Research Sites for Genealogy and Family History

by

Jerry Merritt

for

West Florida Genealogical Society

Links to PowerPoint presentations given to the WFGS are here.

LDS Family History Web Site

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp

Family Search Learning Center

https://familysearch.org/learn

LDS Beta Site

https://www.familysearch.org/

WorldConnect

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi

GenForum

http://genforum.genealogy.com/

Heritage Quest – just enter your Santa Rosa library card number to enter.

http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/login/barcode?aid=13599

Rootsweb Archives Search Engine

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search

The Official Federal Land Records Site (BLM)

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

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/

Online Military Indexes & Records

http://www.militaryindexes.com/

Ellis Island Genealogy

http://www.cleaningservicenewyorkcity.com/new-york-city-ellis-island.html

Social Security Master Death Index

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=ssdi/search_ssdi.asp&clear_form=true

County Formation Maps and Other Stuff

http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps.html

U.S. Board on Geographic Names

http://geonames.usgs.gov/

Genealogy By State

http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/History-Family/State-Genealogy.shtml

Digital State Archives

http://www.digitalstatearchives.com/home

Google Books Search

http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search

Access Genealogy

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/

Find a Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/

Linkpendium

http://www.linkpendium.com/

Search Early Newspapers

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/

Florida Historical Collections & Spanish Land Grants

http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/

Florida Confederate Pension Application Files

http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/PensionFiles/

Search Early Georgia Newspapers

http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/MediaTypes/Newspapers.html?Welcome&Welcome&Welcome&Welcome

Georgia's Virtual Vault

http://content.sos.state.ga.us/index.php

Moving to America - History of Immigration in the U.S.

http://www.myguysmoving.com/article-moving-to-america

Sites Specializing in African American Genealogy

AfriGeneas

http://www.afrigeneas.com/

U.S. GenWeb Project Home Page

http://usgenweb.org/

· Escambia County, FL GenWeb Site

· http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~flescamb/index.htm

· Santa Rosa County, FL GenWeb Site

· http://www.db229.com/

· Walton County, FL GenWeb Site

· http://www.fl-genweb.org/how/walton/walton.htm

· Baldwin County, AL GenWeb Site

· http://www.algenweb.us/baldwin/index.html

· Escambia County, AL GenWeb Site

· http://www.algenweb.us/baldwin/index.html

· Mobile County, AL GenWeb Site

· http://www.algenweb.us/mobile/

Quick Connections to Other Sites

Related to Local Genealogy

Pensacola Public Library

http://www.cityofpensacola.com/library/

Pensacola Historical Society

http://www.pensacolahistory.org/

UWF Special Collections

http://library.uwf.edu/About/SpecialCollections/index.cfm

West Florida Photo History

http://palmm.fcla.edu/wfp/