alaska.html:
Searchable databases and more. australia.html:
Maintained by Judy Webster, the Register lists newspaper indexes, local history indexes, One-Name studies & lots more (including some overseas records indexed by Australians). Incidentally, the Register is maintained using the database File Express which is also ideal for indexing archival material. See also Indexing Methods at beginner.html:
Great how-to page from Cyndi Howells. Contains info on finding a web server to host your pages, planning their contents, creating the pages, getting them on the web server, checking links, advertising. Includes info on how to "clean" your database so that info on living people is not accessible online. beginner.html:
This site guides you step-by-step in the construction of your own genealogy web site from your genealogy database. Includes info on how to create your site on Geocities, which is free but you need to include a banner for advertisements. beginner.html:http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/Genea/rsl so that if your browser doesn't support forms you can still search the list. What is the Roots-L Surname List? It's a database, maintained by Karen Isaacson (listowner of Roots-L mailing list), which contains one-line entries that have been sent to her by net-people like you and me. Each entry has a surname, two dates, migration info about that family, and a nametag to identify the person who submitted it. All of this info helps you to see if you are researching the same line. More info on the Roots-L Surname List is on the web pages. belgium.html:
Has links to info about Belgium, genealogy societies, miscellaneous info including a "Who Researched What" database, general Belgium info, Belgian libraries and archives, and Belgian personal genealogy pages. calif.html:
Online databases include: canada.html:
One of the links from the main page is Genealogy Research/Services de renseignements généalogiques. Here you will find information on their Services to the Public (hours, microfilm loans, hiring a researcher, inquiries, and info on a free publication on researching your ancestors in Canada), and on Genealogical Resources in Canada (census records, military records, citizenship records, Loyalist records, Acadian records, and the LI-RA-MA Collection. Also included in their Genealogical Resources page are links to lists of addresses for genealogy societies and provincial/territorial archives, and two online databases: the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) and the Index to the 1871 Census of Ontario. canada.html:
Searchable and downloadable database of interments in canada.html: Some databases are restricted; you must have a valid ID to log in. Reference databases (e.g. Current Contents) and circulation information are NOT available on SCAMPER. canada.html:
A page with a set of databases which contain info about people who were in the Yukon during the Gold Rush years (1894 - 1918 or so). Part of a set of pages about the Gold Rush which begin at civwar.html:
Annual fee required. (You may need to increase the size of your font if you use Netscape.) Database created and maintained by Historical Data Systems, based in Massachusettes. Demo available, as well as a FAQ page at http://www.civilwardata.com/faq1.html for database contents. commercial.html:
Census CD-roms with images of the census rather than abstracts. Site plans to offer downloads of the census images (for a fee). Service to put your genealogy info on CD-rom. Noel family database (online). commercial.html:
A genealogy/record restoration business located in Lafayette, Yamhill County, Oregon which will help you get started in doing your own genealogy or do the research for you. Other services include general research, a YAMCO database search (a free service), personal charting of your notes onto computer disk using PAF, surname books, baby pedigrees, as well as publications which are available for purchase. commercial.html:
Family Forest - "A People-Centered Approach To History", lineage-linked databases commercial.html:
This company offers CDs of genealogy databases containing families from geographical areas rather than any one family tree, hence the name "Family Forest". The databases run on top of Broderbund's Family Tree Maker, which users must first purchase and install. Their first product was for Delaware families; they now have CDs for Presidential families as well as Pittsburgh families. System requirements are covered under the questions link at http://www.FamilyForest.com/FAQ.html; considerable storage space on your hard drive is necessary (35 to 55 megabytes). commercial.html:directory, genealogy bookstore, searchable database links, more. commercial.html:
A database of services and/or products of interest to Jewish genealogical researchers, divided by category (books, computer/software, researchers, translators, etc.) conn.html:
Links to CONSULS, which includes the Connecticut State Library card catalog as well as the various CT State University libraries. Once logged in, you can limit the database to only the State Library (use X to Change Library Catalog, then 1 to choose the State Library.) dk.html:
Quite possibly the only site you'll need to do research in Denmark. Includes links for archives, databases, discussion forums, home pages, journals and newsletters, research help, research tools, software, transcribed resources, and vendors. Under Transcribed Resources, you will find a listing of Census Records. The itemized listings include Title, URL, "See host:", Language, and Keywords. Following the link on the Title will take you to the page (right click to open the page in a new window). Following the link on the "See host:" will take you to an entry for the set of web pages the itemized listing is from. In this entry, you will find the listings include title, URL, author or publisher, language, last update of page, keywords, last date of review, a description, and an opinion of the site. There is also a FAQ for the site, plus Help. This impressive set of web pages is maintained by Lone Katberg Andersen and Thor Bj. Stadshaug as part of a final assignment at the Danish Royal School of Librarianship and Information Science. I'm hoping they are able to maintain the pages even after they graduate. dutch.html:
