In short, Dead Fred is a photo archive. The site has been in existence for over 20 years. From the website: “Dead Fred’s Genealogy Photo Archive, a free, fun photo genealogy research website devoted to helping you visualize your heritage!” If you are interested in obtaining a photo of your ancestors, you should try Dead […]
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Linkpendium is included here as a Link Site, but it has some very special features that users should try out. The site was built in the early 2000s. The creators, Karen and Karen and Brian “Wolf” Leverich were the original creators of Rootsweb which occurred in the 1990s. You can search by location to see […]
DP.LA is one of my favorite websites to use for genealogy research. An overstatement would be that is like a Google search for library databases. Since all libraries and other similar institutions do not participate, it does not have the breadth of content that a Google search into all library databases might have. Yet, it […]
The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database is a website that is provided by the National Park Service (NPS). From the website: “The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) is a database containing information about the men who served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. Other information on the site […]
Personally, I had never used the United States (US) National Archives databases until a few years ago, when I started using the Numident Files, which are a fantastic resource. I get lost in it! NARA has a great list of Genealogy Research Topics, which are links to further detailed discussions about the topic, as well […]
The FamilySearch Catalog can be thought of as the Browsable Collections finder. It searches all the collections that are available throughout the FamilySearch universe. Collections that have been microfilmed can be discovered. Collections that have been digitized but are only available at a Family History Center facility are listed. Collections that have been digitized and […]
The American History & Genealogy Project (AHGP) is very similar to the USGenWeb and Genealogy Trails sites. Essentially, it is a collection of independent, state-based websites with a multitude of information in several genealogical categories. From the website: “Welcome to the Home of the American History and Genealogy Project (AHGP), an unincorporated network of independent […]
Advantage Archives is the name of the company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They specialize in microfilming and digitizing various document types for over 1,000 libraries, archives, museums, and other types of institutions across the US and Canada. It is best to use their own words to describe their business. From their website: “We provide […]
The Internet Archive has been around since 1996 and has a magnificent assortment of genealogical materials in many different categories of interest to genealogy researchers. It is a major resource; not to be missed. Per Wikipedia, “As of December 2021, the Internet Archive holds over 34 million books and texts, 7.4 million movies, videos, and […]
Death Indexes is one of several very useful websites provided by Joe Beine, and probably the most visited. From the Website: “This website is a directory of links to websites with online death indexes, listed by state and county. Included are death records, death certificate indexes, death notices, and registers, obituaries, wills and probate records, […]
