21 April 2012
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African American Heritage of Virginia - VFH - Black History
From the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Contains biographical materials & information on significant historical sites throughout Virginia. Useful for anyone interested in the experience of African American people in Virginia & in the contributions African Americans have made to Virginia's history. Searchable by region, theme, era & keyword.
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Archives en ligne - les Archives du Pas de Calais
Departmental archives of the Pas-de-Calais retain a little over 30 linear kilometers of documents dating from the eleventh century. An archive of mainly public status, but also private. Public service of the General Council, departmental archives of the Pas de Calais has the chief responsibility of record keeping by authorities having jurisdiction in the department. The majority of documents is public since paid by government. However, in order to enrich its funds, the archives can receive documents from private persons or entities (eg associations). This type of record from each year primarily through purchase, donation or deposit.
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Blackbird | Finding Family Blong Yu Mi
Blackbird reconnects descendants of South Sea Islanders from Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and other South Pacific nations to Australia and Fiji during the blackbirding era of 1860 to 1910. We also research shipwrecks, undertake community development activities and more.
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A place to view and share memories of old Dundee. When you look at the Bygone Dundee website you will find it is packed full of articles, reminiscences and photographs of Dundee over the last century, much of it taken from materials housed in the Local History Library. Be part of this exciting project by submitting your own memories or past experiences.
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A site devoted to disseminating news about collecting Civil War items. Auction updates, museum displays and Civil War shows. Articles on collecting, collectors blog and latest collecting news.
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Disasters That Changed the World
Coverage of many disasters, man-made and natural of all types. Links in some articles lead to lists of victims.
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I recently started a blog with certain friends of mine in mind. They love learning more about their ancestors and find the past fascinating and exciting. However, they have no practical knowledge on how to do genealogy. I wanted to do something that appealed to that demographic of young, visually driven young women. I am researching the surnames: McCASKIE, McARTHUR, and WILSON from Scotland and BALL and MOODY in the United States, and DINKLE from Germany.
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By Elizabeth Shown Mills.
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Provides information on what records are available for those researching their family history, and where to find them, in Canada, the UK, and the US.
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This site contains a listings of the cemeteries and transcripts thereof for Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. It includes the towns of Bancroft, Madoc and Marmora.
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imaStory.com - Everyone has a story!
A website that helps children interview and write the life stories of their parents and grandparents. Imastory is fun, free, easy to use and has a Lesson Plan for educators and a question guideline for students. The program is an excellent tool for schools, churches, not-for-profits and other organizations for creating not only life stories but also a friendlier and more productive community environment. Stories created can be printed and the books sold to friends and families as fundraisers.
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Irish Homesteads research the history of the families in the townlands of Ireland. We look at every aspect of your ancestral home. We then present it to you in the form of a beautiful parchment scroll.
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John W Hamm - Family Genealogy
Descendants of John W Hamm. Surnames include Hamm, Fletcher, Bayless, Storm, Naylor, and others. Descendants live mostly in Central Illinois around Champaign Urbana.
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Jornaweb - Jorna en Jurna - Kijk hier naar de stamboom van deze familie
Family JORNA and JURNA of the province of Friesland in the Netherlands.
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Focus on Kelleys Island, Ohio, USA. Common Surnames - Bauman, Beatty, Betzenheimer, Bianchi, Bickley, Brennan, Brown, Clemons, Dean, Dusseau, Dwelle, Elfers, Erdman, Erne, Feyedelem, Greeney, Hamilton, Hecht, Himmelein, Hupp, Keating, Kekelik, Kelley, Lange, McKillips, McLellan, McManamon, Martin, Miller, Moross, Murphy, Perruchon, Ranft, Rehberg, Riedy, Schaedler, Seeholzer, Sennish, Smith, Stokes, Titus, Voight, Ward, Weber, Woodford, Zinger.
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Lack & Sons Funeral Home was established in 1916 and has been family owned and operated for three generations. Includes obituaries.
