The German War Graves Commission looks after almost a thousand war graves. Its burial search provides access to over 5 million. From the site: The War Graves Commission, which is financed mainly by donations, looks after 836 war gravesites in 46 countries with about 2.8 million war dead. It is the only war graves service in the world […]
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The U.S. Nationwide Gravesite Locator is a search engine that allows the researcher to discover burial locations for veterans and their families. From the site: The VA’s urn and plaque benefit provides a commemorative urn or plaque to honor a deceased veteran who was cremated. The VA will give these items to eligible applicants instead of […]
In a nutshell, JSTOR is a massive database that contains journals, books, images, and primary sources. I have found many college and university databases that use JSTOR as their primary database collection provider. From the site: JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. We help you explore a wide […]
Stephen Morse is pretty much a legend in the genealogy industry with his One Step Online Search website. From the site: In the “old days” genealogical research was done by traveling great distances and then going through dusty archives or using microfilm readers. But the advent of the World Wide Web has changed that. Today much of […]
From the site: BillionGraves is the world’s largest resource for searchable GPS cemetery data, and is growing bigger and better every day. You can help by collecting headstone images from local and other cemeteries, and then by transcribing the personal information found on the images. Our goal is to preserve precious records found in cemeteries […]
From the site: Based in South Portland, ME, Historic Map Works, LLC is an Internet company formed to create a historic digital map database of North America and the world. Drawing on the largest physical collection of American property atlases of its type, it is our aim to be the single best online destination for […]
From the site: The Digital Library on American Slavery (DLAS) is an expanding resource compiling independent collections focused upon race and slavery in the American South, made searchable through a single, simple interface. DLAS houses tens of thousands of records relating to all 15 slave states and Washington, D.C. as well as a number of […]
From the site: Names. Everyone has one, most people have a vague idea what their own means, but few give them much more thought. The study of names is called onomastics, a field that touches on linguistics, history, anthropology, psychology, sociology, philology, and much more. When people refer to the “meaning of a name”, they are most likely referring to […]
The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) administers, operates, and maintains 26 permanent American military cemeteries and 31 federal memorials, monuments, and markers, which are located in 17 countries throughout the world, including the United States. These cemeteries and memorials, most of which commemorate the service and sacrifice of Americans who served in World War I and […]
The WorldGenWeb Project (WGW) is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization founded in 1996 and dedicated to providing genealogical and historical records and resources for worldwide access. The goal is to have every region in the world represented by a website and hosted by researchers who are familiar with the region. The world is divided into countries, provinces/states/counties, etc. each […]