"Every Family Has a History: Do You Know Yours?

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Presented by the Story County Genealogical Society

Suggested resources from Online Genealogy Resources and Opportunities

(presented in class, Feb. 22, 2011)

Story County Genealogical Society

http://sites.google.com/site/storygenealogy/

Genealogy Software Programs:

Family Tree Maker
http://www.familytreemaker.com/

RootsMagic
http://www.familytreemaker.com/

Legacy Family Tree

http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/

The Master Genealogist

http://www.whollygenes.com/

Reunion
http://www.leisterpro.com/

MacFamilyTree
http://www.syniumsoftware.com/macfamilytree/

GRAMPS (open source)

http://gramps-project.org/

Genealogy Software Reviews:

http://gensoftreviews.com

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Free Websites

RootsWeb
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

Social Security Death Index (SSDI)

http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

USGenWeb Project
http://usgenweb.org/

Story County IAGenWeb

http://iagenweb.org/story/

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

http://www.cyndislist.com/

FamilySearch
https://www.familysearch.org/

HeritageQuest
http://www.amespubliclibrary.org/researchCollections/HQHome.asp

Find A Grave
http://www.findagrave.com/

Interment.net
http://interment.net/

Castle Garden
http://www.castlegarden.org/searcher.php

Ellis Island
http://ellisisland.org/

GenForum
http://genforum.genealogy.com/

Google
http://www.google.com

Message Boards
http://boards.ancestry.com/
http://genforum.genealogy.com

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Additional Websites (Some require paid subscription)

Ancestry
http://ancestry.com

Internet Archive
http://www.archive.org/

Iowa Genealogical Society

http://iowagenealogy.org/

State Historical Society of Iowa

http://www.iowahistory.org/

National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/

Bureau of Land Management

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/

State Historical Societies in the United States

http://www.stenseth.org/us/statehs.html

United States Genealogical and Historical Society Finder

http://www.censusfinder.com/genealogy-society-directory.htm

Where to Write for Vital Records

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w.htm

Newspapers
http://newspaperarchive.com/
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

Footnote
http://www.footnote.com/

World Vital Records

http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/

American Ancestors (New England Historic Genealogical Society)

http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html

Worldcat
http://www.worldcat.org/

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Social Networking Sites:

Facebook
http://facebook.com

Twitter
http://www.twitter.com

Genealogy-related Social Networking Sites:

GenealogyWise
http://www.genealogywise.com/

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

http://members.eogn.com/

Podcasts:

Genealogy Gems (Lisa Louise Cooke)

http://www.genealogygemspodcast.com/

Family History: Genealogy Made Easy

http://personallifemedia.com/podcasts/415-family-historym/

The Genealogy Guys Podcast

http://www.genealogyguys.com/

Periodicals:

Family Chronicle (ISSN 1209-4617), Toronto, Ontario Canada: Moorshead Magazines, Ltd.
http://familychronicle.com/

Family Tree Magazine (ISSN 1529-0298), Cincinnati, Ohio: F + W Media.

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/

Internet Genealogy (ISSN 1718-0414), Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Moorshead Magazines. Ltd.
http://www.internet-genealogy.com/

Videos:

Rootstelevision
http://www.rootstelevision.com/

Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/

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Blogs:

GenealogyBlog
http://www.geneamusings.com/

GeneaBloggers
http://www.geneabloggers.com/

Genea-Musings
http://www.geneamusings.com/

Kimberly's Genealogy Blog

http://genealogy.about.com/

Books:

The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy by Kimberly Powell (Avon, Massachusetts: Adams
Media, c2008).

Genealogy Online for Dummies (5th ed.) by Matthew L. Helm, April Leigh Helm (Indianapolis,
Indiana: Wiley Publishing, Inc., c2008)

Handybook for Genealogists (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co, 2005)

How to Do Everything Genealogy (2nd ed.) by George G. Morgan (New York, New York: McGraw-
Hill, c. 2009)

Online Genealogy (9th ed.) by Elizabeth Powell Crowe (New York, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011)

Online Classes and Tutorials:

FamilySearch-- Learning Resources

https://learning.familysearch.org/

Genealogy Classes
http://www.genealogy.com/university.html

Introduction to Genealogy
http://genealogy.about.com/library/lessons/blintro.htm

RootsWeb Guide to Tracing Family Trees

http://rwguide.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

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Sites for Locating People:

AnyWho
http://www.anywho.com/

People Search
http://pipl.com/

Whitepages
http://www.whitepages.com/

Whowhere
http://www.whowhere.com/

Zabasearch
http://www.zabasearch.com/

Sources for Online Family Trees:

Ancestry
http://www.ancestry.com/

GeneaNet
http://www.geneanet.org/

We Relate
http://www.werelate.org/

WikiTree
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Main_Page

WorldConnect at RootsWeb
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

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