from Washington County, Utah
http://earlylds.com -- Database of (eventually) all LDS Church members from 1830 up to the early Utah period
http://lds.org -- Go to About the Church/Church History/Pioneer Overland Travels for database of pioneers
http://www.ancestry.com -- Major commercial database of names and helps; some free databases
http://ellisislandrecords.com/ -- Ellis Island New York immigration records
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/databases.html -- Online genealogy databases, inclulding vital records and U.S. Social Security Death Index
http://www.ancestorhunt.com/ -- Genealogy search engines and links to many databases
http://www.kindredtrails.com/databases.html -- Lists and links to many U.S. and world-wide genealogy databases
http://www.lovitt-genealogy.com/~lovitt/database.htm -- Categories and links to many U.S. and world-wide genealogy databases
http://www.kindredkonnections.com/ -- Kindred Konnections, MyTrees, database
http://www.genealogyportal.com/ -- Genealogy Portal -- lists and links to many genealogy databases and helps
http://www.genuki.org.uk/ -- Links and information on genealogy in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, etc.) and Ireland
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ -- FreeBMD (Births, Marriages, and Deaths) Civil Registration Index for England and Wales

ONLINE VITAL RECORDS

http://historyresearch.utah.gov/inventories/81448.html (Search on http://historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/index.html ) -- Utah Death Certificates and Burials Index
http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm -- Western States Marriage Index
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/deathrecords.html -- Online searchable death indexes in the U.S., including some online certificates, e.g. Utah and West Virginia death certificates
http://wee-monster.home.att.net/vitalrecords.html -- Online birth and marriage records for the U.S.
http://genealogy.about.com/library/blvitalus.htm -- Information on vital records for all states in the U.S.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wargl/freevr/free-vr.html -- Links to free vital records indexes online, primarily for the U.S.

GENEALOGY SEARCH ENGINES

http://www.google.com -- Very helpful search engine to find genealogy information and databases
http://clusty.com/ -- Helpful search engine that clusters the results by subject -- useful for genealogy
http://www.linkpendium.com -- Millions of links for genealogy, primarily in U.S. states, counties, and towns
http://www.cyndislist.com -- Hundreds of thousands of links for genealogy, tools, email lists, groups, locations, names
http://werelate.org/wiki/Main_Page -- Search engine for genealogy web sites and a host for genealogy databases

MAPS AND GAZETTEERS

http://maps.google.com -- Google Maps -- locations, driving directions, satellite images of places and hybrid views
http://www.multimap.com -- good maps, world-wide, but best of current day British Isles, aerial photo overlays
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/ -- select state and click on state, then Selection Map to view map of counties for that state
http://www.davidrumsey.com -- David Rumsey Map Collection; large collection of historical maps, being added to constantly
http://terraserver.com/ -- Satellite views of anywhere on earth
http://www.mapquest.com/ -- Mapquest, maps and driving directions
http://www.topozone.com -- Topozone, topological maps of U.S.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ ListSome.php?category=Maps -- Library of Congress Map Collection
http://tomcat-dmaweb1.jrc.it/fuzzyg/query/ -- Fuzzy Gazetteer, shows variations of spellings and related locations
http://www.eduplace.com -- click on Link Library (at bottom) and search for maps -- shows many good web sites with online maps
http://www.libraryspot.com/maps -- lots of links to map collections, mostly at colleges and universities

ASSIGNMENT

Search for an ancestor's name in some of these web sites.
Find a map of the area where you lived when you were born.
Go to Linkpendium and find the name of a newspaper in the city when and where you were born.
Type a location into the Fuzzy Gazetteer and see the variations you get.

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