North Dakota GenWeb Archives. Contains transcribed primary source documents. It is now possible to search for your surname and locate it if it occurs in any of the documents filed in the North Dakota Archives.

USGenWeb Archives Table of Contents. Transcribed primary documents are being added daily. Check out your favorite states and counties and ENJOY!

National Archives and Records Administration. NARA's genealogy page provides information about many of the finding aids, guides, and research tools that can prepare you for a visit to one of our facilities or for requesting records from NARA.

DAR Library. Containing some 150,000 volumes, the Library was recently (1998) ranked the third most important of national institutions by publisher Heritage Quest.

Library of Congress now has an experimental search engine that will allow you to search for surnames.

Archival and Manuscript Repositories in the United States . From the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC).

WebCats. A directory of online library catalogs nationwide and worldwide.

Using Online Library Catalogs in Your Research. Lorine McGinnis Schulze shares this step-by-step guide to using online library catalogues (IIGS™ Newsletter - February 2000).

Family History Made Easy: Step by Step by Terry and Jim Willard—hosts of the first ten-part PBS "Ancestors" series.

Restoring Ethics to Genealogy by Barbara Brown. A MUST for anyone doing research online.

INTERNET GENEALOGY - WHAT'S GOOD! WHAT'S NOT! . . . AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? by Bettie Cummings Cook, CG. An excellent article on the dangers of Internet genealogy.

Are You a Genealogist, or a Collector of Genealogy?. Scott Simpson makes good points about "doing it right."

National Genealogical Society Standards for Sound Genealogical Research. Lists ten procedural steps designed to improve the quality of our research.

RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees has an excellent set of lessons on various topics of importance to genealogists.

Keely's Korner is a refreshing approach to giving beginners the basics they need to know. It also contains a good variety of topics the rest of us can use to "refresh" our memories on the basics.

The Learning Center. Developed by Linda Haas Davenport, this site has a nice variety of "how to" articles including census, military, land and other records. Also has other types of information including a time line of history, a list of old diseases, "rules for teachers," and more.

Genealogy Frauds. Information compiled by Robert Charles Anderson, CG, FASG, and published in Genealogical Journal of the Utah Genealogical Association under the title "We Wuz Robbed!"

Ten Easy Steps Up the Family Tree. Designed for the beginner by Kathleen Mirabella. From the Macoupin County, ILGenWeb.

Skill Building Series from the Board for Certification of Genealogists. Excellent series of articles for all levels of proficiency.

Your Great Great Great Granddaughter is Looking for You. If you aren't already hightly motivated to do genealogical research, this will do it! From Kathleen Mirabella and the Macoupin County, ILGenWeb.

Research Aids for the Family Historian. Includes information on calendars and dating practices, colonial occupations, family naming traditions, a really great western migration map, and much more.

Oral History Questions. Questions to ask your grandparents and other family members; compiled by Joanne Todd Rabun.

Land Record References. Contains clear explanations of land transaction records, metes and bounds, and terms you will find in property descriptions.

US Land & Property Research. A self-paced set of lessons on the basics of land and property research in the United States, from the International Internet Genealogical Society, designed by Bill Utterback.

Metes and Bounds Surveys. by Steve Broyles, Direct Line Software.

Numbering Systems in Genealogy. Richard A. Pence gives a good explanation of the various numbering systems used in genealogy.

Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System. A new database that plans to include a list of regiments in both the Union and Confederate Armies; identification and description of 384 significant battles; lists of servicemen. Now contains rosters of U.S. colored troops and general historical information.

Photographic Preservation & Conservation. This is a commercial service, but also offers good basic information on how to preserve your family photos.

Learning About Your Immigrant Ancestors. Tips for locating ships passenger lists; immigration and migration information from Family Treemaker.

"How-To" Guide. Family Treemaker offers information on collecting, organizing, and finding missing pieces of family history.

AnimatedAtlas.com gives a brief narrative of the development of the United States from 1790 to 1950.

Treasure Maps. Excellent collection of general information and special tutorials on the "stone wall syndrome," deciphering old handwriting, and the U.S. Federal census.

National Archives and Records Administration Genealogy Page. This area provides many of the finding aids, guides, and research tools that can prepare you for a visit to one of the facilities or for requesting records from NARA.

Roots-L Library. Designed to accompany the Roots-L database, but contains helpful sections on specialized sources including Native American, Jewish, African-American, Quaker, and adoptees.

How Much is it Worth Today? compares the purchasing power of money in the United States (or colonies) from 1665 to 2002.

Language Translation Site will translate a phrase, a letter, or a whole web site written in another language. L & H Translator does much the same thing.

Directories: Archaic Medical Terms and more. Abbreviations Found in Genealogy. List of Occupations. Meanings and Origins of First Names. Genealogy Dictionary

Need Professional Help? Here is the roster of professional researchers certified by the Board for Certification of Genealogists.

The Genealogy Page developed by the National Archives and Records Administration. Lots of good stuff on what is available at NARA.

United States Town/County Database. Interactive search helps locate the county in which a town is located and provides links to information in that area.

Migrations. They came for a season, they left and went where? Why did they go and who went with them? So many questions about the migrations of our ancestors.

