Saturday, December 18, 2004

Books

Welcome to TechnoSearch Books!

TechnoSearch Books, in association with Amazon.com, offers these books on locating personal records, background investigation, genealogy, books on privacy, and others that we think will be of interest to our clients. If you have suggestions for additional books that you' to e-mail us.
Our own #1 bestseller is:

Naked in Cyberspace: How to Find Personal Information Online,
by Carole A. Lane

Browse through the rest of our titles, by subject:

Adoptee/Birthparent Search Guides

Background Research/Investigative Reporting Books

Genealogy Research Guides

Internet/Web Searching Guides

Locating People Guides

Mailing List Directories

Privacy and Freedom of Information Books, Proceedings, and Government Documents

Public Records Research Guides

Saturday, December 11, 2004

Chapter 36: We the People

Census Records

Census
(pg 338)


Other Demographic and Statistical Databases

Census State Data Centers
(pg 340)


Foreign Census Records, Demographics, and Statistics

Mexico State population figures
(pg 340)

Glasgow University Library
(pg 341)


Demographic and Statistical Publications

Statistical Abstract of the United States
(pg 341)

USA Statistics in Brief
(pg 341)

Saturday, November 20, 2004

Chapter 34: Genealogical Records

Software

Google Groups
(pg 312)


Commercial Genealogical Sites
(pg 312)

Genealogy Toolbox
(pg 312)


Soundex Codes

Surname to Soundex Converter
(pg 314)


Rootsweb’s Soundex Converter
(pg 314)


Where to Get Started

Genealogical Networks and Consumer Online Systems

FidoNet
(pg 314)

Liszt’s Usenet Newsgroups Directory
(pg 314)

GenForum
(pg 314)

Irene’s Genealogy Post Forum
(pg 314)

Yourfamily.com’The Genealogy Bulletin Board
(pg 314)

Rootsweb Message Boards
(pg 314)

Genealogy Resources on the Internet’Mailing Lists
(pg 314)

Liszt’s mailing list directory (search "genealogy")
(pg 314)


Genealogical Search Engines (Name Indices)

FamilyTreeMaker.com’s Find Family
(pg 316)


GENDEX-WWW Genealogical Index
(pg 316)

GenealogyPortal.com
(pg 316)

RootsWeb.com (aka WorldConnect Project)
(pg 316)

Surname Springboard
(pg 316)

The RootsWeb Surname List
(pg 316)

GeneaNet
(pg 316)


General Genealogical Collections and Websites

Cyndi’s List
(pg 317)


Helm’s Genealogical Toolbox
(pg 317)

The Genealogy Home Page
(pg 317)

About’s Genealogy Guide
(pg 317)


Genealogical Registries (Pedigrees)

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
(pg 318)


The Library of Congress
(pg 318; 8/22/02)

Ancestry World Tree
(pg 318)


Census Records

Family History Centers
(pg 319)


1871 Ontario Census Heads of Households
(pg 319)

National Archives of Norway
(pg 319)

1850 Census for Wyoming County, Virginia
(pg 319)


Church Records

Dauphin County (PA) Church Records (1744-1844)
(pg 320)


Charles, York County (VA) Parish Records (1648-1789)
(pg 320)

Mexican Parish Records (1751-1880)
(pg 320)


Announcements (newspaper, meeting, etc.)

