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Jewish Genealogy Research Outline
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Tracing Immigrant Origins Research Outline
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Getting Started

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Finding Your Ancestors on the Web
Handy Online Starting Points - Cyndi s List
How To - Cyndi s List
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How to Write a Successful Query
Intro to Family History Research (Online Course)
Introduction to Genealogy Lesson
Where to Begin RootsWeb.com

How-To Guides

Family History Internet Education Directory
Family-Reunion.com for planning reunions
How To - Cyndi s List
How To Tutorials & Guides - Cyndi s List
How to Write a Successful Query
Preserving and Protecting Photographs
Searching for Female Ancestors Select Bibliography

Organizing Your Research

Organizing Your Research - Cyndi s List

Reunions

Adoption Reunion Registry
Family-Reunion.com - Plan the perfect family reunion
Reunions - Cyndi s List

Using the Internet and Computers

Finding Information on the Internet
How to Write a Successful Query
HTML Basics
Internet Sources - A Case Study
Personal Ancestral File (PAF) Tutorial
Windows Basics

Writing & Publishing Your Family History

Family History Publishers, Inc.
Genealogy Electronic Citation Guide
Genealogy Family Histories & CDs - Genealogical.com
Heritage Makers Online Publishing System
Memory Catchers family history pubisher
Preserving Memories with Stories & Photos Publisher
Printing & Publishing Your Family History Book
Self Publishing Expert - Creative Continuum
Writing Your Family s History - Cyndi s List

Adoption - Cyndi s List
Ancestry.com Learning Center
Citing Sources - Cyndi s List
Family History Internet Education Directory
Female Ancestors - Cyndi s List
Kids & Teens - Cyndi s List
Medieval - Cyndi s List
Oral History & Interviews - Cyndi s List
Photographs & Memories - Cyndi s List
Preservation & Conservation - Cyndi s List
Preserving and Protecting Photographs
Research Guidance v2.0
TempleReady - Providing Ordinances
Timelines - Cyndi s List
Travel & Research - Cyndi s List

Queries

How to Write a Successful Query
Queries & Message Boards - Cyndi s List
Queries - Cyndi s List
USGenWeb links to state queries

Reunions

Adoption Reunion Registry
Family-Reunion.com - Plan the perfect family reunion
Reunions - Cyndi s List

Surnames Personal Homepages

AccessGenealogy Free Online Surname Books
Family-Reunion.com - Plan the perfect family reunion
Genealogy Buff - surname research tools
OneGreatFamily
Personal Home Pages Index - Cyndi s List
Surname Navigator multiple database search
Surname Search - RootsWeb
Surnames Family Associations & Family Newsletters Index - Cyndi s List

Writing & Publishing Your Family History

Family History Publishers, Inc.
Genealogy Electronic Citation Guide
Genealogy Family Histories & CDs - Genealogical.com
Heritage Makers Online Publishing System
Memory Catchers family history pubisher
Preserving Memories with Stories & Photos Publisher
Printing & Publishing Your Family History Book
Self Publishing Expert - Creative Continuum
Writing Your Family s History - Cyndi s List

Adoption - Cyndi s List
Timelines - Cyndi s List
Travel & Research - Cyndi s List
Web Rings for Genealogy - Cyndi s List

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

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Genealogical Word Lists

All FHL Genealogical Word Lists
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International Dictionaries

Free Translation Online
LEO English-German Dictionary
Online translator by WorldLingo
Translation Dictionaries (Spanish French Italian)
yourDictionary.com

Letter Writing Guides

All FHL Letter Writing Guides
Czech and Slovak
Finland
French
German
Italian
Polish
Portugese
Spanish

Abbreviations Definitions Glossaries (Genealogy.com)
Archaic Medical Terms
Bouvier Law Dictionary
Dictionaries & Glossaries (Cyndi s List)
Dictionaries - Public Record Finder.com
Dictionary.com (English)
Diseases and Medical Terms - Cyndi s List
Fraternal abbreviations
Gravestone symbol-abbreviation meanings
Occupations Old and New
Oxford English Dictionary Online

Calendar for every year
Calendar history
CIA World Factbook of Nations
Clothing & Costumes - Cyndi s List
Encyclopedia.com from Electric Library
Money - Cyndi s List
Online Encyclopedia - LoveToKnow
Perpetual Calendar
Roman Numeral and Date Conversion
Weights & Measures - Cyndi s List
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Events and Activities

Events & Activities - Cyndi s List
Family History Library Classes
Family-Reunion.com - Reunion Registry
Genealogical Institutes
National and Local Genealogical Conferences

For Further Reading

Handbooks Manuals etc

Education Tutorials Online Courses & Tapes

Ancestors PBS TV series
education classes & conferences
Education - Cyndi s List
Finding Your Ancestors Tutorial
templeready - providing ordinances for ancestors
University and Home-Study Courses
Video & Audio Tapes - Cyndi s List

Family History Library Publications

A Guide to Research (FHL Publication)
Discovering Your Family Tree Guide
Forms and Worksheets
Jewish Genealogy Research Outline
Letter Writing Guides (Czech French etc)
Maps (FHL Publications)
Reference Documents
Research Help Document Types Explained
Research Helps - By Document Type
Research Helps - By Place
Research Helps - By Subject
Research Helps - By Title
Research Helps by Document Kind
Research Outlines
Resource Guides
Step-by-Step Guides
Tracing Immigrant Origins Research Outline
Word Lists (Czech Danish Dutch etc.)

