At 06:36 PM 2/8/00 -0600, you wrote: > Here is some more good genealogy websites. > >Kindred Konnections http://www.kindredkonnections.com/ >You can also download free gedcom software that is LDS compatible. > >Family Tree Maker http://www.familytreemaker.com/ > >Social Security Death Index >http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi > >Vanessa > > >Pat Connors wrote: > >> I sent this out right after New Year's so if you already have it, >> nothing is changed or added. This is for our new listers. >> >> The Top Ten Genealogical Web Sites >> (c) 1999 by R. Cole Goodwin >> >> If you were looking for an ancestor, on which ten Internet >> sites would you most likely find him or her? Which sites can >> help an individual, a family, or a group research family >> history? >> >> With over 1,500,000,000 names on over 60,000 genealogical web >> sites on the Internet, finding the best sites is no easy task. >> >> Eighteen months ago, I started evaluating over 60,000 web >> sites which provide information of genealogical interest in >> order to determine the Top Ten. Using Encyclopaedia >> Britannica's Alexa service, independent reviews, and personal >> [observations], I evaluated each site's freshness, speed, >> links in, links out, subjective ratings by reviewers, site >> size, and other criteria. I have tested my findings along the >> way, having found over 16,000 ancestors during the past >> twenty-two months, mostly with the help of the computer. Below >> are my top ten sites: >> >> FamilySearch ( http://www.familysearch.org ) >> Owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of >> Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah, >> FamilySearch.org has a little (or more) of genealogical >> interest for everyone and it is growing quickly. In its >> third full month, it has become one of the most popular >> sites on the Internet. Using FamilySearch, you can do the >> following: >> >> * Search for your ancestors using the International >> Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) with over 360,000,000 >> names, at present, online; Ancestral File (A.F.) with >> about 36 million names in linked pedigree charts; and >> with hyperlinks to other genealogical web sites. Over >> the next month, the site will grow to 600 million >> online names, then to 1,000,000 by next spring; >> >> * Collaborate with others who are searching for the same >> ancestor, surname, or place as you. At present, there >> are over 60,000 collaboration lists and the number is >> growing by over 1000 per day; >> >> * Access the Family History Library of The Church of >> Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which has over two >> million rolls of microfilm with the names of over two >> billion people. Once you have identified a microfilm >> which interests you, you can order it online and it >> will be delivered to an Latter-day Saint Family History >> Center of your choosing near you; >> >> * Learn from online Research Guides. For almost any place >> or ethnic group for which you wish to do genealogical >> investigation, there are online guides that will allow >> you to learn how to do the research you seek; >> >> * Access over 60,000 genealogical web sites by >> categories, such as those which specialize in census, >> land, migration, military, royalty, surnames, and more; >> >> * Preserve your family history by downloading one of the >> most popular genealogical software programs in the >> world today, Personal Ancestral File (P.A.F.) 4.0 for >> Windows, as well as upload your own genealogical >> information to FamilySearch to be preserved and to be >> shared with others in Pedigree Resource files. >> >> * Coming Up: Australian, British and North American Vital >> Records Indexes will be incorporated into FamilySearch >> as will the complete 1851 and 1881 British Censuses, >> the complete 1880 U.S. Census, the Ellis Island Index >> of 17,000,000 immigrants, and more source guides. Also >> coming up: Pedigree Resource Files, containing the >> online submissions of FamilySearch users (12,000,000 >> names already received); >> >> Ancestry.com ( http://www.ancestry.com ) >> With over 274,000,000 U.S. names in over 1700 databases, >> Ancestry.com can help you find and put flesh onto the >> bones of your ancestors. It offers the following >> features: >> >> * Census Indexes, 1790-1870, for the entire U.S., as well >> as the complete 1790 U.S. Census and assorted later >> censuses for sundry states and counties; >> >> * Social Security Death Index (S.S.D.I.): updated through >> June 1999, it is the most current index on the Internet >> and can help you locate the disposition of a relative >> or friend as well as their parentage; >> >> * World Family Tree: like FamilySearch's Ancestral File, >> this contains millions of names