Colusa Newspaper Records in California (1876-1884)
(pg 320)

Clay County (MO) Marriage Notices from the Liberty Chronicle and the Liberty Advance (1852-1900)
(pg 320)

Columbia, South Carolina, Newspaper Marriage and Death Notices (1792-1839)
(pg 320)

Chappaqua, Westchester County (PA), Quaker Records (19th Century)
(pg 320)

Duchess County (NY) Quaker Records
(pg 320)


Family Bible Records

The Bible Archives (TBA)
(pg 321)


Bible and Family Records Index at Connecticut State Library
(pg 321)

Family Bible Records (held by the Argyle Township Court House Archives in Nova Scotia)
(pg 321; no longer online as of 9/2/02)


Birth Records

Birth Records (contributed by individual genealogists)
(pg 321)

Sasketchewan (Canada) Birth Records (from the Alberta Family History Society)
(pg 321)


Marriage Records

Autauga County (AL) Marriage Index for 1829-1898
(pg 322)


Baker County (FL) Marriages for 1877-1930
(pg 322)


Death Records

Death Records (contributed by individual genealogists and others)
(pg 322)

Quebec (Canada) Death Records (from the Alberta Family Histories Society)
(pg 323)


California Death Records
(pg 323)


Cemetery Records

Cross Creek (PA) Cemetery History
(pg 323)

Aiken County (SC) Cemetery Inscriptions
(pg 323)

Bennington (VT) Cemetery Inscriptions
(pg 323)


Obituaries

The Boston Jewish Advocate Obituary Database
(pg 323)

Deaths Extracted from the New Zealand Herald, 1993
(pg 323)

Canadian Obituary Links
(pg 323)


The Social Security Death Index (SSDI)

The Social Security Death Index
(pg 323)


Immigration Records

American Family Immigration History Center’Ellis Island
(pg 324)


inGeneas’Canadian passenger and immigration records
(pg 324)

Emigration List for Bergen Harbour (Norway) 1874-1924 (in the National Archives of Norway)
(pg 324)


Land (Real Property, or Deed) Records

Federal Land Records for Arkansas
(pg 324)

Dominion Land Grants (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the railway belt of British Columbia, c. 1870-1930) Canada
(pg 324)

Wisconsin Land Records
(pg 324)


Military Records

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS)
(pg 324)

The French and Indian War site
(pg 324)

The Korean War KIA/MIA Database
(pg 324)

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page
(pg 324)

Common-wealth (UK) War Graves Commission, Debt of Honour Register
(pg 324)

Medal of Honor Citations
(pg 324; 8/25/02)


Summary

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
(pg 326; 8/25/02)


ArchivalCD
(pg 327)

Saturday, November 13, 2004

Chapter 33: Celebrity Records

Biographies and Credits

Marquis Who’s Who
(pg 295)


Baseline.Hollywood.com
(pg 296)


The Biography Resource Center
(pg 297)


Mini Reviews
(pg 297)

The Internet Movie Database
site 1
(pg 297)
site 2
(pg 297)
site 3
(pg 297)

Internet Stars Site
(pg 297)

Chinastar.com
(pg 297)

Celebrity Showcase
(pg 297)

All Music Guide
(pg 297)

BN-OPALINE
(pg 303)


MAPOP
(pg 303)

WWW Music Database
(pg 303)

Grace-note
(pg 303)

French music database, netmusik.com
(pg 303)

Swiss Music Guide, music.ch
(pg 303)

Computer Sports World
(pg 303)


Upcoming Projects

Baseline.Hollywood.com
(pg 304)



Contact Information and Business Relationships

Celebrity Addresses Online
(pg 304)

Celebrity Address Emporium
(pg 305; 8/22/02)


Fanzine magazine
(pg 305)

The Star Archive
(pg 305)


News

Billboard
(pg 305)

Box Office
(pg 305)

Entertainment Weekly
(pg 305)

The Hollywood Hotline
(pg 306)


The Hollywood Reporter
(pg 306)

People Magazine
(pg 306)

Rolling Stone Online
(pg 306)

Screen Digest
(pg 306)

The Sports Network
(pg 306)

TV Guide
(pg 306)

The Sporting News
(pg 306)

Sports Illustrated
(pg 306)

CBS SportsLine.com
(pg 307)


ESPN.com
(pg 307)

FoxSports.com
(pg 307)

MSNBC Sports
(pg 307)

USA Today Sports
(pg 307; 9/18/02)

