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Favorite Links
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(If any of these links are inoperative, please send an email to the BAGS web master.)
| The Genographic Project -https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/The National Geographic Society, IBM, geneticist Spencer Wells, and the Waitt Family Foundation have launched the Genographic Project, a five-year effort to understand the human journey—where we came from and how we got to where we live today. This unprecedented effort will map humanity's genetic journey through the ages. |
General Genealogy Websites
http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/
-- A free site dedicated to obtaining, creating, and presenting Texas cemeteries
as they are today. This project began as "West Texas Cemeteries" a small
site of just 9 counties. Today the site covers the 254 counties of Texas
at plus some of the surrounding states of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana,
Arkansas. The goal is to obtain cemetery histories, inscription
records, directions and photographs of each cemetery or burial ground.
http://www.eagleknight.com
-- Mexican genealogy research, Hispanic genealogy books of Cadereyta Jimenez,
reading civil and church records, census and baptism genealogy books for
sale. .
http://www/hcdistrictclerk.com/Common/HistoricalDocument/HistoricalDocuments.aspx -- Free on-line early (1837-1925) original scanned images of Harris County District Clerk's Office.
http://www.censustools.com/census/ancestry-resources.html -- a page to provide a one-stop guide to the seemingly endless range of resources at Ancestry.com.
http://www.gensmarts.com GenSmarts is a utility that uses artificial intelligence to analyze your existing genealogy file and produce research recommendations. ... GenSmarts reads your data directly - it doesn't require a Gedcom export. It works with over a dozen popular genealogy progams, including Family Tree Maker and PAF.
http://www.deadfred.com/ Dead Fred's Genealogy Photo Archive, a free, fun photo genealogy research web site devoted to helping you visualize your heritage!
http://www.linkpendium.com/ Linkpendium is being developed by Karen Isaacson and Brian Leverich, founders of the extremely popular RootsWeb genealogical community site. "The first thing we're doing is building a directory of everything relevant to genealogy on the Web." As of 9/2006, it has 5,097,259 genealogy links.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.html The black-and-white photographs of the Farm Security Administration- Office of War Information Collection are a landmark in the history of documentary photography. The images show Americans at home, at work, and at play, with an emphasis on rural and small-town life and the adverse effects of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and increasing farm mechanization. Some of the most famous images portray people who were displaced from farms and migrated West or to industrial cities in search of work. In its latter years, the project documented America's mobilization for World War II. The collection includes about 164,000 black-and-white negatives; this release provides access to over 160,000 of these images. The FSA-OWI photographers also produced about 1600 color photographs.
http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/ Brigham Young University online archive. 'This collection has been established to provide genealogical researchers throughout the world with access to a rich repository of histories created by families to record and celebrate the lives of their ancestors. The repository is hosted by the libraries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Joseph Smith, the founder of this Church said, "The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead." The intent of this archive is to help people everywhere identify ancestors and learn from their legacy.'
"Ever try entering extracted census data into your genealogy program's primitive text editor? ... Using a spreadsheet is a great way to record your genealogy data in a format similar to the original source." Genealogy-related spreadsheets and also blank forms for hand-entry are available free from the following site: http://www.censustools.com
League City Genealogy Society website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlcgs2/ Just a short drive away to see some good programs listed on their website.
KidzGenWeb -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwkidz. This site is for children and teens so that they are able to post surnames, queries and class room genealogy projects so that other children/teens or adults may be able to help them with their search. Only children can post surnames and queries, however, adult researchers can answer the queries or post helpful hints.
Freepages directory at Rootsweb -- http://freepages.rootsweb.com/directory These are automated alphabetized listings of the user entry page titles, and most people who build their own pages do a poor job of titling when they do it at all. The categories (or 'communties') of "Genealogy" and "Family" might be of most interest, but I also found an extensive web site under "History" for Dallas County with hundreds of old articles.
LoneStar Genealogy -- www.lonestargenealogy.com LoneStar Genealogy was 1 of 10 worldwide websites recommended by Texas Highways magazine, June 2003 issue.
