TIP #494 WHERE I SEARCH This week, I am going to share with you my list of links. I'm always on the look-out for areas of interest for Kentucky researching, as well as for other states. Here are some of my favorites (and there are many more!) that hopefully will be of help to you too! Ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com Map Center http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/main.asp Contains hundreds of maps of specialized areas, counties, church travels, etc. Animated Atlas: http://www.animatedatlas.com/index.html Birth Calculator: http://longislandgenealogy.com/birth.html Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Land records issued between 1820-1908. Cyndi's List: http://www.cyndislist.com/ Dallas County TX Archives: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/main.asp With so many Kentuckians heading off to Texas, this site contains a lot of helpful information. Family History Library: http://www.familysearch.org/ GenCircles: http://www.gencircles.com/ Guide to Kentucky Researching: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/rw/localities.northam.usa.states.ken tucky.tips/ Archives of this list. Illinois Records: http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html A large amount of Illinois marriage, death and court records including many KY families who went to the "Ellenois Territory." Kentucky Biographies: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/rw/localities.northam.usa.states.ken tucky.bios/ Kentucky Birth Records 1911-2001: http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/ky/_vitals/kybirthm.htm Includes the original KY biographies plus several thousand additions. Kentucky Cemetery Records: http://catalog.kyhistory.org/help/Cem_Database_Intro.htm Kentucky Census Maps and Records: http://www.segenealogy.com/kentucky/ky_maps.htm Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives: http://www.kdla.ky.gov/ Kentucky Genweb: http://www.kygenweb.net/ To much information to list~ Kentucky Genweb Special Collections: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/ Kentucky Marriage Records by rootsweb: http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ky/marriage/search.cgi Kentucky Research Guides: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/rg/guide/Kentucky20.asp#doctop Kentucky Secretary of State Maps: http://www.kysos.com/land/wtrm/wtrmmaps.asp Kentucky Vital Records Project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kvrp/ National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/ Rootsweb Mailings Lists (over 28,000) http://lists.rootsweb.com/ Rootsweb Surname Lists: http://rsl.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/rslsql.cgi Search for your surnames through thousands of postings to rootsweb lists Social Security Death Records: http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi USGenweb Census forms: http://www.us-census.org/research/tools.htm World Connect Surname Search: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ I know more exist that might be your favorites. You may send me your other sites at my own address and I will add them to the list and publish at a later date. (c) Copyright 17 June 2004, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved Colonel Sandi Gorin SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html Gorin Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/