Henderson County Public Library Volunteers Notes
Updated Aug. 31, 2012
For your information, Google books has changed their search format making it
more difficult to find eBooks on their site. The old search method, Advanced Book
Search, allowed you to search for ebooks by using their search template. The URL
address for the template is http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search . After
finding information about a book, enter the title in the search template. To reduce the
number of results, enter 1 of the following: 1) author, 2) publication date, or 3) ISBN
number in a lower box. Be sure to check the Full view only box .Entering history DuPage
county brought back over 1,800 results. Entering the 1913 as the publication date resulted
in 8 books that met the search terms.
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Updated Internet sites from Wee-Monster.com have been put online.
http://www.gale.cengage.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=000&cf=p&titleCo
de=PIL&type=3&dc=null&dewey=null&id=247745
German Roots: http://www.germanroots.com/
A good resource for German Genealogy on the Internet of Americans of
German Descent. Besides many links for any genealogy research, there are
several sites specifically oriented to German research.
On the right is German Genealogy Resources - a directory of online
resources. The site addresses is http://www.germanroots.com/germanlinks.html.
The site is so massive that you will need to explore every hyperlink. (There is a
Polish site.)
At the bottom of this section is Basic Research Guide for German Genealogy
- for beginning & intermediate researchers includes records in Germany. It is
located at http://www.germanroots.com/outline.html. It has general links and
those specifically for German research.
Under Quick links, are 2 useful sites. Online German Emigration Records &
Lists = http://www.germanroots.com/emigration.html provides links to many
emigration records. Germans to America: Passenger Lists Index =
http://www.germanroots.com/gtoa.html. This site identifies the date and volume
number for Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at US Ports
1850-1897 which was edited by Ira A. Glazier and P. William Filby. The library
has a partial set.
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The following sites are all inclusive not just German.
Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes for the USA is now online at
http://www.germanroots.com/vitalrecords.html
Internet Sources for Transcribed Passenger Records and Indexes has
passenger
records for ports all over America. It is at
http://www.germanroots.com/onlinelists.html
Online Searchable Naturalization Indexes and Records (USA) has
online, searchable records at http://www.germanroots.com/naturalization.html
Finding U.S. Naturalization Records - a Genealogy Guide has a
collection of guides for naturalization at
http://www.germanroots.com/naturalizationrecords.html.
Online Military Indexes and Databases at http://www.militaryindexes.com/ has
links to records to all wars from the Revolutionary War to Vietnam.
The last site that recovered is Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records
located at http://www.deathindexes.com/. Some obituary sites are included
Some notes on using these pages. After each address, there are notes list some
information that will be found there. There are many different categories that will aid in
your research. It will be of great benefit to read all of the addresses and to try out sites of
particular interest.
Use the Control F to use the “find” sequence to go directly a category. The categories
are:
General Categories
Emigration, immigration, migration
Local resources
National-wide sources
Misc. hints, background of surnames, timelines, organizing research, time
lines, archives & libraries, maps
Reference: archives, libraries, maps
Canadian
Europe: Eastern Europe, France, Germany, Scandinavian, United Kingdom
US: military
US regional
Mayflower
New England: CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT
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Mid-Atlantic: NJ, NY, PA
South Atlantic: FL, A, NC, SC, VA, WV
East North Central: IL, IN, MI, OH, WI
East South Central: AL, KY, MS, TN
West North Central: IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD
West South Central: AR, LA, OK, TX
Mountain: AZ, CO, ID, NM, MT, NV, UT, WY
Pacific: CA, OR, WA
A bold number 1 indicates that the site has been checked for usefulness. A 2 means
the site is useful but not ass effective or a little more complicated. Other sites are not yet
rated. Important words are also in bold.
Need more suggestions, ask at the reference desk for Paul Rickert. If you have a site
that you think should be included in this list, leave a note with the address at the reference
desk for Paul Rickert.
General Categories
Emigration, immigration, migration
http://www.castlegarden.org/ Database for Castle Garden, port of New York,
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contains information on 10 million immigrants from 1830 to 1892 when Ellis Island began to
receive passengers.
http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/default.asp Ellis Island, port of New York 1
from 1892 to 1954
http://www.theshipslist.com/ many categories on this site including:
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Passenger lists at http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/passengerlists/index.htm
1700, 1800, 1900 for Canada; most from 1800. 1800 has lists for Australia and New Zealand,
South Africa (2), Canada (most), other world ports (5), US (most New York,, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Orleans, San Francisco).
