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Genealogy Websitesgalore

http://genealogy.about.com/b/2010/01/26/two-new-iphone-genealogy-apps.htm?nl=1
This month two nifty new genealogy apps have made their way  iPhone, which I thought some of you might find interesting.

http://www.nbc.com/upcoming-shows/video/clips/seven-stories/1196108/
Who Do You think you are USA. A look at the upcoming series Who Do You Think You Are?--the remarkable true stories of 7 celebrities on journeys to discover their pasts.

http://genealogy.about.com/b/2010/01/19/youre-never-done-learning-genealogy-education-scholarship.htm
Whether you've been researching for two years or twenty, there is always more to learn. To be the best genealogist you can, it is imperative that you keep up with the latest methodology, standards and available records. Plus, there's the benefit of being continually challenged by discussions and interaction with your fellow genealogists.

http://www.ozburials.com/
Australian Cemetery Transcriptions
Headstone Transcriptionse from many cemeteries in New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.

http://www.censusdetective.co.uk
Census Detective
UK Census brickwalls? We are here to help. Free UK Census searches 1841 -1911.

http://londonfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/
London Family History Blog
Our intention is to add any interesting links, books, information, and much more on London Family History, so we can further the information available on London genealogy. We hope you enjoy the read.

http://www.ehow.com/how_5884347_search-census-records-online.html
Search Census Records Online
How to use One-Step Search to make census research easy.

http://looking4kin.ning.com/group/walesgenealogy
Wales Genealogy Network
This group is dedicated to helping people with researching their ancestors in Wales. Can you help by offering tips, suggestions or lookups? Do you have the time and or expertise to help by moderating this group.

http://looking4kin.ning.com/group/irelandgenealogy
Ireland (Irish) Genealogy Network
This group is dedicated to helping people with researching their ancestors in Ireland.

http://looking4kin.ning.com/group/australiagenealogy
Australia (Australian) Genealogy
This group is dedicated to helping people with researching their ancestors in Australia.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/irishmaps.asp
These maps are among the best known and most frequently consulted maps in The National Archives. You can search and download more than 60 different maps depicting plantations, fortifications and townships in Ireland during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. They are among the earliest cartographic representations of Ireland and include the famous map of Hibernia drawn by John Goghe in 1567 (catalogue reference MPF 1/68).

http://www.1911census.org.uk/1939.htm
As war approached, preparations were made to enable a national register to be rapidly compiled and identity cards issued. A National Registration Bill was quickly introduced and royal assent given on the 5th September 1939, just two days after the declaration of war and a few days later it was announced that National Registration Day would be Friday September 29th 1939. Read more,,,,

Genealogy Websitesgalore

Genealogy Websitesgalore

http://www.ehow.com/how_2287574_access-lexisnexisthats-right-lexisnexis.html
Searching Lexis-Nexis for Free
Lexis-Nexis is one of the largest databases on the planet...perhaps as large as Google, itself.  There is endless amounts of information on people -- relatives and ancestors -- in news items, court cases, public records, and so on.  Though it's a high-priced subscription service, there are ways to access Lexis-Nexis for free.  Learn how.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~stithiansopc/
St Stithians Parish OPC
Website of the Online Parish Clerk for Stithians, Cornwall. Comprises transcriptions of available parish records and documents etc.

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=185143
Finding the Social Security Number of Someone NOT Listed in SSDI 
Sometimes you need to know the SSN of a deceased relative in order to retrieve old records, such as a marriage or death certificate.  There are ways to get an SSN even if the death is not recorded in the SSDI database.   Learn how in this article.

http://www.freegenealogytools.com/2009/09/connecting-to-ancestors-at-gencircles.html
Free Genealogy Tools: Connecting to Ancestors at GenCircles 
GenCircles is an enormous genealogical database and look-up tool.  It's not as well-known as some other sources like FamilySearch, but often turns up records that aren't available elsewhere.  Searching for a family member is pretty easy, so this is a site worth a visit.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/power-search.asp?searchType=powersearch
Our DocumentsOnline service features over one million wills proved before 1858 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
There are also millions of other fascinating records, from First World War medal cards to early Irish maps.
You can search DocumentsOnline for free, and a small fee applies to download digitised documents.

http://www.freegenealogytools.com/2010/01/never-before-seen-quite-fantastic.html
Free Genealogy Tools: A Never-Before Seen, Quite Fantastic Genealogy Collection
How often do you get to be one of the very first visitors to a brand new, extensive collection of online genealogy resources? Go visit the new Ancestry and Genealogy Collection.

http://www.antavlor.se/com.html
Tavlia - Genealogical research in Sweden
Find your Swedish ancestor or relative for a very low price!. 

January 08, 2010

Genealogy Websitesgalore

http://genealogy.about.com/od/basics/a/resolutions.htm?nl=1
No more excuses! Let's make this the year that we finally get organized and really work on improving our genealogical or family history research skills. Choose a resolution (or two or three) from the list and have fun!

How to Keep Your Research on Track
Have you ever begun an evening researching Great Grandma Emeline and found yourself browsing online census records for your spouse's family instead? Does a new message board post or other genealogical discovery distract you from what you were doing and send you off willy-nilly in a new direction? For all of you family historians wandering aimlessly from clue to clue here are some tips for pulling everything together and keeping your research on track.

http://genealogy.about.com/od/volunteer/a/indexing.htm?nl=1
Each day, volunteers are sitting down at their computers and giving some of their time to help make genealogical research easier for others by participating in a family history indexing project. Family history indexing is essentially the process of extracting names, dates, locations and other recorded information from digital images of historical documents. This extracted information is then used to create online searchable indexes that can be accessed by anyone online.

http://www.freegenealogytools.com/2009/08/how-popular-are-you-in-family-history.html
How Popular Are You? (In a Family History Sense, That Is)
Ever wonder how popular your family name is?  Probably not, but now that you're thinking about it, why not find out?  Here are the free online tools to do it.

http://letter.ie/0029/
Irish Postcards 1903-1929
Collection of 38 postcards from random people around Ireland - North and South from the early 1900s.

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/283712.html
Create a Biography From Online and Offline Sources
Here's an excellent example of researching a family name with online resources, as well as with library references, to create a fast yet comprehensive overview of a person's life from late-19th, early-20th century records.

http://www.freegenealogytools.com/2009/09/happy-birthday-ancestors.html
Free Genealogy Tools: Happy Birthday, Ancestors in USA
Need to know someone's date of birth?  Whether it's for a family member from long ago, or a friend who's birthday you've forgotten, there are some surprisingly powerful lookup tools that can provide a person's date of birth.

http://www.britishhomechildren.org
British Home Children Descendants
Thousands of impoverished British children were sent by figures such as Dr. Barnardo, Maria Susan Rye, and Annie MacPherson to be placed in rural Canadian farms and homes, as well as to populate and for some to be trained as servants in Australia, Rhodesia, and New Zealand.  Descendants often have no resources to turn to, so this site, created by a BHC descendant, is attempting a massive project to record each and every British Home Child/British Child Migrant sent to the Commonwealth by England.

http://www.northernirelandhistory.co.uk
Northern Ireland History
Includes a detailed history of Ireland and Northern Ireland and also includes a history of The Troubles.

http://danishdemes.org
Danish Demes:  a Regional DNA Project for Danish Americans and Danes around the World
A regional DNA project based at FamilyTreeDNA and open to males and females with a known or near certain origin in Denmark.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4435031_someone.html
Googling Genealogy
There's a right way and an even righter way to search for people on Google, and find information on your family members and ancestors.  This how-to guide offers some great tips.