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No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Dave Sloan desloan@cos.wantweb.net March 5, 2000 *********************************************************************** I found this on one of my mailing lists. Is a good list. Hope that it helps! ROOTSWEB SEARCH ENGINE - ANY SURNAME OR LISTING To search by state: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ussearch.htm To search files anywhere in Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/htdig/search.html http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl http://lists.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/findlist.pl Trying to find a Rootsweb surname list? Don't know which of 8,000 possible variant spellings it might be listed under? This tool finds sound-alike matches for a given surname from among RootsWeb's thousands of surname lists. Give it a try! http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ (Find any Rootsweb genealogy mailing list) FAVORITE SEARCH ENGINES: http://www.aj.com/ (Ask Jeeves) http://www.altavista.digital.com/ (Alta Vista) http://www.aol.com/netfind/ (AOL Searcher) http://www.excite.com/ (Excite) http://galaxy.tradewave.com/galaxy.html (Galaxy) http://www.hotbot.com/ (Hot Bot) http://www.infoseek.com/ (Info Seek) http://lycospro.lycos.com/ (Lycos) SEARCH FOR PEOPLE - SEARCH ENGINES: http://www.anywho.com/resq.html http://www.555-1212.com/whte_us.htm http://www.four11.com/ http://in-114.infospace.com/_1_196816106__yp.ch/reverse.htm (reverse finder) http://www.switchboard.com/ http://www.whowhere.com/ http://www.icq.com/emaildir.html (Search the ICQ email directory - Millions of users) REAL-TIME COMPUTER TRANSLATIONS (All European languages) http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: http://www.calle.com/world/index.html (Global Gazatteer - Foreign) http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html (United State Geological Service - finds exact location of place names, cemeteries, churches, streams, etc. Excellent !!) http://www.indo.com/distance/ (Distance between two locations. Enter geographic coordinates or placenames) http://www.mit.edu/geo/ (finds county for known place and state) http://www.ahip.getty.edu/tgn_browser/ (geographic thesaurus) http://www1.proximus.com/lycos/ (Lycos road map) http://www.mapquest.com/ (Mapquest) http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html (geographic name locator) http://www.expediamaps.com/PlaceFinder.asp (Microsoft worldwide info) http://members.aol.com/oldmapsne/ (Historical Ink; old maps, NY&NE) http://www.outfitters.com/genealogy/land/twprange.html (township and range system) http://www.multimap.com/ (United Kingdom) http://www.livgenmi.com/1895.htm (US Atlas, 1895) http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/gnis/ (Yale geographic name locator) http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/terra_findaspot_coordinate.htm (One meter resolution aerial and satellite photography of the USA and select foreign locations. Enter geographic coordinates only) http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/terra_findaspot.htm (One meter resolution aerial and satellite photography of the USA and select foreign locations. Select location from a map or enter a place name) ~~~~~~~~~~~~ GENERAL REFERENCE SITE - ALL IN ONE http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html =B7 Atlas & Maps =B7 Beginner's Guides =B7 Bios & Who's Who =B7 Databases =B7 Dictionaries =B7 Electronic Texts =B7 Encyclopedias =B7 Genealogy =B7 Government =B7 Grammar & Style =B7 History =B7 Internet Resources =B7 Law =B7 Libraries =B7 Miscellaneous =B7 Phone Book =B7 Population =B7 Postal =B7 Science =B7 Thesaurus =B7 Time & Date =B7 Weights & Measures =B7 World Religions =B7 WWW Virtual Library ~~~~~~~~~~ VITAL RECORDS: http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm (center for health stats) http://www.medaccess.com/address/vital_toc.htm (where to write) http://www.inlink.com/~nomi/vitalrec/ (Naomi's list) http://www.census-online.com/links/index.html#top (online census materials) http://www.doitnow.com/~moravia/census.html (alternate, census online) http://members.tripod.com/~rosters/ (searchable south) CHECK AND CLEAN VIRUSES FROM YOU COMPUTER - free ! http://housecall.antivirus.com/explorer.html (Trend Microsystems) Excellent - highly recommended on-line service - no charge) GIANT GENEALOGY SITES: http://www.hamrick.com/names/ (U.S. Surname Distribution from the U.S. census during various period in history) http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.html (barrel of links) http://www.CyndisList.com (Cyndi's List) http://www.wwnet.com/~krugman1/fgc/ (Ford Genealogy Club) http://www.genforum.com/ (genealogy discussions) http://www.polaris.net/~legend/genalogy.htm (genealogy gateway) http://posom.com/hl/ (genealogy helplist) http://www.citynet.net/mostwanted/ (genealogy's most wanted) http://emcee.com/ (genealogy online) http://genealogy.tbox.com/ (genealogy tool box) http://www.gensource.com/ifoundit/ (genealogy search engine) http://www.genhomepage.com/societies.html (genealogical societies) http://www.lds.org/Family_Hostory/How_Do_I_Begin.html (Mormon FHCs) http://www.ngsgenealogy.org (National Genealogical Society) http://www.nehgs.org/ (New England Historic Genealogical Society) http://www.rand.org/personal/Genea/ (Rand genealogy