By Jeannette Holland Austin Series: Research Techniques Subject: Online Research Date: May 3, 1999 Last week, a lot of these links were reported not working - here they are again. http://www.gov.ns.ca/bacs/vstat/cdnoffices.htm Addresses, fees, phone number of Vital Statistics Office for births, deaths, marriage certificates - Canadian Vital Statistics Offices - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Alberta http://www.theultimates.com/white/ Addresses, finding - The Ultimate White Pages http://www.birthquest.org/Adoptees A searchable international database for adoptees. How to contribute information, etc. http://www.vitalrec.com/links.html Adoption and Vital Records - Adoption - Lots of Information here http://web.ukonline.co.uk/graham.pitt/bdm/ Births, Deaths, Marriages Exchange - The aim of this site is to provide a free resource to genealogists who wish to share information about details contained on birth, death or marriage certificates registered in the United Kingdom - A downloads page http://genweb.net/~blackwell/books.html Books to read online - Mostly New England local history and genealogy and a few others in England,particularly Derbyshire. The New England books include the histories of Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Cohasset, Scituate, North Bridgewater (renamed http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/toc.htm Bureau of Land Management - You can download copies of actual certificates, but you must have a viewer, which you can download from the BLM site to view and print copies of the certificates. Available States include - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin http://www.wdbj.net/~wdbj/gen/birthyear/cenindx.html Calculating birth dates from census information http://www.interment.net Cemeteries - Steve Paul Johnson's Cemetery Interment Lists on the Internet. Internet directory to help other genealogists find the gravesites of their ancestors. Contains links to records in the States, US national cemeteries and veterans burials all other countries, misc cemetery links and a tour of cemeteries on the Net http://www.neep.demon.co.uk/mis/index.htm Cemeteries: Monuments Inscriptions for Genealogists by Rod Neep (UK) - A general site with information on archives and records; how to record monumental inscriptions; deciphering illegible inscriptions; how to present your records; how to let others know http://peacequest.com/Cemeteries A National Cemetery Database - search engine http://www.interment.net/us/index.htm Cemeteries - National Cemeteries and War Veterans http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction/index.html Cemetery Junction for USA. Browse by State. You can complete an online form if your cemetery is not listed http://www.genrecords.com/library/abbreviations.htm Census and Soundex Relationship Abbreviations - >From the Genealogy Record Service Library http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/microcen.html Census Microfilm - How to Use the National Archives Census Microfilm Catalogs http://www.primenet.com/~dlytton/wdc/ Charts - World Descendant Charts(GenWeb) - VA and WV Families posting descendant charts for those who do not have a web site http://ldsonline.com/family.htm Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints - Mormans - This is the site where you will be able to view the Ancestral File and IGI (International Genealogical Index) online - It is in beta testing now, and you need a password. Passwords are to become available to the general public in April http://www.citydirectories.psmedia.com/ City Directories Online - Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, St. Louis, San Francisco. A free search available - however, you must be a "subscriber" http://www.digiserve.com/heraldry/ Coats of Arms site. Includes flow chart for identifying coats of arms, Heraldic Symbolism, Elizabethan Heraldry, International Heraldic Glossory, Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry, Family Arms on the Web http://gldss7.cr.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/us_deaths.html Deaths of People due to Earth Quakes in the US http://www.pastconnect.comDiplomas, certificates,letters, etc., stuff found in flea markets, etc. http://www.ellisisland.org/ Ellis Island website http://www.firstct.com/fv/oldhand.html Handwriting - Deciphering Old Handwriting http://www.funeralnet.com/search.html Funeral Homes Online http://www.thepassword.com/Magazines/kids/activities/genealo gy/index.html Funeral Homes - US and Canadian Funeral Homes - 20,000 US and 1,200 Canadian. Searchable Database http://www.funeralnet.com/cgi-local/notfound.pl?/ Funeral Homes - US Directory of Funeral Homes http://www.Yourfamily.com/bulletin.cgi Genealogy Bulletin Board Searchable. Add your notices to the bulletin board http://www.mit.edu/geo/ Counties - Finds the counties for a known place and state