GENEALOGICAL
RESOURCES ON THE WEB
Contributed by Terry Leverette
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS
Download information about individuals on LDS database and also down load a free
genealogical program. A total of 640 million records are now available.
EASTMAN’S ONLINE GENEALOGY NEWSLETTER
Weekly genealogical newsletter.
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CYNDI’S LIST OF GENEALOGY SITES ON THE INTERNET
Over 27,000 categorized and cross-referenced links for genealogy in over 70 different categories
SCI WAY * Now links to the Columbia Chapter website *
South Carolina Internet Highway
Libraries
COLUMBIA CHAPTER, SCGS
;
SOUTH CAROLINA USGENWEB PROJECT * Now links to the Columbia Chapter website *
COLUMBIA TODAY * Now links to the Columbia Chapter website *
A community site hosted by the State Newspaper
SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
SC ARCHIVES AND HISTORY CENTER
THE USGEN WEB PROJECT
This is the home page for The USGenWeb Project. We are a group of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States.
THE FAMILY TREE MAGAZINE
Essential news and tips for family historians.
http://www.familytreemagazine.com
SWITCHBOARD
Locate people who share your surname.
ANCESTRY.COM
Welcome to Ancestry.com, home of the largest collection of family history data online. We are the web’s fastest, simplest and most complete resource for family history research.
NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
FEDERATION OF GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES
OBITUARIES
A memorialization, obituary and funeral site. Post or search our database.
OBITUARY DAILY TIMES
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~obituary/
SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
SOFTSEEK
Download Genealogy Software plus over 15,000 shareware and freeware titles.
http://www.softseek.com/Home_Family_and_Leisure/Genealogy/
ROOTS WEB SURNAME LIST
Starting point for United States genealogical research. Find ancestors and cousins using Web tools to locate persons by name or place of residence
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY WEBSITES WITH INFORMATION USEFUL IN GENEALOGY
http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/otrfeds.html
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, FORT WAYNE INDIANA
NEWSGROUPS
THE QUORNDON MAGAZINE GENEALOGY
Genealogy Newsgroups
http://www.quorndon-mag.org.uk/genindex.html
INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES
A listing of some of the available Internet Sites dedicated to searching for specific interests or key words. Each has their own unique method of searching & storing URL addresses for search purposes
YAHOO
This is the legendary directory of global Internet resources.
ALTA VISTA
This comprehensive search engine is a powerful research tool---if you learn to master it.
SEARCH.COM
This is a handy guide to hundreds of Internet search resources. If you can’t find it here, it doesn't exist.
OPEN TEXT
Another search engine.
WEBCRAWLER
Another search engine.
HOTBOT
Another search engine.
PROFUSION
Allows you to search multiple search engines
INFOSEEK
Allows you to search within a search.
DOGPILE
Allows you to search multiple search engines.
OTHER SITES
INFO USA
Reverse lookup by phone
US POST OFFICE
Zip + 4 and county
http://geonames.usgs.gov/stategaz/index.html it
has 33,244 place names in SC you can choose any state.
Genealogical
Society of Utah, http://www.gensocietyofutah.org
WEB SITES USED IN 2011 PRESENTATION
TO COLUMBIA CHAPTER
http://genealogy.about.com/cs/free_genealogy/a/free_sites.htm
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~scccscgs/
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp
http://www.freeonancestry.com/
http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/History_Family/State_Genealogy.shtml
http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers.html
http://geonames.usgs.gov/redirect.html
http://www.wisecountytexas.info/cemeteries/headstone%20info.htm
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/
http://www.ilsos.gov/genealogy/
http://www.ilsos.gov/genealogy/
http://www.liveroots.com/search/index.html
http://www.fas.org/news/reference/lexicon/acronym.htm
http://www.mortalityschedules.com/
http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1
http://obits.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi
http://www.smalltownpapers.com/
http://www.militarywords.com/result.aspx?term=cs
http://go.footnote.com/results.php?s_surname=leverette&xid=19&kbid=1279&sub=ObitDB
Compiled by Terry Leverette of Columbia Chapter, SCGS.