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1. Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania: Resources, News & Announcements:
This Timely Resources webpage replaces the Tech SIG news bulletin that was formerly distributed by email.
(Note that the category scheme has been slightly revised: the old Miscellaneous categories have been absorbed into the Genealogical Resources category, e.g.)
Posting these resources on the GSP website allows you to use the GSP Search facility to search for items in past Timely Resources pages.
2. Genealogical Resources (by type):
Birth Records (official):
Dauphin Co. (PA) births, 1757-1825.
http://www.ldnews.com/Stories/0,1413,139~10142~2980551,00.html
Cemetery/Funeral Director Records:
From the Camden County Historical Society, a master list of Camden County Cemeteries
http://www.cchsnj.com/library_01.shtml
Census Records (local population, agricultural, manufacturing, mortality):
Philadelphia African-American Census 1847
http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/friends/
Maryland State Archives Census Indexes, 1776, 1778, 1870, 1880.
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/refserv/html/censussearch.html Directories (business, city, professional, rural, telephone):
Delaware County, PA Boyd’s directory, 1899-1900. ($) A general directory of Chester City, and of the towns of Clifton Heights, Darby, Eddystone, Lansdowne, Media, Ridley Park, Sharon Hill, Upland and Wayne, and a business directory of the county, to which is added a large list of farmers and an appendix of useful information.
http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=10829&ti=0
Titusville, PA directory, 1911-1912 and 1918. ($) Includes directories of the boroughs of Pleasantville, Hydetown, and Grand Valley, rural delivery routes out of Titusville, and directories of the townships of Athens, Oil Creek, Rome, Steuben and Troy in Crawford County, Cherrytree, Oil Creek and Plum in Venango County, Eldred and Southwest in Warren County.
http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=23427&ti=0
http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=23500&ti=0 Ethnic Genealogy:
Afro-American Genealogical Research – Library of Congress.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/bib_guid/afro.html
African-American Research – National Archives.
http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/heritage/african-american/ Hereditary Societies:
DAR enhanced online index.
The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) has
enhanced its online index to the Genealogical Records Committee Reports
-- the name for its collection of genealogical information from family
Bibles, tombstones, church records and the like. You can search this 18-
million name index for your ancestors at:
http://grc.dar.org/dar/darnet/grc/grc.cfm?Action=New_Search Immigration Records (alien registration, naturalization, ship passenger lists, etc.):
Finding aid for NY passenger lists, 1820-1957.
http://home.att.net/~germanroots/ellisisland/nypassengers.html
Search immigration records at Castle Garden (predecessor of Ellis Island), 1830-1892.
http://castlegarden.org/
Instructions in Genealogical Research:
German genealogy.
http://genealogy.about.com/od/germany/a/basics.htm?nl=1
Newspaper research.
http://www.genealogytoday.com/roots/xweb.mv?xc=Display&xo=rescms&xn=-1&xr=569&xz=
Marriage and Divorce Records (official):
Delaware Marriages, 1645-1899. ($)
http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?sourceid=4717&dbid=7863 Military & Veterans' Records (service records, pension records, soldiers' bonus records, draft registration, grave registries):
PA Civil War newspaper transcriptions.
http://www.pacivilwar.com/newspapers/index.html
PA Civil War biographies.
http://www.pacivilwar.com/bios/
PA Civil War regimental rosters.
http://www.pacivilwar.com/cwparosters.html
Everyday camp life at Gettysburg, PA (Civil War).
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/gettex/getintro.htm
Military Personnel Records and Archival Research Room at National Archives in St. Louis. Nearly 1.2 million official military personnel files of former US Navy and Marine Corps enlisted personnel who served between 1885 and 1939 are open to the public.
http://www.archives.gov/facilities/mo/st_louis.html Publishing (incl. self-publishing, publishing on CDs and the Web):
Guidelines for publishing information online.
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST05-013.html
Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter.
http://www.eogn.com/
Search old Eastman Newsletters. Try Gettysburg and see how he’s using Google as an index. Interesting.
http://www.eogn.com/search/
Reference Works:
Citing your sources.
http://genealogy.about.com/od/citing/a/sources.htm?nl=1
Historical Life Expectancy Statistics.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lifexpec.htm
Search engine for acronyms.
http://www.acronyma.com/ Religious Records (church membership registries, histories, baptismal, marriage and funeral records):
PA church records, Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881. ($)
http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?sourceid=831&dbid=7830 3. Other (non-GSP) Non-profit and Governmental Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements:
Places in Time: Historical Documentation of Place in Greater Philadelphia.
http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/frdr.html
Pennsylvania County facts and info. Look for links to the other states.
http://www.mypennsylvaniagenealogy.com/index.htm
The Greatest Generation. AWON -- The American World War II Orphans
Network is for the children of Americans who died during that war.
