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:*'''Fold3.com''' (Previously known as Footnote.com) -- Fold3 provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. | :*'''Fold3.com''' (Previously known as Footnote.com) -- Fold3 provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. | ||
:*'''Godfrey Memorial Library''' -- Online access to the Middletown CT historical library's approximately 200,000 books and periodicals in its collection which includes state and local histories, family histories, biographies, church records, funeral records, cemetery records, military records, maps, and more. | :*'''Godfrey Memorial Library''' -- Online access to the Middletown CT historical library's approximately 200,000 books and periodicals in its collection which includes state and local histories, family histories, biographies, church records, funeral records, cemetery records, military records, maps, and more. | ||
:*'''Heritage Quest Online''' -- a valuable genealogical resource available at this time only through library subscriptions like the Family History Center. U.S. Federal Census records from 1790 through 1930. (No index for 1830, 1840, 1850, nor 1880 census; for the 1930 census, only five states are indexed: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Texas, and Virginia.) The online collection includes new indexes created by HeritageQuest. In addition to the ability to search by name, the census records can be searched by place of birth, age, ethnicity, and other variables. More than 25,000 fully searchable family and local history books. There are numerous other "non-history" books available that also have genealogy value, such as town and city directories, government reports made years ago, biographies, lectures, and much more. Selected Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, again fully searchable with high-quality scanned images of the original applications available online. Signatures of and personal identification data about depositors in 29 branch offices of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, 1865-74. PERSI (the PERiodical Source Index - a comprehensive subject index covering more than 6,500 genealogy and local history periodicals written in English and French since 1800). Best of all, you can view the original records and book pages as high-quality images and even print individual pages on your local printer. | :*'''Heritage Quest Online''' -- a valuable genealogical resource available at this time only through library subscriptions like the Family History Center. '''U.S. Federal Census records from 1790 through 1930'''. (No index for 1830, 1840, 1850, nor 1880 census; for the 1930 census, only five states are indexed: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Texas, and Virginia.) The online collection includes new indexes created by HeritageQuest. In addition to the ability to search by name, the census records can be searched by place of birth, age, ethnicity, and other variables. More than 25,000 fully searchable family and local history books. There are numerous other "non-history" books available that also have genealogy value, such as town and city directories, government reports made years ago, biographies, lectures, and much more. '''Selected Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files''', again fully searchable with high-quality scanned images of the original applications available online. Signatures of and personal identification data about depositors in 29 branch offices of the '''Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, 1865-74'''. '''PERSI''' (the PERiodical Source Index - a comprehensive subject index covering more than 6,500 genealogy and local history periodicals written in English and French since 1800). Best of all, you can view the original records and book pages as high-quality images and even print individual pages on your local printer. | ||
:*'''Historic Map Works Library Edition''' - Historic Map Works™ Library Edition is one of the most extensive digital map collections available, with over 1.5 million high-resolution, full color historic maps. | :*'''Historic Map Works Library Edition''' - Historic Map Works™ Library Edition is one of the most extensive digital map collections available, with over 1.5 million high-resolution, full color historic maps. | ||
:*'''Paper Trail''' - a guide to overland pioneer names and documents. | :*'''Paper Trail''' - a guide to overland pioneer names and documents. | ||
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:*'''XnView''' to capture images | :*'''XnView''' to capture images | ||
:*'''FastStone''' Viewer to capture images | :*'''FastStone''' Viewer to capture images | ||
:*'''Libre Office''' (Alternative to Microsoft Office, compatible | :*'''Libre Office''' (Alternative to Microsoft Office, compatible) | ||
==== Hardware and Equipment ==== | ==== Hardware and Equipment ==== | ||