fyi: these are a few of sites i use to find info... florida confederate pension application files (these pdf files online are chunked full of info): http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/Pensionfiles.html south carolina dept of archives & history: http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/ census online: http://www.census-online.com/ civil war soldiers & sailors: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/index.html dar national society: http://www.dar.org/natsociety/default.cfm family tree dna: www.familytreedna.com gencircles: http://www.gencircles.com/globaltree/ random acts of genealogical kindness: http://www.raogk.org the colonial ancestors database: http://colonialancestors.com/ancestorsearch.htm nara / genealogy: http://www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy/index.html the proceedings of the old bailey london: http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/ genealogy.com learning center: http://www.genealogy.com/00000229.html?Welcome=1080954501 find a grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi heritagequest (available via library card at some major city/county libraries): http://www.heritagequestonline.com/prod/genealogy/index the national huguenot society: http://www.huguenot.netnation.com/general/ the huxford genealogical society: http://www.huxford.com/index.html migrations: http://www.migrations.org/ national world war II memorial: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/default.asp?page=home.asp the orphan train collection: http://www.orphantrainriders.com/ university of south carolina library catalogs: http://www.sc.edu/uscan/ ships & passengers from london to the new world: http://www.ministrytoday.org/family/belyea/ships/ships-london/passengers-london.htm the south carolina magazine of ancestral research: http://www.scmar.com/ the south carolina genealogical society: http://www.scgen.org/ the south carolina historical society: http://www.schistory.org/ south caroliniana library: http://www.sc.edu/library/socar/ south carolina's war of 1812 soldiers: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3837/sc_military_1812.html southern christian advocate / advocate obituary index: http://www.wofford.edu/sandorteszlerlibrary/search.htm spanish american war veterans: http://www.spanamwar.com/geneaol.htm#Rosters united daughters of the confederacy: http://www.hqudc.org/ usgenweb project: http://www.usgenweb.com/ virginia land grants: http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas30&local_base=CLAS30 zip code look up (for ssdi info): http://www.usps.com/zip4/citytown.htm if the zip code is no longer valid: contact the Postal historian at 202-268-2507 for information on the old ZIP Code. family group sheet project/usgenweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/ rootsweb.com: http://www.rootsweb.com/ ancestry world tree (free): http://www.ancestry.com/trees/awt/main.htm genealogy message boards (free): http://www.ancestry.com/share/ familysearch (church of latter day saints): http://www.familysearch.org/ENG/default.asp genealogy.com message boards (free): http://genforum.genealogy.com/index.html genealogy.com family home pages (can't remember if this is free or "pay to use"): http://www.genealogy.com/users/index.html bureau of land management / general land office records: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ american civil war homepage: http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html#rosters colonial dames of america: http://www.nscda.org/ cousinconnect: http://www.cousinconnect.com/ index to florida militia muster rolls - seminole indian wars: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/fl/toc/statewide.htm google search (example: "john smith" +colleton"): http://www.google.com/ florida / world war I service cards: http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/WWI/ florida land document search (just enter surname - enter county to narrow results): http://199.73.242.56/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 7:25 PM Subject: [SC] Question re search engines We have never taken the time to write down the various Search Engines that abound on the net, and mostly the ones that we have used. This leads to missing several good sites for information. We list Ancestry.Com down below first, but this is only because we subscribe to the service. Are there other MAJOR Search Engines that we have missed?