Counties Putting Records Online

Some counties are working to digitize and preserve their records and then make them available to researchers online.

Hamilton County, Ohio is one example with birth, delayed birth, corrected birth, death, marriage, estate, naturalization, guardianships and other records.

Go online to www.probatect.org, and click on Records Search, then Archive Search. The indexes are in pdf format. Search the index to get the volume and page number, and then go into the record type to find the images.

Let's hope that more counties preserve and make their records accessible in this manner!

West Virginia Put Birth, Marriage & Death Record Online

The West Virginia Archives and History Web site has posted selected West Virginia county birth, death and marriage records, and selected statewide death records in a searchable and downloadable format
at http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/

Records can be searched by name, date or county and have digital images attached to the index.

• Births records for 1853 through 1908 are available.
• State death certificates from 1917 through 1958 are available.
• County marriage and death records are included up to the last record microfilmed for that county by GSU.

An article detailing the new databases can be found at:
http://www.wvculture.org/history/vitalrecordsarticle.pdf

Additional Miliary Records Online

1840 Census of Pensioners, Revolutionary or Military Service
www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/census/1840

World War II Army Enlistment Records
aad.archives.gov/aad/title-list.jsp: Select All Series, then scroll down and click the database name.

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

www.itd.nps.gov/cwss

Revolutionary War Era Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files
www.heritagequestonline.com: Available free through subscribing libraries.

Military Research Room: 1820 Pension List
www.lineages.com/infocenter/databases/1820pension.cfm

Valley Forge Muster Roll Project
valleyforgemusterroll.org

Research Guidance for Military Records

Research in Military Records
www.archives.gov/veterans/research/genealogy.html

US Military Records Research Outline
www.familysearch.org/eng/search/rg/frameset_rhelps.asp: Click on Sorted by Subject, then on M. Scroll down to Military Records, item number 34118.

Printable Maps

NationalAtlas.gov
This is a very useful collection of printable maps. You can view the maps and print pdf copies.

U.S. Census Bureau Maps
Printable maps of each state with county boundaries, and also maps for each county.

Reference and Outline Maps are available for the United States and each individual state. You can choose maps showing boundaries, geology, transportation or water. For each state there are four types of maps: reference, county, county with selected cities and towns, and rivers and lakes. These simple maps can be used to mark locations where your ancestors lived and track migration.

This site also contains maps for:
Congressional Districts
Federal Lands and Indian Reservations
Precipitation
Presidential Elections 1789 to 2000
Satellite View
Territorial Acquisitions of the United States
Time Zones

Online City Directories

There is a new web site compiled by Miriam Robbins Midkiff which links to many Online Historical Directories

There are links to online city directories for the United States, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The links include both free sites and subscription database websites.

It is not yet a complete listing, but a great start. For Washington D.C. this site links to the directories at Footnote.com but not the ones at Ancestry.com.

Free Genealogy Webinars

Webinars are online seminars where you see and hear the presentation. Some of the FREE webinars available include:

New England Historic Genealogical Society

http://www.newenglandancestors.org/events/online_seminars.asp

Researching Your Newfoundland Ancestors

Bridging the Atlantic - Methods of Tracing Your 17th Century New England Ancestors An Overview of the NEHGS Manuscript Collection

Library resources at NEHGS

Finding Your Ancestors Online

Who Was Your Mother's Mother's Mother's Mother?

Getting Started in Irish Genealogy

Applying to Lineage Societies

Genealogical Tips: Transcribing Gravestones

Getting Started in Genealogy – 3 parts

Civil War Pension Research: Union Soldiers

Methods of Finding a Wife's Maiden Name

Ancestry.com webinars

http://learn.ancestry.com/LearnMore/Webinars.aspx

Best Strategies for Searching Ancestry.com
Getting Started on Ancestry.com
Genealogy in Gotham: New York City Research
European Research: Tips and Tools for Success
Genetic Genealogy Made Easy

The Canadian Historical Censuses, 1851-1916

Military Records on Ancestry.com

Conquering the Challenge of Reading Handwritten Documents

Making a Breakthrough in your African American Research

Discover Your Jewish Family History at Ancestry.com

Tennessee Resources

Written by Robin Rogers

General:
http://tennessee.gov/tsla/history/bibliographies/index.htm
http://tennessee.gov/tsla/history/state/index.htm
http://tngenweb.org/

History:
http://www.tennesseeanytime.org/homework/historicsites/index.html

Census:
http://tennessee.gov/tsla/history/census/index.htm

Counties:
http://tennessee.gov/tsla/history/county/index.htm

Maps:
http://tngenweb.org/maps/

Military:
http://tennessee.gov/tsla/history/military/index.htm
http://tngenweb.org/worldwar1/
http://tngenweb.org/1812war/
http://tngenweb.org/revwar/

Newspapers:
http://tennessee.gov/tsla/history/newspapers/index.htm

Vital Records:
http://health.state.tn.us/vr/

Online Resources for Irish Genealogy

Written by Katie Rappold

http://www.irelandroots.com/ - message boards

http://www.recordsireland.com/ - paid research – information on various records (detailed descriptions, availability etc...)

http://www.irishorigins.com/ $$ - access to Griffith's Valuation 1847-1864 (most of the census records for the nineteenth century were destroyed in 1922, when the Public Records Office was burned down, Griffith's Valuation represents the most comprehensive survey of households available for the period.)

http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx - National Library of Ireland

www.nationalarchives.ie - National Archives

www.ireland.anglican.org - Representative Church Body Library

www.proni.gov.uk/ - Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives.htm - Search the Archives

http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/ulster_covenant.htm - Ulster Covenant

http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/freeholders_records.htm - Freeholders’ Records

http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/will_calendars.htm - Wills - District Probate Registries of Armagh, Belfast and Londonderry from 1858 to c.1900.

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/ - Surname history