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Top Genealogy Websites for Research - Fhexpo 2013

Top Genealogy Websites for Research

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Top Genealogy Websites for Research - Fhexpo 2013

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  1. Top Ten 21st CenturyGenealogy Websites Thomas Jay Kemp Director of Genealogy Products GenealogyBank.com Family History Expos 23 February 2013

  2. Ancestry.com

  3. Ancestry.com • Essential Tool – Mission Critical • Ancestry – FamilySearch – Pinterest - Facebook • ‘Permanent’ record sites • Makes it fun & easy • Put your family history here • Begin with first generation where the couple have both passed away • Put everything you know about the family online • Hold nothing back • Photos, documents • Encourage your relatives to participate • Your tree can’t be changed

  4. Facebook.com

  5. Facebook.com • Essential Tool – Mission Critical • Ancestry – FamilySearch – Pinterest - Facebook • ‘Permanent’ record sites • Put your family history online • Essential for children, grandchildren - Magnet for cousins • Photos, documents • Explain why they are essential • Practical; appropriate • Connect with your extended ‘living’ family

  6. Facebook.com

  7. Family Photos, Clippings

  8. Robert & Abigail (Haskell) Starbird

  9. Garcelon.Free.fr

  10. Garcelon site

  11. Site included scans of original documents

  12. FamilySearch.org

  13. FamilySearch.org • Essential Tool – Mission Critical • Ancestry – FamilySearch – Pinterest - Facebook • ‘Permanent’ record sites • Keep family tree on both Ancestry & FamilySearch – keep both current • Put up everything – sources, photos

  14. FamilySearch.org • 700 Million Digital Images • 2 billion transcribed records • 3 billion searchable name • Census • Federal • State Census: FL, MA, SD, WI • Vital Records • AZ, GA. ID, IL, LA, MI, PA, UT, WV, WA, WI and more • International • Census; Parish Registers; Vital Records

  15. FamilySearch.org

  16. FamilySearch: Family History Bookshttp://books.familysearch.org/ • Your library on demand – 24/7 • 40,000 genealogies & local histories – and growing • Can search on every word • Can download page or complete book • Permanent URL • Books from many libraries, individuals • Can upload your “book” – permanent site

  17. FamilySearch: Research Wikihttps://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page • Essential Tool • Best one-stop source – Tips, How to, Where to • Links to FamilySearch Collections; outside sources • English, German, Spanish, etc. • Books from many libraries, individuals • Like having an on call librarian 24/7

  18. FamilySearch: Research Wikihttps://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page

  19. Find-A-Gravehttps://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page • Essential Tool • Crowdsourced – be a part of it • Also searchable through Ancestry.com • English, German, Spanish, etc. • Books from many libraries, individuals • Like having an on call librarian 24/7

  20. Find-A-Gravehttps://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page

  21. Find-A-Gravehttps://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page

  22. GenealogyBank.com

  23. GenealogyBankwww.GenealogyBank.com • Best source for old newspapers on the planet! • Newspapers – 1690 to Today • Over 6,500 newspapers – All 50 States • Government Documents, Books & Reports • US Serial Set • American State Papers • US Army Register; Navy Register; etc. • Over 219 million obituaries & death records

  24. GenealogyBank.comNewspapers

  25. Discover Your Ancestors in Newspapers

  26. Obituaries

  27. Birth& Marriage Notices

  28. Books.Google.com

  29. Google Book Searchhttp://books.google.com • Millions of books • Over 1 million genealogies & local histories • Can search on every word • Can download book and retain searchability • Permanent URL • Can create your own “library” on Google Books or your own computer

  30. http://books.google.com/

  31. http://books.google.com/

  32. http://books.google.com/

  33. GoogleBook Searchhttp://books.google.com

  34. GoogleBook Searchhttp://books.google.com

  35. GoogleBook Searchhttp://books.google.com

  36. Archive.org

  37. Internet Archivewww.Archive.org • More than 3.9 million books • Over 400,000 genealogies & local histories • Can search on every word • Can download book and retain searchability • Permanent URL • Books from many libraries • Can create your own “library” on your computer • Can upload your “book” – permanent site

  38. www.archive.org

  39. Over 1,600 city directories

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