Sports (through Yahoo!)
(pg 307; 9/11/02)


Online News Groups

Google Groups
(pg 307)


Internet Sites

Celebrity Link
(pg 308)


HollywoodNetwork.com
(pg 308)

The Special TV Resources
(pg 308)

Yahoo! Entertainment
(pg 308; 9/11/02)

Zap2it.com
(pg 308)

About’s Music/Arts and Entertainment Index
(pg 308)

Lycos’ Music Directory
(pg 308)

Yahoo!’s Music Directory
(pg 308)

About’s Sports Index
(pg 308)

Yahoo!’s Recreation: Sports Resources
(pg 308)


Celebrity Deaths

Dead People Server
(pg 308; 11/4/02)

The Bone Orchard
(pg 308)

Dead Porn Stars
(pg 308)

The Dead Musician’s Page
(pg 309)


Fuller Up: The Dead Musician Directory
(pg 309)

We’ll Always Remember, the Rock Obituary Site
(pg 309)

The Lee Atwater Dead Pool
(pg 309)

DEADquiz
(pg 309)

SearchBug.com
(pg 309; 8/22/02)

Funeral Guy’s site
(pg 309)

Thursday, October 21, 2004

Vendor Registrations (Online Supplement)

North Dakota
(9/19/02)


Ohio

Butler County
site 1
or
site 2


Washington

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (must be a vendor to search the database)
(9/19/02)

Thursday, September 30, 2004

Wisconsin Real Property (Online Supplement)

Wisconsin

Pre-1908

Buffalo County

Columbia County

Cross Plains (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
(11/10/03)

Dane County (searchable by Address, Parcel Number, Township, Range and Section, Plat or Map)

Evansville (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
(11/10/03)

Janesville
(9/8/02)

La Crosse County

Menasha (under Finance, Tax Parcel Information)
(11/10/03)

Milwaukee (searchable by Address)
(11/10/03)

Mishicot (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
(11/10/03)

Neenah (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
(11/10/03)

Oshkosh

Spring Green (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
(11/10/03)

Valders (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
(11/10/03)

Friday, September 24, 2004

Virginia Real Property (Online Supplement)

Virginia

Abingdon

Arlington County (searchable by Real Property Code, Address, Trade Name or Economic Unit)

Bedford

Blacksburg

Fairfax County (searchable by Address or Tax Map Reference Number)

Hampton

James City County
(9/7/02)

Montgomery County

Norton

Prince William County

Roanoke
site 1
or
site 2

Wise County

York County

Friday, September 17, 2004

Texas Real Property (Online Supplement)

Texas

Anderson County

Angelina County

Aransas County

Archer County

Atascosa County

Austin County

Bailey County

Bandera County

Bee County

Bell County

Bexar County
site 1
or
site 2

Blanco County

Brazoria County
site 1
or
site 2

Brazos County
site 1
or
site 2

Brown County

Burleson County

Burnet County

Caldwell County
site 1
or
site 2

Calhoun County

Cameron County

Chambers County

Clay County

Coleman County

Collin County

Comanche County

Dallas County

Deaf Smith County

Denton County
(9/8/02)

El Paso County

Ellis County

Erath County

Fannin County

Fayette County

Fort Bend County

Franklin County

Freestone County

Galveston County

Gillespie County

Grayson County

Gregg County
site 1
or
site 2

Guadalupe County

Hardin County

Harris County
site 1
or
site 2
or
site 3

Harrison County

Hays County

Henderson County

Hidalgo County
site 1
or
site 2

Hill County
site 1
or
site 2

Hood County

Hunt County
site 1
or
site 2

Jack County

Jefferson County

Johnson County

Johnson County Delinquent Tax Rolls

Jones County

Kaufman County
site 1
or
site 2

Kendall County

Kerr County

Kimble County

Kleberg County

Lamb County

Liberty County

Limestone County
site 1
or
site 2

Llano County

Lubbock County
site 1
or
site 2

Madison County

Maverick County

McLennan County

Milam County

Montgomery County
site 1
or
site 2

Nacogdoches County

Newton County

Nueces County
site 1
or
site 2

Parker County

Parmer County

Potter County

Randall County

Rockwall County
site 1
or
site 2

Rusk County

San Jacinto County

San Patricio County

Smith County

Somervell County

Swisher County
(9/8/02)

