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1. Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania: Resources, News & Announcements:
GSP now provides wireless access to the Internet in our library / reading room. Come visit us and check it out!
GSP TechSIG Meetings. Computers and the Internet are forever changing the face of genealogy and family history. Recognizing the sea-change in how genealogists now access and disseminate information, your Technology Special Interest Group Committee invites members to attend an innovative series of informal monthly meetings highlighting technology we can all apply to our research plans. After each presentation, there will be question and answer time, and we will welcome your thoughts for topics you would like us to present at future gatherings.
The first three meetings have been scheduled. Please note the varying meeting days, times and locations. Your committee hopes that by offering a wide assortment of topics at differing venues we will have a time and place convenient to our members’ busy schedules.
Both the GSP Research Room and the Easttown Public Library offer free wireless access, allowing you to bring your laptop computers and follow along with each program.
Mark your calendars!
| Saturday, 25 February 2006 — 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. — GSP Research Room
Creating and Maintaining a Family History Website
GSP Webmaster Don Stone will demonstrate the creation of a simple family history website, how to enhance it with images, and how it can be uploaded to Freepages at RootsWeb.com.
Saturday, 18 March 2006 — 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. — Easttown Public Library, Berwyn, PA. How to get there by car or train.
Using Online Census Data
GSP Board Member Michael Freeland will present a program designed to: 1) identify various sources of federal decennial census information; 2) demonstrate and discuss the use of computer technology for recording online census information; and 3) illustrate and discuss citation for information found in the census.
Thursday, 20 April 2006 — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. — GSP Research Room
Posting Family History Information on the Internet: Pros, Cons, Dos and Don’ts
Michael Freeland will discuss what every genealogist should know before uploading their family trees to the Internet. |
| The TechSIG programs are free of charge, but we would appreciate pre-registration . Please register for these events by sending an e-mail to the TechSIG Program Chairman, Michael Freeland, mfreeland@brynmawrcap.com. |
| The Tech/SIG Committee already has programs on the drawing board for May and June, as well as new programs for the Fall calendar beginning in September. Future meetings will be posted on the website. If you have suggestions for future meetings, please let us hear from you by letter or email to Michael Freeland, mfreeland@brynmawrcap.com. |
The GSP/WPGS state-wide genealogical conference in Pittsburgh in September now has its own website, with details not only about the conference but also about accomodations, research opportunities in Pittsburgh, etc. (and there is a page for online conference registration): http://www.pagenealogyconference.com/
If you value access to New Jersey vital records, you should know about NJ Assembly Bill 1390, which provides that vital records (e.g., birth, death, and marriage certificates) will no longer be considered public records.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/NJA1390Summary.htm
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):
Census Records (local population, agricultural, manufacturing, mortality):
Free Blacks in Pennsylvania, 1790 census; 455 records.
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/colored/
Court Records and Legislative Records (civil/criminal case files, justice of the peace and magistrate BUT NOT death or probate records; see those categories below):
The Pennsylvania Session Laws (from Pennsylvania General Assembly) 1682-1809, and Smith’s Laws 1700-1802 are online.
These databases cover both public and private laws enacted for the Province and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania can be searched by name or location, e.g. Berks County, or Swatara Creek. It was not unusual for an individual to seek legislative assistance with private matters, including dissolution of marriages or legitimizing children born out of wedlock.
http://www.palrb.us/
Local and County Histories:
Life in Washington County ("Little Washington") from 1700s to the present with a focus on
lives of those who have lived there. A section called "Town Talk"
provides history of towns in the county and where you can submit
information about the lives of your ancestors and about the towns.
http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~florian/
Maps & Gazetteers; Migration Routes:
German Town Name Meanings:
http://www.genealogyandhow.com/lib/germany/german-town-name-meanings.htm Marriage and Divorce Records (official):
First online index to a marriage record series in
the Monmouth County (NJ) Archives. It indexes 11,665 marriages,
1790-1938 (the bulk of them 1795-1878).
http://www.visitmonmouth.com/archives/lgmarrsearch.asp
For an overview of Monmouth Co. marriage records, see
http://www.visitmonmouth.com/archives/marrig.asp Names, Surnames:
18th-century Pennsylvania German Naming Customs, by Charles F. Kerchner.
http://www.kerchner.com/germname.htm Probate Records (incl. wills and related estate settlement papers):
SAMPUBCO. Indices to some Pennsylvania county records, with the opportunity to order photocopies of the documents.
http://www.sampubco.com/wills/pa/pennsylvania.htm Published Histories and Genealogical Works:
The Library Company has an exhibition on Pennsylvania German Broadsides, and since broadsides sometimes included birth and marriage announcements, this exhibit may be of interest to genealogists.
http://www.librarycompany.org/
Catholic Trails West: The Founding Catholic Families of Pennsylvania is on sale at GPC through Feb. 23.
http://www.genealogical.com/item_detail.asp?afid=&ID=47
Just released: Pennsylvania Colonial Records, a CD-ROM containing 10 books, one of which is Dr. Mary Dunn's Index to Pennsylvania's Colonial Records Series.
http://www.genealogical.com/item_detail.asp?ID=7512
Also just released on CD-ROM: PA Archives, 6th Series, Vol. II, Revolutionary War Militia - Washington, Westmoreland and York Counties.
http://www.retrospectpublishing.com/Document/Disc.asp?disc=6P02 School Records (private, public & religious educational institutions):
Shamokin, Northumberland Co. St. Edward School, 1925 commencement; 98 records.
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ 3. Other (non-GSP) Non-profit and Governmental Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements:
4. Commercial Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements:
5. Technology:
6. Miscellaneous:
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 |
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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 and Legislative 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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