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1. Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania: Resources, News & Announcements:
Scanning Photos, Illustrations, and Documents, postponed from Saturday, 18 Nov. 2006,
until Feb. 2007.
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):
Correctional Facilities/Prison Records:
See entry under Hospital Records (private/public health & welfare facilities).
Court Records (civil/criminal case files, justice of the peace and magistrate BUT NOT death or probate records; see those categories below):
See entry under Hospital Records (private/public health & welfare facilities).
Hospital Records (private/public health & welfare facilities):
Inhabitants of 19th Century Philadelphia:
Genealogy in the Alms House, Asylums, Courts & Prisons. A website created by GSP member Anita Coraluzzi.
http://19thcenturyphiladelphiagenealogy.com/ Immigration Records (alien registration, naturalization, ship passenger lists, etc.):
Ancestry.com is offering free access to its Immigration Collection through the end of November.
http://www.ancestry.com/
Land and Property Records (land grants, patents, deeds, property tax lists/rolls, etc.):
AncestorTracks: state-wide Warrant, Patent, and Tract Name Registers which document the first transfers of land from the Penns or the state to private owners, and county atlases of the Pennsylvania Township Warrantee Maps on file at the Pennsylvania Archives in Harrisburg showing the exact metes-and-bounds tracts of early pioneers who purchased land from colonial or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania authorities.
http://www.ancestortracks.com/
Maps & Gazetteers; Migration Routes:
See entries under Genealogical Software .
Religious Records (church membership registries, histories, baptismal, marriage and funeral records):
Richard H. Taylor Publishing has recently published Plan of Union and Congregational Churches of Christ in the Middle Atlantic States, an historical directory of over 2,300 churches in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Each church's name, town, county of location, former towns, former names, organization date, ethnic identity, association and presbytery listings, and research issues are identified.
http://mysite.verizon.net/pilgrimrht/id11.html 3. Other (non-GSP) Non-profit and Governmental Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements:
The Federation of Genealogical Societies is offering downloadable recordings from their 2006 Boston Conference, Birthplace of American Genealogy. Hundreds of lecture topics were recorded. Highlights include New England research; British Research, especially English and Irish records; various methodology studies; the latest useful technology tips; plus military research subjects. Individual sessions cost $1.99 each. Packages of multiple sessions are also available at a discounted rate. Simply click on any lecture topic to get download instructions.
http://www.lulu.com/fgs2006 4. Commercial Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements:
5. Technology:
Genealogical Software:
Family Atlas, software for creating custom family maps. Allows you to add markers to pinpoint events and track migrations and to publish the resulting maps in PDF or other popular graphics formats.
http://www.familyatlas.com/
Map My Family Tree from Progeny Genealogy is a similar program.
http://www.progenygenealogy.com/map-my-family-tree.html
Both of the above mapping programs are reviewed in the December 2006 Family Tree Magazine.
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/
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 |
| 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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