Alphabetized Web Sites

Alphabetized Web Sites

Courtesy of Joyce Svob Ragels - [email protected]

Please notify me of any bad links

Some may have expired or changed addresses, but it is just as important to know what is out there and how to find

it. If a link will not load, try another browser. Some browsers just work better for some links. You can have and use more than one browser at the same time and probably should.

Patent Records

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ - Official Federal Land Site

Pennsylvania

http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/deathrecords.html

http://maley.net/landwarrants/ - land records of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp

http://www.gwyneddfriends.org/History.htm - Township of Gwynedd (Philadelphia) genealogy and history links

http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moa.new/ - Colonial Records of Pa and Pa Archives 16 volumes in all

http://www.pacivilwar.com/1883adams.html - Adams county Civil War pension list

http://www.pacivilwar.com/cwpamoh.html - Civil War Medals of Honor list

http://www.pagenweb.org/ - county listing and many links

http://www.searchforancestors.com/bios/pennsylvania/index.html - PA Biographies

http://www.state.pa.us/

http://www.stubblebinefamily.com/content/pa_counties.html - history of PA counties

Phone

http://yp.yahoo.com/

http://inter800.com/

http://www.411.com/

http://www.addresses.com/

http://www.bigfoot.com/

http://www.freeality.com/findit.htm - international

http://www.anywho.com/

http://www.phonenumbers.net/

http://www.reversephonedirectory.com/

http://www.switchboard.com/

http://www.theultimates.com/white/

Photographs

http://loricase.com/faq.html - preservation and conservation of documents and photographs

http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com - aerial view of property

http://www.br-software.com/photoarchiver.html - BR's PhotoArchiver $29

http://www.city-gallery.com/

http://www.FotoFixit.com/

http://www.maine.com/photos/

http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/index2.stm

http://www.nthp.org/

Photos, old vintage greeting cards circa 1906 to 1910

http://community.webshots.com/album/22845057DvwRefhzbG

Photo albums

http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/extra/2868.asp - Older version

http://www.flipalbum.com/

Photo paper

http://www.redriverpaper.com/

Poland

http://www.poland.com/

Ports of Arrival

http://www.genesearch.com/ports.html - 1820 to1957 includes Canada and Mexico crossings

Prisons

http://www.lvarea.com/data/usp_info.htm

Publishers

http://www.foothill.net/~genbook/

http://www.lights.com/publisher/db/all.html

Railroad

http://all-railroads.com/

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html - Uses MrSID viewer

http://www.nrhs.com/

http://www.rrhistorical.com/

http://www.suncompsvc.com/narm/restored.htm

http://www.trainweb.org/wyomingrails/rrhist.html

Record Preservation

http://www.fgs.org/rpa/ - action and what states are doing

Relationships

http://members.aol.com/anolelady/cuztable.htm - graphic illustration of cousin relationship

Religions

http://members.tripod.com/~candst/tnppage/qtable.htm - America's founders

Research

http://docsouth.unc.edu/ - documenting American South

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~celam/links.htm

http://genealogytoday.com/genealogy/states/

http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form

http://johnsrealmonline.com/genealogy/

http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/ - Library of Congress Services for Researchers

http://my.email.address.is/index.htm

http://refdesk.com/

http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/metasearch

http://www1.umn.edu/ihrc/ - immigration history research center

http://www.ahgp.org/ - American History & Genealogy Project

http://www.ancestorinfo.com/

http://www.ancestralfindings.com/ - There is so much to see here, you can spend days on this site alone.

http://www.angelfire.com/il/confederateblue/rev.html

http://www.archives.gov/ - National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

http://www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy/index.html

http://www.d230.org/stagg/LiskaLinks/ - numerous links on varied topics

http://www.deadfred.com

http://www.distantcousin.com

http://www.genwed.com/ - marriages online

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov - Bureau of Land Management

http://www.goldbug.com/ - historical information and software for genealogical research

http://www.heritagequest.com/magonline/index.html

http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm - Central/Eastern/Europe

http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/

http://www.oxfordancestors.com

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/gen_web.html - researcher has compiled Internet materials

http://www.quintinpublications.com/cdgaz.html

https://sites.rootsweb.com

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~maillist - surname lists archived