Census Diggins -- http://www.censusdiggins.com/ -- "Home of FREE databases!". Very interesting site with a bunch of links. If you subscribe to their newsletter that shows updated databases, you are entered in a drawing.
Census Finder -- http://www.censusfinder.com -- Census Finder contains over 17,000 links to Federal census records, state census records, tax lists, city directories, veterans' census records and much more.
US & State County Census Maps www.genealogyinc.com/uscm.htm
US & State County Formation Maps www.genealogyinc.com/uscf.htm
Southestern States www.segenealogy.com
NorthEastern States www.negenealogy.com
meanings of terms & descriptions www.genealogyinc.com/descriptions/
Genealogy Web Forum http://www.segenealogy.com/_forums/ (new forum... not much here yet)
Ancestry.com -- http://www.ancestry.com/
-- Lots and lots of free and paid databases.
Genealogy.com -- http://www.genealogy.com -- Home of the popular software package Family Tree Maker. Lots of databases (free and paid).
Gencircles -- http://www.gencircles.com/ -- Free! Search other people's family trees.
Rootsweb -- http://www.rootsweb.com -- Free! Owned by Ancestry.com. Lots of databases!
USGenWeb -- http://www.usgenweb.com -- Free! Divided up by state and then by county. Excellent tool!
AccessGenealogy -- http://www.accessgenealogy.com -- Free! Records and databases for the genealogist.
Cindi's List -- http://www.usgenweb.com -- Cindi Howells' List of Genealogy Sites. Free!
Family Search -- http://www.familysearch.org -- Family history web site (sponsored by the Church of Latter-Day Saints).
Kindred Konnections -- http://www.familysearch.org -- Lots of databases (free and paid).
Genealogy of Cadereyta
Jimenz, Nuevo Leon, Mexico -- http://www.eagleknight.com
-- Mexican genealogy research, Hispanic genealogy books of Cadereyta Jimenez,
reading civil and church records, census and baptism genealogy books for
sale.
Misc Websites
International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists -- http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/
(IBSSG) is an Association of Genealogists who have found "blacksheep
ancestors" in their direct family lines, or under the "One Degree Rule"
of the Society.
Genealogy Funny Papers -- http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tracers/thefunny.htm -- Humorous items in the world of genealogy. Take a break and read the funnies.
Vital Records -- http://www.vitalrec.com -- Contains information on how to order copies of vital records (ie. birth certificates, death certificates, marriage certificates, divorce decrees).
Census Online -- http://www.census-online.com/links/index.html -- A comprehensive list of free online census links. A real gem of a website!
NACo's City/County Search -- http://www.naco.org/counties/queries/city_srch.cfm -- Look up county information such as county seat, current population, and list of cities in the county. Excellent resource for county information. Really good for determining which county a particular city is in.
Genealogy State Search -- http://www.genealogystatesearch.com -- Provides a guide of state's contact information for vital statistics, state archives, online message forums, cemetery information, and other sites of interest per state.
Library of Congress -- http://www.loc.gov -- All about the Library of Congress.
National Archives and Records Administration -- http://www.nara.gov -- All about the National Archives and Records Administration.
Search Engines
Kartoo -- http://www.kartoo.com -- Really unique interactive graphical presentation of search results. (A favorite of your web guy.)Google -- http://www.google.com -- It's not just a search engine. It's a genealogy tool! Search for people, places, etc. Has cache copies of pages in case they changed since the search engine spidered them.
Yahoo -- http://search.yahoo.com -- Another search engine which has a much larger database than Google, but no caching. Yahoo also has categories that Google doesn't have, and a new feature allows you to define your own subset of the web for searching
Altavista -- http://www.altavista.com -- And another good search engine.
Disclaimer: Commercial genealogical resource websites are listed for your convenience only and are not endorsed or maintained by the Bay Area Genealogical Society. Use of any information obtained from these sources must be personally researched for correctness. Use this information as a research tool only. There is alway misinformation published in any format. Also these links might not be operational; if you find one that repeatedly fails, let us know.
Members: To add your favorite Genealogy link(s),
Email: Linda at TxBayAreaGen.org.
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