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A collection of useful Genealogy links
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| The Genealogy presence on the Internet is nothing short of staggering. The links here are a very small sampling of what is out here, and are intended simply as a starting point.. Resource's like Cyndi's List and Rootsweb contain just about all the links one could ever want or need, however these links will certainly get you started on your way and will serve as a "Genealogy Highlights" of the Internet. |
| Genealogy Fraud | |
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If you are new to Genealogy (and even if you are not), you should be aware of the scams on line, some concerning money, and others pertaining to false information. After researching valuable Genealogy links for the purpose of this page, we have come across quite a bit of information pertaining to fraud aimed squarely at those who study Genealogy. The links below scratch the surface of this problem. Town Local Digital has taken the liberty of setting up an E-List for the purpose of fighting back. An E-List (E-Mail List) is a system where those who join may send email messages to all of it's other members. What better way to watch each others back, than to create an on line community, connected in real time via their email accounts, to forward warnings and information? And what's more, these messages are added to our message archive, which is accessible to the public. The first step at protection is knowledge. Take the time to read the information on the following sites to see how scam artists are trying to take Genealogists for a ride. If you agree that an E-List can be beneficial, then take a few minutes of your time and sign up. It costs nothing, and your email addresses are secure. If you would care to add this sign up panel to your site, the code is at the bottom of this page. |
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| Johns Notebook | Have you ever stumbled upon another genealogists research to find that your family line has been taken back almost to the Cave Man? Sound a little far fetched? Keep in mind that written records beyond the 16th century are few and far between. |
| Read
About Family Discovery |
Our readers talk about familydiscovery.com
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| Genealogy Frauds | America's First Families documents fraud. |
| Mark
Ellsworth Hickman's Genealogy Scams and Pitfalls |
Heraldry, Coat of Arms, Shields,
Family Crests |
| Genealogy
and the Internet Fraudulent Genealogies |
In many cases the fraud is not necessarily something that was done by a family member. It may have been done by someone hired to do genealogical research. |
| genealogymagazine.com | Watch Out for Fake Family Trees |
| CAVEAT EMPTOR | More on the subject. |
| Genealogy
Web Site Watchdog |
As a public service to the genealogical community, Ancestor Detective® will list Web sites which provide misleading or inaccurate genealogical information. |
| About FamilyDiscovery.com |
A site that is getting lots of negative publicity! |
| No Excuse! Ancestry's Affiliate Program | It's bad enough when you are taken by those you don't know. But what about a leader and trusted source in the industry? Ancestry.com has apparently been slacking in their responsibilities with those that support them. Check out the entire story at Gensuck.com. |
| Genealogy Tutorials / Education. | ||
| Jelly Jar | Are you wanting to search for your family history but don't know where to start? Here are a few tips to help you get started on your quest for ancestors. | |
| Genealogy Instruction Beginners, Teenagers, and Kids | These pages are for the new beginning genealogists, adults, teens, and youngsters, who need a little help getting started | |
| Helpful
Hints for Successful Searching |
This page is meant to give you some basic guidelines and point you in the right direction so that you may be successful in your search for your ancestors. | |
| DearMYRTLE's Daily Genealogy Column | An excellent source for information, including helpful guides to get you started. | |
| Surnames.com | Learn How to do Original Research on your Surname. | |
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Genealogy is the study of the descents of families and persons from an ancestor or ancestors. This study is undertaken by many people out of interest in their personal and family origins. As a hobby it can become pleasantly addictive, at least to the person concerned. However the study is also undertaken professionally, not just in order to provide a commercial service that can be used by people who are seeking help in researching their origins, but also for very serious legal and financial reasons. Thus there are accepted standards for doing genealogy "properly" - standards that we recommend you seek to learn and emulate. | |
| Treasure Maps - the How-to Genealogy Site | Getting started, Deciphering Old Handwriting, How to Do Tombstone Rubbings , Finding the Hidden Treasures in Tombstone Rubbings and lots more. | |
| Dr. Barbara Denny George's Online Instructional Site | Barbara Denny George, Ed.D.,
teaches several self-paced, online courses/adventures for children and
adults, as well as classes for families and senior citizens, through
community, lifelong education and community colleges.
