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General reference tools
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Online telephone and email
directories
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For telephone or email
information.
Anywho
provides maps and lists neighbors as well.
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Location or map information
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US
Mapping Information (USGS)
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Can assist in identifying e.g. a county
or cemetery information.
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Midnight
at the Internet Café
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A select annotated list of recommended
genealogical web sites.
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Sites reviewed by Margaret Jobe, Assistant Professor and
Web Master for the Government Publications Library at the
University of Colorado at Boulder.
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Relationships
and cousins charts
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This is a section from Cyndi's List.
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Provides the explanation for "second cousin twice removed
" and other familial relationships.
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Ethnic and racial groups
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American
Indian Family History Project --
Crow Census 1885, 1900, 1910, 1930
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A wonderful example of family history
projects and American Indian records.
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http://lib.lbhc.cc.mt.us/Crow_Census/default.htm
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Cyndi’s
List
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Great place for beginning genealogical
web surfers of all backgrounds.
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http://www.CyndisList.com/
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Christine's
Genealogy Website
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African American Website
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http://ccharity.com/
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Hispanic
Genealogical Society of New York
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Information useful in Hispanic
genealogical research.
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http://www.webcom.com/hgsny/
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Jewish
Gen
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Information useful in Jewish
genealogy.
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http://www.jewishgen.org/
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Government sources & public
records
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Bibliography of public records sources.
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From Jobe's Public Records Web page.
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These guides are handy for identifying public records and
the agencies responsible for maintaining the records, e.g.
court houses.
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Colorado
Marriage and Divorce Records
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Includes Statewide Marriage Index (alpha by bride and groom) 1975-1996 and
Statewide Divorce
Index (alpha by surname)
1975-1994. Searchable.
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http://www.quickinfo.net/madi/comadi.html
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Carroll’s
State Page
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Locate information about genealogical
holdings at the state archives. For example see Alabama
Department of Archives and History. (Be sure to do an agency search and select
Archives and History.)
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Good way to identify state archival
holdings long distance. Be sure to search at the county and
local level for online public records information/databases.
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General
Land Office records
"GLO was established within the Treasury
Dept. in 1812 to take charge of all survey and land title
records." [Quote from Web
site.]
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Instant access to Federal land title
records issued from 1820 to 1908 for 12 states.
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Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, and
Wisconsin Land Patents are available at this Web site.
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Great
Britain's Public Record Office
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Homepage information for those interested
in researching their British roots
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Offers short guides that can be downloaded and
explanations of e.g. the Domesday Book.
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National
Adoption Information Clearinghouse
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The NAIC was "established by Congress in
1987 to provide professionals and the general public with
easily accessible information on all aspects of adoption,
including infant and intercountry adoption and the adoption
of children with special needs." (from their Web
site.)
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Has state statute information.
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Secret
No More
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Get the FBI file number for access to
files made available from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
requests. For example the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, AIM,
Black Panther Party, various union leaders, etc.
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Offers letter templates to assist in
writing a FOIA request.
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Tapping
Officials’ Secrets
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Find out what the state statutes are in
regard to accessing e.g. vital, student, or criminal
records.
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Great reference tool.
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Vital
Records Information – United
States
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Identifies where one writes to request
copies of birth, death, marriage, or divorce records. Fees
are listed.
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Some states provide limited Web access to
vital records, e.g. Colorado and Kentucky.
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Webgator
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Used by journalists and investigators to
locate the living.
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This site links to many state, local, and federal
government sites. A fun site to explore.
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