101 Best Family History Web Sites by Melanie Rigney. Excellent selection of sites of interest to the family historian.

USGenWeb Links Page. Designed especially for USGenWeb users this super site contains links to such categories as history, how to, international, maps/geography, military/wars, societies, associations and clubs and more.

Newspaper Abstracts. The purpose of this site is for the submission of newspaper abstracts (or links to other sites with newspaper abstracts) from United States newspapers published prior to 1923. This excellent site is growing by leaps and bounds.

Tombstone Inscription Project. A fantastic project, being developed by Pam Reid, Gloucester County, Virginia coordinator, which is developing a national database of tombstone inscriptions. Check here to see how you can help.

Headstone Hunter. A cooperative site for swapping information about headstones.

Census Images online under the direction of Linda Lewis. Check here to see how you can help make this collection grow.

USGenWeb Census Project. This project transcribes federal and state census records. Check here to see how you can help. Completed transcriptions can be viewed in the USGenWeb Archives or here.

Expedia Maps will find and plot cities, counties, provinces, countries worldwide.

1895 U.S. Atlas. State and county maps in 1895; also city/town information which includes population, area of state, and whether the city/town has post office, railroad, and express office.

TopoZone. Online topographic maps---free.

Obituary Central strives to locate, categorize, and present obituaries and other forms of vital data for your convenience.

Map Collection from the Universitiy of Texas Perry-Castañeda Library. Excellent collection of historical maps.

U.S. Digital Maps Library. State and County map as well as Indian Land Cessions to the United States Treaty Maps.

USIGS Military Collection Links gives information on servicemen from the Revolutionary War through the Vietnam War.

Bureau of Land Management. This project offers researchers a single source of information on lands that were once in federal ownership; which federal agency has jurisdiction over the land surface; and what individuals or entities first received that land from the federal government. Also California, Texas, Missouri, and Kentucky database.

Where to Obtain Land Patents/Warrants. State-by-state information excerpts from The Source ...; abstracted by Linda Haas Davenport (May 1998) and updated periodically.

Passenger Lists. A project in progress to transcribe passenger lists, from the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.

Directory of Catholic Parishes. Search by parish name, zip code, area code, diocese, or city/state.

Funeratnet. National directory for cemeteries and funeral directors.

California-Oregon Trails Association. If you are interested in the migration of your family to the West, check here for information. The Oregon Territory and its Pioneers has many accounts of individual wagon trains to Oregon, developed by Stephenie Flora.

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet. The Bible for locating sites of interest to genealogists.

Catalog of American Civil War (ACW) photographs from the Special Collections Branch of the U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, PA

American Local History Network furnishes the researcher with the historical and genealogical information to round out your research on your ancestors. Developed by Jeff Weaver and Mary Katzman.

U. S. Gazetteer. Developed by the U. S. Census Bureau. Enter city and state and you get 1990 population, location, zip codes, and map availability. Maps Can Help You Trace Your Family Tree gives helpful hints on using maps in genealogical research.

Zip Express is a Windows based software utility allowing easy look up of U.S. zip codes and their associated cities, states, counties, area codes, time zones and current time.

U.S. Surname Distribution. Enter the surname and select US Census choice from the following: 1850, 1890, 1920, 1990. You will see a map of the US showing the distribution of the surname selected.

Time Capsule. Enter a date between 1900 and 1997 and see the headline news and economic data for that time period.

RAND Genealogy Club. Roots surname list, reference, historical, regional and ethnic, computer and other good information.

Maps and More Maps. If you are into maps visit this site, a growing collection, showing the formation of counties at different time periods in the history of our country.

Genealogy & Technology Articles by Mark Howells. Mark's genealogy writings have appeared in the National Genealogical Society's Computer Interest Group Digest, the New England Historic Genealogical Society's The Computer Genealogist, Family Tree Magazine, Heritage Quest Magazine,and Computers In Genealogy. Mark is the Technology Columnist for Ancestry magazine.

What was the exchange rate then? gives exchanges rates for any year between 1791 and 1999.

Tutorials for Reading Old German, French and English Handwriting; Naming Sytems. Some good basic stuff.

English Calendar. The site, developed by Ian MacInnes, Albion College, calculates Old Style dates from New Style, and vice versa; the date of Easter and other major ecclesiastical feasts; the day of the week for a given date (both Old Style and New Style); and a particular (English) monarch's regnal year for a given ordinary date.

Vital Records Information. Where to obtain vital records from each state, territory and county of the United States.

19th Century Photography for genealogists. Victoria Fashion Page. These are helpful if you are trying to date old photos.

10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained. An attempt to answer common myths about copyright seen on the net and cover issues related to copyright and USENET/Internet publication, by Brad Templeton.

Currency conversions.

Popular Songs in American History Includes tunes, lyrics and historical background dating from the 17th century.

Genealogy Exchange and Surname Registry. Need someone to help with language translations? You can find people here to help you with French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Slovak, Czech, Polish, Swedish, and Turkish languages.

Rootsweb Book Mall. List books you have to sell and browse for books you would like to purchase. Free service for Rootsweb mail list subscribers.
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