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| Basic Genealogy | |
| Ancestry.com | Subscription Site SSDI partially free; this is a tremendous resource & offers different levels of $ & limited time for $ |
| Ancestry Library Edition- subscription by
libraries offered for IN-library use only |
Every U.S. census indexed; databases; & minus many Ancestry.com resources |
| Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet | 264,000 Organixed Links! Blogs, Podcasts, Software, Geography, Ethnic Searches - WOW! |
| DAR - Daughters of the American Revolution $$$ | Subscription Site GREAT research facility; submit queries by mail as no email or phone requests for searches; unique docs not shared with any other places & books not loaned |
| FamilySearch.org (Mormon Church) | Largest collection free family history, family tree & genealogy in the world |
| Free Genealogy & Family History Online- USGenweb | FREE genealogy access; volunteer submitted, resources; click on a state & follow to databases |
| Great Genealogy Web Links | Click on "Family History" & then on "Genealogy Web Links" |
| Heritage Quest | Logon in the libarary or from home
using a Michigan Driver's License or library card;
not all U.S. census indexed; PERSI, Freedman's Bank; Books; Revolutionary War; U. S. Serial Set; |
| Internet Genealogy Tutorial | Guided tour to Internet Genealogy, several guided Lessons. You should read through all this. |
| Librarians serving Genealogists - ListServe | Helping librarians serving genealogists; tons of email daily; useful archives & answerquestions about problems |
| Library of Congress | Take a look at the digital collections and services, online access to print, pictoral and audio-visual collections and other digital services; digital interlibrary loan |
| Library of Congress - Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers | search & view newspaper pages from 1897-1910; only certain states: CA, DS.C., FL, KY, NY, UT, & VA |
| Linkpendium.com Genealogy and Family History | Click on state, co. for many genealogy links including vital records, cemeteries |
| New England Ancestors | Subscription Site great resources; does not work well with firewalls, anti-virus |
| NGS - National Genealogical Society, Arlington VA | Subscription Site The big society for genealogical research, holds events, family history fairs, book loan collection, member ancestry charts, research aids, members get best access and breaks but this is expensive. |
| ProGenealogist Family History Research Grp | Subscription Site wonderful resource, sites are listed in categories; shows free & $ (pay) sites; order records |
| Steve Morse Site | Ellis Island, Castle Gardens, Ship Lists, Vital Records, Great Search Tips! Some $ sites, many free; large city ED search, much, much more; Steve Morse Rocks! |
| MICHIGAN SITES | Back to Top |
| Allegan County Historical Society & Old Jail Museum, Allegan, MI | no internet postings; maintain museum & also pioneer village at Allegan Co. Fairgrounds; organizing records |
| Allegan County Rootsweb | Census & cemetery lists, links to county churches, historical societies |
| American Ancestors of Michigan Governors & other individuals search | Mid Michigan Genealogical Society & Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library searchable databases |
| American Local History Network - Michigan - Barry County | Libraries, census, vital records links, funeral homes, Civil War |
| Bentley Historical Library, U of M - historical collection, Ann Arbor, MI | Historical info from all 83 MI counties, pioneer to present; one of best historical collections in U.S.; many images |
| Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library | charges $10 daily fee or $100 annual card; access most materials in person |
| Clark Historical Library, Mt. Pleasant, MI | part of CMU; collections, , hosts events, online MI Co. histories/atlases databases |
| Everton Publishers - Genealogy - Michigan | Links to great sites, history, state page, many MI hisory & genealogy sites |
| Library of Michigan Genealogy Web Sites | a wonderful list of useful sites |
| Michigan Biographical Index | indexed many different publications; need to go to these for actual bio info. |
| Public Libraries.com - Michigan | A-Z name list, city, system, address, phone #; links to libraries, systems |
| Southwest Michigan Military Index | vets who have lived in Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo or Van Buren |
| Southwest Michigan Obituary Index | Subscription Site almost 100,000 entries, early to 2000 in area newspapers; order obits for |
| Van Buren Co. MI, U.S. GenWeb Project | Indexes, obituaries, cemeteries |
| ALLEGAN AREA HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES | Back to Top |
| Allegan County Clerk, Allegan Courthouse, Allegan, MI | Click on photos for links, hours; Oakwood Cemetery Records |
| Allegan County Home Page | Allegan
County Clerk's Office 113 Chestnut Street Allegan, MI 49010 Phone: (269) 673-0450 |
| Allegan Co. Tourism Council | Visitor's guide, tourism, weather, local communities, townships |
| Historical & Genealogical Societies, Museums & Commissions of Kent Co., MI | Lists the many large & small societies (township) in Kent Co. & neighborhood associations, local DAR, Ethnic, etc. |
| Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society, Portage, MI | Kalamazoo area counties info; program & workshops; tons of records, lots of trained genealogists, online searches |