linked in pedigrees; >> >> * Periodical Source Index, which references over 5,000 >> genealogical periodicals for the past 200 years. For >> the most part, once you have the index entry, you can >> view the articles at the Library of Congress; >> >> * American Genealogical and Biographical Index (Ryder's >> Index): the contents of 200 volumes of genealogical >> references to individuals in the U.S. throughout the >> seventeenth through nineteenth centuries; >> >> * The Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books >> (125 Volumes) >> >> * Ancestry News-Daily and weekly newsletter providing >> news and features of genealogical interest. >> >> Although Ancestry.com is a paid, subscription service, >> major portions of its holdings are made available freely >> to the general public. In addition, right now they are >> offering a free, 14-day subscription to those who sign-up >> through the following link (sponsored by ThirdAge): >> >> https://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/signup/SignupUser.asp?SignupType=TRIALFR >> >> EE&SignupCode=g99af >> >> Cyndislist ( http://www.cyndislist.com ) >> Cyndislist catalogues and indexes over 43,000 genealogy >> web sites and is in the process of adding 10,000 more. If >> you are looking for genealogical web sites from different >> countries to different surnames, you will find them >> listed and indexed here. Online since 1996, it is >> operated by Cyndi Howells of Puyallup, Washington. >> >> RootsWeb ( http://www.rootsweb.com ) >> RootsWeb has over 150,000,000 million U.S. names online >> and is operated by the non-profit RootsWeb Data >> Cooperative of Pine Mountain Club, California and is a >> project of the Rand Corporation. RootsWeb has the >> following helpful features: >> >> * Surname Resources on RootsWeb allow you to search >> submissions on surnames by other researchers; >> >> * County Resource tie you into genealogical discussion >> forums organized by state and by county. >> >> * USGENWEB ( http://www.usgenweb.com ) covers the United >> States by state and by county, organizing cemetery, >> census, obituary, historical, and biographical >> resources by locality. Can be very helpful; for an >> excellent example of USGENWEB, go to the Bradford >> County, Pennsylvania web site >> ( http://www.rootsweb.com/~pabradfo/bradweb.htm ); >> >> * Mailing Lists for over 16,000 genealogical areas are >> sponsored by RootsWeb.com >> >> * The Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, an online >> project to transcribe the passenger lists of all >> passenger ships which have entered America. Currently, >> 400 ships are online; >> >> * Social Security Death Index (SSDI), similar to >> Ancestry.com's database; >> >> The Library of Congress ( http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ ) >> Through The Library of Congress' Local History and >> Genealogy Reading Room, you can access the holdings of >> the largest library in the world, which has a collection >> of over 250,000 local history and genealogy books >> available for researchers, as well as a large repository >> of microfilm holdings from The Family History Library of >> The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt >> Lake City. Through the site, you can search or browse the >> catalogs, access special holdings of various ethnic and >> historic reading rooms, and enjoy the American Memories >> Collection, an extensive, visual database of American >> History. Also available through the Library of Congress >> is the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collection >> (N.U.C.M.C.) ( http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/nucmc.html ) >> which indexes millions of unpublished documents and >> contains valuable genealogical information. >> >> GenForum ( http://genforum.genealogy.com/ ) >> The largest online area for people to share surname and >> local history information, with over three million >> messages posted. It allows researchers to collaborate one >> with another in researching family and local history. >> >> ProFusion ( http://www.profusion.com/ ) >> Rather than a site for genealogical research, ProFusion >> is a Microsoft-sponsored meta-search engine, which can >> use up to nine Internet search engines (such as >> AltaVista, Google, InfoSeek, etc.) simultaneously to find >> that ancestor, or relative of yours on that obscure web >> page. Unlike typical search engines which, at most, index >> only 16% of the web pages on the Internet, meta-search >> engines such as ProFusion, Dogpile >> ( http://www.dogpile.com/ ), Fast Corporation's AllTheWeb >> ( http://www.alltheweb.com ) and MAMMA, The Mother of All >> Web Sites ( http://www.mamma.com/ ) use individual search >> engines to collectively scale the web. >> >> The Ultimates ( http://www.theultimates.com/ ) >> Like ProFusion (above) rather than a single web site with >> genealogical information, The Ultimates is a search >> engine for multiple online telephone white pages and e- >> mail directories. It can help you find people with the >> same surname you are seeking. This is especially useful >> when you are seeking an unusual surname. >> >> MyFamily.com ( http://www.MyFamily.com ) >> MyFamily.com is a place where you can post your family >> tree, family news, family photos, recipes, and chapter- >> by-chapter history for your family to show and to share >> with others. It can help a geographically dispersed >> family collaborate on its history. >> >> The U.S. National Archives >> ( http://www.nara.gov/nara/nail.html ) Using the new U.S. >> National Archives and Records Administration's Archival >> Information Locator, you can locate information about the >> microfilm, archival holdings, and digital copies >> available. Also useful is The National Archives Research >> Room ( http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/ ) >> >> Bonus Web Sites >> In addition to the Top Ten, above, following are some >> excellent, specialized genealogical web sites. Please >> bear in mind that much of this specialized information is >> available through the using the Top Ten genealogical web >> sites above; indeed, some Top Ten sites have more >> specialized data than their more limited counterparts, >> below, but the following are always worth checking: >> >> Biographies >> From the Arts & Entertainment Network's "Biography" >> series, you can search 22,000 online biographies at the >> following link: ( http://www.biography.com/ ) >> >> Cemeteries and Graveyards >> Find A Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com/ ) >> Censuses on the Internet >> Censuslinks ( http://www.censuslinks.com/directory/ ) >> Educational Resources for Online Genealogy >> PBS' Ancestors Series >> ( http://www.pbs.org/kbyu/ancestors/ ) >> Ethnic Genealogy Resources >> The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies Online >> ( http://www.libertynet.org/balch/body_index.html ) >> Family History for Kids >> Disney's Family Tree >> ( http://disney.go.com/ads/sponsors/ancestry/index.html ) >> Family Reunions >> Family-Reunion.com ( http://www.family-reunion.com ) >> Geography >> The U.S. Geological Service's Geographic Names >> Information Service (GNIS) >> ( http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/ ) >> Heraldry >> Heraldry on the Internet >> ( http://www.digiserve.com/heraldry/index.htm ) >> Land Records >> The Bureau of Land Management has placed all federal >> land patent records online, including millions of 19th >> Century Homestead Act records. >> ( http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ ) >> Medical Genealogy >> The Disease Chart (19th century medical terminology) >> ( >> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/1030/diseasecharttable.htm ) >> Military Records >> Military records databases at Ancestry.com >> ( >> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/1030/diseasecharttable.htm ) >> Newsletters-Online Genealogy >> Ancestry.com's Daily News (free sign-up from home page, >> with alerts to new, limited-time access to databases, >> tips of the day, features, and specials) >> ( http://www.ancestry.com/ ) >> Newspapers >> The United States Newspaper Program links you to >> hundreds of online newspapers, some of which have put >> back issues up to 200 years old online; excellent for >> births, marriages and deaths. >> ( http://www.neh.gov/html/usnp.html#NEW%20YORK ) >> Photographs >> With over 250,000,000 prints, Corbis Corporation has >> the largest inventory of historic and newsworthy >> photographs in the world, and has put many online-for >> free. ( http://www.corbis.com ) >> Vital Records >> Vital Records Information for the United States >> ( http://vitalrec.com/index.html ) >> WebCasts on Genealogy >> Generations is a live, interactive television show >> focusing on family history research and is broadcast >> over the Internet. It is sponsored by Sierra Software >> and carried by TalkSpot, an Internet broadcasting >> company. >> ( >> http://www.sierra.com/sierrahome/familytree/community/webcast/ ) >> World and International Genealogy Resources >> WorldGenWeb ( http://www.worldgenweb.com ) will take you >> to resources for almost any country in the world. >> >> ==== IRL-CLARE Mailing List ==== >> County Clare News: http://www.clarenet.ie >> Guide to County Clare: http://www.iol.ie/~moynihan/clare/ >> Assorted Clare records/directories: http://home.att.net/~labaths/clare.htm >> Co. Clare Library: http://www.clarelibrary.ie/ > > > > >==== ORANGEBURGH_SC Mailing List ==== >E-mail etiquette - make the subject line specific. 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