Compiled Sources & Where to Find Them: Difference between revisions

<h5> 1. Online family genealogy sites, pedigrees, history sites:  </h5>

<p> Google books at http://books.google.com  

</p><p> World catalog at http://worldcat.org/. In the <b>Subject <i>field enter the surname or&nbsp;“family” like this, "</i>Whitefield family"</b>. This searches the catalogs and displays the results from thousands of libraries at once.  

</p><p> <i>Periodical Source Index (PERSI)</i> at &lt;a href="http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/persi/search/people"&gt;<i>People Search</i>&lt;/a&gt; for a family name in over a million article titles in genealogical periodicals. Put the family name in the <i>Surname</i> field and click the <i>Search</i> button. If the Article Results List is too long, redo the search but in the <i>Keyword</i> field add the two-letter postal abbreviation for the state where they lived.  

</p><p> &lt;a href="http://www.internetarchives.org&nbsp;"&gt;Internet Archive&lt;/a&gt; - online archives for thousands of book scans i.e. family histories  

</p><p> [www.genforum.com&nbsp; Genforum] – has 170 million names; quarter of million a week  

</p><p>&nbsp;[www.ancestry.co. Ancestrycom] – has significant&nbsp;databases of compiled data on families  

</p><p> [www.USGenweb.com USGenweb] – numerous aids &amp; databases online by state &amp; county  

</p><p> [www.Genealogy.com GenealogyCom]&nbsp;(FamilyFinder) - has enormous database for families  

</p><p>&nbsp;[<a href="http://rsl.rootsweb.ancestry.com/">Roots Surname Lists</a>&lt;/a&gt;&nbsp;  

</p><p>&nbsp;[<a href="http://www.Kindredkonnections.com">[n]</a> MyTrees at&nbsp;Kindredkonnections] - a&nbsp;useful site containing&nbsp;surname compilations&nbsp;  

</p><p> [www.MyHeritage.com&nbsp;MyHeritage]&nbsp;– has over 353 million names worldwide  

</p><p> <a href="http://www.GenesReunited.com GenesReunited">[n]</a> - the largest UK site with over 650 million UK names &nbsp;  

</p><p> [<a href="http://www.Onegreatfamily.com">&nbsp;OneGreatFamily</a> - has over 130 million names worldwide  

</p><p> <a href="http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php">BYU’s Family History Archive</a> - has scanned tens of thousands of free, published family histories online  

</p><p> [www.familysearch.org FamilySearch] (follow prompt to catalog; do a “Surname” search. This searches the world’s largest genealogical library for published works for any family surname as a main subject.  

</p><p> [www.fhlfavorites.com  Family History Library “Favorites” links] may be viewed here; see “England”; “General”; “Book search” or “England”; “General”&nbsp;;”Genealogy”  

</p><p> [http://www.newenglandancestors.org/ New England Historical &amp;Genealogical Society  

</p><p> <a href="http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/eresources.html">Allen Co. Indiana Public Library</a>