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)

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)

Chapter 32: Adoption Records

Adoption Records

Adoption/Reunion Registries

International Soundex Reunion Registry (ISRR)
(pg 287)

New York State Department of Health Adoption Information Registry
(pg 288)

AdoptionRegistry.Net
(pg 290)

BirthQuest Online International Searchable Database
(pg 290)

Black Market Adoptee’s Registry (U.S. and Canada)
(pg 290)

British Columbia’s Adoption Reunion Registry
(pg 290)

Central Adoption Registry for the Texas Department of Health
(pg 291)

Free International Adoption Registry (at Adoption Triad Outreach)
(pg 291; 9/18/02)

Illinois Adoption Registry
(pg 291)

Maternity Home Registries
(pg 291; 9/18/02)

Searching for Siblings Registry
(pg 291)

The Seekers of the Lost International Free Adoption and Missing Persons Registry
(pg 291)

Twins & Triplets Search Registry
(pg 291)

Vermont Adoption Registry
(pg 291)

AdoptionRetriever.com
(pg 291)


Adoption Information

Adoptees Resources Home Page
(pg 292)

Adopting.com
(pg 292)

Adoption.com
(pg 292)

AdoptioNetwork
(pg 292)

Jewish Adoption Resources
(pg 292)


Adoption/Reunion Publications

Reunions Magazine
(pg 292)

Seeker Magazine
(pg 292)

Parents.com
(pg 292)


Children Available for Adoption

Adoption Online.com
(pg 292)

National Adoption Center
(pg 293)

Jewish Children’s Adoption Network
(pg 293)