You might want to check the Latter Day Saints website. They have many
things that are hard to find (or not available) on the other sites that
you've listed. The website to search is at:
http://www.familysearch.org/
Also, the Ellis Island website is a great place to search for family members
who might have immigrated from other countries through New York. The
website there is: http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/
One site that I've browsed for my parents' who are searching for family
members is USGenWeb Project at: http://www.usgenweb.org/
For Jewish Genealogy you might want to try: http://www.jewishgen.org/
NARA also has a great website that might be beneficial:
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy/
To find out where to locate vital records--birth, death, or marriage
certificates--(some may request a self-addressed stamped envelope and
process the information through snail mail) go to:
http://vitalrec.com/index.html
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild might be useful. It's at:
http://vitalrec.com/index.html
The National Genealogical Society has some good information that might be
useful. It's at: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/index.htm
One website that might be overwhelming but is also a great way to get
started if you're just bouncing around and hoping to locate something from
only a few pieces of information is at the Barrel of Genealogy Links at:
http://www.cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.html
If the students know social security numbers, names, and locations they can
usually find many family members. I've been searching (for and with my
parents) for relatives on both sides of the family. We've found family
members dating back to the 1700's, with my great-great-great grandparents
serving in the American Revolution, the Civil War, and a few "minor wars"
over cattle and women in the "wild west." (It's amazing that I'm alive!)
Hints that I've found: Search for names as they were told to you. If
nothing shows up, search using initials of the first and middle names with
the last name. Then try variations of the names (i.e. "May Elliott" could
be written "Mae Elliott" or "May Eliott" or "Mae Eliot"---changing the name
spelling has opened many doors in the online databases available for
researching family members.) Also, begin with current family members and
work backwards, remembering to document the information (print out website
information--and date it...the website may not be there next time!!)
I hope some of this helps.
Good luck on this FUN adventure! (And don't be surprised at what you might
find!)
~Shonda Brisco
Trinity Valley MS / US Librarian
Fort Worth, TX
sbrisco021@charter.net
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From: "Michelle Walker" <mwalker@GLENN-CO.K12.CA.US>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 6:48 PM
Subject: TARGET: SEC Family History Sites
> Our 11th graders are working on a family history report. I am looking for
> good, user-friendly (free!) websites and resources to help them research
> their family history and construct family trees. I have some resources
> already including:
> www.ancestry.com
> www.genealogy.com
> www.rootsweb.com
> www.usgenweb.org/
> www.familysearch.org
> I would greatly appreciate any other resources you would recommend, esp.
> public databases (cemetary records, birth records, etc.) and family tree
> templates. Ancestry.com has a free family tree maker that you have to
> download and my computer started acting a little buggy after I loaded
> it. Genealogy.com has an online tree maker, but if you know of any
others,
> please share. I will post a HIT if I receive enough responses. Thanks!
>
> Michelle Walker, Librarian / Technology Coordinator
> Hamilton Union High School
> Hamilton Union Elementary School
> P.O. Box 488 / Hwy 32 & Canal Street
> Hamilton City, CA 95951
> (530) 826-3261
> mwalker@glenn-co.k12.ca.us
> http://www.glenn-co.k12.ca.us/ham-hs/library.html
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