This site has a database of Devotional Pictures, which contain names of people who were born, have died, or both, in the towns represented by the municipal of Tilburg. The site is mostly in Dutch, but there is an English summary and search instructions are in both languages. There is also a database of Ten Year Tables of the towns of Oisterwijk, Moergestel, Hilvarenbeek, Diessen, Goirle, Hooge en Lage Mierde en Oost-, West- en Middelbeers. Dates range from 1811-1944, and include notifications of birth, death and marriage. Again, search instructions are in both languages. eeurope.html:
This excellent site has unique resources, databases, comprehensive link collection. It is easily navigated and a very good starting point for Hungarian genealogy. Maintained by Janos Bogardi. email.html:form of text files rather than searchable databases, while the vast famous.html:
Although there are links for several languages, the biographies are in German. Names are in their native language. The database is also available on CD. gedcom.html:genealogy database to html, put it on the web, and had it indexed by gen_gop.html:Follow the link titled "Discover What's in the Archives" to find out what is available from the New York State Archives, and how to gain access to it. Other links include one to info on how to search the catalogue and another to other online databases. gen_tel.html:
Also on the web at http://victoria.tc.ca/government/provincial/menu.provincial.databases.html gen_tel.html: records and other databases. gen_tel.html:lists, databases, etc. Expect to be prompted for signon info and your gen_tel.html:
Once connected, type "PAC" (without quotes) and choose terminal type. You may need to press return to get to the main menu. Choose database (4) for the CARL libraries, and once on the menu screen, you can choose one of the following:
geography.html:
Based on a 1995 database, this site will give you lattitude, longitude, county, population, elevation, and other details about the U.S. city (or town) and state you input. hispanic.html:
This is a non-profit organization whose goal is to assist in Hispanic genealogy research. They produce an international publication, maintain a networking database, hold conferences and meetings, form study groups, produce an annual SHHAR Journal, and will conduct surname searches in the index of Mexico's major archive (for a donation). More information on each of these can be found on the web pages at this site. history.html:A forms based search engine for the Combat Area Current Casualty File. There are links to informational pages about the database that's being searched and how to make a good search. hpages.html:
Note: a check of the whois database for the creutzberg.com domain showed that the domain name status was "On Hold". hpages.html:HREF="http://www.gentree.com/databases/Doyle/Doyle.html"> hpages.html:http://www.gentree.com/databases/Doyle/Doyle.html idaho.html:
Marriage records from before 1930 are being extracted by the Rexburg, Idaho Family History Center, and the resulting data is input into a database by students in the Special Collections area McKay Library of Ricks College. The "About the Genesis Project" link (http://abish.ricks.edu/fhc/GenIntro.asp) contains info about what data is available and the format it's in. The "Genesis Project" link (http://abish.ricks.edu/fhc/gbsearch.asp) takes you directly to the database. Contains Arizona, California, and Nevada entries, as well as Idaho, from various time periods. illinois.html:
Has links to Web2 (web-based searching) and to MILO (telnet searching; link given below). Also gives info on what libraries are in the Web2 search database. indiana.html:
A search page set up by the Indiana State Library, which will search a database of marriages performed in Indiana through 1850. Do take time to read the info about the history of the database, and the search tips. inet.html:
According to Dave, "www.my-ged.com is an extremely fast database server especially crafted for genealogy research on the Internet. Researchers can irish.html:
Massive database of parish records created by the Kildare Heritage Project, which is jointly funded by the Kildare County Library and the FÁS (Foras Áiseanna Saothair, the national training and employment authority) and sponsored by the Kildare Heritage and Genealogy Society Ltd. See the Introduction for more details. The database is not online; you use the Research form to request their services. The site also has some local history articles for the county, which are online. irish.html:
This intro page lets you choose between a framed and a non-framed page, or view site statistics. The site has a searchable database of surnames being researched, as well as links to lecture and publication information, and an online bookstore. There is also a Surnames/Householders Report which can be generated if you are a Guild member. The report contains distribution of a particular surname in the counties that make up the province of Ulster, and may be helpful for surnames that are not that common. A sample report is available online. jewish.html:
A live searchable database of surnames and towns that people are researching. libraries.html:
