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General Genealogy Tools
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US GenWeb provides links to state and county genealogical web pages. They often provide abstracts of actual records on file (such as cemetery, marriage, birth, death, census, tax, probate, or military records). |
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Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oklahoma/Indian Territory Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming |
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| The National Archives and Records Administration hosts this surname soundex converter. The soundex is a tool that formulates a "sound code" for surnames and this code is used to index large sets of records, such as the 1900, 1910, and 1920 Federal Censuses, and New York Passenger Lists, to name a few. | |
| Ben Buckner has programmed a site that will calculate birth date from death date and age. There is a Java and CGI version. One of them will work for you. | |
| This web site lists up-to-date data for how to obtain copies of original vital records (birth, marriage, death) from various localities within the United States. | |
| In the Funeral Net Web site you will find the most extensive U.S. and Canadian funeral home directory on the Internet. The directory includes funeral home Web sites in your area, as well as those around the U.S. and Canada. Online addresses (if available) and postal addresses are listed. | |
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The Universal Currency Converter™ is a cool tool that allows you to convert U.S. dollars to other currencies. |
Definitions
| A list of occupations, old and new, and their definitions. Page maintained by Tony and Lynda Langham. | |
| A dictionary of archaic medical terms, maintained by a doctor. Great resource! | |
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A copyright chart compiled for ease of understanding a complicated subject. More information on copyright laws. |
Mega Genealogy Sites and Indices
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Cyndi's List is THE site for surfing the genealogy net. Over 28,250 genealogy links, categorized & cross-referenced. |
| LDS Church Family Search site, allows searching of the International Genealogical Index and the Ancestral File. | |
| Nerd World is an index site which lists and groups sites by category. Visit the Nerd World Genealogy sites. | |
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Terri Lamb maintains, through the Mining Company, a pretty comprehensive listing of genealogy links. She offers a free newsletter, chat, and an events calendar. |
| The Genealogy SiteFinder is a joint venture between Matthew Helm's the Genealogy Toolbox and Broderbund's Family Tree Maker Online. The SiteFinder contains links with full descriptions of over 45,000 genealogically-related Internet resources sorted by category. |
06 Apr 2009