| Otsego Area Historical Society, Otsego, MI | Dorothy Dalrymple scrapbooks; down-loadable cemetery map Mt. Home |
| Salem Area Historical Society, Salem Twp., Allegan Co., MI | Preservation buildings, history; info on early settlers, railroads; growing group actively collecting family histories… |
| Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society, Douglas | On-line research center; lots S-D area historical info; old newspapers |
| Then and Now Historical & Genealogical Society of Eastern Allegan County, MI | Census, cemetery, school records, helpfull genealogists, obits; for NE part of Allegan Co. |
| Van Buren Regional Area Genealogical Society, Decatur, MI | cover SW MI, including lots material on Allegan Co.; online indexea; many good people, resurces; Family History Satellite Center |
| West Michigan Genealogical Society, Grand Rapids, MI | Kent Co. resources, census, veterans, obits, marriages, deaths, monument co. records; online databases;researchers, great programs, publication |
| CENSUS | Back to Top |
| U.S. Census Bureau | info.; no searches, but links |
| Blank Enumeration Forms & questions asked | U.S. 1860-2000, Puerto Rican Q., others |
| Cyndi's List - Census Links | Links to Census; most at Ancestry.com $; some helper sites |
| U.S. Census - Indexes, Extractions & Transcriptions | Indexes, state, Indian, other census |
| An Introduction to U.S. Census Research - GenWeb | series #s, explanations of terms, methods, lots of help |
| Historical Census Browser | statistical info; education, slaves; maps; groups by ethnicity, race, place of birth |
| U.S. 1930 Census Microfilm Locator & Finding Guide | NARA guide to locate roll # of film; not the film itself or a names guide |
| MILITARY | Back to Top |
| Revolutionary War Pensions 1840 | Click on state; has A-Z lists of pensioners |
| Michigan Civil War/military | & Spanish-Am War, Woman's Relief Corps, other military records; links |
| Michigan in the Civil War | Regimental histories, deaths; photos of MI Gettysburg monuments |
| Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System | Regiments, prisons, cemeteries, battles, medal of honor…more |
| American Civil War Homepage | Outlined resources, states, Civil War Army/Navy - great links |
| WWII Enlistments | Click on WWII |
| Online Searchable Military Databases - USA | Military; Revolutionary War; Black Hawk War; Vietnam; great links; I have not checked all these; some useful! |
| Online Civil War Indexes, Records and Rosters - A Genealogy Guide | General & specific guides; lists by state; both free & $$ sites |
| Graves Registration - Department of Michigan | Sons of Union Veterans of Civil War - burials in MI cemeteries |
| CEMETERY | Back to Top |
| MI Cemetery Sources | Cemetery locations; items in LOM; limited # burial lists |
| Interment.net | Find cemeteries in US & a few countries; some lists incomplete, some up to date |
| Find A Grave | 22 million graves; folk famous, obscure facts; links to SSDI; find US cemeteries |
| Graves Registration - Department of Michigan | Sons of Union Veterans of Civil War - burials in MI cemeteries |
| Michigan in the Civil War - Veteran's Gravesites | A-Z list 14, 749 MI wartime deaths- unit, name & city; National cemeteries |
| MI Tombstone Photo & Tombstone Transcription Project | Submitted photos; listed by MI counties; submission forms |
| Epodunk - cemeteries | Search state/site name, cemeteries; click for long. & latit.; links grave transcrip-tions, print road, satellite, hybrid maps |
| Cemetery Junction Home Page | Locate US & foreign cemeteries |
| VITAL RECORDS | Back to Top |
| County Clerks (Michigan) | By county, some dated info; some $ fees increased since posted |
| Vital Records (Michigan) | Info on records, how to order records online or by mail |
| Michigan GenWeb | links to county Rootsweb & information |
| GenWeb (U.S.) | Click on a state for their links; free |
| GENDIS - Genealogical Death Indexing System - (Michigan) | 1867-1897 deaths in MI; incomplete; records of MI Dept of Community Health |
| ProGenealogist Family History Research Group | Long list under "Vital Records" & many new ones added; some $ |
| Online Searchable Death Indexes for the USA | Also obits, cemeteries, SSDI |
| Online Birth & Marriage Records | free & lots of links to $ Ancestry |
| Linkpendium - The Definitive Directory | 3/4 million US sites |
| OBITUARIES | Back to Top |
| Obituary Daily Times | free; searchable; use "FL" & "Florida" for keywords, non- flexible search; mostly newer newspapers since 1998 |
| ProGen's Newspapers, Obituaries, & Biographies | most are free sites; many are only indexes; many are user submitted databases |
| Southwest Michigan Obituary Index | Many obits indexed from SW MI papers; find obit #, send$ for a copy; Van Buren Regional Genealogical Society, Decatur MI |
| Obituaries.com (some $) | U.S. & Canada newspaper obits; larger & regional papers; most newer obits; may charge$ 2.95 to view full text of obits |
| The Michigan Obituary Project | Links to counties with user contributed obits; only 9 MI current newspapers allow pre-1923 obit postings |
| Ancestor Hunt | click on obits, obit index |
| NATURALIZATION & IMMIGRATION | Back to Top |
| ProGenealogist Family History Research Group naturalization lists ***** | wonderful resource, sites in categories; shows free & $ sites; order records |
| Online Searchable Naturalization Indexes & Records | listed by state; most free; some only through Ancestry$ |
| Michigan Naturalization Records (by county) | not all counties posted |
