Copies of the slides for both Spring courses are available on this website. Click on OGC's Documents. Websites for Beginning Genealogy Basic Free Search Websites Basic Pay Sites www.oakgenclub.org www.ancestry.com (note some free) www.Google.com www.heritagequest.com * www.familysearch.org Fold3.com usgenweb.org www.Newspaperarchive.com germanroots.com www.americanancestors.org DAR website www.californiaancestors.org *Heritage quest
signin with library card: Heritage
Quest Sonoma Library For use in class To find additional websites for a specific location or topic Books and newspapers Immigration also: ellisislandrecords.org also: www.castlegarden.org Place names over time Cemeteries In Europe http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org/ (location of names) Translation Google Translate Compiled genealogies Living people ancestry.com free (US Public Records Index) Genealogy on the Internet OCLC – Spring 2012 Recommended Websites (Go to oakgenclub.org, click on the left where it says, “Genealogy Course Websites”) Session 1 – Basics Used during session: Primary websites mentioned during Session 1: Websites that offer research help: familysearch.org/learningcenter – Research Helps rwguide.RootsWeb.com – Roots Web’s Guide to Tracing Family Trees Websites that lead to other websites: cyndislist.com most comprehensive linkpendium.com good for surnames liveroots.com consolidated search of many websites Important free websites Family Search sites familysearch.org (primary) familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp (old site) usgenweb.org/ State and county information stevemorse.org/ Search Ellis Island and Castle Garden records Online Death records, online Birth & Marriage records Online military records findagrave.com (volunteers recording and photographing tombstones) maps.n2genealogy.com/ County formation maps digitalstatearchives.com/ What’s available in state archives services.dar.org/public/dar_research/Search DAR membership genealogies Library of Congress newspapers (1880-1920) Books on-line: lib.byu.edu/fhc for Family History Center books Books.google.com Google Books Session 2 – Names and Collateral Searches Used during session: HeritageQuest – with library card Heritage Quest Login for Sonoma Library Primary websites mentioned during Session 2: Topic – Important subscription ($$) websites ancestry.com (available at Sonoma County Library)
Fold3.com (military records) (available at LDS library) HeritageQuest – at home with library card Heritage Quest Login for Sonoma Library newspaperarchive.com (old newspapers) americanancestors.org (New England Genealogical Society) californiaancestors.org (California Genealogical Society) Session 3 – Places, immigration, and European research Used during session: http://sites.google.com/site/onlinedirectorysite/ Primary websites mentioned during Session 3: Topic – What county is a specific town in? Use Google Or resources.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi What county was a location in on a specific date? Topic – Mapping locations and features (e.g., streams, mountains) US Geological Survey – US primarily, some foreign geonames.org/ – Basic site geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic - Includes historic sites Getty Institute – US and foreign names http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/index.html - City Directories http://sites.google.com/site/onlinedirectorysite/ Topic – Immigration information Ellis Island direct records (1892-1954) - ellisislandrecords.org Castle Garden (1855-1890) - castlegarden.org Best search routine for these and other immigration records is National archives have some records on Russia/Ireland/Germany/Italy at And some German records are at germanroots.com Topic – Stories of immigration Library of Congress www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/ FamilySearch Wiki https://familysearch.org/learn (limited) Who Do You Think You Are? www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are/ Topic – Europe Research (http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org/) Session 4 – Google, Family Trees, and other interesting things Used during session: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com Primary websites mentioned during Session 4: Topic – Free Ancestry www.searchforancestors.com/ancestryfreebies.html Topic – Google Page 1 includes searches of the web, images, videos, and news Click on “more” and find books, scholar, blogs Click on “even more” and find translate and alerts, also how to set up desktop Topic – Family Trees Best site is free and is found at WorldConnect wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com Ancestry.com also has some interesting databases
Topic – Mailing Lists and other Volunteers Mailing lists can be a great source of information and contacts Go to rootsweb.com. Under Mailing Lists click “Find a List Search” Topic – Forms and charts familysearch.org (Under Start “Your Family History”) rootsweb.com (Go to Charts and Forms) Topic – Living People 411.com (living people – national white pages) zabasearch.com (more on living people) Topic – Local resources Sonoma Library (particularly Genealogy Annex) sonoma.lib.ca.us for on-line catalog Genealogy annex (behind library on 3rd street) is open Wed-Sat 10-4
Santa Rosa Family Historic Center (order films for a cost, some information free) 1725 Peterson Lane (West Santa Rosa, off Guerneville Road) Monday-Wednesday, 1-5; Thursday, 9-5; Saturday 9-1 Closed July 4 week, Thanksgiving week, 12/18-1/1 and holidays
Oakland Family History Center (a regional library with much more than here) 4766 Lincoln Avenue (Oakland) Tuesday-Wednesday 10-9; Thursday-Saturday 10-4
Sutro Library (part of the California State Library System) library.ca.gov/collections/index.html#sutro to see holdings “Largest genealogical library West of Salt Lake City” Moving, will reopen in late May at San Francisco Statecatalog.libary.ca.gov for on-line catalog
California Genealogical Society (pay site) calgensoc.org to get information Good for California information
National Archives, San Bruno archives.gov/pacific/san-francisco/index.html to see holdings
California State Library, Sacramento library.ca.gov/calhist/genealogy.html to see holdings Shares on-line catalog with Sutro |