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1. Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania: Resources, News & Announcements:
Using Online Census Data, an informal presentation and demonstration by GSP Board Member Michael Freeland, Saturday, 18 March 2006, 2 pm to 4 pm, Easttown Public Library, Berwyn, PA.
http://www.genpa.org/program.html
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):
Local and County Histories:
The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware, 1638-1664, by Amandus Johnson is a scholarly and exhaustive treatment of New Sweden on the Delaware. This two-volume work was originally published in 1911 and was reprinted in 2005. Of greatest genealogical import, nearly 100 pages of appendices are devoted to brief biographies, including considerable genealogical data, of prominent early settlers who were instrumental in the settlement of New Sweden.
http://www.genealogical.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=0&products_id=476 Obituaries/Death Notices (published):
A online index to more than 75,000 names from Butler County newspaper obituaries published between 1824 and 1960, and 1990 and 2000 has been posted by the Butler Area Public Library in Butler, Pa. You can perform a basic search by last name plus optional
first name and year. You also can do an advanced
search by last name plus first name, maiden name or
nickname, title (such as Dr., Ms., Mr.), and birth and
death years. The advanced option lets you choose
Soundex searching for names, and a range for dates.
Results show the person's name, place, newspaper and
obituary date, and if available, a nickname, age and
birth date. You can use an online form to
request a copy of one article for $5, or up to five
articles for $10.
http://www.bcfls.org/butler/obitmain.htm School Records (private, public & religious educational institutions):
Crawford County. Meadville. Meadville High School,
1954 alumni; 246 records.
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ 3. Other (non-GSP) Non-profit and Governmental Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements:
Will a 3,000-slot gaming facility be built near the Gettysburg battlefield? Get more information from the Civil War Preservation Trust.
http://www.civilwar.org/news/topten2006/gettysburg.htm
The next African-American Genealogy Group general meeting will be held on the
second Tuesday of the month, March 14, 2006, 7pm at
the Community College of Philadelphia, 4725 Chestnut
Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19139.
Ms. Othello Vaughn will present her research, and there will be discussion of the upcoming trip to the
Library of Congress.
http://www.aagg.org/
Trace Your Roots with DNA, a presentation by author Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak at 7pm on March 23 at the
Collingswood (NJ) Senior-Community Center, sponsored by the Camden County Historical Society; admission is $8 for CCHS members, $10 for non-members.
http://www.CCHSnj.com
Philadelphia County GenWeb pages.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~paphilad/
4. Commercial Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements:
Ancestry.com is replacing its online newsletter Ancestry Daily News with a newly-designed Ancestry Weekly News, starting later this month.
The Ancestry Weekly News will combine many of the elements of the Ancestry Daily News and the Weekly Digest.
In addition, a
24-7 Family History Circle (essentially a blog) is being introduced.
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=11074 5. Technology:
Internet:
Have you tried Google Book Search yet? A surprisingly large amount of genealogical and historical information can be obtained from old books which you wouldn't even have thought of looking at. Try it!
http://books.google.com/intl/en/googlebooks/about.html
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 |
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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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