Sending again to provide for those who lost theirs, and for our new listers who don't have it, yet! Try these and send a review with a fresh post of names to share with our newcomers and more experienced list pals. For posting regular posts, please include in the subject line: SURNAME LOCATION TIME PERIOD This is basic for most list postings and will help other genners sort and select what they need to read. Jennifer Sherwood Braswell jensgen@iol10.com : ========================================================= : : ROOTSWEB SEARCH ENGINE - ANY SURNAME OR LISTING : To search by state: : http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm : : To search files anywhere in Archives: : http://searches.rootsweb.com/htdig/search.html : : http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl : http://lists.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/findlist.pl : Trying to find a Rootsweb surname list? Don't know which : of 8,000 : possible : variant spellings it might be listed under? 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Give it a try! : http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ (Find any Rootsweb : genealogy mailing : list) : : FAVORITE SEARCH ENGINES: : http://www.aj.com/ (Ask Jeeves) : http://www.altavista.digital.com/ (Alta Vista) : http://www.aol.com/netfind/ (AOL Searcher) : http://www.excite.com/ (Excite) : http://galaxy.tradewave.com/galaxy.html (Galaxy) : http://www.hotbot.com/ (Hot Bot) : http://www.infoseek.com/ (Info Seek) : http://lycospro.lycos.com/ (Lycos) : : SEARCH FOR PEOPLE - SEARCH ENGINES: : http://www.anywho.com/resq.html : http://www.555-1212.com/whte_us.htm : http://www.four11.com/ : : http://in-114.infospace.com/_1_196816106__yp.ch/reverse.htm : (reverse finder) : http://www.switchboard.com/ : http://www.whowhere.com/ : http://www.icq.com/emaildir.html : (Search the ICQ email directory - Millions of users) : : REAL-TIME COMPUTER TRANSLATIONS : (All European languages) : http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate : : GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: : http://www.calle.com/world/index.html (Global Gazatteer - : Foreign) : http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html : (United State Geological Service - finds exact location : of place : names, cemeteries, churches, streams, etc. Excellent !!) : http://www.indo.com/distance/ (Distance between two : locations. : Enter geographic coordinates or placenames) : http://www.mit.edu/geo/ (finds county for known place and : state) : http://www.ahip.getty.edu/tgn_browser/ (geographic : thesaurus) : http://www1.proximus.com/lycos/ (Lycos road map) : http://www.mapquest.com/ (Mapquest) : http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html : (geographic name locator) : http://www.expediamaps.com/PlaceFinder.asp (Microsoft : worldwide info) : http://members.aol.com/oldmapsne/ (Historical Ink; old : maps, NY&NE) : http://www.outfitters.com/genealogy/land/twprange.html : (township and range system) : http://www.multimap.com/ (United Kingdom) : http://www.livgenmi.com/1895.htm (US Atlas, 1895) : http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/gnis/ (Yale geographic : name locator) : : http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/terra_findaspot_coordinate.htm : : (One meter resolution aerial and satellite photography of : the USA and : select foreign locations. Enter geographic coordinates : only) : http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/terra_findaspot.htm : (One meter resolution aerial and satellite photography of : the USA : and select foreign locations. Select location from a map : or enter a : place : name) : : ~~~~~~~~~~~~ : GENERAL REFERENCE SITE - ALL IN ONE : http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html : =B7 Atlas & Maps : =B7 Beginner's Guides : =B7 Bios & Who's Who : =B7 Databases : =B7 Dictionaries : =B7 Electronic Texts : =B7 Encyclopedias : =B7 Genealogy : =B7 Government : =B7 Grammar & Style : =B7 History : =B7 Internet Resources : =B7 Law : =B7 Libraries : =B7 Miscellaneous : =B7 Phone Book : =B7 Population : =B7 Postal : =B7 Science : =B7 Thesaurus : =B7 Time & Date : =B7 Weights & Measures : =B7 World Religions : =B7 WWW Virtual Library : ~~~~~~~~~~ : : VITAL RECORDS: : http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm : (center