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| General Genealogical Websites |
Family Search
Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) web site. A computerized system of genealogical information that helps researchers identify their ancestors and organize family history information.
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USGenweb
County-by-county access to genealogical information - always an important way to search. Easy to use. Logical
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World Genweb
o Wide variety of what is available at each site. Some have volunteers who have packed the site with raw data; others have only minimal information. Can change frequently. Keep checking back. Typical topics included on the sites: queries, surname lists, general information on the county and its resources, e.g. courthouse hours, free look-ups, sometimes how to subscribe to a mail list for that county.
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Genweb Archives
Actual documents, databases. Also check out Statewide material. Example: USGenWeb Archives – NY- State Files – Prisons
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Rootsweb
A vast clearinghouse of genealogical data
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Worldconnect
Index to thousands of gedcoms, some of which you can download.
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Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild
Listing of ship passenger lists
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Obituary Daily Times
Listing of fairly current obituaries
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Kris Kuhn Krumm’s amazing personal page
Links to cemeteries in Ohio with actual photos of tombstones in cemeteries.
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Cyndi’s List
Largest site for finding genealogical web pages by general topics – hundreds of thousands of links listed
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Ellis Island
Ellis Island records from 1892 to 1924
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Ohio Historical Society
Ohio Historical Society’s various databases, including Ohio death certificates.
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Center for Archival Collections
Center for Archival Collections at Bowling Green State University. Includes listings of northwest Ohio newspapers, church records, manuscripts
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Lucas County, Ohio Probate Court
This web site gives information about Lucas County, Ohio
-Birth records
-Death records
-Marriage records
-Estates and will records
-Birth registrations and corrections
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Google
Best search engine for the web. Try your names. Put in quotes, add location, to cut down on hits (e.g. “Lucy Keeler” Fremont Ohio)
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Ohio Mayflower Society
The Ohio Mayflower Colony is part of a national group, the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, who enjoys history and fellowship and tracing ancestry to those who crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower.
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Arcalife.com
Arcalife.com is an online community that allows members to securely store and share life experiences, events, stories, family tree, family history, and genealogy research. arcalife not only provides unique services to capture and showcase your family’s history, but also provide a user-friendly, feature-rich environment for social networking, scrapbooking, and information sharing to enhance day-to-day connectivity.
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| Subscription Internet Resources |
Ancestry Library Edition
Hayes Presidential Library has a paid subscription. You must be in the Library to use this service.
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HeritageQuest Online
Library has a paid subscription. Census record images from 1790 to 1930 for the entire country. Over 25,000 family and local histories. Join the Hayes Presidential Center and have access to Heritage Quest Online at home. HPC members at individual plus ($45) level can log on to the Heritage Quest web site by typing in their member number and password. If you subscribed to Ancestry at home, it would be over $100. You can join online at the http://www.rbhayes.org/membership.htm
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New England Historical and Genealogical Society’s web site
Hayes Presidential Library has a paid subscription.You must be in the Library to use this service
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| Library Catalogs |
BGLink
Searches BGSU and Hayes Presidential Center
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OhioLink
Searches all of Ohio’s public universities’ libraries, including BGSU and
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Fort Wayne, Indiana Library Catalog
Fort Wayne, Indiana’s huge genealogy library catalog
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Worldcat
A massive catalog to books and other materials worldwide, but mostly in the United States. Free to public.
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| Personal Genealogical Programs |
Roots Magic
Roots Magic (formerly Family Origins). Easy to use, inexpensive, flexible, good support. Available for purchase at the Hayes Museum Store
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Family Tree Maker
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Personal Ancestral File
Mormon (LDS) program – Can be downloaded for free from their web site: Click on “Order Family History Resources”, then “Software Download”
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