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'''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> | '''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> | ||
'''Images of the American Civil War''' | |||
'''[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com]:''' Largest set of worldwide family history databases including vital and civil registration births, marriages, deaths, divorces, passenger lists, census, naturalizations, church, cemetery, military, court, and land records, wills, directories, voting registers, family and local histories. <br> | '''[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com]:''' Largest set of worldwide family history databases including vital and civil registration births, marriages, deaths, divorces, passenger lists, census, naturalizations, church, cemetery, military, court, and land records, wills, directories, voting registers, family and local histories. <br> | ||
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'''[https://fold3.com/institution-index.php Fold3.com:] '''This site mostly has records from the United States. One thing that sets this site apart from many of its others is the ability for users to contribute even more information. 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> | '''[https://fold3.com/institution-index.php Fold3.com:] '''This site mostly has records from the United States. One thing that sets this site apart from many of its others is the ability for users to contribute even more information. 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> | ||
'''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> | ||
'''JSTOR:''' This site is a collection of academic journals with letters and images corresponding to them. This site is useful for family history research because it gives online access to otherwise hard-to-find historical journals. Researchers sometimes learn about JSTOR entries by searching ''Google''. <br> | '''JSTOR:''' This site is a collection of academic journals with letters and images corresponding to them. This site is useful for family history research because it gives online access to otherwise hard-to-find historical journals. Researchers sometimes learn about JSTOR entries by searching ''Google''. <br> | ||
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'''LegacyStories.org:''' document, preserve, research, and share "living history" using multi-media. <br> | '''LegacyStories.org:''' document, preserve, research, and share "living history" using multi-media. <br> | ||
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'''NewspaperArchive.com:''' World's largest newspaper archives with billions of articles from the USA and around the world. <br> | '''NewspaperArchive.com:''' World's largest newspaper archives with billions of articles from the USA and around the world. <br> | ||
'''Original Sources: '''This site is a collection of only original sources relating to World and US history, science, math, law, politics, philosophy, religion, literature, language, and social sciences. This site is not very helpful for genealogical research.<br> | '''Original Sources: '''This site is a collection of only original sources relating to World and US history, science, math, law, politics, philosophy, religion, literature, language, and social sciences. This site is not very helpful for genealogical research.<br> | ||
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'''ProQuest Obituary Listings''': This site is primarily for US research. This site more than 10 million obituaries and death notices published in newspapers from 1800 onward. It is very useful in finding death dates of your ancestors.<br> | '''ProQuest Obituary Listings''': This site is primarily for US research. This site more than 10 million obituaries and death notices published in newspapers from 1800 onward. It is very useful in finding death dates of your ancestors.<br> | ||
'''Puzilla Descendant Viewer: ''' | |||
'''Social and Cultural History:''' Letters and diaries online. <br> | '''Social and Cultural History:''' Letters and diaries online. <br> | ||