Helpful Research Sources
Part 1 - Art, Books, Libraries, Search Engines, Television
- Peery
Art & Book Shop - Genealogy and Family History Books -
AMAZON.COM, Private Publishers, Rare Books. Fine Art.
- Libraries -
LDS Family History Library (FHL); LDS Historical Department; The Library
of Virginia (LVA).
-
W3 Search Engines - Comprehensive search links to the Internet
- University of Utah Engineering Computer Center - Gopher, FTP, Veronica,
Jughead - More!
- Search
Engines - (World Wide Web) - Alta Vista, Lycos, Switchboard,
WebCrawler - Search multiple databases together: InfoMarket (IBM),
NlightN.
- FAST search for
people, businesses, more: names, addresses, telephone numbers.
- Starting Point FAST search
for point-to-point maps (with zoom), mileage distance, road directions; local
services. This is a significant Web site. Try your address to any other
address and see for yourself. LOADED!
- Television -
PBS Ancestors series 1997 (9 programs). NBC News Special Report:
Exploring Your Roots (April 1999)
Part 2 - Significant Genealogy Web Sites
- Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites
on the Internet - Puyallup, Washington - Comprehensive, with
29,050 links and cross-referenced in 29 categories. Indexed - Countries -
Heraldry - Libraries - Maps & Geographical Information - Newsgroups &
Mailing Lists - Ships & Passenger Lists - Surnames, Family Associations
and Family Newsletters. Over 3 million visitors to this site since March
4, 1996.
-
Genealogy in Manchester and Salford, England - Manchester,
England - British Genealogical Sites - General UK Sites.
- Genealogy
Resources on the Internet - Virginia - Compilation of
genealogy-related resources that includes mailing lists, FTP, newsgroups,
Telnet, Gopher, WWW, and e-mail.
- Generations
Northwest Home Page - Oak Harbor, Washington - Beginning research;
LDS Family History Library; calendars; Washington State resources; genealogy
databases; 90 genealogy icons.
- Helm's Genealogy
Toolbox - Savoy, Illinois - Overview; what's new; search; guides; surnames &
family data; groups & associations; area-specific; ethnic sources; news/series;
libraries; software; heraldry; web projects (GEDCOM to HTML conversion programs;
pedigree chart program).
- Ireland's Eye -
Belfast, Ireland - A new weekly online magazine published by Appletree
Press, Ireland's leading publisher of Guides and Gift books. A
growing resource: Irish travel, tradition, history and culture. - Tracing
Your Irish Roots - And Get the "Gift of Gab - The Irish Art Slide Show -
Eat, Drink, Sleep (Pubs, B&bs, recipes) - Where to Visit (castles, houses,
gardens, museums) - Tradition (names, heritage, history). - Bookstore.
- The National Genealogical
Society (NGS) - Arlington, Virginia - Founded in 1903 in District
of Columbia. Since 1985, headquartered at Glebe House, Arlington, VA. A
non-profit organization in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Over 14,000
members nationwide. Various programs, publications and services: Library,
quarterly journal, bi-monthly newsletter, home study course. Special
reference material. Mike St. Clair maintains NGS Web site.
- Rand Genealogy Club
(RGC) - Los Angeles, California - A forum for RAND (research &
analysis of public policy) employees to discuss genealogy. They share the
hobby of tracing family trees. Everyone, however, is welcome to submit
information. - Roots Location List (RLL) - Roots Surname List
- Soundex Converter - Links to extensive reference and
historical information; religious/ethnic/religious groups; family
trees & histories; newsgroups & lists; libraries & societies; U.S.
reference information; U.S. Civil War; miscellaneous (adoption,
gravestones, maps, media, photo preservation, publishing, reunions) -
Highly Recommended Links - ROOTS-L Mailing List (9,647 subscribers)
- 3,401 other mailing lists - The Internet's Oldest And Largest
Genealogy Resource
- US GenWeb Project
Part 3 - Emigration of Scotch/Irish, Palatine - Colony
Settlements
-
1700's Scotch/Irish Emigration - Table of Contents - Introduction
- The Scots - The Scots in Ireland - The Emigration to the Colonies - Pioneer
Life - Settling the New Nation.
- Washington
County, Maryland - MDGenWeb - County Index.
- The Great
Palatine Migration - to Washington County, Maryland. -
Introduction - The Source of Migration - The Palatinate - The Times - The
Emigration Routes: 1) The Palatinate to The Netherlands, 2) England, 3) The
Bond - The Palatine Colonists.
- Germanna Foundation
- The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, Inc.
- Chalkley Online
- Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlements in Virginia - Extracted from
the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745-1800 - Complete in
Three Volumes - by LYMAN CHALKLEY. This new online presentation of the
complete three volumes is under development. Volume 1 is now available.
- Richlands
News-Press/Clinch Valley News Online - Regional Sites covering
Tazewell County/Towns, Tazewell County Genealogy, Southwest Virginia Promise, Crab
Orchard Museum and Pioneer Park, Pocahontas Exhibition Mine and Museum -
Educational Institutions - Commonwealth Connections - Gateway Virginia -
Visit Virginia - Columbia Clinch Valley Medical Center - Coal Industry
Newspaper.
Editor - Peery Family
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