The website contains photographs and stories, welcomes those who
lost their father or other family members in World War II, and encourages
family members to register. There is no fee for registration.
AWON also publishes a newsletter, "The Star" and has a database of family members of American WWII dead, which continues to grow. There is a link to a number of books that will interest family historians.
http://www.awon.org/
http://www.awon.org/bookstore/bookstore.html
American Jewish Historical Society Archives: finding aids.
http://www.cjh.org/academic/findingaids/AJHS/institutionlist.html
National Archives website updated.
http://archives.gov/
The Newberry Library in Chicago has a significant genealogical collection, with a partial online catalog.
http://www.newberry.org/
4. Commercial Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements:
5. Technology:
Backing up your family history.
http://genealogy.about.com/od/backup/a/backing_up.htm
Gadgets for genealogists.
http://genealogy.about.com/od/research_tools/tp/gadgets.htm?nl=1
Online translator.
http://www.worldlingo.com/en/products_services/worldlingo_translator.html
Digital Cameras, Scanners; Digitization of Records:
Digital imaging for genealogists.
http://www.digim4gen.com/4436.html Genealogical Software:
2005 genealogy software roundup.
http://genealogy.about.com/cs/genealogysoftware/a/software.htm?nl=1
Family Tree Maker 2006.
http://genealogy.about.com/b/a/192177.htm?nl=1 Internet:
101 best undiscovered web sites for genealogy. Don’t ignore this list. There’s something there for everyone. Lots of goodies.
http://familytreemagazine.com/101sites/2005/index.asp 6. Miscellaneous:
Create a memorial site.
http://www.memory-of.com/Public/Default.aspx ($)
http://www.tributeforyou.com/ ($)
http://humanarchives.org/index.php ($)
Answers.com. If you haven’t looked at this, you might want to give it a try. Try any subject. Look at the bottom of the resulting pages in the “Copyright” section for any items that have “Cite.” Click on “Cite” then see how a citation is provided in a variety of formats. Very nice.
http://www.answers.com/
Categories
Use the following topic list to jump to the respective section above (the links have no effect if there are no items of the specified type):
| 1. Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania: Resources, News & Announcements |
| 2. Genealogical Resources (by type) |
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Biographical Records |
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Birth Records (official) |
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Cemetery/Funeral Director Records |
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Census Records (local population, agricultural, manufacturing, mortality) |
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Church Records (see Religious Records ) |
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Correctional Facilities/Prison Records |
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Court Records (civil/criminal case files, justice of the peace and magistrate BUT NOT death or probate records; see those categories below) |
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Death Records (official) |
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Directories (business, city, professional, rural, telephone) |
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Ethnic Genealogy |
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Family Histories (incl.genealogy charts) |
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Genetics and DNA |
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Hereditary Societies |
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Hospital Records (private/public health & welfare facilities) |
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Immigration Records (alien registration, naturalization, ship passenger lists, etc.) |
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Instructions in Genealogical Research |
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Land and Property Records (land grants, patents, deeds, property tax lists/rolls, etc.) |
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Local and County Histories |
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Maps & Gazetteers; Migration Routes |
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Marriage and Divorce Records (official) |
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Military & Veterans' Records (service records, pension records, soldiers' bonus records, draft registration, grave registries) |
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Names, Surnames |
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Obituaries/Death Notices (published) |
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Oral History |
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Organization Records (business, labor, fraternal/patriotic, other non-business) |
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Photographs; Portraits; Private Motion Pictures |
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Private Papers (diaries/journals, correspondence, unpublished autobiographies, Bibles, etc.) |
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Probate Records (incl. wills and related estate settlement papers) |
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Published Histories and Genealogical Works |
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Publishing (incl. self-publishing, publishing on CDs and the Web) |
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Reference Works |
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Religious Records (church membership registries, histories, baptismal, marriage and funeral records) |
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School Records (private, public & religious educational institutions) |
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Timelines |
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Tours |
| 3. Other (non-GSP) Non-profit and Governmental Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements |
| 4. Commercial Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements |
| 5. Technology |
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Genealogical Data Formats |
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Data Formats and Organization -- General |
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CD-ROMs |
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Digital Cameras, Scanners; Digitization of Records |
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Genealogical Software |
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Internet |
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