club) http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/searches/ (Roots Web Searches) http://www.bc1.com/users/sgl/html/usa.htm (searchable genealogy links) http://genealogy.travellor.com/genealogy/ (Travellor southern families) http://www.ukans.edu/heritage/research/dbd.html (UofK S sourcelist) http://www.usgenweb.com/ (US Genealogy web) http://www.usigs.org/index.htm (US Internet Genealogical Society) ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/roots-l/genealog/genealog.vital-mo (genealogical and historical societies of Missouri; to change states, delete "MO" and substitute the postal abbreviation of the state of your choice) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHURCH HISTORY: http://www.ncccusa.org/ (National Council of Churches) http://www.ats.edu/members/denom.htm (theological seminaries) http://www.rrlc.org/guide/arc02.shtml (American Baptist) http://www.cob-net.org/ (Church of the Brethren) http://www.catholic.net/ (Roman Catholic Church) http://www.cin.org/ (Catholic information network) http://www.catholic.org/colweb/direct.html (Catholics web directory) http://www.disciples.org/historc.htm (Disciples of Christ) http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/ (Episcopal Church, USA) http://www.elca.org/ (Evangelical Lutheran) http://www.fum.org/ (Friends United/Quaker) http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/index.htm (Quaker genealogy) http://www.mercer.edu/mainlib/SpColl.html (Georgia Baptist) http://www.depauw.edu/lib/services/Desc/dept.htm#archives (Indiana UMC) http://www.lcms.org/ (Lutheran, Missouri Synod) http://www.jewell.edu/academia/currylibrary/partee/partee.html (MO Baptist) http://cmc2.cmc.edu/arc.html (Missouri United Methodist) http://cc.owu.edu/~librweb/spuma.htm (Ohio United Methodist) http://www.libertynet.org/~pacscl/phs/index.html (Presbyterian) http://www.rca.org/ (Reformed Church in America) http://carolus.furman.edu/library/welcome/specpage.htm (SC Baptist) http://www.ucc.org/ (United Church of Christ) http://www.gcah.org/center.htm (United Methodist archives) http://www.gcah.org/Conference/umcdirectory.htm (UMC state archives) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ETHNIC RESEARCH: http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/searchable.html (searchable Canada) http://www.genealogy.com/gene/www/emig/emigr.html (emigration from Germany) http://genealogy.org/~palam/#iareg (Palatines to America) http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~tbrass/AMST/Amst.html (Dutch in New Amsterdam) http://www.familyworkings.com/genealogy1.htm (German Genealogy) http://www.kst.dit.ie/nat-arch/index.html (Irelands national archives) http://www.rootsweb.com/~irish/index.html (Irish Genealogical Society) http://gentreegenealogy.com (Irish Genealogy) http://www.anywhere.co.uk/news.html (Scots birth, death, marriage indices) http://www.scotclans.com/ (Scot Clans) http://www.tartans.com/genalogy.htm (Scots genealogy) http://www.origins.net/GRO/ (Scotland General Register Office) http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/story/story.htm (tartans & clans) http://www.tartans.com/ (tartans) http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/ (UK genealogy) ~~~~~~~~~~~ ARCHIVES FOR MILITARY HISTORY & WARS: http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/milhist/ (Canada war timeline) http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~hoemann/unit1.html (Civil War fighting units) http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm (CW Dakota State) http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/ (Civil War, U of KY) http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/civlink.htm (Civil War, LSU) http://www.usgenweb.com/military/index.htm (military history for genealogy) http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/ (Military History Institute) http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/millib/index.html (military libraries) http://www.toast.net/~beau/gs1812.htm (Society of the War of 1812) SOURCES FOR BOOKS: http://www.clark.net/pub/rmharris/netdlrs.html (antiquarian books) http://www.appletons.com/homepage.html (Appleton's) http://www.glbco.com/ (Blair's) http://www.esva.net/ghotes/biblio/bkdealer.htm#dealer (dealers and publishers) http://www.hearthstonebooks.com/ (Hearthstone) http://www.higginsonbooks.com/genbooks.htm (Higginson genealogy) http://www.hopefarm.com/genealog.htm (Hope Farm, NY books) http://www.midcoast.com/~picton/ (Picton Press) http://server.mediasoft.net/Scott/C/ (Willow Bend) http://www.yogs.com/ (Ye Olde Gen Shop, Indianapolis) LOOKUP SERVICES: http://www.rootsweb.com/~bwo/#States (books we own) http://www.mindspring.com/~wcrews/BooksPlus.html (mostly southern Books) http://www.longstreet.net/census.html (census lookups) http://www.cswnet.com/~mgoad/dar.html (DAR patriot index) http://www.concentric.net/~Mikerice/hl/usa/index.shtml (genealogy helplist) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2154/springin.htm (surname springboard) GENEALOGY MAILING LISTS - "HOW TO GUIDES": http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html http://members.aol.com/gresinet/gen_mail.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ http://php.indiana.edu/~stephen/ownlists.htm http://www.eskimo.com/~chance/lists.