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1. Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania: Resources, News & Announcements:
NEW: GSP Members-Only Databases, accessible from the new "button" at the left. First database: Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia. Coming soon: 1800 Septennial (Tax) Census, Delaware Co., PA.
Congratulations to the winners of the GSP Technology SIG election at the end of last year: Sandra M. Hewlett, Chair; Michael W. Freeland, Vice Chair; and Robert H. Calvert, Secretary/Treasurer. 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):
Immigration Records (alien registration, naturalization, ship passenger lists, etc.):
What Passenger Lists are on Line? The Wee Monster website has a list of U.S. and international sites with links.
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/onlinelists.html
Footnote.com has added Pennsylvania naturalization records, digitized from National Archives collections, to its online (subscription) database:
U.S. Circuit Court Records Eastern District, beginning in 1790;
U.S. District Court Middle District, beginning in 1901;
U.S. District Court and the Circuit Court, beginning in 1820.
http://www.footnote.com
Organization Records (business, labor, fraternal/patriotic, other non-business):
If an ancestor disappears, or you have reason to believe they became indigent, check out The Poorhouse Story for research suggestions.
http://www.poorhousestory.com Photographs; Portraits; Private Motion Pictures:
For genealogists and family historians interested in Philadelphia, this new photo archive website is worth a look.
http://www.phillyhistory.org
Religious Records (church membership registries, histories, baptismal, marriage and funeral records):
Baptismal and marriages records from twelve parishes in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware are now searchable online.
http://www.cdow.org/registers.html3. Other (non-GSP) Non-profit and Governmental Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements:
Genealogical Society of Salem County, New Jersey, Saturday, 19 May 2007, 1:00pm, presents a book signing by Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig and Kim-Erik Williams for their two new volumes of Colonial Records of Swedish Churches in Pennsylvania and Swedesboro, New Jersey. Volume I - The Log Churches at Tinicum Island and Wicacoa, 1646-1696 and Volume II - The Rudman Years, 1697-1702.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~njsalem/gsscnj.html
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, in conjunction with the German Genealogy Group of Hicksville, New York, is sponsoring a two day German Research program on 22-23 June 2007. Featured speaker is Henry Z. "Hank" Jones, author of The Palatine Families of New York and Psychic Roots. The two day program offers a variety of speakers, vendor sales and tours of New York City's early German neighborhoods.
http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org
The Godfrey Memorial Library in Middletown, Conn., offers several important databases, including several early Pennsylvania newspapers.
http://www.godfrey.org
4. Commercial Organizations: Resources, News & Announcements:
Google News now provides a search engine of newspaper indexes at ProQuest and Newspaperarchive.com, among others. The search is entirely free and in return you'll get a few words of text to help you determine if the entry is relevant. The full text is not visible but links will point you to ordering information. For best results put the exact name in quotation marks.
http://www.news.google.com/archivesearch Categories
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| 1. Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania: Resources, News & Announcements |
| 2. Genealogical Resources (by type) |
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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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