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1. Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania: Resources, News & Announcements:
We welcome contributions to this resource page. Please send the information (including the URL, if any) in an email to GSP.techsig@verizon.net (with Timely Res in the Subject Line). Thanks!
2. Genealogical Resources (by type):
Birth Records (official):
West Virginia database of vital records.
http://eogn.typepad.com/announcements/2005/11/familysearch_ar.html Census Records (local population, agricultural, manufacturing, mortality):
Maryland Colonial Census. ($)
http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4247 Instructions in Genealogical Research:
Successful Oral Interviewing.
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=3427&o_iid=20918&o_lid=20918&o_it=5910
Finding and using plat books.
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=10708 Land and Property Records (land grants, patents, deeds, property tax lists/rolls, etc.):
The City of Philadelphia’s Department of Records has a website which contains images of the Philadelphia County deed book indices from 1683 up to the 1950s. The website also has the old deed registry office index sheets abstracting property ownership for individual lots in the city from roughly 1860 to 1950. The only problem with using the latter source is that the researcher needs to know the plan and plot number of the property he or she is interested in. Once a researcher knows the plan and/or plot number it is easy to use the on-line resource. In the end this makes looking up deeds a little easier, because one can prepare for a research trip by getting the deed citations before going to the City Archives or HSP.
On the following web page select “I Acknowledge,” then click on “Link to Historical Index Info.”
http://philadox.phila.gov/picris/splash.jsp
Local and County Histories:
Historic Pittsburgh.
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/ Published Histories and Genealogical Works:
Index to Main Families, Persons, Places and Subjects in Egle's Notes and Queries. ($) Reprinted this year.
http://www.genealogical.com/item_detail.asp?afid=&ID=1613 Reference Works:
Adoption information by state.
http://www.genesearch.com/people/adoptionsearch.html 3. Other (non-GSP) Non-profit and Governmental Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements:
4. Commercial Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements:
5. Technology:
Data Formats and Organization -- General:
Organizing Digital Files.
http://genealogy.about.com/od/organization/a/digital.htm?nl=1 Digital Cameras, Scanners; Digitization of Records:
Google and the Library of Congress digitizing project.
http://eogn.typepad.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2005/11/google_donates_.html#more Genealogical Software:
Family Historian, version 3.
http://www.family-historian.co.uk/whats_new_in_3.htm Internet:
Searching the web. Some tips.
http://www.web-search-guide.com/ 6. Miscellaneous:
Categories
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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 |
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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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