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STATE & REGIONAL GENEALOGY SOCIETIES: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/mhgs/index.html (midwest gen society) http://www.asc.edu/archives/genealog.html (Alabama genealogy) http://wwwcogensoc.org/cgs/cgs-home.htm (Colorado gen society) http://www.cslnet.ctstateu.edu/ (Connecticut library) http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs/ (Florida gen society) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9829/Ga.html (Georgia helplist) http://www.sos.state.il.us/ (Illinois Secretary of State) http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/ (Indiana library) http://www.uiowa.edu/~shsi/index.htm (Iowa historical society) http://home.att.net/~ladylake10/ipl/ipl_main.htm (Iowa pioneers) http://www.kumc.edu/kansas/KSL/Ref/ksl_ref.html (Kansas library) http://www.kdla.state.ky.us/kdlaindx/kdlaindx.htm (Kentucky library and archives) http://mlin.lib.ma.us/ (Massachusetts Library and Information Network) http://www.mnhs.org/ (Minnesota historical society) http://mosl.sos.state.mo (Missouri archives) http://www.system.missouri.edu/shs/ (Missouri historical society) http://www.nehgs.org/ (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston) http://www.state.nj.us/statelibrary/libgene.htm (New Jersey library) http://www.sara.nysed.gov/ (New York archives) http://unix2.nysed.gov/ (New York library) http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/vr.htm (New York vital records) http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/archives/ (North Carolina archives) http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NCSLHOMEHTM#information (NC library) http://www.ohiohistory.org/ (Ohio historical society) http://www.ok-history.mus.ok.us/ (Oklahoma museum of history) http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ (Oregon archives) http://www.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Historical_Museum/DAM/overview.htm (Pennsylvania archives) http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/pde/LIDSTATE.HTML (Penn. commonwealth library) http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/respol.htm (South Carolina archives) http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/escn_database_reports/ (old SC papers) http://www.historic.com/schs/ (South Carolina historical society) http://www.sc.edu/library/socar/mnscrpts/index.html (USC's South Carolina library) http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/tslahome.htm (Tennessee library & archives) http://www.vsla.edu/index.html (Virginia Library) http://www.westvirginia.org/ (West Virginia online) http://www.wisc.edu/shs-archives/ (Wisconsin historical society) http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/www/wis_lib.html (online Wisconsin libraries) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SURNAMES: http://www.one-name.org/top.htm (Guild of One Name Studies) http://cgi.rootsweb.com/surhelp/srchall.html (surname helper) http://www.eskimo.com/~chance/lists.html (surname mailing lists) http://www.gendex.com:8080/display?page=3Dsurnames& (surname search engine) http://surnameweb.org/registry/ (surname web's registry) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEARCH FOR LAND TITLES AND LAND PATENTS: http://www.avana.net/~lhaasdav/Patentlocations.html (all states) http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ (BLM eastern states land records) http://www.innernet.net/hively/newpage29.htm (PA lands, with links) http://image.vtls.com/collections/LO.html (Virginia land office records) NEWSPAPERS: http://www.dds.nl/~kidon/medie-link/uspapers.shtml (Kidon US Dailies) (But if it doesn't work, note that the next two say Media-link and try that) http://www.dds.nl/~media-link/usweek.shtml (Kidon US Weeklies) http://www.dds.nl/~kidon/media-link/capapers.shtml (Kidon Canada) http://caroline.eastlib.ufl.edu/flnews/projects.html (state newspaper projects) http://www.lib.virginia.edu/cataloging/vnp/contacts.html (state projects list) http://www.naa.org/hotlinks/index.asp (state associations, dailies by state) CEMETERY RECORDS: http://users.deltanet.com/~steven/cemetery.html (cemetery listings) http://www.funeral.com/cemeterystates/ (cemetery listings) http://www.funeralnet.com/cgi-local/notfound.pl?/ (funeral home listings) http://www.dreamscape.com/goldlinks/cemetery.htm http://www.Islandnet.com/ocfa/ (Ontario cemetery listings) http://we.got.net/docent/cem/uscem.htm (US cemeteries) http://www.inwd.com/death/usa.htm (US cemeteries) OTHER RELATED GENEALOGY SITES: http://www.firstct.com/fv/stone.html (breaking down the wall) http://www.ala.org/alonline/ (American Library Association) http://www.genealogy.org/~bcg/ (Board for Certification of Genealogists) http://www.firstct.com/fv/oldhand.html (deciphering old handwriting) http://www.nara.gov/regionals/stlouis.html (fed personnel records) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3207/ (low Country Huguenots) http://OfficialCitySites.com (index of local government sites) http://www.umdl.umich.edu/moa/moa_search.html (UMich literature search) http://www.vanished.com/pages/database.html (misc. online databases) http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us (Mid-Continent Public Library) http://www.libraryspot.com/librariesonline.htm (libraries everywhere) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/8080/philly.html (Philadelphia) http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/ (Zip Codes) 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