Getting Started

Beginners - Cyndi s List
Finding Your Ancestors on the Web
Handy Online Starting Points - Cyndi s List
How To - Cyndi s List
How To Tutorials & Guides - Cyndi s List
How to Write a Successful Query
Intro to Family History Research (Online Course)
Where to Begin RootsWeb.com

How-To Guides

Genealogy Electronic Citation Guide
How To - Cyndi s List
How To Tutorials & Guides - Cyndi s List
How to Write a Successful Query
Preserving and Protecting Photographs

Organizing Your Research

Organizing Your Research - Cyndi s List

Reunions

Family-Reunion.com - Plan the perfect family reunion
Reunions - Cyndi s List

Using the Internet and Computers

Finding Information on the Internet
Genealogy Electronic Citation Guide
How to Write a Successful Query
HTML Basics
Internet Sources - A Case Study
Personal Ancestral File (PAF) Tutorial
Windows Basics

Writing Your Family History

Genealogy Electronic Citation Guide
Preserving Memories with Stories and Photos
Writing Your Family s History - Cyndi s List

Adoption - Cyndi s List
Ancestry.com Learning Center
Citing Sources - Cyndi s List
Female Ancestors - Cyndi s List
Kids & Teens - Cyndi s List
Medieval - Cyndi s List
Oral History & Interviews - Cyndi s List
Photographs & Memories - Cyndi s List
Preservation & Conservation - Cyndi s List
Preserving and Protecting Photographs
Research Guidance v2.0
TempleReady - Providing Ordinances for Ancestors
Timelines - Cyndi s List
Travel & Research - Cyndi s List

Publications Tapes and Supplies

Family History Library Publications

Discovering Your Family Tree Guide
Forms and Worksheets
Guide to Research (FHL Publication)
Helps by Document Kind
Jewish Genealogy Research Outline
Letter Writing Guides (Czech French etc)
Maps (FHL Publications)
Reference Documents
Research Help Document Types Explained
Research Helps - By Document Type
Research Helps - By Place
Research Helps - By Subject
Research Helps - By Title
Research Helps by Document Kind
Research Outlines
Resource Guides
Step-by-Step Guides
Tracing Immigrant Origins Research Outline
Word Lists (Czech Danish Dutch etc.)

Books - Cyndi s List
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Scrapbooks - Cyndi s List
Supplies Charts Forms Etc. - Cyndi s List
Video & Audio Tapes - Cyndi s List -

Queries and Message Boards

Queries & Message Boards - Cyndi s List
Queries - Cyndi s List

Reunions

Adoption Reunion Registry
Family-Reunion.com - Plan the perfect family reunion
Reunions - Cyndi s List

Software CD-ROMs Computers and Scanners

CDs at FHL

FHL Catalog Search by CD-ROM author
FHL Catalog Search by CD-ROM call number
FHL Catalog Search by CD-ROM title

CD-ROMS - Cyndi s List
GEDCOM - Cyndi s List
Scanners - Cyndi s List
Software & Computers - Cyndi s List

Adoption - Cyndi s List
Citing Sources - Cyndi s List
Female Ancestors - Cyndi s List
Finding People - Cyndi s List
Genealogy Electronic Citation Guide
Humor & Prose - Cyndi s List
Kids & Teens - Cyndi s List
Medieval - Cyndi s List
Myths Hoaxes & Scams - Cyndi s List
Oral History & Interviews - Cyndi s List
Personal Home Pages Index - Cyndi s List
Travel & Research - Cyndi s List
Web Rings for Genealogy - Cyndi s List -
Writing Your Family s History - Cyndi s List

Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook of Nations
Fuzzy Gazetteer
Gazetteers - Cyndi s List
Geographic Thesaurus (worldwide)
Links to online gazetteers
Mapping changing boundaries of Europe
Place Names on the Internet (World & Nations)
World administrative divisions
Worldwide Directory Towns - Hotel Reservations

Gentics DNA & Family Health

DNA Tests and Testers
Family Tree DNA genetic genealogy test
Genetics, DNA & Family Health - Cyndi's List
Sorenson Molecular DNA Genealogy Foundation SMGF