Tarrant County

Taylor County

Taylor County Delinquent Taxes

Travis County
site 1
or
site 2

Tyler County

Upshur County

Val Verde County

Van Zandt County

Victoria County
site 1
or
site 2

Waller County

Washington County

Webb County

Wharton County

Wilbarger County

Williamson County
site 1
or
site 2

Wilson County

Wise County

Wood County

Zapata County

Friday, July 30, 2004

Iowa Real Property (Online Supplement)

Iowa

Ames (searchable by Address or Parcel ID)

Black Hawk County

Boone County
(11/12/03)

Buena Vista County (searchable by Address or Parcel ID)
(11/12/03)

Calhoun County (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
(11/13/03)

Carroll County
(11/13/03)

Cedar Rapids (searchable by Address or Parcel ID)
(11/13/03)

Clay County (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
(11/13/03)

Dallas County (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
(11/13/03)

Dickinson County
(11/13/03)

Emmet County

Grundy County (searchable by Address or Parcel ID)
(11/13/03)

Hamilton County (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
(11/13/03)

Harrison County
(11/13/03)

Iowa City (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
(11/13/03)

Jasper County (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
(11/13/03)

Jefferson County (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
(11/13/03)

Johnson County (searchable by Address or Parcel ID)
(11/13/03)

Kossuth County (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
(11/13/03)

Lyon County
(11/13/03)

Madison County
(11/13/03)

Mahaska County (searchable by Address or Parcel ID)
(11/13/03)

Marion County
(11/13/03)

Marshall County
(11/13/03)

Mills County
(11/13/03)

Montgomery County (searchable by Address or Parcel ID)
(11/13/03)

Plymouth County
(11/13/03)

Polk County
(11/13/03)

Pottawattamie County

Scott County (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
(11/13/03)

Shelby County
site 1
(11/13/03)
site 2
(11/13/03)

Sioux City
(11/13/03)

Story County (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)

Warren County (searchable by Address or Parcel ID)
(11/13/03)

Washington County (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
(11/13/03)

Webster County (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
(11/13/03)

Woodbury County (searchable by Address or Parcel ID)
(11/13/03)

Friday, July 23, 2004

Illinois Real Property (Online Supplement)

Illinois

Illinois Public Domain Land Tracts
site 1
or
site 2

Batavia Township

Cook County
(11/12/03)

Henry County

Kane County (searchable by Parcel Number or Street Name)

Lake County (searchable by Property Index Number or Address)
(11/12/03)

LaSalle County

McHenry County
site 1
(11/12/03)
site 2
(11/12/03)

McLean County (searchable by Address or Parcel ID)
(11/12/03)

Normal Township (searchable by Parcel ID or Address)

Peoria County (searchable by Address or Property ID)
(11/12/03)

Wayne Township
(11/12/03)

Winnebago County
(11/12/03)

Friday, July 16, 2004

Florida Real Property (Online Supplement)

Florida

Alachua County
(6/12/03)

Bay County
(11/11/03)

Brevard County
(9/7/02)
or
Land Records (10/1/95?present)
(6/23/03)
or
Land Records (1/1/81-9/30/95)
(6/23/03)

Broward County

Charlotte County (to search for real property, tangible personal property, and sales records)
(11/11/03)

Citrus County
(11/11/03)

Clay County
(11/11/03)

Collier County
(9/7/02)

Dade (see Miami-Dade County)

Duval County
(9/7/02)

