Genealogy Tool Box

 

GENEALOGY TOOL BOX

  

Record Type	Site Name	Link	Description	Fee
Historical Records
	Ancestry.com	http://www.ancestry.com/	Search historical records, build family tree’s, forms, collaborate and teaching guides	$
	Family Search (sponsored by the LDS Church)	https://familysearch.org/	Search historical records by name, forms. Learning center	–
(+ Germany)	Genealogy.net	http://gedbas.genealogy.net/index.jsp	Search by surname for family trees. German website	–
	rootsweb	http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/	Searchable data base	–
	Cyndi’s List	http://www.cyndislist.com/	Links to searchable data bases	–
	Fold 3	http://www.fold3.com/	Military Records	$
	US Gen Web Project	http://www.usgenweb.org/	Historical research by state and county	–
	World Gen Web	http://www.worldgenweb.org/	Historical research by country	–
(+ Germany)	Auswanderung aus Lippe Detmold	http://www.lippe-auswanderer.de/index-eng.htm	Index to persons who emigrated from Lippe Detmold and their ancestors	–
+ Germany	Rootdigger	http://www.rootdigger.de/index.htm	Genealogy in Schleswig-Holstein. Includes names of 78,800 people who emigrated from that area	–
	Steve Morse One Step	http://www.stevenmorse.org/	Links to research sites	varies
BOOKS & LIBRARIES
	Abraham Lincoln Library	http://www.alplm.org/library/library.html
	Allen County Public Library	http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx
	Family History Archives	http://lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php
	Google Books	http://books.google.com/
	Library of Congress (ask a librarian)	http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/
	Internet Archive	http://www.archive.org/index.php
	Open Library	http://openlibrary.org/
	IUPUI – Indiana University Library	http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/
CEMETERIES AND DEATH RECORDS
	Find A Grave	http://www.findagrave.com/	Cemeteries and burial records, memorials, photo’s, etc.	–
	Interment.net	http://www.interment.net/	Cemetery records	–
	Dept of Veteran Affairs	http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1	Military Grave Records	–
	Online Searchable	http://www.deathindexes.com/	State Links
	Headstone Emblems	http://www.txgenweb.org/tx/Emblems/index.htm	Emblems on headstones and what they mean
	Gravestone Symbolism	http://www.graveaddiction.com/symbol.html
Land Records
	Bureau of Land Management	http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/	Land Patents, Survey Plats, Land Status Records
Maps
	David Rumsey Map Collection	http://www.davidrumsey.com/
	Historic Map Works	http://www.historicmapworks.com/
	History Pin	http://www.historypin.com/	Add your own photo’s to the world maps	–
Newspapers
	National State and Local Newspaper Archives	http://xooxleanswers.com/newspaperarchives4.aspx	List by state of available newspapers.	–
	Northwest History Database	http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/pncc/NW_history/index.php		–
	Library of Congress Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers	http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/		–
	Civil War Newspapers	http://www.uttyler.edu/vbetts/newspaper_titles.htm
	Genealogy Bank	http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/		$
History
	Digital History	http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/	Various topics on history	–
	History Channel	http://www.history.com/	Variety of history videos, etc.
German Sites	Das-Genealogie-Forum	http://www.genealogie-forum.de/ostfrld/geschichte/index.htm	History of Ostfriesland
	Das Genealogie-Forum Kirchspiele der Ostfrieschen	http://www.genealogie-forum.de/ostfrld/kirchen/suchen/suchhilfe.htm	History, Videos, photo’s of the churches in Ostfriesland
	Ancestor research and History in Stormarn County, Germany	http://www.ahnenforschung-in-stormarn.de/engl/home.htm	Church records for Wandsbeck, Germany