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Richard Weigel

| Informational Websites | Database Websites | Comprehensive Websites |
| Family Websites | Mailing Lists |

Informational Webites
http://www.555-1212.com or http://www.switchboard.com
  Web directory to find relatives and unusual surnames.
http://vitalrec.com
  Information on obtaining birth and death certificates by state.
http://familytreemaker.com
  Links on doing genealogy, interviewing, gravestone rubbing, Libraries and Archives, etc.
http://www.genealogy.com/links
  Helpful links.
http://onlinegenealogy.com
  The Journal of Online Genealogy, May 2000 issue features family search site details and articles on using technology to involve young people in genealogy.
http://www.burgoo.com
  Contains tips for beginners, Warren County tax lists and census, KY links, maps, and cemeteries.
http://www.nara.gov
  The National Archives site. An excellent place to find census information.
http://www.kinquest.com/genealogy/resources/citydir.html
  Website for City Directories from the Library of Congress.

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Database Websites
http://familysearch.com or http://familysearch.org
  Mormon Library site.****
http://www.ancestry.com
  This site contains a search engine and the Social Security Death Index of surnames. The site charges for many of the databases.
http://www.genealogy.com
  This Website contains the Social Security Death Index, as well as help links and the SiteFinder search engine.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/gen_web.html
  Contains links on genealogy resources of individual states, Irish genealogy, etc. For Kentucky resources, go directly to http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/kentucky.html
http://rootsweb.com
  This site contains the Social Security Death Index. You may also post surnames to a list.
http://surnameweb.org
  Contains many surname resources.
http://findagrave.com/tocs/geographic.html
  Allows you to conduct a grave search by state.
http://distantcousin.com/Links/ships
  This Website is linked to ancestry.com, and contains a surname index to some passenger lists.
http://members.aol.com/rprost/passenger.html
  This site contains many links on passenger ships.
http://members.aol.com/kygenweb/kyquer.htm
  Allows you to view posted queries on Kentucky genealogy by county.
http://webpagememories.com
 

A good place to find war service links. Use this page for WWI, WWII, etc.

http://rootsweb.com/roots-l/civil_war.html
 

A Civil War site.

http://usgenweb.com

 

Tips for beginners, census index lists microfilm rolls by state, tombstone project lists by state and county, with search engine.

http://ultranet.com/~deeds/landref.htm

  Links to information on land records.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~lineage

  Lineage Researcher Pages.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary

  Contains an obituary database. Most of the obituaries are recent.

http://ukcc.uky.edu/~vitalrec

  Kentucky Marriage, Divorce, and Death Records; contains search engine.
http://www.state.tn.us/health/vr/index.html
  Tennessee Birth, Marriage, Divorce, and Death Records.
http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/
  Ellis Island information.

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Mailing Lists

KY roots
  Send e-mail with message SUBSCRIBE KY ROOTS and your name to:
listserv@lsv.uky.edu
KY research
  Contains information on records and settlements, but no queries.
Send e-mail with message SUB KYRESEARCH to:
maiser@rmgate.pop.indiana.edu
Rootsweb User Mailing Lists (by country)
  http://lists.rootsweb.com

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Comprehensive Web Sites
http://cyndislist.com
  Contains over 95,000+ genealogy links.
http://yahoo.com/arts/humanities/history/genealogy
  Contains numerous genealogy links.
http://genealogyhomepage.com
  Individual family links and "What's Really New in WWW Genealogy Pages."
http://www.acpl.lib.in.us
  (Allen County Public Library (Indiana) site. Includes their genealogy resources and some databases, such as Galenet Biography and Genealogy Master Index.
http://www.cyndislist.com/royalty.htm
  Links on royalty, nobility, heraldry, etc.

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Family Websites
http://booneinfo.com/
  A Website for Boone family Ancestors and Descendants.

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Created by Richard Weigel for the BellSouth Library Internet Workshop
April 19, 2001
E-mail: Richard.Weigel@wku.edu

 
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