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© 2002-07 AFHS
30 Aug 2007
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Mining Online Resources - V
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 WildRose
Seminar - October 2001
by Judith Rempel, AFHS Webster
Top Ten - Researching
a Place - Researching a Name
- Researching a Record - Toolkit
- Getting Started - Other
Good Stuff
See also Computer Special
Interest Group
The Top Ten
- Alberta Family Histories Society
- 2,000 links to reviewed/recommended resource sites; (90% of
data is for Alberta)
- Ancestry.com
- largest commercial genealogical resource with approximately
3,500 databases online (2-3 go online daily); 80% are US, but
Canadian census materials are increasing
- Canada Data: Canadian Genealogical
Projects Registry (AFHS) - links to 10,000 Canadian data sources
- Cyndi's List - most
comprehensive collection of genealogical links (ca. 107,000) and
well organized (hosted by Ancestry.com)
- FamilySearch.org
- the internet arm of the largest genealogical source in the world
(LDS)
- GenWeb - covers almost
every country on the earth with genealogical tips, links and/or
data
- Google
- a search engine without parallel
- National Archives of Canada
- charged with collecting Canada's history & actively adding
to it's online data collections
- National
Library of Canada - to locate details about all Canadian publications
(including out of print or rare ones)
- Rootsweb.com - largest
grassroots genealogical data warehouse; not easily navigated,
but has millions of important nuggets
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Provincial Archives - list by National Archives of Canada
- Other Important sites hosted by Ancestry.com: AOL Genealogy
Forum, FreeBMD, Genealogy.org, Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild,
Obituary Daily Times, Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness, USGenWeb
Project, WorldConnect, WorldGenWeb Project, plus thousands of
Historical or Genealogical Societies and personal websites
Researching a Locality (Place)
General Maps
Street Maps
Surname Maps
Geographically Focussed Genealogical Guides
Other Sources of Locality Clues
Researching a Name
Gedcom Files Online
Collections of Personal Information
Engine Searches
When you conduct a search, play with advanced features to narrow
out the unwanted hits. Try:
surname + family
surname + locality
suranme + religion
Genealogical Society Member Research Interests
Surname-Clubs/Forums/Lists
Looking for a Vital (Birth or Death) or Other Record
Barriers - Birth and Marriage records are seen as very private
because peson may be alive for 80 or 60 years after record is created.
Official Archive or Vital Registry Office
Immigration and Passenger Ship Records
Census Records
Military Records
Searching for the Right Genealogical Tool
Software
Getting Started With Genealogy AND the Internet
Other Good Stuff
Newsletters
Talking Genealogy
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