Handwriting

Alphabets (Cyndi s List)
Deciphering old handwriting lesson - Treasure Maps
English Handwriting 1500-1700 An Online Course
German Gothic Handwriting Resource Guide
Handwriting & Script (Cyndi s List)
Old Handwriting Styles - Gen. Soc. of Finland
Omniglot A-Z index of all the writing systems
UK National Archives Palaeography tutorial

Heraldry

International Heraldry of Cities

Language and Languages

Abbreviations

Abbreviations - Cyndi's List
Fraternal abbreviations
Gravestone symbol-abbreviation meanings

Genealogical Word Lists

All FHL Genealogical Word Lists
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Hungarian
Icelandic
Italian
Latin
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Spanish
Swedish

International Dictionaries

Free Translation Online
Graesse, Orbis Latinus - Latin Place Names
Latin-English Dictionary
LEO English-German Dictionary
Online translator by WorldLingo
Translation Dictionaries (Spanish French Italian)
yourDictionary.com

Letter Writing Guides

All FHL Letter Writing Guides
Czech and Slovak
Finland
French
German
Italian
Polish
Portugese
Spanish

Translators Online

AltaVista - Babel Fish Translation
Free Translation Online
Online translator by WorldLingo

Beginners' Latin Manual
Languages & Translations (Cyndi s List)
Oxford English Dictionary Online

Maps

Ancestry.com - Historical Maps - Ancestry.com
David Rumsey Historical Collection 15,800 maps
Find a map Expedia.com
Historical Maps (all kinds)
ICC Cartoteca World Maps
LC Map Collections Home Page
MapQuest
Maps - Cyndi s List
Multimap.com - Online Maps to Everywhere
Topographic Maps online
Yahoo! (MapQuest)

Names Personal

American 18th and 19th Century Nicknames
Did names change at Ellis Island
Etymology and History of First Names
Medieval Names Archive
Names Personal - Cyndi s List
Names & Naming Practices
World Surname Frequency Finder for Many Nations

Postal and Shipping Guides

FRANK'S COMPULSIVE GUIDE TO POSTAL ADDRESSES
Postcode lookup links and Address, Language, info
Zip Codes and Country Codes of the World (For Your International Correspondence)

Social Life and Customs

Clothing & Costumes - Cyndi s List
Hats in History
Recipes Cookbooks & Family Traditions - Cyndi s List

Software and Computers

Software Download Sites

Personal Ancestral File Free Downloads
Tucows Downloads best software
ZDNet Downloads - Download shareware freeware demos and more
[DaveCentral] - welcome to DaveCentral Software Archive

Software & Computers - Cyndi s List
whatis.com

Tools and Helps

Learning Tools

Education Tutorials Online Courses & Tapes

Ancestors PBS TV series
education classes & conferences
Education - Cyndi s List
Finding Your Ancestors Tutorial
templeready - providing ordinances for ancestors
University and Home-Study Courses
Video & Audio Tapes - Cyndi s List
WorldCat Focus on Genealogy [OCLC]

Family History Library Publications

A Guide to Research (FHL Publication)
Discovering Your Family Tree Guide
Forms and Worksheets
Guide to Research (FHL Publication)
Helps by Document Kind
Jewish Genealogy Research Outline
Letter Writing Guides (Czech French etc)
Letter-Writing Guides (Czech Finnish French etc.)
Maps (FHL Publications)
Reference Documents
Research Help Document Types Explained
Research Helps - By Document Type
Research Helps - By Place
Research Helps - By Subject
Research Helps - By Title
Research Helps by Document Kind
Research Outlines
Resource Guides
Step-by-Step Guides
Tracing Immigrant Origins Research Outline
Word Lists (Czech Danish Dutch etc.)

Getting Started

Beginners - Cyndi s List
Finding Your Ancestors on the Web
Handy Online Starting Points - Cyndi s List
How To - Cyndi s List
How To Tutorials & Guides - Cyndi s List
How to Write a Successful Query
Intro to Family History Research (Online Course)
Where to Begin RootsWeb.com

How-To Guides

Genealogy Electronic Citation Guide
How To - Cyndi s List
How To Tutorials & Guides - Cyndi s List
How to Write a Successful Query
Preserving and Protecting Photographs
Searching for Female Ancestors Select Bibliography
WorldCat Focus on Genealogy [OCLC]

Organizing Your Research

Organizing Your Research - Cyndi s List
Organizing Your Stuff

Reunions

Family-Reunion.com - Plan the perfect family reunion
Reunions - Cyndi s List

Using the Internet and Computers

Finding Information on the Internet
Genealogy Electronic Citation Guide
How to Write a Successful Query
HTML Basics
Internet Sources - A Case Study
Personal Ancestral File (PAF) Tutorial
Windows Basics

