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Sources for Free Blank Forms & Charts

Genealogy Records Service - Follow the link to FREE Forms (See Note)
Family Gathering - Follow the link to FREE Forms (See Note)
Questionaire - Questionaire for gathering Oral History

Note: You must have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print these forms.

Census Records

1790 - 1840 Census - What's in these Census Records
1850 - 1910 Census - What's in these Census Records
Census Abbreviations - Census and Soundex Relationship Abbreviations
1880 Soundex - How to read the 1880 Soundex Card
1900 Soundex - How to read the 1900 Soundex Card
Guide - Beginner's Guide to the U.S. Federal Census
Volga Villages - Guide to 1775 & 1798 Census Reports of Volga Villages from AHSGR

Social Security Information

Frequenty Asked Questions - Social Security Numbers, SS-5 Forms, etc.
Social Security Administation - Information on Social Security Numbers
SSDI - Search the Social Security Death Index database at Ancestry
SSDI - Search the Social Security Death Index database at Kindred Konnections

Glossaries & Dictionaries

Olive Tree - Obsolete Occupation Terms
Genealogy Terms - Dictionary
Human Languages Page - Links to over 1600 language related sites on the Internet
Language Tools - Translators, English Dictionary, Thesaraus, etc.
Language Translators - English, German, French, Russian, Spanish, Arabic
Times Union - Deciphering Old Handwriting
Babynamer - Origins and meanings of 18,000 first names
Names - Nicknames and naming traditions
Origin of Names - Surname Histories

Medical, Diseases, Epidemics, etc.

NGS - AMA Deceased American Physicians information
John DuLong - Genetic Disorders, Databases, and Genealogy
Epidemics - Epidemics in the US, 1657 - 1918
US GenWeb - Epidemics Worldwide, 1657 - 1918
1918 Flu Epidemic - Historical article
Hartmont - Old diseases and their modern definitions
National Inst. of Health - History of Medicine Division
Olive Tree - Glossary of Diseases
Paul Smith - Archaic Medical Terms for Genealogists

Land Records

Land & Property Research - Primer Course
Land Survey on the Great Plains - Explanation of Terms
Land Grants - Legal Land Descriptions in the USA
Deeds - Legal Terms in Land Records
Townships & Ranges - Graphical Description

Immigration Information

American Immigration - Reasons for Immigration, Treatment of Immigrants
Castle Clinton (Castle Garden) - Immigrant landing depot prior to Ellis Island
Ellis Island - Ellis Island Foundation Web site
Sources of Information - German and American Sources for German Emigration to America
Immigrant Ships - Descriptions of Ships that brought Immigrants to America
Ships of our Ancestors - Pictures of ships from Paul Peterson

Genealogy Research Methods

Genealogy Classes - Free Genealogy Classes Online
Genealogy Classes - International Internet Genealogical Society University
Helm's - Genealogy Toolbox
LDS Family History Centers - Tutorial on How to Use them
LDS Family History Centers - U.S. Research Outlines
Terry Morgan - An Introduction to the Family History Centers
NGS - Standards for Sound Genealogical Research
NGS - Standards for Using Records Repositories and Libraries

Religious Denominations
Where to Find Directories of Church Locations

Church Online - Links to many church denomination home pages
American Baptist Church - Web Site
Anglican Catholic Church - Web Site
Assemblies of God - General Council of the A/G - Assembly of God - USA
Catholic Encyclopedia - Selectable topics
Christian Church - Disciples of Christ home page
Church of Christ - National Council, Churches of Christ in the USA
Episcopal Synod of America - Web Site
EKD (Germany) - Protestant Church in Germany
Evangelical Free Church of America - Web Site
ELCA - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
ELCA - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives
Evangelical Methodist Church - Web Site
Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod - Web site
LCMS, Concordia Historical Institute - Missouri Synod church history and archives
Lutheran Archives - Sangamon County, Illinois
Methodist Archives and Research Centre - Manchester, England
Methodist Archives - Church history, ministers, missionaries, traditions
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) - Web Site
Seventh Day Baptist Church - Web Site
Southern Baptist - Web Site
UCC - United Church of Christ
United Methodist Church - Web Site
United Methodist Church - General Information
United Methodist Church - Archives and History Center
WELS - Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

Sources for New & Used Books
Genealogy and Local History

ABE Books - Database of used books from over 2000 dealers
AHSGR - Books about Germans from Russia
Amazon Books - New books of all categories, order online from a selection of 3.2 million book titles
Bibliofind - Database of used books from over 1700 dealers
Blairs Book Service - Reprints of out of print family and local history books
Frontier Press - Genealogical and Historical Books
Higginson - Reprints of out of print family and local history books
Interloc - Out of print and used books from hundreds of dealers
Powells Book Store - Large selection of new and used books, Order online


This page last modified: Tuesday, December 1, 1998