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 Family & Home Sources  
 Family & Home Sources  


    o In your home o Extended family members
    o Pictures


    o Distant relatives o Interview close and distant relatives
    o Journals & Diaries


    o Family Bible – family data at the D.A.R., some public libraries, or online
    o Family Bibles
 
    o Interview close 
 
    o Extended family members
 
    o Interview distant relatives
 
    o Copies of vital documents 
 
    o Interview close 
 
    o Family Bible 
 
    o Family data deposited or published


 Compiled Sources  
 Compiled Sources  
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1. Online family genealogy sites, pedigrees, history sites:  
1. Online family genealogy sites, pedigrees, history sites:  


 http://books.google.com  
[http://books.google.com http://books.google.com]  -  thousands of scanned books now online
 
 [http://www.worldcat.org http://www.worldcat.org] - thousands of libraries and their catalogs online via this site


 http://www.newberry.org – Chicago’s massive library collection  
[http://www.newberry.org http://www.newberry.org]  – Chicago’s massive library collection  


 www.familysearch.org (follow prompt to catalog; do a “Surname” search)  
[http://www.familysearch.org www.familysearch.org]  (follow prompt to catalog; do a “Surname” search)  


 www.fhlfavorites.com – see “England/General/Book search” or England/General/Genealogy”  
[http://www.fhlfavorites.info www.fhlfavorites.info] – see “England/General/Book search” or England/General/Genealogy”  


 www.familyhistoryarchives.byu.edu - published family Histories online  
[http://www.familyhistoryarchives.byu.edu www.familyhistoryarchives.byu.edu]  - published family Histories online  


 http://www.newenglandancestors.org/ - New Eng. Hist. & Gen. Soc.  
[http://www.newenglandancestors.org/ http://www.newenglandancestors.org/]  - New Eng. Hist. & Gen. Soc.  


 http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/eresources.html - Allen co., Indiana Pub. Lib.  
[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/eresources.html http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/eresources.html]  - Allen co., Indiana Pub. Lib.  


Dallas TX Public Library  
Houston TX Public Library  


2. Repositories and libraries with published family genealogies, biographies and other compiled source databases; here are their online website addresses:  
2. Repositories and libraries with published family genealogies, biographies and other compiled source databases; here are their online website addresses:  


a. Aim25 at: www.aim25.ac.uk (100 London archives)  
a. Aim25 at: [http://www.aim25.ac.uk www.aim25.ac.uk]  (100 London archives)  


b. Family History Library Catalog (FHLC)  
b. Family History Library Catalog (FHLC)  
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