for health stats) : http://www.medaccess.com/address/vital_toc.htm (where to : write) : http://www.inlink.com/~nomi/vitalrec/ (Naomi's list) : http://www.census-online.com/links/index.html#top (online : census : materials) : http://www.doitnow.com/~moravia/census.html (alternate, : census online) : http://members.tripod.com/~rosters/ (searchable south) : : CHECK AND CLEAN VIRUSES FROM YOU COMPUTER - free ! : http://housecall.antivirus.com/explorer.html (Trend : Microsystems) : Excellent - highly recommended on-line service - no : charge) : : GIANT GENEALOGY SITES: : http://www.hamrick.com/names/ (U.S. Surname Distribution : from : the U.S. census during various period in history) : http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.html (barrel of : links) : http://www.CyndisList.com (Cyndi's List) : http://www.wwnet.com/~krugman1/fgc/ (Ford Genealogy Club) : http://www.genforum.com/ (genealogy discussions) : http://www.polaris.net/~legend/genalogy.htm (genealogy : gateway) : http://posom.com/hl/ (genealogy helplist) : http://www.citynet.net/mostwanted/ (genealogy's most : wanted) : http://emcee.com/ (genealogy online) : http://genealogy.tbox.com/ (genealogy tool box) : http://www.gensource.com/ifoundit/ (genealogy search : engine) : http://www.genhomepage.com/societies.html (genealogical : societies) : http://www.lds.org/Family_Hostory/How_Do_I_Begin.html : (Mormon FHCs) : http://www.ngsgenealogy.org (National Genealogical : Society) : http://www.nehgs.org/ (New England Historic Genealogical : Society) : http://www.rand.org/personal/Genea/ (Rand genealogy club) : http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/searches/ (Roots Web : Searches) : http://www.bc1.com/users/sgl/html/usa.htm (searchable : genealogy links) : http://genealogy.travellor.com/genealogy/ (Travellor : southern families) : http://www.ukans.edu/heritage/research/dbd.html (UofK S : sourcelist) : http://www.usgenweb.com/ (US Genealogy web) : http://www.usigs.org/index.htm (US Internet Genealogical : Society) : : ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/roots-l/genealog/genealog.vital-mo : (genealogical and historical societies of Missouri; to : change states, : delete "MO" and substitute the postal abbreviation of the : state of : your choice) : : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : CHURCH HISTORY: : http://www.ncccusa.org/ (National Council of Churches) : http://www.ats.edu/members/denom.htm (theological : seminaries) : http://www.rrlc.org/guide/arc02.shtml (American Baptist) : http://www.cob-net.org/ (Church of the Brethren) : http://www.catholic.net/ (Roman Catholic Church) : http://www.cin.org/ (Catholic information network) : http://www.catholic.org/colweb/direct.html (Catholics web : directory) : http://www.disciples.org/historc.htm (Disciples of : Christ) : http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/ (Episcopal Church, USA) : http://www.elca.org/ (Evangelical Lutheran) : http://www.fum.org/ (Friends United/Quaker) : http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/index.htm (Quaker : genealogy) : http://www.mercer.edu/mainlib/SpColl.html (Georgia : Baptist) : http://www.depauw.edu/lib/services/Desc/dept.htm#archives : (Indiana UMC) : http://www.lcms.org/ (Lutheran, Missouri Synod) : : http://www.jewell.edu/academia/currylibrary/partee/partee.html : (MO : Baptist) : http://cmc2.cmc.edu/arc.html (Missouri United Methodist) : http://cc.owu.edu/~librweb/spuma.htm (Ohio United : Methodist) : http://www.libertynet.org/~pacscl/phs/index.html : (Presbyterian) : http://www.rca.org/ (Reformed Church in America) : http://carolus.furman.edu/library/welcome/specpage.htm : (SC Baptist) : http://www.ucc.org/ (United Church of Christ) : http://www.gcah.org/center.htm (United Methodist : archives) : http://www.gcah.org/Conference/umcdirectory.htm (UMC : state archives) : : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : ETHNIC RESEARCH: : http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/searchable.html : (searchable : Canada) : http://www.genealogy.com/gene/www/emig/emigr.html : (emigration from : Germany) : http://genealogy.org/~palam/#iareg (Palatines to America) : http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~tbrass/AMST/Amst.html (Dutch : in New : Amsterdam) : http://www.familyworkings.com/genealogy1.htm (German : Genealogy) : http://www.kst.dit.ie/nat-arch/index.html (Irelands : national archives) : http://www.rootsweb.com/~irish/index.html (Irish : Genealogical Society) : http://gentreegenealogy.com (Irish Genealogy) : http://www.anywhere.co.uk/news.html (Scots birth, death, : marriage : indices) : http://www.scotclans.com/ (Scot Clans) : http://www.tartans.com/genalogy.htm (Scots genealogy) : http://www.origins.net/GRO/ (Scotland General Register : Office) : http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/story/story.htm : (tartans & : clans) : http://www.tartans.com/ (tartans) : http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/ (UK genealogy) : : ~~~~~~~~~~~ : ARCHIVES FOR MILITARY HISTORY & WARS: : http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/milhist/ (Canada war : timeline) : http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~hoemann/unit1.html (Civil : War fighting : units) : http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm (CW : Dakota State) : http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/ (Civil War, U of KY) : http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/civlink.htm (Civil War, LSU) : http://www.usgenweb.com/military/index.htm (military : history for : genealogy) : http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/ (Military History : Institute) : http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/millib/index.html (military : libraries) : http://www.toast.net/~beau/gs1812.htm (Society of the War : of 1812) : : SOURCES FOR BOOKS: : http://www.clark.net/pub/rmharris/netdlrs.html : (antiquarian books) : http://www.appletons.com/homepage.html (Appleton's) : http://www.glbco.com/ (Blair's) : http://www.esva.net/ghotes/biblio/bkdealer.htm#dealer : (dealers and : publishers) : http://www.hearthstonebooks.com/ (Hearthstone) : http://www.higginsonbooks.com/genbooks.htm (Higginson : genealogy) : http://www.hopefarm.com/genealog.htm (Hope Farm, NY : books) : http://www.midcoast.com/~picton/ (Picton Press) : http://server.mediasoft.net/Scott/C/ (Willow Bend) : http://www.yogs.com/ (Ye Olde Gen Shop, Indianapolis) : : LOOKUP SERVICES: : http://www.rootsweb.com/~bwo/#States (books we own) : http://www.mindspring.com/~wcrews/BooksPlus.html (mostly : southern Books) : http://www.longstreet.net/census.html (census lookups) : http://www.cswnet.com/~mgoad/dar.html (DAR patriot index) : http://www.concentric.net/~Mikerice/hl/usa/index.shtml : (genealogy : helplist) : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2154/springin.htm : (surname : springboard) : : GENEALOGY MAILING LISTS - "HOW TO GUIDES": : http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html : http://members.aol.com/gresinet/gen_mail.html : http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ : http://php.indiana.edu/~stephen/ownlists.htm : http://www.eskimo.com/~chance/lists.html : : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : STATE & REGIONAL GENEALOGY SOCIETIES: : http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/mhgs/index.html : (midwest gen society) : http://www.asc.edu/archives/genealog.html (Alabama : genealogy) : http://wwwcogensoc.org/cgs/cgs-home.htm (Colorado gen : society) : http://www.cslnet.ctstateu.edu/ (Connecticut library) : http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs/ (Florida gen society) : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9829/Ga.html : (Georgia : helplist) : http://www.sos.state.il.us/ (Illinois Secretary of State) : http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/ (Indiana library) : http://www.uiowa.edu/~shsi/index.htm (Iowa historical : society) : http://home.att.net/~ladylake10/ipl/ipl_main.htm (Iowa : pioneers) : http://www.kumc.edu/kansas/KSL/Ref/ksl_ref.html (Kansas : library) : http://www.kdla.state.ky.us/kdlaindx/kdlaindx.htm : (Kentucky library : and archives) : http://mlin.lib.ma.us/ (Massachusetts Library and : Information Network) : http://www.mnhs.org/ (Minnesota historical society) : http://mosl.sos.state.mo (Missouri archives) : http://www.system.missouri.edu/shs/ (Missouri historical : society) : http://www.nehgs.org/ (New England Historic Genealogical : Society, : Boston) : http://www.state.nj.us/statelibrary/libgene.htm (New : Jersey library) : http://www.sara.nysed.gov/ (New York archives) : http://unix2.nysed.gov/ (New York library) : http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/vr.htm (New : York vital : records) : http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/archives/ (North Carolina : archives) : : http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NCSLHOMEHTM#information : (NC : library) : http://www.ohiohistory.org/ (Ohio historical society) : http://www.ok-history.mus.ok.us/ (Oklahoma museum of : history) : http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ (Oregon archives) : : http://www.