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1. Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania: Resources, News & Announcements:
Scanning Photos, Illustrations, and Documents, presented by GSP Webmaster Don Stone and Tech SIG Program Chair Michael Freeland; Thursday, 8 Feb. 2007, 7 to 9 p.m., GSP Research Room. (Rescheduled from Nov.) Details.
The Ulster Historical Foundation will be in Philadelphia at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for a one-day genealogical workshop, Saturday, 24 Feb. 2007. Details will appear on the GSP website when they become available.
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):
Military & Veterans' Records (service records, pension records, soldiers' bonus records, draft registration, grave registries):
See first two entries in the following category (Publishing).
Publishing (incl. self-publishing, publishing on CDs and the Web):
Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein and Footnote, Inc. CEO Russell Wilding have announced a partnership agreement to digitize selected records from the vast holdings of the National Archives. These documents have not been available online previously, and some had not been microfilmed by the National Archives. This is a subscription website but it offers free search capability. 4.5 million pages have been digitized so far:
• Papers of the Continental Congress (1774-1789)
• Mathew B. Brady Collection of Civil War Photographs
• Southern Claims Commission
• Name Index to Civil War and Later Pension Files
• Investigative Case Files of the Bureau of Investigation, 1908-1922.
http://www.footnote.com/nara.php.
Pennsylvania Archives now online at Footnote.com.
A free service of Footnote.com is a fully searchable database and digitized images of the published Pennsylvania Archives. Comprised of Revolutionary War records, militia rolls, tax lists, church records, Minutes of the Provincial Council 1683-1775, Indian deeds, and much more, these records were published in a multi-volume series of well over 100 volumes.
http://www.footnote.com/browse.php#185749
New Retrospect Publishing CD: Allegheny Valley. Three books on one CD covering Allegheny, Westmoreland, Armstrong, Clarion, Venango, Forest, and Warren Counties. 1723 pp. ($)
Search through thousands of genealogical sketches of Allegheny Valley residents from the 1700's to the early 1900's. The supervising editors of these three volumes were from Allegheny, Clarion, Venango and Warren counties. Although families from all the counties are represented, special care was taken to collect sketches from editors’ counties.
http://www.retrospectpublishing.com/Document/Disc.asp?disc=A221 Reference Works:
Free Public Records Finder, organized by state.
http://www.freeprf.com/
SearchSystems.net Free Public Records Directory, also organized by state.
http://www.searchsystems.net/
Steve Morse One-Step Web pages: a valuable resource when researching census (U.S., Canada, and U.K.) and ships’ passenger lists, together with helpful search links for some vital records databases.
http://www.stevemorse.org/
Steve Morse is interviewed in the Feb. 2007 issue of Family Tree Magazine:
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/feb07/morse.asp
Looking for new leads for your Pennsylvania research?
Linkpendium may have a link to a Pennsylvania resource you have not checked. This site has links for each Pennsylvania county.
http://www.linkpendium.com/
3. Other (non-GSP) Non-profit and Governmental Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements:
The Fairfax Genealogical and Mount Vernon Genealogical Societies’ Joint Conference and Genealogy Expo “Guess Who’s Coming to Virginia for Genealogy! Speakers, Vendors and You!” takes place on Saturday, 24 March 2007; celebrate 400 years of Virginia genealogy in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC. Speakers: Jana Broglin CG, Linda Jonas, Charles Mason, Jr., CG, George Morgan, and Laura G. Prescott will present twenty lectures on Colonial Research, the National Archives, Lives and Times, Mapping the Land, and the Civil War. Visit the Genealogy Expo’s 5000 sq ft exhibit hall with 28 exhibitors.
http://www.fxgs.org/
Ohio Genealogical Society Annual Conference,
12-14 April 2007,
Columbus, Ohio.
Theme: "Along the National Road: Your Avenue to the Past"
The OGS conference draws approximately 700 attendees annually.
http://www.ogs.org/2007conf.php
4. Commercial Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements:
MyFamily.com has changed its name
to The Generations Network to better represent its mission to "connect
families across distance and time," says
company president Tim Sullivan.
http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/
5. Technology:
Genealogical Software:
New for the Macintosh:
iFamily for Tiger, a $29.95 download that
won't run on pre-Tiger systems. This genealogy program focuses on individuals and is very proficient at representing non-traditional relationships. It even sports an image transcription tool that helps you
record information from pictures of
documents and tombstones. A free
trial is available.
http://ifamilyfortiger.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 |
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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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