Web Sites with Searchable Databases National Archives Databases http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/ Archival Research Catalog (ARC) ARC contains online copies of some records that can be useful in genealogical research. 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 more 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. Some entries are annotated. --- Genealogy http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Genealogy/ >From the Open Directory Project, this site indexes over 6,600 genealogy sites on the Internet. They are categorized by subject and geographic region. Links to foreign-language sites are also included. --- Genealogy.com http://www.genealogy.com/index_r.html Offers tips on starting genealogical research, web links, and a 470 million-name searchable database. --- GenealogyToolbox.com http://www.genealogytoolbox.com/ Resources on this site include a list of over 70,000 links to genealogical resources on the Internet, news and articles on family history research, a guide to genealogical software, and a site to register your genealogy home page. --- GeneaSearch.com http://www.geneasearch.com/ Includes a searchable database, family newsletters, books from societies and individuals, queries, announcement of new sites, and information for beginning researchers. --- HeritageQuest http://www.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/index Provides online searches of the Federal Population Census, articles about genealogy, and books describing family histories. --- --- Illinois Veterans Databases http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html >From the Illinois State Archives, these databases cover all veterans from Illinois who participated in America's wars from the War of 1812 to the --- Spanish-American War. Included on this site is the Database of the 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor, which is a list of burial places of military veterans buried in Illinois as of 1929. http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/honorroll.html --- Local History & Genealogy Reading Room http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ The Library of Congress site provides several guides for genealogical research including Afro-American Genealogical Research and Sources for Research in Welsh Genealogy --- Maps: Alabama Historical Map Index http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/index.html This site is created and maintained by the Department of Geography, University of Alabama. --- Maryland State Archives Census Indexes http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/html/censussearch.html Created and maintained by the Maryland state archives, this site allows searches of four different historical Maryland censuses. --- National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution http://www.dar.org/library/speccol.cfm Provides resources for genealogists including an online catalog. --- Notable Women Ancestors http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nwa/index.html The majority of the pages located at this site have been contributed by descendants or relatives of the women. --- OMII Genealogy Project and Kidron Heritage Center http://www.omii.org/ Information about a Swiss Mennonite and German Amish genealogy project, and access to three databases containing information about more than 425,000 persons. --- Origins.net http://www.origins.net/ Provides searches of census and other data for Irish, British, and Scottish genealogical research. --- RootsWeb.com http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ The free genealogy site offers a searchable name database as well as the Social Security Death Index. --- Search Systems http://www.searchsystems.net/ Free searchable public records databases. 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~
Wow, you did an awesome job compiling all of these... thanks... :) Debby -----Original Message----- From: C P Hurley <cphurley@roadrunner.com> To: KINCAID@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:59 pm Subject: [KINCAID] Web Sites with Searchable Databases Web Sites with Searchable Databases National Archives Databases http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/ Archival Research Catalog (ARC) ARC contains online copies of some records that can be useful in genealogical research. 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. Some entries are annotated. --- Genealogy http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Genealogy/ >From the Open Directory Project, this site indexes over 6,600 genealogy sites on the Internet. They are categorized by subject and geographic region. Links to foreign-language sites are also included. --- Genealogy.com http://www.genealogy.com/index_r.html Offers tips on starting genealogical research, web links, and a 470 million-name searchable database. --- GenealogyToolbox.com http://www.genealogytoolbox.com/ Resources on this site include a list of over 70,000 links to genealogical resources on the Internet, news and articles on family history research, a guide to genealogical software, and a site to register your genealogy home page. --- GeneaSearch.com http://www.geneasearch.com/ Includes a searchable database, family newsletters, books from societies and individuals, queries, announcement of new sites, and information for beginning researchers. --- HeritageQuest http://www.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/index Provides online searches of the Federal Population Census, articles about genealogy, and books describing family histories. --- --- Illinois Veterans Databases http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html >From the Illinois State Archives, these databases cover all veterans from Illinois who participated in America's wars from the War of 1812 to the --- Spanish-American War. Included on this site is the Database of the 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor, which is a list of burial places of military veterans buried in Illinois as of 1929. http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/honorroll.html --- Local History & Genealogy Reading Room http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ The Library of Congress site provides several guides for genealogical research including Afro-American Genealogical Research and Sources for Research in Welsh Genealogy --- Maps: Alabama Historical Map Index http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/index.html This site is created and maintained by the Department of Geography, University of Alabama. --- Maryland State Archives Census Indexes http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/html/censussearch.html Created and maintained by the Maryland state archives, this site allows searches of four different historical Maryland censuses. --- National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution http://www.dar.org/library/speccol.cfm Provides resources for genealogists including an online catalog. --- Notable Women Ancestors http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nwa/index.html The majority of the pages located at this site have been contributed by descendants or relatives of the women. --- OMII Genealogy Project and Kidron Heritage Center http://www.omii.org/ Information about a Swiss Mennonite and German Amish genealogy project, and access to three databases containing information about more than 425,000 persons. --- Origins.net http://www.origins.net/ Provides searches of census and other data for Irish, British, and Scottish genealogical research. --- RootsWeb.com http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ The free genealogy site offers a searchable name database as well as the Social Security Death Index. --- Search Systems http://www.searchsystems.net/ Free searchable public records databases. 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~ To see the Kincaid of all spellings DNA chart in Excel: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adgedge/Research/April%202004/Kincaid%20%20DNA.xls ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KINCAID-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message