Local resources
http://www.trulia.com/NC/Hendersonville/ Real estate sales, - Hendersonville
Nation-wide sources
http://usgenweb.com/
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
http://www.four11.com/
http://www.whowhere.com/
http://www.yahoo.com/
http://www.ask.com/#subject:ask|pg:1
Genealogy sites for all states
Zip codes
411, other
also maps
also reverse phone number, more
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MISC
Electronic books and newspapers (To better use this site, It would be useful to take the
library’s X-class for books and newspapers.)
http://www.henderson.lib.nc.us/
Go through Research/Reference to
HeritageQuest then to Search Books. Password is needed
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http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search Enter title information
in the blank with all of the words. If known, enter authors last name. Then
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check the circle for Full view only to locate books on line
Names
http://www.searchforancestors.com/surnames/origin/germansurnames.html
French Surnames
German Surnames
Hispanic Surnames
Irish Surnames
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Polish Surnames
Scottish Surnames
Danish Surnames
Surname Meanings & Origins http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/
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Age Calculator - Calculate the difference between any two dates.
Birthdate Calculator - Calculate a birth date from information found on
a tombstone or death certificate
Julian to Gregorian Calendar Chart - Explanation of the calendar and its change
Day of Week Calculator - Gregorian calendar
Perpetual Calendar - Enter month and year (0000 to 9999) to get calendar for that month.
Time Capsule - Generate a Time Capsule page with headlines, consumer prices, birthdays,
songs, TV shows, toys, and books for the selected date. The years included are from 1800
to 2005.
Roman Numeral Converter - Convert a roman numeral to a decimal number. Roman
numbers are often found on tombstones or legal documents
Helpful Hints and Unusual Tools
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Tips for Dating Old Photos By determining the type of photographic technique used to make
your old family photos, it's possible to date, with reasonable accuracy, the date the original
was created
Guidelines For Preserving Your Photographic Heritage Online information for
preserving your photos.
Tips for Preserving Your Photographs and Documents Information for preserving
photos with a list of thing to avoid.
A Few Scanning Tips An excellent online guide to scanning and how-to's for getting the best
results.
A Simple Book Repair Manual Online manual for making simple repairs to a damaged
book.
http://www.pchell.com/acronyms/index.shtml
Internet terms
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http://www.genealogy-quest.com/glossaries/diseases1.html diseases
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http://members.tripod.com/~silvie/charts.html glossary, occupation, war, diseases 1
http://genealogy.about.com/index.htm?once=ture& Misc. articles & links
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http://onelook.com/ Unusual dictionary with search capabilities.
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CHECK THIS SITE OUT
Time Lines
www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html 3,000 years of history
http://www2.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html
collection of timelines
http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/
Historic events & birthdays
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http://www.scopesys.com/year/ Historic events & birthdays by month & year
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http://www.cbel.com/eighteenth_century_history/ world wide, 18 century 1
Organize Your Genealogy Research
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Biography Assistant Your personal research assistant for writing biographies about your
relatives or an autobiography about yourself.
How to Document and File Family History A valuable resource for writing family histories.
Create Your Own Family Story Online Use the "fill in the blanks" tool on
Ourgrandchild.com and supply answers to questions to create your own unique family story.
http://genealogy.about.com/?once=true&
Interesting articles.
Archives
Libraries
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
http://catalog.loc.gov/
http://www.si.umich.edu/UMDL/
Index to Library of Congress
Catalog – Library of Congress
Digital
Maps
Maps of the United States - There is a lot of potential in this developing website.