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~newbie

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~genepool/naming.htm - illustrates naming conventions in early US

http://www.three-peaks.net/genealog.htm - many genealogy links

http://www.usgenweb.org

http://www.virtualsalt.com/search.htm - world wide web research tools

http://www.webopedia.com/ - lots of technical words

http://www.whollygenes.com

Resource Page

http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~kthompson/

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~besley/newbie.htm

https://sites.rootsweb.com/%7Enewbie/Web-Pages.htm

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ - links at bottom of page - check it out

Revolutionary War

http://www.genealogy-quest.com/collections/rebels.html - Rebel American POWs taken to Montreal 25 Sep 1775

http://www.kilmerr.com/battle_list.html - battles sorted first by place, alphabetically then chronologically

http://www.local.ie/content/28202.shtml - Irish brigade officers of the French Army

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/census/1840/ - pension info by state

http://www.uswars.net/1775-1783/index.htm

Rhode Island

http://yeoldedirectoryshoppe.com/trans.html - Rhode Island Marriages 1696-1850

Scotland - See Also England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man

http://www.ayrshireroots.com/

http://www.bagpipesatbest.com/midi/MIDI-J.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/scotlandonfilm/ - Scotland on film

http://www.electricscotland.com/history/ - Scotland history - many great links

http://www.theclearances.org/clearances/main.php

Search

http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/fhc/gbsearch.htm - Western States Marriage Record Index

http://alltheweb.com/?cat=news - find current news in any state

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page - Wikipedia - free encyclopedia

http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/deathrecords.html - Searchable Death Indexes for the USA

http://members.cox.net/hessen/links.htm - many links on many tables - vast data

http://publicdata.com/ - subscription site

http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/addserv/toolkit/searching/ - search smarter

http://searchforancestors.com/utility/birthday.html - age calculator

http://searches.rootsweb.com/

http://vitalrec.com/index.html

http://www.ancestry.com/search/main.htm

http://www.awesomegenealogy.com/

http://www.censusdiggins.com/

http://www.cyndislist.com/

http://www.familysearch.org/ - LDS site

http://www.gencircles.com/ - lists 26,000,000 people

http://www.genealogy-quest.com/index.html

http://www.genealogyspot.com/

http://www.geneanet.org/ - search by name

http://www.geneasearch.com/ - many resources and state links

http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html - find city, town, place internationally

http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/ - various government sites from around the world

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Default.asp - Bureau of Land Management

http://www.heritagepursuit.com/ - for historians and genealogists

http://www.idreamof.com/

http://www.oldcitydirectory.com

http://www.one-name.org/intro.html

http://www.pac-info.com - free searchable record databases

http://www.poorhousestory.com/

http://www.progenealogists.com/genealogysleuthb.htm - a bevy of links

http://www.quoteland.com - quote search by topic or author

http://www.rootsandroutes.net/index.html

http://www.rootdig.com/

http://www.searchsystems.net/ - has nearly 12,000 free public databases

http://www.segenealogy.com/ - southeastern US states

Ships

http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/index-eng.htm

http://freespace.virgin.net/alan.tupman/sites/ships.htm

http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/miscports/portlandmaine.html

http://immigrantships.org/ - the best ship list

http://members.aol.com/rprost/passenger.html - passenger lists

http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/index.shtml

http://theshipslist.com/cdrom/index.htm - CD database from 1865 to 1899

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aj.cashmore/navy_uk.html - Royal Navy Ships

http://www.archives.ca/02/020202_e.html - ships that went to Halifaz CA early 1900

http://www.CyndisList.com/ships.htm

http://www.genealogienetz.de/misc/emig/index.html

http://www.geocities.com/mppraetorius/ - Palmer List of Merchant Vessels

http://www.progenealogists.com/germany/hamburg/index.html - Hamburg Passenger Lists

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-ships.html - US Navy ships 1940-1945.

http://www.maritime.org/hnsa-class.htm

http://www.obitcentral.com/shipsearch/ - early ship passenger lists

http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_ships.shtml - search ships passenger list

http://www.norwayheritage.com/ships/index.asp

http://www.pt5dome.com - 1849 ship Passenger lists for persons headed to the California gold fields

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/

http://www.theshipslist.com/ - join the list and someone may be able to answer your question

http://www.vinehall.com.au/

http://www.winthropsociety.org/ships.htm - lists of 22 ships bound for New England, 1633-1635

