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... Archives
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Dutch/Swedes 1609-64
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Delaware Place Names
Delaware Role WWII
Washington 1777 Army
Hist of DE 1609-1888
Delaware GenWeb:
... New Castle
... Kent, Sussex
Downstate DE Gen Soc
Other DE Repositories
Nearby State/Co Links
Other Databases::
DE Newspaper Project: Extant issues
DE Libraries (free):
HeritageQuest:
. census,20K books
. PERSI, RevWar
. PA Gaz(1728+)
. AccessibleArchives Univ. of Delaware:
. Old DE Newspapers
. Orphans 1790-1830,
. Tax1798/CityDirectory
UD Newspaper Images:
BrooklynEagle1841-1902
Cecil Whig 1870-74
CO/MO/UT State
.. Newspapers 1859+
Student-Only Databases
. but can use at UD:
Accessible Archives:
.. 1700s-1800s
African-AmerNews1800s
America's Historical
Newspapers 1690-1876
Ancestry Library Edition
LondonTimes1785-1985
ProQuest Hist. News:
. NY Times 1851-2003
. WallStJour1889-1989
Other Newspapers:
By state; Indexes;
Library of Congress Newspaper Pay Sites: GenealogyBank($70/yr):
.PhilyInquirer1860-1922
.1,300 others, more
NewspaperArchive.com,
Godfrey Scholar($35/y):
19th Century News, EBSCO
Professional Research
.. BCG: Certification
.. APG; DGS
Other Resources:
Cyndi's List
US GenWeb: Search
LDS: Library Catalog
.... Family Search
LDS Images (in Beta Test):
Projects: Now, Future, Done
Volunteer Indexing
Eastman Letter Review
Other Useful Links:
G oo gl e; MapQuest, ancestry.com,
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GENEALOGY ON THE WEB

Places to start your search ...
Cyndi's List- Exceptional!
over 236,000 links in 150 categories to all that's genealogical
USGenWeb - State Links; Search GenWeb Archives
a direct route to almost every U.S. county,
Latter-day Saints church: Ancestor Search (includes IGI),
Library Catalog and other resources

Web Gateways (by category):
Delaware; Surrounding Counties and States: MD, PA, NJ, VA
Regional and National; International
Miscellaneous; Search and Query
Surname Searching and Genealogical Queries 4/13/03
  • Delaware: DGS Members Queries: over 600 queries; Delaware Families 1787-1800: 2,395 names, E-mails
  • DEGenWeb: NC, KT, SX; DE Surname Web pages
  • All: Rootsweb: Single Lineage - up to 1851, Surnames, Engines; RAND: Search by location;
  • Family Tree Maker: FamilyFinder; Ancestry: Search; U.S.: Surname Distribution 1850-1990, Names 1990

    Searchable Databases 4/21/04
  • Ancestry and Genealogy.org both free and fee-based (e.g. PERSI)
  • U.S.: Social Security Death Index or SSDI - updated monthly; NARA: Irish Famine, etc, Federal Land Sales
  • Death Indexes/Records by State; Kentucky: Deaths (1911-86) and Marriages,
  • Illinois: 1815-80 Land Sales; Civil & Spanish-Amer War Vets; GenSoc; Marriages 1763-1900
  • Maine: York Co Court 1686-1760, Marriages 1892+; Michigan: 1870 Census Index/Images [free]
  • Misc. scanned images: 1812 military bounty land, census, DC Naturalize, postal


    Newsletters, Newsgroups and Software 8/19/04
  • Eastman Letter (weekly) - simply the best electronic newsletter (searchable): also software reviews
  • Newsgroups; RootsWeb: Subscribe: Search all or subscribe to Lower Delmarva (List FAQ),
    New Castle Co or Chester Co PA: must put "subscribe" as only message with no signature file Libraries 10/28/04
  • Delaware- search catalogs of all Delaware public libraries - Univ of DE; Winterthur, Hagley
  • Library of Congress: Catalog - almost like searching for any book ever published
  • State Libraries: - searching the state libraries of the U.S.; e.g. DE, MD, ME, NJ, PA, VA
  • National Union Catalog: where to find hard-to-find books,
  • Latter-day Saints' Family History Library Catalog - world's largest genealogical library
  • Allen Co IN - 2nd biggest U.S. genealogical library; Swarthmore Quaker, Chicago Newberry
  • Other Libraries - on-line full text of classic books and magazines; DAR in D.C.

    Miscellaneous Genealogical Topics 4/17/04
  • 20 Ways to Avoid Grief in Genealogy (bad link): research, records, etiquette basics, Dear Myrtle, Internet
  • National Genealogical Society: standards for research and using repositories;
  • Hiring a Professional: For Delaware; Association of Professionals; Certification, Find a Certified Genealogist
  • U.S. National Archives: Microfilms, holdings, hours, Census Clues, 1890 Census; FGS, LDS
  • Basic Info: Ancestry: For Beginners, How To; BYU Couse; Genealogy Dictionary
  • Genealogical Terms: Abbreviations1, Abbrev#2, Tombstones, Tombstone Rubbings
  • Names: patterns#1, patterns#2, Nicknames#1, Nicknames#2, Name Origins,
  • Skillbuilding, Shaking Family Tree
  • Family Oral History: Questions1; Questions2; Tips; Radio;
  • Native Americans, Land Research;
  • Transcribing: Reading Old Handwriting; Old English Handwriting; a diary; Alphabet
  • Using Genealogy Data: GENViewer publishing CD, GEDbrowser converts from GEDcom, GED-IT
  • Genetics: DNA Sampling; Archaic Medical Terms: Diseases: #2, #3
  • Colonial: Mayflower, "Witches", Immigrant Origins, Occupations: #2, #3, #4
  • War (Revolutionary): Pensioners, Cornell Making of America
  • War(Civil): LSU: battles, soldiers, maps, diaries, Rosters
  • Other Records Vital Records where to get; Old Photos, Inflation; State Bios
  • Immigration: New York City, Ellis Island
  • Link lists: Cyndi's List, RootsForum(Eastman), SiteFinder, Gateway, Audiotape, Gen Items on eBay
    Comprehensive guides to genealogical resources on the web
  • New York NYG&B: Heritage Quest on-line access for members
  • New England (NEHGR; MA Vitals,Rev.War Pension 1829-37): NEHGS, Savage: "First Settlers", "Corrections"
    Maine: Archives, Gen Soc; MA: Archives, Essex: Salem Deeds; Suffolk
    NH Archives, HistSoc & Lib, SocGen, GenWeb, Hampton Surnames 1638-1892

    General Searches 4/15/03
  • Ecola Newsstand - On-line newspapers and archives, USA Today, GenSource - genealogy specific
  • G oo gl e, AltaVista, Teoma, Lycos, Dogpile, NorthernLight, Yahoo - major search engines
  • People: WhoWhere, PeopleFinder, Switchboard - get phone numbers and E-mail addresses

    • America Weeps



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