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Archive for April, 2007

Maps for research and documentation.

Posted in ACME Mapper, MapQuest, Multimap, National Geographic, Terra Server, Tiger Maps, Topozone, U.K. Street Maps, USGS, Yahoo Maps, ZABA on 30 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Several folks asked about finding cemetery locations, old homesteads, etc. this week. There are a number of very good mapping websites available at no cost. Here are some of my favorites:
Topozone — If you are familiar with USGS or topographic maps, you’ll love this site
ACME Mapper — You [...]

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Libraries on the web

Posted in BLM Land Patents, BRB Publications, Family Genealogy History Education Directory, Google, Google Books, US Veteran Gravesite Locator, Utah Digitial Libraries, Utah Historical on 29 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »

As we explore the vast family history resources now available on the Internet, let’s look at state and federal government and public library websites. These websites are often full of links to digitized records both in their own facility and in other public libraries.

The list below is just a sampling of family [...]

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New views – new tools

Posted in FamilySearch, Immigrant Servants on 28 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »

There were several new resources published on the web recently…
Pedigree Resource File – Pedigree View
The LDS Church has made a needed update to the Pedigree Resource Files viewed on FamilySearch. As you recall, the Pedigree Resource Files replaced the older Ancestral File program. Unfortunately, even though the data in these files [...]

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Find-a-grave and other fun

Posted in Find-a-grave on 27 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »

A tale … a cemetery tale…
There is a wonderful way to do cemetery research for your own family and repay others who kindly help you in that quest…
If you haven’t visited find-a-grave yet, do so. See if you can find a burial listing and maybe even a headstone photo of [...]

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Tools and Digital Newspapers

Posted in BYU Family History Resources, Digital Collections, Family Searcher, Transcript, Utah Digital Newspapers on 26 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Here are a few tools and sites that I’ve found to be extremely useful.
If you haven’t previously downloaded the free ‘Family Searcher‘ program, try it. I think you’ll like this tool written by Kevin Owen. The screen is split top and bottom… the top half will look at a GEDCOM file of [...]

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Weblinks – Sources and Danish Census

Posted in Alta Vista, Clusty, Danish Census, FreeBMD, Legacy on 26 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Here are the family history website links for the day.
Source examples from Legacy Family Tree
Search Engines: In my experience, both AltaVista and Clusty seem to find the most relevant family history links.
While you are looking for Primary Sources in England, be sure to check out FreeBMD…. [...]

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Death Certificates on line

Posted in Birth Certificates, Death Certificates, Faststone Image Viewer, RootsWeb, US Genweb on 26 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Several states have death certificates on line with no associated cost. Check them out if you have family / ancestors who died in the range of years covered by the certificates. Note that many states have birth / marriage and death indexes for free too….
I’ve printed death certificates [...]

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