Writing & Publishing Your Family History

Family History Publishers, Inc.
Genealogy Electronic Citation Guide
Genealogy Family Histories & CDs - Genealogical.com
Heritage Makers Online Publishing System
Memory Catchers family history pubisher
Preserving Memories with Stories & Photos Publisher
Preserving Memories with Stories and Photos
Printing & Publishing Your Family History Book
Self Publishing Expert - Creative Continuum
Writing Your Family s History - Cyndi s List

Adoption - Cyndi s List
Ancestry.com Learning Center
Citing Sources - Cyndi s List
Female Ancestors - Cyndi s List
Genealogy Electronic Citation Guide
Kids & Teens - Cyndi s List
Medieval - Cyndi s List
Oral History & Interviews - Cyndi s List
Photographs & Memories - Cyndi s List
Preservation & Conservation - Cyndi s List
Preserving and Protecting Photographs
Research Guidance v2.0
TempleReady - Providing Ordinances for Ancestors
Timelines - Cyndi s List
Travel & Research - Cyndi s List

Reference Tools

Family History Library Publications

A Guide to Research (FHL Publication)
Discovering Your Family Tree Guide
Forms and Worksheets
Guide to Research (FHL Publication)
Jewish Genealogy Research Outline
Letter Writing Guides (Czech French etc)
Letter-Writing Guides (Czech Finnish French etc.)
Maps (FHL Publications)
Reference Documents
Research Help Document Types Explained
Research Helps - By Document Type
Research Helps - By Place
Research Helps - By Subject
Research Helps - By Title
Research Helps by Document Kind
Research Outlines
Resource Guides
Step-by-Step Guides
Tracing Immigrant Origins Research Outline
Word Lists (Czech Danish Dutch etc.)

Biography Assistant
Birth Date Calculator
Calendar for every year
Calendar history
CIA World Factbook of Nations
Currency Converter (Universal)
Dictionaries & Glossaries - Cyndi s List
Genealogy Electronic Citation Guide
How Much Is That Worth
Inflation Calculator
Kinship Charts - Cyndi s List
Measuring Worth - Relative Value in US Dollars
Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds
Perpetual Calendar
Refdesk.com
Relationship Chart
Roman Numeral and Date Conversion
Scriptures
Soundex Converter
Timeline Creator
World Timeline by the History Channel

Search Tools

FamilySearch Internet Search for Ancestors

All Resources Search
Ancestral File Search
Census Search
International Genealogical Index Search
Pedigree Resource File
Vital Records Index Search (Scandinavia and Mexico)
Web Sites - Search Family History Web Sites

Search Engines

About Search Engines

Finding Information on the Internet
Introduction to Search Engines
Search Engine News & Headlines
Search Engine Ratings And Reviews
Search Engine Showdown - Users Guide to Web Searching

Genealogy Search Engines

List of Genealogy Sites

Barrel of Genealogy Links
CompuServe Roots Forum & Eastman Newslette
Cyndi s List of Genealogy Sites on the In
Cyndi s List of Genealogy Sites on the Int
Eastman s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Everton Publishers Online Search
Family Chronicle Top 10 Genealogy Website
Family Chronicle Top 10 Genealogy Websites
Family History Archive digital books search
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
Genealogy Home Page What s New
Genealogy Home Page
Genealogy Resources on the Internet Maili
Genealogy Resources on the Internet Mailin
Genealogy.com Genealogy SiteFinder
GenSource I Found It!
Helm s Genealogy Toolbox
Mike St. Clair Home Page - Family History
MSNBC - Genealogy front
WorldGenWeb Project
Z Links (zroots.com)

Ancestry.com - Site Search
Cyndi s List - Search It!
Cyndi s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Family History Archive digital books search
Family Tree Magazine s Genealogy SuperSearch
Family Tree Searcher
FamilySearch Internet - Search All Resources
GenCircles Ancestor Search
Genealogy Buff Search Engine
Genealogy Search Engines (part of Cyndi s List)
Genealogy Super Serach (GenSource)
Genealogy.org Site Search
GenSource I Found It Genealogy Web Directory
Internet Family Finder (Genealogy.com)
Internet Sleuth Genealogy Search Engine Directory
JewishGen Site Search
MultiGen - Search Multiple Genealogy Databases
RootsWeb.com Metasearch
Webified Genealogy
Yahoo! Genealogy Search

Other Popular Search Engines

AlltheWeb.com
AltaVista
Ask Jeeves - Ask.com
Dogpile. Unleash the power of meta-search!
Excite
Google
HotBot Web Search
Jayde.com - The B2B Search Engine
LookSmart
Lycos Home Page
Netscape Search
Northern Light
Popular search engines
Search.com
WebCrawler Index - WebCrawler
Yahoo!