COMPUTER ASSISTED GENEALOGY  

 


Copyright by Judy Sweets

Program for Endacott Society, Feb 8, 2006

Part I

                                     

Genealogy                              

 

DEFINITION                                                                        

Genealogy: The study or investigation of ancestry and family histories.

 

FORMS and CHARTS                                            

Pedigree or Ancestor Chart, Family Group Sheet, Research form, etc.

Downloadable from these sites:

 

http://www.pbs.org/kbyu/ancestors/charts/ (PBS-Genealogy forms)

 

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/forms/download.html  (Family Tree Magazine)

 

http://www.hamrick.com/names/   (Hamrick)

 

http://www.cyndislist.com/  (Cyndi’s List of genealogical sites)

 

CENSUS  The Federal Census has been taken every ten years since 1790.  Most of the 1890 census burned.  Beginning with the 1850 census everyone in the household is listed  (whites and free blacks).  First federal census in which all blacks were enumerated was in 1870.

Heritage Quest through KU library website (Note: off campus may require a login)

Can view 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1860, 1870, 1900, 1910., 1920 and part of 1930

 

http://www.lib.ku.edu/ (KU Library page then click on databases link under “Research”)

 

http://www.heritagequestonline.com.www2.lib.ku.edu:2048/

 

For 1880 census see http://www.familysearch.org

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp

 

VITAL RECORDS                                                                           

                                                           

http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/  (Social Security Death Index)

 

http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary/ (Obituary Daily Times)

 

 

Family Search (LDS)   http://www.familysearch.org   (Search for individuals)

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp  (Search library)

                                                           

 

World Connect  http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ (Has pedigree charts, ahnentafels etc.)

 

FORUMS

 

http://genforum.genealogy.com/  (Can search family forums and post messages)

 

http://www.ancestry.com

 

 

 

 

 

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COMPUTER ASSISTED GENEALOGY

 


Copyright by Judy  Sweets

Program for Endacott Society, Feb 15, 2006

Part II

 

IMMIGRATION                                                                 

www.castlegarden.org (Castle Garden—Database) 1830-1892--10 Million records-(2 million to go) 75 million American can trace ancestors who came through here.

 

www.Ellisisland.org  (Ellis Island Database)

1892-1924. There were more than twenty million passengers or crew, first class or steerage. See ship manifests and images of ships.

 

 

 

The Lord Wellington-enroute to Canada 1821  http://www.chez.com/geneanet/ international

painting by Peter Rindisbacher, a Swiss passenger.     Genealogy site.    

MILITARY

 

World War II Army Enlistment Records 1938-1946   approximately 9 million men and women who enlisted in the US Army, including the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps.

 

http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-description.jsp?s=3360&cat=all

 

http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ (Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System database)

 

http://persi.heritagequestonline.com.www2.lib.ku.edu:2048/hqoweb/library/do/revwar

(Heritage Quest—Some Revolutionary War pensions)

 

http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/links/cwsuinfo.htm (Military units)

 

http://www.archives.gov/  (National Archives website)

 

LAND

 

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Default.asp?  (Land patent records-Bureau of Land Management.  After you get the land patent you can send  for the Land Entry Files.)

 

http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/land/index.htm (Tells how to obtain Land Entry Files)  These

are most likely to have genealogical information.


PHOTOS

                                                                                                                 

http://www.familychronicle.com/phototip.htm (Dating photographs)

 

American Memory- photographs etc.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/index.html 

 

www.DeadFred.com (The Original Photo Archive)  Has a database of

hundreds of photos, some that are unidentified. (see Mystery couple)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

http://144.99.215.50:8080/site/index.jsp (Army Heritage Institute Collection)     

 

Mystery Couple-Wichita, KS       

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?nocheck=1&&format=Photograph

(Library of Congress)

 

NEWSPAPERS (Databases)  

 

http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/eagle/   Brooklyn Daily Eagle  1841-1902

 

http://newspapers.umsystem.edu/archive/Skins/Missouri/navigator.asp?skin=Missouri&BP=OK

Historic Missouri Newspaper Project (Scanned images of pages of 14 Missouri newspapers)

 

http://www.lib.ku.edu/  (Historic New York Times-1851-current) A KU library online database.

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL 

 

http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/douglas/douglas-co-p28.html#BIOGRAPHICAL_SKETCHES_BRACKETT-GROVER

 

 

DNA

http://genealogy.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.smgf.org (Sorenson)

 

http://www.familytreedna.com/surname.asp  (Family Tree DNA) (Surname projects)

 

https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/index.html (National Geographic genographic Project)

 

 

FREE HELP

 

http://www.raogk.org/   (Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness)--A volunteer will search some record for you at no charge.  One request per month.