Dr. George is a certified teacher, past technology coordinator and avid genealogist who is very patient in leading newcomers through the Internet with ease. |
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| Top Genealogy Sites | |
| ROOTS-L | ROOTS-L is a mailing list for people who are interested in any or all aspects of genealogy, anywhere in the world. We're the original Internet genealogical mailing list (our first messages were posted in 1987), and the largest. |
| Cyndi's List | About 100,000 Genealogy links, categorized for your convenience. If genealogy is your interest, this site is a MUST for your favorites. |
| Helm's Genealogy Toolbox | Helm's Genealogy Toolbox premiered on the World Wide Web in February 1995 with a mere 134 links. Now, it includes not only the largest categorized list of genealogical links, it has genealogical software profiles, search engines, digitized images, how-to articles, queries, and genealogical news stories. |
| The Genealogy Home Page | This is the home of Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, a free weekly publication. This newsletter allows you to keep up-to-date on the latest news in genealogy, new CD-ROM disks released, new genealogy software, books, Web sites and more. The newsletter is available online or you may prefer to have it delivered to your e-mail address every week. Again, it is free |
| RootsWeb | The Internet's oldest and largest FREE genealogical community. |
| Genealogy Software | |
| Genealogy.com | Although Genealogy.com's current development efforts focus on genealogy software and Internet products, former President Kenneth L. Hess actually founded the company (then called Banner Blue Software) with a different product line |
| Free Genealogy Software | Download GenoPro. Free, non demo, no time out, full version software! |
| LDS Software | The church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints offers a nice selection of free, genealogical related software. Check them out. |
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| Genealogy Message Forums | |
| Genealogy
Forums on Compuserve |
CompuServe's Genealogy Forums are now free and open to everyone! |
| Genealogy
Today Genealogy Forums |
Around the Internet there are collections of online resources (called forums, clubs, groups, message boards, etc.) that all serve to unite individuals with common interests. We have put together a single source to search them all. |
| GenForum | Genealogy resource offers over 5,000 discussion forums devoted to specific surnames and ethnicities, as well as general genealogical topics |
| Genealogy Forums | Genealogy Forums. US States Foreign Countries Topic Specific Genealogy Forums |
| Old Photo Forum | Old Photo Forum is specifically designed to promote the sharing of information about old photographs and to facilitate cooperative research in genealogy and history of photography |
| Genealogy Clip-Art | |
| Genealogy Clipart | Links to ......well...... genealogy clipart ;-) |
| Genealogy Clipart | More Clipart |
| Free Genealogy Clipart | THIS site is awesome! Worth a bookmark! |
| Yep... more clipart..... | |
| Marvelicious Designs | Welcome to Marvelicious Designs! These backgrounds are free to use on Personal Home Pages [VERY CLASSY] |
| More Genealogy Clipart | A site containing genealogy clipart and links to more. |
| Genealogy Researchers | |
| Roots
Location List Name Finder |
This is an interface to the March 1998 release of the Roots Location List. Type in a location, hit the carriage return or enter key on your keyboard, and a list of people researching that location will be returned |
| Search
the RootsWeb Surname List |
Search surnames to find the people researching them. |
| Genealogy Helplist | The Genealogy Helplist consists of volunteers who are willing to help others by looking up specific items at institutions near them, or help supply other information easily accessible to them. |
| Genealogy Search Engines, Tools and Databases | |
| NedGen.com | Search genealogy websites in USA, Canada, Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands/Belgium, Scandinavia, United Kingdom and other European countries, Australia & NZ, Asia, Africa and Jewish genealogy. You can also search Ships & Passenger lists, Adoption, Census, Online databases, Vital records, Ellis Island, Migration, Military, Personal homepages, Genealogy software, Origins, Ancestry and Classmates from here! |
| Genealogy Today - articles, news, searchable databases and local genealogy directory | For millions of users, Genealogy Today has been the starting point for their family history travels about the Internet. Whether you have been working on your family history for several years or just getting started, Genealogy Today has resources to help you with your search. |
| Gensite | FREE GENEALOGY RESEARCH of Birth, Census, Death and much more. |
| Surname
to Soundex Code Database |
The Soundex system is the means established by the National Archives to index the U.S. censuses (beginning with 1880). It codes together surnames of the same and similar sounds but of variant spellings. Soundexes are arranged by state, Soundex code of the surname, and given name. |
| Ancestry.com | Largest and fastest-growing collection of online searchable genealogy data. |
| My Trees.com | Kindred Konnections welcomes you to the most advanced genealogical research site in the world. MyTrees.com houses the World's Largest Pedigree-Linked Database allowing you to find family names fast |
| USGenWeb Archives | Find public domain records, copies of census records, marriage bonds, wills and other public documents in America. |
| Geneanet | Our Mission: to make the power of the Internet available to our users by setting up a universal register of all the world's genealogical resources, whether Net-based or not, and whether free or fee-paying. |
| YourFamily.com | Now there's one address on the Web to find family homepages--we invite you to add yours to our extensive database. Use our genealogy bulletin board to fill in your family tree. Locate long-lost relatives using our free bulletin board. Create your own family homepage, taped oral history & heirloom photo-album |
| GenSource | This site provides the online genealogist with databases to assist them with their research online. |
| An internet database furnished by Yates Publishing, consisting of an index to over 840,000 family group sheets submitted over the years to the Family Group Sheet Exchange | |
| Searches at RootsWeb | Extremely comprehensive! |
| Find me Please | Locate an old friend or a lost love one - missing child, relatives, schoolmates, military or prior work colleagues, old neighbors, genealogy search, etc? Post it here! Include any photo that you can to help with your search. This is a FREE service. |
| Miscellaneous Genealogy Sites | |
| The Genealogy Home Page | A huge compilation of Genealogy links |
| Cyndi's
Genealogy Home Page Construction Kit |
Tips, hints, links and more to help you create your personal genealogy home page! |
| www.francogene.com | Your gateway to Franco-American and French-Canadian Genealogy on the Internet |
| Family Tree Illustration | Genealogy charts are high resolution color prints, printed on archival paper. The borders are computer generated from hand drawn colored art work. Our graphics are not printed from a GEDCOM but are individually designed and manually laid out in the computer. Personalize your family tree chart with up to two family photographs and one monogram. Add your own family crest. |
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