Social & Fraternal Organizations

http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/qual.html - International Society of Black Sheep

http://dar.org/natsociety/default.html

Social Security

http://slate.com/id/2081843 - SS # info

http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/

http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi - death index

http://ussearchit.com/Free_ssn_search.htm - SS# verification

http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/faq.htm

http://www.howstuffworks.com/question719.htm - what the SS #'s represent

http://www.rootdig.com/ss5/ - SS5 image and info

http://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/ssncards.html - history about the SS card

Soundex and Converter

http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3916/soundex.html

http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/clayton/cla_c1a.html - Miracode and Soundex systems

http://www.searchforancestors.com/soundex.html

South Carolina

http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/sc_0.html - Landform Atlas of the United States

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3837/ - South Carolina Genealogy on the Internet

http://www.genealinks.com/states/sc.htm - South Carolina Genealogy

http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/medicine.htm - Physicians in the Civil War

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~scfairfi/scflook.htm - Fairfield County

https://sites.rootsweb.com/roots-l/USA/sc.html

http://www.segenealogy.com/southcarolina/

http://www.segenealogy.com/southcarolina/sc_maps.htm - County Formation and Census Maps

South Dakota

http://country-art.com/ca/redlin_newspaper_story.htm - Terry Redlin from Watertown

http://dakotaridgelimited.com/ - artists John C Green and Joshua Spies

http://www.interment.net/us/sd/ - Cemeteries

https://sites.rootsweb.com/roots-l/USA/sd.html

http://www.sdhistory.org/

http://www.state.sd.us/doh/VitalRec/index.htm

State Information for All

http://genealogytoday.com/genealogy/states/

http://genforum.genealogy.com/regional/states/

http://members.aol.com/Nodoubtay/vitals.html

http://society.searchbeat.com/usaroots.htm

http://www.50states.com/

http://www.censusdiggins.com/state_archives.htm

http://www.couchgenweb.com/states1.htm - easy access to all the states

http://www.everton.com/reference/usa-resource.php

http://www.genealogyspot.com

http://www.geneasearch.com/states/statemain.htm

http://www.gensource.com/census/c19l1.htm

http://www.segenealogy.com/ - Southeastern Genealogy

http://usgenweb.org/states/index.shtml

Street Name Changes

http://offserv.libcoop.net/mtc/streetnames.htm

http://www.geocities.com/metroarchives/streets.html

http://www.hammondindiana.com/history/streets.htm

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nyrichmo/misc/

Sweden

http://sfhs.eget.net/welcome.html - Swedish-Finn Historical Society

http://www.augustana.edu/swenson/ - has language translation under genealogy section - fee

http://www.ColonialSwedes.org/ - New Sweden Colony in America of the Delaware River valley

http://www.genealogi.se/roots/ - comprehensive site for finding your Swedish ancestors

http://www.rootdig.com/adn/swedishsearch.html - some unique finding aids for Sweden

Tennessee

http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/tn_0.html - Landform Atlas of the United States

http://hometown.aol.com/judyleetn/myhomepage/business.html - Tennessee death records, 1906-1950

http://www.genealinks.com/states/tn.htm - Tennessee Genealogy

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~tnweakle/ - Besides the genealogy treasures are the old time wood stove recipes

http://www.segenealogy.com/tennessee/ - State of Tennessee

http://www.segenealogy.com/tennessee/tn_maps.htm -County Formation and Census Maps

http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/publib/bluegras.html - Blue Grass Regional Library

http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/publib/warioto.html

http://www.tngenweb.org/ - Tennessee Genealogy on the Internet

http://www.tngenweb.org/sullivan/ - Sullivan county

http://www.tngenweb.org/williamson - Williamson county

http://www.wrlibrary.org/ - Watauga Regional Library

https://sites.rootsweb.com/roots-l/USA/tn.html

Texas

http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/tx_0.html - Color Landform Atlas of the United States

http://vitals.rootsweb.com/tx/death/search.cgi - Texas Death Records

http://www.cityscope.net/~daryl/gen-1.html - Texas Genealogical web links

http://www.genealinks.com/states/tx.htm - Texas Genealogy

https://sites.rootsweb.com/roots-l/USA/tx/index.html

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ - Texas Genealogy on the Internet