| Steve Morse Site | click on passenger lists |
| Castle Garden | NYC 1830 -1892 (10 million database) |
| Ellis Island | NYC 1892 -1954; replaced Castle Gardens; read history; search |
| Records for Passengers Who Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine | actual records, images > 410,000 Irish who came over to U.S. during the Irish Potato Famine, 1846- 1851 |
| Passenger Arrivals 1919-1920 GenealogyBank.com | Passenger arrivals, 1919-1920; natural-ization lists in newspapers, navy obits |
| Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild | >8,000 passenger manifests transcribed & adoption; naturalization & immigration |
| US Ports of Arrival | Available Passenger Lists, 1820-1857; & Canadian & Mexican Border crossings |
| "Information Wanted" | Database ads, Irish immigrants publ. in Boston Pilot from Oct 1831 to Oct 1921 |
| NATIVE AMERICAN | Back to Top |
| Native American Nations | Info individual Am. Native Nations, A-Z |
| Native American Research in Michigan | LESSONS: uses Ottawa, Chippewa & Potawatomi tribes as examples.… |
| Native Am. Genealogy through Crawford Co., MI | Links to useful Websites with Native American genealogy |
| Native Genealogy - People of the Three Fires | biographies, family histories, cemeteries & census & church records |
| Access Genealogy Native Tribe Records | histories, biographies, treaties, proving Indian tribal ties; locations, tribes, links |
| AFRICAN AMERICAN | Back to Top |
| Freedman's Bureau | African-American history; records of murders & violence; early black marriages Ft. Smith Ark |
| 17 African American subsets | click on African-American History |
| Slave Narratives | Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers Project, 1936-1938 |
| Afrigeneas African Ancestored Genealogy | some good links, history, some $ sites, links for grants, ads |
| FOREIGN COUNTRIES & ETHNIC | Back to Top |
| Irish Genealogy | 15 million records; coordination of Irish Genealogy concerns |
| Irish Ancestors- Ireland.com | research Irish family history; subscription; charges per hit & record |
| Irish Genealogy Links | over 50,000 links but many end at Ancestry$; have to disable NortonAntivirus to run many |
| Cyndi's List - England | click on general resources & take time to work through the many links |
| Official government source for Scottish genealogy | statutory & parrish registers, census, wills; vital records; getting started |
| JewishGen: the home of Jewish Genealogy | search with ancestral surname; FAQ; search databases, disc. Groups, lots of help |
| Canadian Genealogy Centre | Tutorials on most aspects of Canadian genealogical research, educational but with info as to what to search |
| The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project | searchable database co. atlases; twp maps, portraits, properties online |
| Cyndi's List - Canada Index | General, Military, Census, search maps; province; gazetteers, geographic names |
| Worldwide Genealogy Resources | WorldGenWeb plus other links, listed A-Z by name of country |
| MAPS & LAND | Back to Top |
| Place Names & Maps | find counties, sites; historical counties boundaries maps; color landform US maps; world names; placenames.com…. |
| Maps & places | enter name of place + topographic, search |
| Epodunk - maps | search state/community name; click for long. & latit.; road, satellite, hybrid maps |
| enter name of place + topographic, search | |
| Citydata.com | click on city maps OR enter place, map |
| Topozone.com | topography, altitude, latitude, longitude; save, email or print maps; some $ |
| Federal Land Patents | transfers federal land to individuals; gives time & place, especially early settlers of an area |
| ADOPTION | Back to Top |
| Adoption - Frequently Asked Questions | MI Dept. Human Services;for those seeking to adopt/info prior adoptions |
| MI Central Adoption Registry | former parent & adult siblings consent info released to adult adopted child |
| International Soundex Reunion Registry | Mutual consent registry for adoptees & birth parents, etc. |
| Families.com - reunite | people search; find lost people; registration required; some $ links |
| Michigan Searching | support for those seeking info in MI closed adoption cases, contacts, resources |
| MISC. RESOURCES | Back to Top |
| Allen Co. (IN) Public Library Genealogy Center | in-library use of many $ databases; the genealogy center of the midwest |
| Cyndi's List -Libraries, Archives, & Museums Index | links to LDS, Societies, Library Congress, National Archives, state repositories… |
| National Archives Genealogy Resources | "What you can do on this website" & other aids & links for genealogists |
| Everton Publications | Free sections & resources, plus many $ sections; multiple databases, some $ |
| Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter | new events, databases online, programs, ratings, new technology, helps; a free standard newsletter & a $ one with more |
| U.S. Historic Maps | early, settlement, military, parks, memorials, links to other historic sites |
| GENEALOGY SOFTWARE | Back to Top |
| Top Ten Reviews | current software rated; Legacy; Family Tree Maker 2008, prices; comparisons |
| Best Genealogy Software Reviews | Reviews of each software, in paragraph form, with highlights of programs; not compared on a feature by feature basis |
| Lou Kessler's Genealogy Software Links | good resource; gives dates of each review; has many, many links to reviews |
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