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'''America - History and Life:''' This is a database of US Books, Academic Journals, Newspapers, and Magazines that can contain information about your ancestors that cannot be found on familysearch.org or ancestry.com. It is somewhat useful if you have ancestors that lived in the United States.<br> | '''America - History and Life:''' This is a database of US Books, Academic Journals, Newspapers, and Magazines that can contain information about your ancestors that cannot be found on familysearch.org or ancestry.com. It is somewhat useful if you have ancestors that lived in the United States.<br> | ||
'''The American Civil War Research Database:''' This site doesn’t seem to have anything that ancestry.com doesn’t have. It is not much help if you have already searched the Civil War records on ancestry.com. <br> | |||
'''The American Civil War - Letters and Diaries: '''This site has letters, diaries, and memoirs from the civil war which can’t be found on any other site. It is very useful and sometimes you are able to find letters or diaries from your Civil War Veteran ancestors wrote. <br> | |||
'''Ancestry.com''' Largest set of worldwide family history databases including vital and civil registration births, marriages, deaths, divorces, passenger lists, naturalizations, church, cemetery, military, court, and land records, wills, directories, voting registers, family and local histories. <br> | |||
'''Fold3.com: '''This site mostly has records from the US. One thing that sets this site apart from many of its others is the ability for users to contribute even more information. As the name of this web site suggests, site members may annotate, or "footnote," existing web pages or even create their own web pages about history-related material. The material contributed can include text, pictures, or even video. If you have original source images of your own that you want to share with friends and family, simply upload them to Footnote and use the site's tools to make your information searchable and available to others. It is useful if you have ancestors that lived in the United States.<br> | '''Fold3.com: '''This site mostly has records from the US. One thing that sets this site apart from many of its others is the ability for users to contribute even more information. As the name of this web site suggests, site members may annotate, or "footnote," existing web pages or even create their own web pages about history-related material. The material contributed can include text, pictures, or even video. If you have original source images of your own that you want to share with friends and family, simply upload them to Footnote and use the site's tools to make your information searchable and available to others. It is useful if you have ancestors that lived in the United States.<br> | ||
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'''Genline.com: '''This site is mainly for Swedish genealogy. It is the leading Swedish genealogical website. It has over 26 million pages of family history records from the 16th to the 20th century. It is very useful for people with Swedish ancestry. <br> | '''Genline.com: '''This site is mainly for Swedish genealogy. It is the leading Swedish genealogical website. It has over 26 million pages of family history records from the 16th to the 20th century. It is very useful for people with Swedish ancestry. <br> | ||
'''Historic Map Works: '''<span style="line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 13.63636302948px;">This site is a huge collection of maps consisting of over 100,000 cadastral, land ownership maps detailing the geographic and development history of the United States over several hundred years. There have rural and suburban areas, as well as cities and towns across America. There is also over 100,000 pages of illustrations from the present day and over 1,000 city directories related to the maps. They also have almost 100,000 maps from other parts of the world. This site is not very helpful for genealogical research. </span> | '''Historic Map Works: '''<span style="line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 13.63636302948px;">This site is a huge collection of maps consisting of over 100,000 cadastral, land ownership maps detailing the geographic and development history of the United States over several hundred years. There have rural and suburban areas, as well as cities and towns across America. There is also over 100,000 pages of illustrations from the present day and over 1,000 city directories related to the maps. They also have almost 100,000 maps from other parts of the world. This site is not very helpful for genealogical research. </span> | ||
'''Historical Abstracts:''' This site covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. This site also has more than 2,300 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955. This site is not very helpful for genealogical research. <br>Images of the American Civil War: This site has thousands of images from the civil war that aren’t available on familysearch.org or ancestry.com. This site is useful if you have ancestors who served in the civil war.<br> | '''Historical Abstracts:''' This site covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. This site also has more than 2,300 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955. This site is not very helpful for genealogical research. <br>Images of the American Civil War: This site has thousands of images from the civil war that aren’t available on familysearch.org or ancestry.com. This site is useful if you have ancestors who served in the civil war.<br> | ||
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'''SVAR: '''This site is strictly for research in Sweden. You also need to click the link and the top right hand corner to view the site in English. This website is the National Archives of Sweden. It has access to Birth records, Marriage records, Death records, Census records from the 1800s onward. It is very useful if you have ancestors from Sweden.<br> | '''SVAR: '''This site is strictly for research in Sweden. You also need to click the link and the top right hand corner to view the site in English. This website is the National Archives of Sweden. It has access to Birth records, Marriage records, Death records, Census records from the 1800s onward. It is very useful if you have ancestors from Sweden.<br> | ||
'''The Times (London):'''<span style="line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 13.63636302948px;"> This is a digital archive of the London Times newspaper from 1785-1985. This newspaper contains birth, marriage, and death notices from all over England. This site is extremely useful if you have any ancestors from England. </span> | |||
'''The Times (London):'''<span style="line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 13.63636302948px;"> This is a digital archive of the London Times newspaper from 1785-1985. This newspaper contains birth, marriage, and death notices from all over England. This site is extremely useful if you have any ancestors from England. </span> | |||
'''World Vital Records:''' This site contains records from all over the world. It has a few records that cannot be found anywhere else but most of its records are on ancestry.com. It is somewhat useful for genealogy. <br> | '''World Vital Records:''' This site contains records from all over the world. It has a few records that cannot be found anywhere else but most of its records are on ancestry.com. It is somewhat useful for genealogy. <br> | ||
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