A listing of the databases that the CARL organization offers to its subscriber libraries, which include newspaper and serials. Note: You may or may not have access to this page depending on your connections. If you have dialed or logged into a University computing environment which has chosen to subscribe tthe particular database, you will probably be able to access the page. maine.html:
Searchable database of marriages with info on how to obtain records. mass.html:
According to the webmaster, Ed Cooper, this site is "a searchable database of 30,000 descendants of the region regardless of where they were by 1790". It includes families of present day Bristol, Plymouth and Barnstable, as well as the island counties of Nantucket and Dukes (Martha's Vineyard). newyork.html:
Links include online databases: Civil Commissions, Surrogate Court obits.html:href="gopher://bpl.org:70/00gopher_root%3a%5bspec_coll%5dabout_obits_database.doc">gopher://bpl.org:70/00gopher_root%3a%5bspec_coll%5dabout_obits_database.doc obits.html:
For the database itself, This site is by David Dreyer and includes suggestions for researching ancestors immigrating from Banat to North Dakota. There is a database of Banat immigrants to North Dakota at pass.html:
A site that offers research services, a free database of the National Archives of Canada Miscellaneous Immigration Index pass.html:at http://www.ingeneas.com/free/index.html, and two databases you can pass.html:search online -- the inGeneas Passenger List database which "contains about 6,000 passenger list records for immigrants pass.html:arriving at Canadian ports between 1751 to 1873", and the inGeneas Immigration database, which "contains almost 20,000 various pass.html:immigration records — other than passenger lists — from between 1748 and 1881." The databases are on the same page at This site has a database of family documents (wedding certificates, diplomas, birth certificates, etc.) that have been found at flea markets, garage sales and through other sources. Visitors can search scarolina.html:href="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/escn_database_reports"> scarolina.html:http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/escn_database_reports software.html:
Gene -- Macintosh shareware genealogical database program software.html:
Info on Sierras genealogical database and charting program for Windows. Includes screen shots, examples of charts, reviews, a discussion board, mailing list and links to other important genealogy sites. software.html:
Commercial database software using Microsoft Windows 95 and Access which will help you organize your genealogy clues. Site includes a list of forms for documents (census, city directories, people, photographs), a pages of preview screens of the product, an order form, a list of links, and a link to a review of Clooz by Dick Eastman, forum manager of the Roots Forum on Compuserve and author of Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter. software.html:These programs will take a standard GEDCOM (GEnealogy Data COMmunication) file, created by your genealogy database software, and convert it to html files, which you can then upload to your web site. A review of these conversion programs is online at software.html:
Freeware developed by Oughtibridge Ltd which will convert a GEDCOM to a Microsoft Access database, which it then converts to web pages. Site has info on the program as well as user pages which illustrate its results. surplace.html:
Let the whole page load before you begin hunting (using the Find button, that is.) A massive listing of sites which have databases available for searching. Choosing a surname will get you to that site's database. This is not a collective database (NOT all Joneses on the web will be under a single Jones entry.) texas.html:href="http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/database.htm">http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/database.htm texas.html:
Links include Archaeology, Archives/Records, Cemeteries, Commission, Genealogy, Historic Photographs, Historic Markers, Links, and more. Online database of Newton County Death Records 1903-1972 at Online government land patent database for Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin. You will need to enter your zip code and click the button below the entry box to search Land Patent records. Once you have done this, you can select a state, enter the info requested, and click either the Genealogical Search button or the Title Search button. There are help and glossary pages to aid in filling out the search form. Note: cookies must be turned on in your browser to use this site. Future plans include a shopping cart. You can also download an image viewer called CPC View (Cartesian Document Image Viewer, 648K, for Win95/NT, evaluation copy [but can't print until register]) to view the documents, or save them to your hard drive and use a TIFF viewer. united_states.html:
This web site will allow you to search a pilot database containing a very small portion of the Nationa Archives and Records Administration's holdings. They have a link to a sub-page that lists browsers known to work with their pages and those that don't. Results of searches are in table format; and you can select items to see in detail from the search results. Includes information on how to order copies of information contained in this pilot database, as well as how to find out about materials not contained in the database. w.html:
This site is for all Williams descendants. Searchable database by name or state. Over 12,000 submissions as of October 9, 1998, submit yours so that others can find them. wa.html:
On login, press Return if you do not have a library card there. Press Return to continue. You should now be on Quest. Press Return to continue. Select database. (There may be public service announcement screens. Press q if you don't want to read them.)