1,735
edits
Major Databases for Beginning United States Research (view source)
Revision as of 15:30, 20 December 2010
, 20 December 2010no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 43: | Line 43: | ||
''[http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/search Ancestry.com]'' Free at larger Family History Centers, it contains a limited subset of the information contained in paid subscription to Ancestry.com. | ''[http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/search Ancestry.com]'' Free at larger Family History Centers, it contains a limited subset of the information contained in paid subscription to Ancestry.com. | ||
''[http://www.freesurnamesearch.com/ | ''[http://www.freesurnamesearch.com/ ]''''[http://www.castlegarden.org/ Castle Garden]'': Free index to New York City passenger arrivals from 1820 to 1892, containing roughly 12 million immigrants. | ||
''[http://www.castlegarden.org/ Castle Garden]'': Free index to New York City passenger arrivals from 1820 to 1892, containing roughly 12 million immigrants. | |||
''[http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors]'' 1861-1865 index of Union and Confederate veterans, giving the regiment, company, rank, and film number. | ''[http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors]'' 1861-1865 index of Union and Confederate veterans, giving the regiment, company, rank, and film number. | ||
| Line 65: | Line 63: | ||
''[http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb WorldConnect]'' 820 million names on family trees including births, marriages, deaths, parents, children, sources, pedigrees, family groups, and submitter contact data. | ''[http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb WorldConnect]'' 820 million names on family trees including births, marriages, deaths, parents, children, sources, pedigrees, family groups, and submitter contact data. | ||
[http://usgwarchives.net/ ''USGenWeb Archives''] Free transcriptions of census records, marriage bonds, death records, wills, biographies and other documents, transcribed by volunteers, organized by state and county. Searchable. | [http://usgwarchives.net/ ''USGenWeb Archives''] Free transcriptions of census records, marriage bonds, death records, wills, biographies and other documents, transcribed by volunteers, organized by state and county. Searchable. | ||
== Other Databases == | |||
[http://www.findagrave.com ''FindAGrave.com''] Free. Over 55 million grave records, catagorized by state, county, town. Searchable. | |||
[http://www.gendisasters.com ''GenDisasters.com''] Free. Transcribed newpaper and other historical accounts of train wrecks, tornadoes, fires, floods, accidents and other disasters. Searchable. | |||
[http://www.interment.net ''Interment.net''] Free. User-submitted cemetery listings. | |||
== Related Wiki Article == | == Related Wiki Article == | ||