FREE DOWNLOADS
 Ancestors: Charts and Records
Free ancestral chart downloads. Must have or install Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Ancestry Corner Forms
Free form downloads.
Cyndi’s List - Supplies, Charts, Forms
Genealogy-Mall’s Free Form Downloads
*Family Group Records
*Pedigree Chart
*1790 Census Form
*1800 Census Form
*Soundex Card Form
Kindred Konnections
Download Kindred Konnections Genealogy Program
Relationship Chart
An interactive, electronic chart for calculating family relationships. Also has links for other relationship charts.
Alien Registration Records, 1940-1944
American Names - Declaring Independence
A very interesting article by the INS.
Ancestor News Resource Center for Beginning Internet Genealogy
Not just for “newbies.” Check their back issues for articles of interest.
Beginner’s Guide to Austrian-Jewish Genealogy
Beyond the Veil, Using LDS Resources to Discover Your Ancestors
Biography Outline
This is a site that has questions you can send to family or even use to start a biography on yourself.
Brief History of Social Security
Changing Immigrant Names
A very interesting article by the INS explaining some of the reasons our ancestors surnames changed. Also gives individual name-change stories found letters in to the INS.
Chart for Calculating “Cousins Removed”
Cousins Explained
Cousins - What are they Really?
Cumberland Family Software
Family History Software for Beginners and Professionals
This is a Shareware site. You can try their programs for 45 days.
Department of Justice FOIA Reference Guide
This site will answer your Freedom of Information Act questions. There is a link you can use to obtain copies of forms that you will need.
Federal Judiciary Homepage
Information and links for the US Federal Judiciary system.
Finding Roots on the Web
Genealogical Page at the Library of Congress
Local History & Genealogy Reading Room
Genealogical Research on Slovenian Roots from Abroad
GenHelp - Genealogy Help at Your Fingertips
Free online articles and genealogy courses.
Help Me! I Don’t Know Where in Poland My Ancestors Were From!
How to Begin Genealogical Research
How to do Croatian Genealogy
How to Donate Published Genealogies to the Library of Congress
HOW TO FIGURE A BIRTHDATE
Suppose the person died May 6, 1889, at the age of 71 years, 7 months, 9 days.
1. Write the year, month, day as: -----------> 18890506
2. Subtract the age at death: ----------------> 710709
3. This gives the figure: -------------------> 18179797
4. Now subtract 8870: --------------------------> 8870
5. The result is: --------------------------> 18170927
Year 1817, 9th month (Sept), 27th day or 27 Sept, 1817
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Source: Platte Co, MO Historical/Genealogical Society
How to Make an FOIA Request
How to Obtain a Copy of a Marriage License in the U.S.
How to Start My Search for Ancestors?
HOW TO USE JEWISHGEN’S SHTETLSEEKER TO FIND YOUR TOWNS
(reprinted with permission from contact Joanna Polanski) Thank you Joanna.
Go to this internet site: ShtetlSeeker
Enter the name of the city/village/town you are searching for.
Select the Country in the browse box (Poland, Ukraine, etc.).
Select whether you do or do not have Multilingual support on your computer.
Press search.
Find: Example: Suwalki 5406 2256 N Poland 150.7 miles NNE of Warsaw.
Click on the coordinates to go to MAPQUEST where you can get a map of Suwalki that is printable. You will have to play with the zoom in/zoom out features to find a map that suits your needs.
OR you could write down the coordinates and continue on.
Press "Back"
Clear the spaces.
Enter the lat/long which would be: 54 06 22 56.
Put your cursor in the first box, then type in the number of degrees "54."
Now press your TAB key to get to the next box for the number of minutes North "06."
Tab to the next for the degrees "22' and minutes "56" EAST.
Click on the underline phrase "distance."
Select 30 miles on the browse box for distance. Recognize this changes "the miles from Warsaw" to "the miles from the town coordinates you entered." In this case miles from Suwalki.
NOTE: If you are confident of the first letter of the name of the Village, you could limit your search by entering the first letter into the "Search for towns that begin with" box.. For example, "H."
Click on search.
You will find a list of all towns beginning with the letter "H" that "have been listed with this Shtetl site" and that are within the 30 miles radius.
You have found:
Hultajewo 5416 2258 N Poland 11.6 miles N. Click on the coordinates to access a map through MAPQUEST.
NOW go "Back" and put in the letter "P." Press search and you will find:
Podsumowo 5416 2258 N Poland 11.6 miles N
Podmacharce 5358 2313 N Poland 14.7 miles SE
Podumbyay 5402 2339 V Lithuania 29.4 miles E
By clicking on the coordinates you will find access through MAPQUEST to maps of the area you chose.
By zooming in you may find what route it is near to. By zooming out you find what other larger towns it is near.
SAVE these instructions and you can go here anytime and work the site yourself. Don't forget to mark the original address to your favorite list.
This is a great source and one does not have to be researching Jewish ancestry to benefit from the work that has been done here.
Hungarian Ancestry: Beginning Your Research from America
Interviewing Mom and Grandma: Oral History Tips  2/16
An article by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack to help in obtaining oral history from relatives.
The Julian and Gregorian Calendars
LDS Family History Centers - Worldwide
Locate the Your Closest Famiy History Center. You can view census records, historical society periodicals, CDs, microfilm, microfische, death rolls, birth rolls, ect. View census records from the 1600s through 1920 for the US. They will help you learn how to research. They have passenger lists and records from many other countries.
Toll Free Telephone Number: 1-800-346-6044 for Canada & USA
NARA - Genealogical Research
Note: New Fee Schedule Effective 11/13/00
NARA - Deaths of US Citizens in Foreign Countries 2/16
NARA - Passport Applications
NARA has passport applications from October 1795 - March 1925; the US Dept. of State has passport applications from April 1925 to the present.
NARA Soundex Site
Type in a surname, it will give you the Soundex Number Code.
Netiquette
Learn the “do’s and don’ts” of communicating online.
Newsletter of USIGS
The United States Internet Genealogical Society
October 15, 1998 Topics:
•Heritage and Lineage Societies
•Genealogy and Interlibrary Loan Services
•Meet Don Dale
•Ancestors of Yesterday
•DOs and DON'Ts of Using E-mail Lists
•How Many List Subscribers Does It Take?
•7 More Genealogy Tips
Relationship Chart
Researching Passenger Arrivals in the United States
RootsWeb’s Guide to Tracing Family Trees
Social Security Administration and Genealogy - FAQ
Social Security Administration’s Guide to Freedom of Information Act Requests
Slovak and Rusyn Roots; Getting Started
Soundex Calculator
Surname to Soundex Code
Tina's Research Tips
TOPICS:
Census Records
Citizenship Documents
Departure Records
Genealogical Societies
How to Get Your Ancestor's Papers from the Immigration and Naturalization Service
Mail Lists
Military Records
Religious Records
Social Security Records
Ten Useful Tips for Polish Genealogical Research
Tracing Your Roots
This is from the Polish American Cultural Center website. There are forms that can be printed so you know where to begin with your research.
U.S. Federal Census Schedules
Details the information available on each census from 1790-1900.
Using Social Security Records for Genealogy
What’s New in Genealogy Today
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