Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Genealogy Links

Below are links to genealogy websites compiled by Technical Services Librarian Brenna J. Corbit and can be found on the Yocum Library Useful Links site.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints - A database from the world's largest genealogy organization https://www.familysearch.org/

USGenWeb Project - Volunteer genealogical websites for every state and county in the U.S http://www.usgenweb.org/

Rootsweb - Free genealogical resources from Ancestry http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

Cyndi's List - A directory of genealogical sources on the Internet http://www.cyndislist.com/

Interment - Cemetery transcriptions http://www.interment.net/

Ellis Island - Port of New York immigration ship's manifest records http://www.ellisisland.org/

Obituaries - Newspaper obituaries from the US and Canada

Berks County, Pennsylvania Genealogy - A large online collection of Berks County records http://berks.pa-roots.com/

Berks County Courthouse Register of Wills - Indexes to wills, marriages, deaths and births http://www.co.berks.pa.us/Dept/RegWills/Pages/Genealogy.aspx

Berks County Courthouse Prothonotary - Indexes to immigrations and naturalizations http://prothy.co.berks.pa.us/search_genealogical/

Berks County Genealogical Society - Church, cemetery, immigration, government, maps, and military records http://www.berksgenes.org/

The Historical Society of Berks County, Henry Janssen Library - Indexes to church, cemetery and military records http://www.berkshistory.org/library/

Berks County Recorder of Deeds - Online indexes and images of deeds, mortgages, etc. http://www.co.berks.pa.us/Dept/Deeds/Pages/OnlineRecordsSearchInstructions.aspx