What You'll Find on Page 2
- The Great Depression Collection at Footnote
- Useful Information
- ~ The Joy of Genealogy & Family History ~
- A Little Detective Work
- Learn to "dig" for information
- Not much info to go on here
- Genealogical Value of Death Certificates
- World Vital records International Collection
- Soundex? What's a Soundex?!
- Old newspapers ~ a great source of information!
- Charts
- Who Are You To Me?
- Free Trials & Special Offers from Footnote
- 5 Generation Chart
- Free P.A.F. software
- What are you waiting for?
- Find the Missing Documents!
- DNA
- What is DNA testing for Genealogy?
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- Related Items on eBay
- Genealogy Related Books Offered on eBay
- Historical Books on eBay
- What do you love about genealogy?
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Useful Information
- Live Roots Genealogy Search Engine
- Live Roots assists with locating genealogical resources, including both online and other types which may require assistance from another researcher. Genealogists use Live Roots to find vital records and original publications, share opinions about online repositories and learn more about tools availa
- CinnamonToast Genealogy
- Genealogy explorer - browse by surname or by region.
~ The Joy of Genealogy & Family History ~
A Little Detective Work
Learn to "dig" for information
Perhaps one of the most frustrating situations is when you finally find a headstone, hoping to get the birth & death information...the only dates are the years.
Who puts just the years?!
Well...don't worry. It will take some digging but you can find the information by looking at the death certificate.
BUT warning! The information was only as good as the informant knew. Sometimes the dates are wrong. Just use it as another tool and also verify the information from two other sources.
Verifying information by other sources is always a good idea any way.
Who puts just the years?!
Well...don't worry. It will take some digging but you can find the information by looking at the death certificate.
BUT warning! The information was only as good as the informant knew. Sometimes the dates are wrong. Just use it as another tool and also verify the information from two other sources.
Verifying information by other sources is always a good idea any way.
Not much info to go on here
Genealogical Value of Death Certificates
World Vital records International Collection
Soundex? What's a Soundex?!
For me, one of the most confusing parts of research is the Soundex.
"an index based on phonetics, with consonants being assigned one of six numbers, and the surname being converted to a four-character code" -- How Stuff Works - Genealogy
"Use of the 1920, 1910, 1900, and 1880 censuses - usually the first used by beginning American genealogists - are aided by a unique microfilmed card index to some of them. It is known as the Soundex. In it surnames are coded from the way they sound rather than how they are spelled.
The Soundex code consists of a letter (always the first letter of the surname) and three numbers." -- RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees
On Robert Ragan's website, he offers some wonderful information in PDF format. (You'll need to install the Adobe Reader to view it.)
How to Read an 1880 Soundex Card
Guide to Soundex Abbreviations
Below is a sample of a Soundex Card. Notice the information contained and how it is listed:
"an index based on phonetics, with consonants being assigned one of six numbers, and the surname being converted to a four-character code" -- How Stuff Works - Genealogy
"Use of the 1920, 1910, 1900, and 1880 censuses - usually the first used by beginning American genealogists - are aided by a unique microfilmed card index to some of them. It is known as the Soundex. In it surnames are coded from the way they sound rather than how they are spelled.
The Soundex code consists of a letter (always the first letter of the surname) and three numbers." -- RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees
On Robert Ragan's website, he offers some wonderful information in PDF format. (You'll need to install the Adobe Reader to view it.)
How to Read an 1880 Soundex Card
Guide to Soundex Abbreviations
Below is a sample of a Soundex Card. Notice the information contained and how it is listed:
Old newspapers ~ a great source of information!
Charts
Who Are You To Me?
To save this image, right click with your mouse, "save as", remember where you saved it on your computer, I suggest your Desktop for easy location.
Once saved you can print it.
Once saved you can print it.
Free Trials & Special Offers from Footnote
- Navy Survivor's Certificates
- Search and browse original documents and images from the Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans (Navy Survivors' Certificates), 1861-1910.
- Search Small Town Newspapers
- Search thousand of Small Town Papers rich in historical information used by genealogists and historians. Find names, obituaries, births, news articles and more.
- FBI Case Files
- Search and browse original documents and images from the Investigative Case Files of the Bureau of Investigation 1908-1922.
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Access everything, including millions of documents not available anywhere else on the web. - Historical Military Pictures and Photos from WWII & Vietnam : Footnote.com
- Footnote has military pictures and photos from World War II and Vietnam. Browse military pictures or upload your own.
5 Generation Chart
To save this image, right click with your mouse, "save as", remember where you saved it on your computer, I suggest your Desktop for easy location.
Once saved you can print it.
Once saved you can print it.
There is no Historic spot that grips our Hearts and stirs our sympathies as does a Burial Ground. It is not only because it is in itself a land-mark, set apart with established boundaries for a fixed purpose, but that it is the tie that links us to those who have gone before us, and a symbol of the immortality that is our hope. -- Estella Bradburn Fisher, Memorial Day May 30, 1930 address given at Erie Street Cemetery for the National Society New England Women, Cleveland Colony.
Free P.A.F. software
(Personal Ancestral File)
Download this FREE software genealogy and family history program. PAF allows you to quickly and easily collect, organize and share your family history and genealogy information. There is also a free chart companion. (This is a safe & virus free site.)
What are you waiting for?
Find the Missing Documents!
DNA
What is DNA testing for Genealogy?
DNA at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree
In interviews conducted at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree in Burbank, California, Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak and Diahan Southard discuss the current and future use of DNA in genealogy. Trace Your Roots with DNA: Using Genetic Tests to Explore Your Family Tree, Megan's latest book (co-authored with Ann Turner, M.D.), has been featured in Newsweek, The New York Times, on NPR, and in the Book of the Month Club. Megan is chief family historian with Ancestry.com and a principal in RootsTelevision.com. Diahan Southard is a molecular genealogist with Sorenson Genomics. Interviews were conducted and filmed at the 2007 Southern California Genealogy Jamboree in Burbank, California by Jim Killeen and the folks at GoogleMe. A special thank you to Snehal Patel for putting this together.
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- Susan52 Susan52 May 18, 2008 @ 7:02 am
- Terrific idea and clever navigation to "page 2" as well!
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