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Clicking on one of the states in grey connects to the state site with a listing of the county maps. To
get a sense of the value of the site, click on North Carolina for the county boundaries for each of
the US censuses as well as a brief history and a listing of burned courthouses. There is a list of
hyperlinks to other state databases such as NC State Databases with the date range and types of
records available on the site.
http://usgenmap.rootsweb.com/usgenmap.htm
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Border and Claim lands by date: 1783 to 1959
Border and Claim lands by state
County to state cross-reference
http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/maps.html
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US maps from the colonial period to the 20 th century
All kinds of maps for the US and the world
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MAP/map_hp.html
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
http://www.cgrer.uiowa.edu/servers/servers_references.html
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Canadian
http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl.html
Last update 2000
Europe
Eastern Europe
http://wiki-en.genealogy.net/wiki/Schleswig-Holstein
http://www.feefhs.org/maps/mapsback.html
Schleswig-Holstein
Maps of Germany but includes
Austro-Hungarian, Finland, Balkans, Russia
http://www.man.poznan.pl/~bielecki/images/posen.gif Map
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France
Germany
http://home.bawue.de/~hanacek/info/edatbase.htm
http://www.genealogienetz.de/misc/emig/emigrati.html German emigration
bibliography, a few links
http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/
German-Bohemian Society
Scandinavian
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebFront.exe?slag=vis&tekst=meldingar&spraak=e
Digital Archives of National Archives of Norway
United Kingdom
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/
United Kingdom & Ireland with free census
and parish records
United Kingdom & Ireland
http://www.genuki.org.uk/
http://www.goireland.com/genealogy/ Irish Genealogy
http://www.proni.gov.uk/
Public Records Office of Northern Ireland
http://genealogy.about.com/od/ireland/tp/irish_databases.htm
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http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Britain.html
Encyclopedia of British History, 1500-1980
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/
United Kingdom street maps
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US
All US wars
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/Guide/Military7.asp
Guide to all military records from Family Search.Org.
http://www.militaryindexes.com/
All wars
http://www.ahco.army.mil/site/index.jsp
Electronic images
Army Heritage Collection from all wars
http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ahec/#
Army History Center
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American Revolution
http://www.dar.org/na society//pi_lookup.cfm
Submit to the DAR for a look up in their records for
American Revolution
Civil War
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/
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Search National Park Service’s Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System for
Soldiers
Prisoners
Sailors
Medal of Honor
Regiments
National Parks
Battles
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.monographs/waro.html
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Scanned books of the War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the
Union and Confederate Armies. The volumes in this set start with operations in 1860 to the end
of the war. Each volume is identified as to continent and time period.
The site can be searched for person, place , or unit using a simple search, Boolean search, and
proximity search.
World War One
http://vlib.iue.it/history/mil/ww1.html
Military Cemeteries
http://www.abmc.gov/home.php
links to all kinds of subjects
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American Battle Monument Commission listing military burials from Mexican War to
Viet Nam. Cemeteries are searchable by name, unit, state, or cemetery
http://www.nypl.org/digital/index.htm
Digital photo, Gettysburg
US Regional
New England: CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT
Mayflower
http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/
Includes information on Native
American; change in town names; Salem witch trials; more.
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/
Passenger list, genealogy, Pilgrim history,
full text online of several documents.
Massachusetts
http://www.rootsweb.com/~maplymou/
Plymouth Colony
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/rg/guide/Massachusetts3.asp
through the Family History Center
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Mid-Atlantic: NJ, NY, PA
New York
http://www.wnylrc.org/dhp/genealgy/wnygenrs.htm
Research in Western New York
Pennsylvania
http://www.carnegielibrary.org/locations/pennsylvania/genealogy/
Carnegie Library, Pittsburg
http://www.everton.com/reference/usa/pa.php Everton Publishers
http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum commission
South Atlantic: AL, DC, DE, FL, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV
Maryland
http://www.msa.md.gov/
Check online archives and museum
North Carolina
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/county.html
Virginia
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/index.htm Virginia State Library
East North Central: IL, IN, MI, OH, WI
Illinois
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/max/sanborn.shtml
http://www.outfitters.com/illinois/history/
Has Sanborn Fire Maps
Western Illinois counties, railroad
lines 1850-1860, military tract lands – War of 1812
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html
Public domain land sales, veteran databases to 1929, marriage-death records, Illinois
Regional Archives Depositories
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhistor/links.html
General information (state museum
& archives, maps, photos, more), prominent people, famous places, Abraham Lincoln, Native
Americans, military links, railroads and coal mining, historical events.
Ohio
http://www.ohiohistory.com/
Ohio Historical Society
East South Central: AL, KY, MS, TN
West North Central: IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD
Minnesota
http://www.mnhs.org/index.htm
West South Central: AR, LA, OK, TX
Mountain: AZ, CO, ID, NM, MT, NV, UT, WY
Pacific: CA, OR, WA
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Minnesota Historical Society