Searching for Your
Heritage Online
by Robin Nobles
Our individual heritage fascinates most of us. We're interested in our ancestors, in where
they lived, in what wars they fought, and how they got to this continent. More and more
people are working on their family trees. After all, if we don't capture the information
now, it could be lost for future generations. Let's begin at the Best Genealogy Links on
the WWW, where you'll discover links for beginning researchers as well as sites of
interest to the most seasoned genealogists. http://home.earthlink.net/~middleton/topten.html
How about a site that boasts over 23,450 links in over 70 categories? At Cyndi's List of
Genealogy Sites on the Internet, you'll find categories such as Adoption, Asia & the
Pacific, African-American, Cemeteries & Funeral Homes, and even Family Bibles. http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/sites.htm
If any of your ancestors fought in the Civil War, be sure to visit The Electric Cemetery
Home Page: Genealogy, Civil War. Major projects include 8576 Union soldiers buried in
Oklahoma, the 8th Iowa Calvary, and the sinking of the steamship Sultana near Memphis. If
you're new to genealogy, stop by Genealogy Helpers, where you'll find relationship
information about cousins several times removed, or a perpetual calendar that shows every
day of the week from 1753 to 2000. http://www.ionet.net/~cousin/
An Index of Surnames, Native American Genealogy, Canadian Genealogy, Genealogy Newsgroups
and Mailing Lists . . . you'll find it all plus much more at A Barrel of Genealogy Links. http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.html
Visit the Genealogy Home Page where you'll learn how maps can help you trace your family
tree. Learn of upcoming genealogy events, or tips on helping you get started. Do you have
Irish roots, or maybe Italian roots? If so, you'll find resources to help you, as well as
genealogy help in areas such as Polish military history, Scottish ancestry, and Cuban
genealogy. http://www.genhomepage.com/
Discover additional online resources that will help you in your genealogy search at
Genealogy Listservers, Newsgroups, and Special Home Pages. The resources are broken down
by letters of the alphabet, so it's easy to look for specific surnames or areas. http://www.eskimo.com/~chance/
At Treasure Maps, the How-to Genealogy Site, you'll find five steps to getting started on
your family tree, a tutorial on deciphering old handwriting, and a tutorial on U.S.
Federal Census. http://www.firstct.com/fv/tmapmenu.html
Online Genealogical Database Index features a
massive compilation of links to genealogical databases searchable through the Net, and it
is also linked to GenDex, which reportedly has more than two million entries. http://www.gentree.com/gentree.html
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Robin Nobles is a freelance writer whose articles on
surfing the Web are published in six newspapers regularly. She also writes articles about
the Web and Internet in publications such as Internet Newsroom, InfoAlert, WebVantage,
CompuNotes, ChipNET, The Sunshine Post, Bridges Initiatives, and more. She can be reached
at smslady@netdoor.com or through her website: http://www2.netdoor.com/~smslady |