Escambia County
(9/7/02)

Tax Deed Sales
(6/22/03)

Hardee County

Hernando County
(6/23/03)

Highlands County Real and Tangible Personal Property

Hillsborough County

Indian River County

Lake County
(11/11/03)

Lee County
site 1
(6/23/03)
or
site 2
(6/23/03)

Leon County
(11/11/03)

Manatee County

Marion County

Martin County
site 1
or
site 2
(11/11/03)

Miami-Dade County
site 1
or
site 2
(11/11/03)

Okaloosa County
(6/23/03)

Orange County
(11/11/03)

Osceola County
(11/11/03)

Palm Beach County

Pasco County

Pierce County (searchable by Address or Parcel ID)

Pinellas County (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)

Polk County

Santa Rosa County
(11/11/03)

Sarasota County

Seminole County
site 1
(9/8/02)
site 2
(11/11/03)

St. Johns County
site 1
(6/23/03)
or
site 2
(6/23/03)

St. Lucie County

Volusia County

Sunday, June 27, 2004

Colorado Real Property (Online Supplement)

Colorado

Adams County
(11/11/03)

Arapahoe County Business Personal Property Search
(6/12/03)

Arapahoe County Residential, Commercial and Vacant Parcel Search
(6/12/03)

Boulder County
site 1
site 2 (searchable by Address or Parcel Number or Property ID)

Denver Personal Property

Denver Real Property

Douglas County

Eagle County
(9/7/02)

El Paso County
(11/11/03)

Grand County)
(11/11/03)

Jefferson County
(11/11/03)

La Plata County

Larimer County (searchable by address, parcel number, schedule number, or serial number)
or as a Property Tax Inquiry

Logan County

Mesa County
site 1 (searchable by address or parcel number)
(6/22/03)
site 2
(11/11/03)

Moffat County
(11/11/03)

Montezuma County

Park County
(11/11/03)

Pitkin County
(11/11/03)

Routt County

Teller County
(9/7/02)

Weld County
(11/11/03)

Saturday, June 19, 2004

California Real Property (Online Supplement)

California

Alameda County Property Value & Tax Information
(11/10/03)

El Dorado County
site 1
(6/12/03)
or
site 2

Kern County
(9/7/02)

Land Records (Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patents)
(9/7/02)

Los Angeles (searchable by Address or Assessor's Identification Number)
(11/10/03)

Marin County (searchable by Parcel Number)
(11/10/03)

Orange County (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
(11/10/03)

Red Bluff (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
(11/10/03)

Redding (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)

Riverside County (searchable by Assessment Number or Address; no Owner information)

San Bernardino County (searchable by Parcel Number or Address)
(11/10/03)

San Francisco County

San Mateo County Secured Property (searchable by Parcel Number)
(11/10/03)

Santa Barbara County
(no longer found; 6/22/03)

Tulare County
(11/10/03)

Ventura County (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
(11/10/03)

Yolo County (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)

Saturday, June 12, 2004

Real Property (Online Supplement)

Federal Land Patents


Alabama

Baldwin County
(11/10/03)

Mobile County
(11/10/03)


Alaska

Anchorage
(11/10/03)

Fairbanks
(11/10/03)

Juneau
(11/10/03)

Kenai Peninsula Borough
(9/7/02)


Arizona

Maricopa County
(11/10/03)

Pima County

Yavapai County


Arkansas

Benton County
(11/10/03)

Craighead County
(11/10/03)

Land Records (pre 1908)

Pulaski County
(11/10/03)

Saline County
(11/10/03)


California


Colorado


Connecticut


Delaware

New Castle

District of Columbia (searchable by Square, Suffix, or Lot, using Internet Explorer only)
(9/7/02)


Florida


Georgia

Albany, Dougherty County Index to Deeds and Mortgages, Real Estate Miscellaneous Documents, Tax Assessment/Collection Records, Real Property and Plats

