Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 23:45:11 +0000
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From: Bob Rankin
Subject: TOURBUS - 12 Jun 01 - Find Your Roots (Part Deux)
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TOURBUS Volume 6, Number 88 -- 12 June 2001
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FIVE YEARS of Searchable Archives at http://www.TOURBUS.com !!
TODAY'S TOURBUS TOPIC: Finding Your Roots (Part Deux)
Back in 1999, we did a TOURBUS article called "Finding Your Roots".
But since the online genealogy world has changed significantly in the
past two years, it seems like a good idea to cover this again. Today's
TOURBUS will take you to the best starting points for genealogical
research, tools, and software.
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CYNDI'S LIST
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A comprehensive index to over 98,500 genealogical resources on the
Internet. You'll find a list of links that point you to genealogical
research sites, all categorized & cross-referenced. It's like a "card
catalog" to the genealogical collection in the immense library that is
the Internet.
This site is particularly good, because it has links to genealogical
resources in many different countries. Over 1000 new links are added
each month!
http://www.CyndisList.com
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GENEALOGY RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET
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This site co-authored by TOURBUS rider John Fuller is similar to
Cyndi's List though there are significant differences. The two main
sections are web sites and genealogy mailing lists. The web section is
extensive though it is somewhat modest related to Cyndi's List;
however, the mailing list section is the premier site for such lists
with over 25,000 entries and 100 or so added weekly.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/internet.html
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ROOTSWEB
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The oldest and one of the most extensive genealogy sites on the
Internet ... and everything is free. It serves as host to many of the
genweb sites (discussed next), thousands of mailing lists, census
projects, Cyndi's List, GenConnect boards, has a large number of
genealogy search engines, and much more.
http://www.rootsweb.com
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USGENWEB
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An outstanding project that has pages for each state and each county
in each state with extensive links to applicable resources, query
boards, surname lists, and most anything else imaginable. You can get
to the county pages from the state pages, and to the state pages from
the main page shown above. You can also get to the state pages using:
www.usgenweb.org/xx where "xx" is the two-letter postal code for the
state.
http://www.usgenweb.com
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WORLDGENWEB
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A project similar to USGENWEB that has sites for every country other
than the US. This project is a bit younger than USGENWEB and there are
some countries that still need coordinators; however, these are
generally countries that folks have never heard of :)
http://www.worldgenweb.org
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FAMILYSEARCH
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The Latter-day Saints (Mormon) site that allows you to access the top
level documentation available from the LDS archives. Obviously there
is no way that they can put their millions of microfilm records
online, but what they have available is an excellent starting point
for anyone contemplating use of their resources.
http://www.familysearch.org
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ELLIS ISLAND
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While this site has been around for a while, it opened a brand new
resource a couple of months ago. You can now enter the name of an
ancestor and, if the ancestor came through Ellis Island, you can
access his or her records in some detail. It was almost impossible to
access the site when it first opened up due to the overload of
queries, but things are a bit easier now.
http://www.ellisislandrecords.org
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OTHER GENEALOGY LINKS
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Here are some additional links you may find helpful if you're
interested in digging into your family history:
About.com Genealogy Site - http://genealogy.about.com
Ancestry.com - http://www.ancestry.com
Family Tree Maker - http://www.FamilyTreeMaker.com
My thanks to John Fuller for providing some of the info for this
issue. John adds: "I have barely touched the surface -- genealogy on
the Internet is growing by leaps and bounds. While it will never
replace tramping though cemeteries and recording tombstones or
visiting libraries, genealogical societies, and vital records offices
to gather information, it does provide a tool that can help those who
are obsessed with the never ending search for their ancestors."
That's all for now, I'll see you next time! --Bob Rankin
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