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Historical_Museum/DAM/overview.htm : (Pennsylvania archives) : http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/pde/LIDSTATE.HTML (Penn. : commonwealth : library) : http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/respol.htm (South Carolina : archives) : : http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/escn_database_reports/ : (old SC papers) : http://www.historic.com/schs/ (South Carolina historical : society) : http://www.sc.edu/library/socar/mnscrpts/index.html : (USC's South : Carolina library) : http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/tslahome.htm : (Tennessee library & : archives) : http://www.vsla.edu/index.html (Virginia Library) : http://www.westvirginia.org/ (West Virginia online) : http://www.wisc.edu/shs-archives/ (Wisconsin historical : society) : http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/www/wis_lib.html (online : Wisconsin libraries) : : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : : SURNAMES: : http://www.one-name.org/top.htm (Guild of One Name : Studies) : http://cgi.rootsweb.com/surhelp/srchall.html (surname : helper) : http://www.eskimo.com/~chance/lists.html (surname mailing : lists) : http://www.gendex.com:8080/display?page=3Dsurnames& : (surname search : engine) : http://surnameweb.org/registry/ (surname web's registry) : : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : : SEARCH FOR LAND TITLES AND LAND PATENTS: : http://www.avana.net/~lhaasdav/Patentlocations.html (all : states) : http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ (BLM eastern states land : records) : http://www.innernet.net/hively/newpage29.htm (PA lands, : with links) : http://image.vtls.com/collections/LO.html (Virginia land : office records) : : NEWSPAPERS: : http://www.dds.nl/~kidon/medie-link/uspapers.shtml (Kidon : US Dailies) : (But if it doesn't work, note that the next two say : Media-link and try : that) : http://www.dds.nl/~media-link/usweek.shtml (Kidon US : Weeklies) : http://www.dds.nl/~kidon/media-link/capapers.shtml (Kidon : Canada) : http://caroline.eastlib.ufl.edu/flnews/projects.html : (state newspaper : projects) : http://www.lib.virginia.edu/cataloging/vnp/contacts.html : (state projects : list) : http://www.naa.org/hotlinks/index.asp (state : associations, dailies by : state) : : CEMETERY RECORDS: : http://users.deltanet.com/~steven/cemetery.html (cemetery : listings) : http://www.funeral.com/cemeterystates/ (cemetery : listings) : http://www.funeralnet.com/cgi-local/notfound.pl?/ : (funeral home : listings) : http://www.dreamscape.com/goldlinks/cemetery.htm : http://www.Islandnet.com/ocfa/ (Ontario cemetery : listings) : http://we.got.net/docent/cem/uscem.htm (US cemeteries) : http://www.inwd.com/death/usa.htm (US cemeteries) : : OTHER RELATED GENEALOGY SITES: : http://www.firstct.com/fv/stone.html (breaking down the : wall) : http://www.ala.org/alonline/ (American Library : Association) : http://www.genealogy.org/~bcg/ (Board for Certification : of Genealogists) : http://www.firstct.com/fv/oldhand.html (deciphering old : handwriting) : http://www.nara.gov/regionals/stlouis.html (fed personnel : records) : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3207/ (low : Country Huguenots) : http://OfficialCitySites.com (index of local government : sites) : http://www.umdl.umich.edu/moa/moa_search.html (UMich : literature search) : http://www.vanished.com/pages/database.html (misc. online : databases) : http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us (Mid-Continent Public Library) : http://www.libraryspot.com/librariesonline.htm (libraries : everywhere) : : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/8080/philly.html : (Philadelphia) : http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/ (Zip Codes) :