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Family history for just
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NEIGS - The Northeast Iowa Genealogical Society
The Northeast Iowa Genealogical Society was organized in 1970: To create and foster an interest in genealogy. To preserve genealogical and historical data, particularly of our ancestors and the pioneers of Black Hawk County, Iowa. To instruct and educate person interested in genealogy. Monthly meetings except July, August, December.
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Old Maps Online is a large search portal for online mapping, accessing around 100,000 maps from many collections around the world, and the easiest to use: find the place you are interested in on our modern map, and the system shows you "thumbnails" of the historical maps that best cover your place; click on a thumbnail for more info, and then to view a full image on the relevant library's site; and its completely free.
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Open Collections Program: Contagion - Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics
A digital library collection from Harvard University's libraries. Organized by date & location of the epidemics, these materials include digitized copies of books, serials, pamphlets, incunabula, and manuscripts
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OUR FAMILY | Seeking our ancestors
Not only pedigree charts of Nita Hershberger and Jim Caffrey but also PDF copies of published Family History books on McIntosh, McCrae and Hershberger family lines. Includes up to date research being done with breaking news on LeVan research.
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Place Your Ancestors: Your Guide to Using Atlases, Maps & Gazetteers
A guide to help you locate and use maps, atlases and gazetteers in your genealogical research.
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Genealogy blog from Victoria, Australia. I have started writing this blog for two reasons: As a means of improving my own knowledge about Genealogy and about Victoria. Provide practical information to new users researching in Victoria.
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Romney Marsh Baptisms Index 1750-1911
A searchable, online index hosted by the Woodchurch Ancestry Group of over 23,000 baptism records of the following 15 parishes in the Romney Marsh registration district in the southeast of England: Brenzett, Brookland, Burmarsh, Dymchurch, Fairfield, Hope All Saints, Ivychurch, Lydd, Lydd Independent, New Romney, Newchurch, Old Romney, Snargate, Snave and St Mary in the Marsh.
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Search Free New York Federal, State, Colonial and Military Census Records Online
Search free New York Federal, State, Colonial and Military Census Records online, including census substitutes and tax lists. Specializing in the New York State Census Records conducted 1825, 1835, 1845, 1855, 1865, 1875, 1892, 1905, 1915, 1925, and New York Colonial Census Records.
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It has all the year books from 1900 to present and other school stuff for Arkansas High School, Texarkana, Arkansas.
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The Klem Family - Our Family History
Family history of the Klem and Tschappatt family in Marshall county, West Va, Bellmount Ohio, green county and Erie county Pa. The following are only some of the many family names: KLEM, GUNTO, TSCHAPPATT, TSCHAPPAT, YOHO, CARMICHEL, BRUNER, ORZOLEK, HARDWICK, FIGUEORA, HOWELL, VEHEC, GALBRAITH, FOUST, KIRSCHNER, BICK, CARNEY, BICK, SULLIVAN, DAVITT, RUSH, FERRIS, LEWIS, ANDERSON,MURPHY, BELL, NEWCOME, SHANNON, BERG, BATTIGER, ZAHNISTER, BRAINARD, ASHBAUGH, ALLISON, LOUGHRY, ZURISSELLER, MOTSCH, MILLER, LEE, DOBY, SARBAK, ACHENBACH, ADAM, ADAMS, ALEXANDER, ALLEN, ALTHAUS, ALTMYER, ALTZHAUS, ALWARD, AMES, AMMER, AMOS, ANDERSON, ANDREWS, ANGELO, APP and many many more.
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The National Society Dames of the Court of Honor - New York State Society
New York State chapter of national lineage society for women descendants of colonial governors or commissioned officers in American Wars through the War Between the States.
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University of Strathclyde - Genealogical Studies Postgraduate Programme
The programme is an intensive practitioner-led, university accredited qualification in genealogical studies, offered entirely online. Qualifications available are the Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma and MSc in Genealogical, Palaeographic and Heraldic Studies.
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Washington Conservation Studio
A studio that focuses on the the conservation and preservation of historic documents and art on paper from the 17th through 19th centuries. The principal conservator is a senior conservator at the National Archives in Washington, DC and is developing a freelance practice to meet the needs of the family history market.
