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African-Native American.com - Celebrating the
Estelusti ~ The Freedmen Oklahoma's Black Indians.
American Family Immigration
History Center - from the Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Foundation,
search millions of immigration records from 1892-1924, learn about the
immigrant experience, make a donation, start a family history
scrapbook, etc.
Ancestry.com - over 250 million names in existing family trees,
more than 100,00 records added daily. Trial membership available,
advanced information requires subscription.
**Available from within the Portsmouth Public Library's
Esther Murdaugh Wilson Memorial Room at the main library**
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - Hundreds of thousands of
links related to genealogy, organized and cross-referenced in over 100
categories. This site is one of the richest resources for genealogy studies.
Familysearch.org - This Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
(LDS) site has a search engine for over 35 million names in its "vast record
collections," including its Ancestral File and International Genealogical Index,
census and other vital statistics sources, and a directory of family history
websites. Also provides genealogical search advice. Free registration allows
additions of websites, family record retention in the LDS vault, email list
access, and other services.
Genforum at Genealogy.com -
provides extensive online genealogy resources, including subscriptions
that give researchers continuous, easy access to valuable family
history information, such as the
U.S. Census
Collection,
Family
and Local Histories Collection,
International &
Passenger Records,
World Family Tree, and
Genealogy Library.
JewishGen - The primary Internet source connecting researchers of Jewish
genealogy. The most popular parts are its Discussion Group, Family Finder (a
database of over 60,000 surnames and towns), Infofiles (comprehensive directory
of information resources, organized by both topic and country) and a variety of
other databases like the ShtetlSeeker. This excellent site also contains
information on genealogical techniques and allows you to search by country as
well as by topic, such as Holocaust, Immigration, Sephardic, Libraries and
Archives, etc.
National Archives: Genealogists/Family Historians - [This] "website's focus
is on articles and information on how to conduct in-person research in the
different types of records, along with finding aids, such as microfilm indexes."
PolishRoots®: The Polish Genealogy Source - Searchable directory of
"materials of interest to those researching their Polish ancestry." Although the
site focuses on genealogical resources (for example, surname search, online
forum, databases), it will be of interest to anyone looking for information
about Polish history, customs, geography, and heraldry. Includes links to
information in both English and Polish.
Portsmouth Public Library Esther Murdaugh Wilson Memorial Room - Located in
the main library at 601 Court Street, this room holds books, yearbooks,
scrapbooks, primary documents, family genealogy records, wills, deeds & Census
records on microfiche and much more historical information pertaining to
Portsmouth, VA and the surrounding areas.
RootsWeb - "The oldest and largest FREE genealogy site, sponsored
by Ancestry.com". Search, family trees, message boards, research
templates, tools, links and more.
University Press of
Virginia - publishes books that include regional interests.
USGenWeb Project - This comprehensive site provides links to all the state
genealogy Web sites which, in turn, provide gateways to the counties. They also
sponsor Special Archiving Projects that include putting all U.S. census data
online;
Tombstone Transcription Project; tracking single lineage;
and genealogy for children. In addition, there is an excellent guide to doing
genealogy research that also includes such information as caring for old
documents; repairing old books; preserving old photographs; and publishing your
results.
UVA Library: Genealogical Resources - A genealogical guide by the University
at Virginia, revised and updated to include not only the most recent
genealogical materials in print acquired by the University Library, but also to
include important online sources from the plethora of genealogical materials now
available through the Internet. Some new features are sections for Maps,
Genealogical Societies,
Genealogical Software sites,
Web Resources, and links to
useful
Library Resources. In addition, I have introduced a new section with
Help
for Beginning Genealogists, pointing out a few useful sources that will help
them start out correctly.
WorldGenWeb Project - This online resource for international
genealogists "is a non-profit, volunteer based organization dedicated to
providing genealogical and historical records and resources for world-wide
access." Divided into eleven world regions, it is searchable by countries,
provinces, states, and other administrative divisions.
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