Sources Useful for Many Searches
A large collection of genealogy sources https://www.familysearch.org/
Free online genealogical courses https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/home.html
Genealogical sites for every state and county in the U.S. http://www.usgenweb.org/
Free genealogical resources from Ancestry http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
A directory of genealogical sources http://www.cyndislist.com/
Berks County Resources
A large collection of Berks County records http://berks.pa-roots.com/
Berks County Genealogical Society http://www.berksgenes.org/
The Historical Society of Berks County http://www.berkshistory.org/library/
Berks County Register of Wills (wills, marriages, deaths, births)
http://www.co.berks.pa.us/Dept/RegWills/Pages/Genealogy.aspx
Berks County Prothonotary (immigrations, naturalizations, divorces) http://prothy.co.berks.pa.us/search_genealogical/
Berks County Recorder of Deeds (deeds & mortgages) http://www.co.berks.pa.us/Dept/Deeds/Pages/OnlineRecordsSearchInstructions.aspx
Historical Maps and Locators
Overlays of current maps with historical maps http://www.historicmapworks.com/
A digital collection of historical maps http://www.davidrumsey.com/
Library of Congress Maps http://www.loc.gov/topics/maps.php
A finding aid to obtain enumeration districts for census records 1880-1940 http://stevemorse.org/census/index.html
Searchable surname distribution map of Poland http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/
Immigration
Ellis Island http://www.ellisisland.org/
Free Census Records
U.S. 1940s census http://1940census.archives.gov
Ireland 1901 & 1911 http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie
Death Records
Recent Obituaries http://www.legacy.com/ns/obitfinder/obituary-search.aspx
Cemetery transcriptions http://www.interment.net/
Cemetery transcriptions and photos http://www.findagrave.com
Country & Translation Aids
Google Translate http://translate.google.com/
Latin Words and Phrases
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/key-words-and-phrases-in-latin-records/21
German Research https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/results.html?fq=place%3A%22Germany%22
German Script
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/german-script-tutorial/91
German Handwriting / Kurrent Pt. 1
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/reading-german-handwritten-records-lesson-1-kurrent-letters/69
German Handwriting / Kurrent Pt. 2
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/reading-german-handwritten-records-lesson-2-making-words-in-kurrent/70
German Handwriting / Kurrent Pt. 3
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/reading-german-handwritten-records-lesson-3-reading-kurrent-documents/71
Researching Hispanic Heritage
http://genealogy.about.com/cs/hispanic/a/ancestry.htm
Spanish Script Tutorial
https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/spanish-script-tutorial/92
Searching En Espanol
https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/results.html?fq=languages%3A%22Spanish%22
Irish Research
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/results.html?fq=place%3A%22Ireland%22
Italian Research
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/basic-italian-research/246
Polish Research
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/results.html?fq=place%3A%22Poland%22
Russian Research
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/results.html?fq=place%3A%22Russia%22
http://racc.edu/Yocum/UsefulLinks/genealogy.aspx
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Recommended Web Sites!
- Internet Public Library . The “Reading Room” is interesting. Books, magazine, journal links and much much more.
- File Extension Resource. Ever wonder what those extensions mean on a file? Check this site out for thousands of extensions, what they mean, and what programs open them
- The Purdue University Online Writing Lab ...MLA guidelines in research papers, and citing all sources from a single book to government ...
- New York Public Library's Digital Gallery provides free and open access to over 640,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.