This one is a must for anyone who has had a family search for relatives in Connecticut.....a very interesting read.Found some of my Cole family there. Colonial Connecticut Records, 1636-1776 http://www.colonialct.uconn.edu/ Sponsored by the University of Connecticut Libraries, this site offers the Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636-1776, searchable and indexed. 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The following topics have specific genealogical : sources in ARC: African American history, court records, Federal employees, : immigration, military records, and Native Americans records. : See: www.archives.gov/research/arc/topics/genealogy/index.html : --- : Access to Archival Databases (AAD) : http://aad.archives.gov/aad/ : Our searchable database containing electronic records. The following topics : have specific genealogical sources in AAD: Passenger lists of immigrants to : the Port of New York 1846-1851, WWII POWs and casualties, Korean War POWs : and casualties, Japanese-American internees, Vietnam War casualties, and : more. : See: http://aad.archives.gov/aad/ : --- : Other Web Sites with Searchable Databases : : These links are provided for informational purposes only and do not imply : endorsement of any organization or program by the National Archives and : Records Administration. : Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy: 1719-1820 : http://www.archives.gov/global-pages/exit.html?link=http://ibiblio.org/laslave/index.html : This website provides a searchable database for African-Americans from the : Louisiana area. : : Alabama African American Genealogy Research : A list of Alabama genealogy resources, including records and databases. : http://www.archives.gov/global-pages/exit.html?link=http://www.alabamagenealogy.org/aa.htm : --- : Across the Generations: Exploring U.S. History through Family Papers : Family papers contain a wealth of useful genealogical information, as well : as providing a window onto evolving social conditions, on-going economic : change, new political trends, and cultural shifts over time. This web : exhibit was produced by the Sophia Smith Collection and the Bodman Family : Foundation. : http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/atg/introduction.html : --- : AncestralFindings.com : Search vital records, family surnames, and learn m : ore about genealogical : research methods. : http://www.ancestralfindings.com/index2.html : --- : Ancestry : http://www.ancestryinstitution.com : Ancestry is a subscription database available free-of-charge from any NARA : location nationwide. It offers searchable ancestor databases of over 600 : million names, as well as specialized databases, including census images. : Ancestry.com is available to individual researchers by subscription. : --- : Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online, 1841-1902 : http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Skins/BEagle/Client.asp?Skin=BEagle&AW=1237573796593&AppName=2&GZ=T : This web site, which is a collaboration between the Brooklyn Public Library : and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, makes over 70 years of the : Brooklyn Daily Eagle available to the web-browsing public. Searchable by : keyword, date, and content type, this archive includes an introduction to : the paper's history as well as a timeline of important changes to the paper. : --- : Colonial Connecticut Records, 1636-1776 : http://www.colonialct.uconn.edu/ : Sponsored by the University of Connecticut Libraries, this site offers the : Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636-1776, searchable and : indexed. : --- : Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet : http://www.CyndisList.com : Provides links to 200,000 online genealogy web sites. : --- : Ellis Island Database One-Step Search Tools : http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/eidb/ : This site presents an overview of search forms to use, and assists searches : of the Ellis Island immigration databases. : --- : FamilySearch : http://www.familysearch.org/ : This genealogical resource from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day : Saints hosts 300 million names in two indexes, searchable by ancestor name, : keyword, or custom search. The providers have not publicly stated whether : this site will offer access to the entirety of their 2 billion name : genealogical record repository. : --- : Family Tree Maker.com : http://www.familytreemaker.com/ : Provides a 470 million name database as well as community message boards, : genealogy help : , how-to articles, and bibliography. : --- : Federal Township Plats of Illinois, 1804-1891 : http://landplats.ilsos.net/ : The passage of the Land Ordinance of 1785 created the rectangular survey : system for the mapping and subsequent sale of the western public lands of : the United States. In 1803, the first survey of lands began, which would : later become the state of Illinois. : --- : Genealogy : http://www.digital-librarian.com/genealogy.html : >From the Digital Librarian, an extensive alphabetical list of genealogy : resources available on the Web. 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City and county level databases : include birth, death, marriage records. : --- : World War I Service Cards Database : http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/ : Database of over 145,000 service cards of Army and Marine soldiers from : Missouri between 1917 and 1919. : --- : USGenWeb Project : http://www.usgenweb.org/ : : Connie : *In Beautiful Western Kentucky* : DNA Kincaid # 3350 Group A set 2 b : DNA Knight #N38010 : ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : Connie's Links-Lots of Links-Try Them : www.angelfire.com/ky2/connie/Links.html : ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : (\o/) Grandmothers are earth angels. : /_\ - Unknown~