NAGS September 26, 2009

Family History Center Computer Websites

 

Ancestry for Family History Centers A list of databases that are available free at the FHC is available at: http://ancestryinsider.blogspot.com/2009/05/ancestry-family-history-center-edition.html

 

BYU BOOKS: 45038 items in this online collection: http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php

 

Family History Library Catalog: Items available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City –most are rentable locally http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp

 

      Footnote www.FootNote.com  The place for original historical documents online

 

Family Search    Billions of free family tree, family history, ancestry, genealogy and census records

 

Family Search Labs http://familysearchlabs.org/  showcases new family history technologies that aren't ready for prime time.

 

Genlines: Over 17.444.502 images (approx. 34.500.000 pages) available in the Swedish Church Records archive.  Explanation at:  http://www.genline.com/

 

Heritage Quest at Family History Centers: Census (1790 – 1930) Books (over 25,000 family and local histories), PERSI (2.1 million genealogical and local history articles), Revolutionary War (Pension & Bounty Land Warrants), Freedman’s Bank (Served African Americans 1865-1874) U. S. Serial Set ( information about people and places in the Memorials, Petitions and Private Relief Actions of the U.S. Congress.)

 

Rootsweb: www.rootsweb.com  Internet's oldest and largest free genealogical community. An award winning genealogical resource with searchable databases, free Web space

 

Godfrey Memorial Library:  19th Century U.S. Newspapers, Early American Newspapers, Accessible Archives 19th Century Newspapers, London Times Digital Archives, American National Biography, OCLC World Cat.  Godfrey Collection (4,000 genealogies, biographies, memoirs and funeral sermons) plus NewspaperArchive.com.

 

Sharlot Hall: www.sharlot.org includes collection of historical information of Yavapai County and the surrounding region---NAGS cemetery database.

 

USGenWeb www.usgenweb.org  Free genealogy and family history online made possible by the USGenWeb Project volunteers

 

World Vital Records: Includes over 1 billion searchable names online from all over the world. This includes World War II Army Enlistment Records, the Social Security Death Index (SSDI), the Ellis Island Passenger Arrival Records, Find A Grave death records, and SmallTownPapers® newspaper collection

 

Legacy & Training Videos— Both the Legacy genealogy program and training videos.

 

Databases only available at the Family History Centers

 

Raylene: rjunkins@cableone.net                      Sue: dskissel@cableone.net