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~txharri2/ - Harris County, Texas

http://www.segenealogy.com/texas/

http://www.segenealogy.com/texas/tx_maps.htm - County Formation and Census Maps

http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/vs/default.shtm http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/ - data base for vital statistics

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/ - Handbook of Texas - history, geography, and culture

http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/tx/tx_.htm

https://sites.rootsweb.com/roots-l/USA/tx/index.html

TimeLine

http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-1475100-601-7494084.html - atomic clock

http://historytimeline.sageadams.com/ - world history time line

http://www.gregorybraun.com/WebTime.html

http://www.ourtimelines.com/ - create your own personalized time line

http://www-csli.stanford.edu/~nunberg/timeline.html

http://www.smartdraw.com/specials/timelines.asp?id=15584

Translator

http://babelfish.altavista.com

http://www.24hourtranslations.co.uk/resources.htm - latin resources

http://www.bartleby.com/61/ - American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4th Ed.)

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~genepool/amerispeak/index.htm - AmeriSpeak: Expressions of Our Ancestors

Tutorial

http://www.genhelp.org/ - genealogy tutorials and much more

http://www.graonline.com/index.html - genealogical courses

http://www.hplearningcenter.com/ - several online courses

http://www.ouc.bc.ca/libr/connect96/search.htm - tutorial for internet search techniques

http://www.winplanet.com/winplanet/tutorials/612/1/ - taskbar tutorial

US Treasury

http://www.ustreas.gov/opc/opc0011.html

Utah

http://historyresearch.utah.gov/

http://www.genealogyspot.com/state/ut.htm

https://sites.rootsweb.com/roots-l/USA/ut.html

http://www.utahgenealogy.com/

Vermont

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~vermont/VERMONTGATEWAY.html

Veterans

www.DearMaxie.com - Letters written during Vietnam

http://www.cem.va.gov/ - National Cemetery Administration

http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/

http://www.sadloss.com/vagravemarker.htm

www.thevirtualwall.org

Virginia

http://cyndislist.com/va.htm

http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/va_0.html - Landform Atlas of the United States

http://www.genealinks.com/states/va.htm - Virginia Genealogy

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/vafiles.htm https://sites.rootsweb.com/roots-l/USA/va.html

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/vafiles.htm

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb/ - Virginia Genealogy on the Internet

http://www.segenealogy.com/virginia/

http://www.segenealogy.com/virginia/va_maps.htm - County Formation and Census Maps

Vital Records

http://genealogytoday.com/genealogy/enoch/records.html

http://vitalrec.com/usmap.html

http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi

http://vitals.rootsweb.com/tx/death/search.cgi

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/

http://www.recordsroom.com

http://www.vitalrec.com/

War Dead

http://thewall-usa.com/ - Vietnam wall

http://www.thevirtualwall.org/ - Vietnam wall

Washington DC

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/dc/

http://www.cyndislist.com/dc.htm

https://sites.rootsweb.com/roots-l/USA/dc.html

West Virginia

http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/wv_0.html - Landform Atlas of the United States

http://www.cybercomm.net/~freddie/helplist/wv.htm - Genealogy Helplist

http://www.genealinks.com/states/wva.htm - West Virginia Genealogy

https://sites.rootsweb.com/roots-l/USA/wv.html

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/ - West Virginia Genealogy on the Internet

WWI

http://www.cyndislist.com/military.htm

http://www.firstworldwar.com/ - primer on the First World War

http://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/WWIDraft.htm - draft cards

http://www.rootdig.com/draft/worldwaronedraft.html - draft card images

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson14.htm

WWII

http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/wwii/sites.cfm?PR_ID=198 - The Breakers converted into hospital

http://history.acusd.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/start.html

http://members.aol.com/dischargecert/eame.htm#sam - Replacement Certificate

http://user.itl.net/~glen/asianintro.html - camp records

http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/ribbons/Army1.html - Army service ribbons

http://www.gruntsmilitary.com/ - online military resource

http://www.rootdig.com/draft/worldwartwo.html - draft card images

http://www.usswestvirginia.org/fulllist.htm - Pearl Harbor Casualty List

http://www2.powercom.net/~rokats/smedals2.html#EAMECM - Campaign Medal