ANNOTATED LIST OF HELPFUL
FAMILY HISTORY
WEB SITES
©2007 by Donald R. Snow
Sections of the Class Notes
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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
GENEALOGY PROGRAMS AND
UTILITIES
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
GENEALOGY
SEARCH ENGINES
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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