Genealogy Info---Free for the Finding!
Free Genealogical Research On The Internet.
Nancy
Brockhoff Dzierzawski
Brooklyn,
MI
tgopwt@comcast.net
RESEARCH
v Family Tree Computer Programs
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Gensoftreviews.com
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Roots Magic http://www.rootsmagic.com
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Family Tree Maker http://www.familytreemaker.com
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PAF http://www.familysearch.org/eng/paf
v Evaluate the Website
v Cindislist: http://www.Cyndislist.com
v Linkpendium http://www.Linkpendium.com
v Family Search
http://www.Familysearch.org
v Family Search Pilot http://pilot.familysearch.org
v Googling your Ancestors
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Google
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Yahoo
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Ask.com
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Dogpile
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Search engine
comparison:
http://lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/SearchEngines.html
http://www.internettutorials.net/engines.html
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Google Operands:
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+Use a plus sign
before a keyword so that it appears in your search results without stemming.
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-Use a minus sign
before a keyword that you do not want to appear in your search results.
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-Use the tilde sign
before words for search results that include synonyms. (genealogy, ancestry,
family tree).
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-Place a first name
and last name between double quotes to search for exact occurrences of the
name. Place location names of 2 or more words in quotes; i.e. "new
york".
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OR Use the OR operand
to receive results that contain one of the query words or phrases.
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Use the asterisk as a
wild card; ie. for a middle name.
use a number
range search to match any one year in a range of years, i.e. 1700...1750
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Easy Google searcher http://www.searchforancestors.com/google/searcher.html
v Libraries & Organizations
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http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/
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http://www.swanton.lib.oh.us/
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http://www.toledolibrary.org/
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OhioLink http://olc1.ohiolink.edu/search/ is a
statewide online catalog which mostly includes university and college library
holdings from Ohio.
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MeLCat, http://elibrary.mel.org/search the Michigan statewide service that allows
you to order books from hundreds of libraries and have them delivered to your
closest participating library.
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Worldcat http://www.worldcat.org/ is a national/international library catalog,
now partially accessible from home.
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Allen County Public
Library:
http://acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy
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Family History Library
in Salt Lake City:
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp
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Heritage quest info
and where to find a library that has it.
http://www.eogen.com/heritagequestonline
v World Vital Records---Free
stuff
http://www.searchforancestors.com/worldvitalrecordsfreebies.html
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New Databases New
Databases are free for 10 days. See list of free recently added databases on
lower left column.
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Social Security Death Index:This SSDI not only includes name, birth
date, death date, residence at death, plus a geomap from Microsoft Virtual
Earth that maps the location of nearby cemeteries.
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This Day in History: Almost 60,000 historical events to help
create an ancestral timeline.
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Free Newsletter: Learn about: Genealogy and family
history industry news and updates WorldVitalRecords news and information
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Ellis Island Passenger Arrival Records: (1892 - 1924) The Ellis Island
Passenger Arrival Records contains details for more than 24 million passengers
and crew who arrived through the Port of New York at Ellis Island between
January 1, 1892 and December 31, 1924.
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Rootsweb
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Oldest and largest
free internet site for genealogy
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Most useful- World
Connect and Surname List
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Also databases, mail
lists and message boards
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Can put post-it notes
in data bases
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Has own search engine,
but Google may be better
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Get more results by:
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Leaving post it notes
when you find a relative in a database with your name, e-mail details or
corrections.
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Search freepages and
maillist archives using Google
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Footnote
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Paid site with lots of
free content
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All of indexes are open and free to search. Find names of people,
places and topics. Each search will return a list of documents and a small
image of the document with your search term highlighted. Have opened up a
select number of titles where you can view every document, annotate, comment
and print for free. http://www.footnote.com/documents/
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US Milestone Documents: Documents that
have shaped American history. View images of the originals and learn where each
document is archived. This collection provides a first-hand look at some of the
nation's high and low points.
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Project Blue Book: Nearly 13,000
government UFO reports. From Alaska to Arizona, from Florida to Labrador, UFO
sightings were reported from within North America and even around the world.
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Pennsylvania Archives: More than
100,000 pages from 1664–1880. If you're interested in Pennsylvania history and
want information relating to historical events, facts about ancestors, or
original documents to support a research paper, the Pennsylvania Archives is an
important publication to explore.
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Papers of the Continental Congress:
Official records of the original colonies and the early United States. The
First Continental Congress (1774) addressed "intolerable acts" by the
British. The Second Continental Congress (1775-1781) created the Declaration of
Independence and the first national government.
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Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress:
These are documents which were misplaced, overlooked, or found in private hands
when the Papers of the Continental Congress were first arranged in 1834.
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Constitutional Convention Records: Convened
in Philadelphia in May 1787, the Constitutional Convention created one of the
most important documents of the new nation - the United States Constitution.
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Copy Books of George Washington's Correspondence:
Explore events that preoccupied George Washington during his years as president
through these letters. The correspondence includes items as simple as trip
itineraries to more complex issues such as the
conduct of the US in wars of other nations, and Thomas Jefferson's opinion of
the constitutionality of the Residence Act in 1790
v http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
v http://www.familytreemagazine.com
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