Chatham County
(11/11/03)

Cobb County

DeKalb County
(11/11/03)

Fayette County

Macon-Bibb County
(11/11/03)

Troup County
(11/11/03)


Hawaii

Hawaii County
(9/7/02)


Idaho

Ada County
(11/12/03)


Illinois
(11/12/03)


Indiana

Fort Wayne (1823?1852)

Grant County

LaPorte/Winamac (1833?1855)

Marion County
(11/12/03)

Vanderburgh County
(11/12/03)


Iowa
(11/13/03)


Kansas

Douglas County

Johnson County (searchable by Address or Parcel ID)
(11/13/03)

Sedgwick County (searchable by Address, Parcel ID or Key Number)
(11/13/03)

Shawnee County
(11/13/03)


Kentucky

Campbell County
site 1
(9/8/02)
site 2
(11/13/03)

Jefferson County (searchable by Address)
(11/13/03)

Kenton County
(11/13/03)


Louisiana

Caddo Parish
(11/13/03)

Lafayette Parish
(11/13/03)

Pre-1908


Maine

Bar Harbor
(11/13/03)

Bath

Belgrade
(11/13/03)

Cape Elizabeth

Eliot

Ellsworth
(11/13/03)

Freeport
(9/8/02)

Pembroke (parcels can be selected on map)
(11/13/03)

South Portland

Waterville

Winslow

York


Maryland

site 1
or
site 2


Massachusetts


Michigan

Alpine Township (searchable by Parcel Number or Street)

Big Rapids

Eaton County

Independence Charter Township
(11/13/03)

Saginaw County

Saginaw Charter Township
(11/13/03)

Thomas Township
(11/13/03)

Walker
site 1
or
site 2

Wayne County


Minnesota

Becker County Land Patents (pre-1908)

Dakota County (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)
site 1
or
site 2

Hennepin County

Sherburne County (searchable by Address)

Stearns County (searchable by Address)


Mississippi

Madison County

Rankin County


Missouri

Jackson County

Greene and Polk Counties Plat Records

St. Charles County

St. Louis County (searchable by Address, Parcel Number, or Subdivision)


Montana

Yellowstone County


Nebraska

Lancaster County
site 1
and
site 2

Sarpy County (searchable by Address, Legal, or Location ID)


Nevada

Clark County

Douglas County
site 1
and
site 2


New Hampshire

Concord

Laconia

Lebanon

New Market

Portsmouth
(9/8/02)

Raymond

Salem


New Jersey


New Mexico

Bernalillo County (searchable by Address, Tax Bill Number, or Parcel ID)

Dona Ana County
site 1
or
site 2


New York

Erwin

Glenville

Medina County

New Castle

New York City Property Tax (searchable by Borough Block Lot or Address) and Assessment Rolls (searchable by Borough Block Lot)

Niskayuna

Olean

Schenectady

Yorktown


North Carolina


Ohio


Oklahoma

Oklahoma County
site 1
or
site 2


Oregon


Pennsylvania


Rhode Island

Exeter
(9/8/02)

Middletown

Portsmouth


South Carolina

Beaufort County
site 1
or
site 2 (searchable by Account Number or Account Key)

Charleston County
(9/2/02)

Greenville County

Orangeburg County


Tennessee (not all counties available)

Davidson County
site 1
or
site 2

Shelby County (searchable by Address or Parcel ID)


Texas


Utah

Salt Lake County

Utah County
(9/1/02)


Virginia


Washington

Jefferson County

King County

Pierce County (searchable by Parcel Number or Address)

Thurston County (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)

Yakima County (searchable by Address or Parcel Number)


West Virginia

Monongalia County


Wisconsin
(11/10/03)


Real property records available via the Internet for other countries include:

Canada

Dominion Land Grants (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the railway belt of British Columbia, c. 1870-1930)

Prince Edward Island Land Records