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1. Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania: Resources, News & Announcements:
Philadelphia on the Internet, Thursday, 15 June 2006 — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. — GSP Research Room.
Susan Koelble, CG, will present an overview of the major Internet sources for Philadelphia genealogy research. Her live presentation will demonstrate websites such as the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia City Archives, plus several lesser-known sites she has discovered and uses in her research plans. To help you plan your research trips, this session will acquaint you with the unique sources available for Philadelphia records.
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):
Court Records (civil/criminal case files, justice of the peace and magistrate BUT NOT death or probate records; see those categories below):
New Jersey State Archives,
Searchable databases,
Supreme Court Case Files 1704-1844.
http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/supremedb.html
Sussex County (DE) Orphans Court documents.
http://www.state.de.us/sos/dpa/exhibits/document/orphans/toc.shtml
Kent County (DE) Pauper Books
http://www.state.de.us/sos/dpa/exhibits/document/kcpauperbooks/toc.shtml.shtml
Ethnic Genealogy:
Joseph Barker’s “Negro Ledger Book” 1808-1811.
Joseph Barker was a general merchant whose store and home was located at Barkers Landing on the St. Jones River in Murderkill Hundred, Delaware. Titled by Barker as his “Negro Ledger A”, the volume contains entries for purchases made by his African-American customers. Each entry notes the name of customer, date of purchase, items purchased, cost for each item, date and amount paid, and how paid. Often bills were paid with grain, other items, or labor.
http://www.state.de.us/sos/dpa/exhibits/document/barkers_ledger/barkers%20ledger.shtml
Genetics and DNA:
Sorensen Molecular Genealogy Foundation. Participate in their large ongoing DNA study at no cost.
http://smgf.org/
Hereditary Societies:
Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
http://www.sail1620.org/
Immigration Records (alien registration, naturalization, ship passenger lists, etc.):
New Castle County (DE) Naturalizations.
http://www.state.de.us/sos/dpa/exhibits/document/naturalization/toc.shtml
Maps & Gazetteers; Migration Routes:
SiteFinder Online is a free web-based version of The Gold Bug's SiteFinder U.S. place name database. SiteFinder Online lets you search for towns, cemeteries, schools, courthouses (and more) and plot them onto Google Maps, where you can zoom in & out or overlay the SiteFinder locations onto satellite images of areas you are studying.
http://www.goldbug.com/map/sitefinder.html
County Mayo, Ireland – 1838 Ordnance Survey online. (Requires Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer 5.5 or later.)
http://www.mayolibrary.ie/maps/gissearch.htm
A new website about the history and genealogy of the Irish-born Presbyterians who left northern Ireland in 1718 for North America has been created by the Ulster-Scots Agency, in association with the Ulster Historical
Foundation, the Centre for Migration Studies, and the Institute of
Ulster-Scots Studies.
http://1718migration.org.uk Published Histories and Genealogical Works:
Recently republished in paperback: Journal of William Penn While Visiting Holland and Germany, in 1677 (1879 edition).
http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/0-271-02754-1.html
The 1835 edition is online at Google Books. Search using the title William Penn's Journal of his Travels.
http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search School Records (private, public & religious educational institutions):
Crawford County. Meadville High School alumni. 1952;
210 records.
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ 3. Other (non-GSP) Non-profit and Governmental Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements:
State of Delaware Public Archives.
http://www.state.de.us/sos/dpa/
4. Commercial Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements:
5. Technology:
6. Miscellaneous:
Categories
Use the following topic list to jump to the respective section above:
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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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