Using the Internet Like a Pro: Genealogists Have No Idea What’s Out There

 

Using the Internet Like a Pro: Genealogists Have No Idea What’s Out There

One of my most recent videos raised a question. The video reviews a number of hugely valuable websites for genealogists that do not all fall into the category of genealogy websites. The question involved obtaining a list of the websites on the video that did not involve stopping the video every few minutes to write down a URL or name. Because I was asked the question, I decided to make a list of the websites mentioned in the video and add a few more for good measure. Here is the list. You may still want to view the website so you can see why I use all these additional resources. 

•WorldCat.org https://www.worldcat.org/

• Archive.org https://archive.org/

• Reclaim the Records https://www.reclaimtherecords

• Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/

• Hathi Trust Digital Library https://www.hathitrust.org/

• Google Books https://books.google.com/

• Trove https://trove.nla.gov.au/

• Europeana.eu https://www.europeana.eu/en

• Foundation for East European Family History Studies https://feefhs.org/

• The USGenWeb Project http://usgenweb.org/

• GenWiki (German Genealogy) https://www.compgen.de/

• Cyndi’s List https://cyndislist.com/

• RootsWeb https://rootsweb.com/

• Library of Congress, Chronicling America https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

• New York Public Library Online Collections https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/

• Smithsonian Libraries Digital Library https://library.si.edu/digital-library

• Open Education Database, 250+ Killer Digital Libraries and Archives https://oedb.org/ilibrarian/250-plus-killer-digital-libraries-and-archives/

• The Family History Guide https://thefhguide.com/

• FindAGrave.com https://www.findagrave.com/

• Billion Graves http://www.billiongraves.com/

• Interment.net http://www.interment.net/

• Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island http://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/

• Digital Library on American Slavery http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/

• Old Maps Online https://www.oldmapsonline.org/

• Board on Geographic Names https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/board-on-geographic-names

• The Freedmen’s Bureau Records https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/initiatives/freedmens-bureau-records

• FreeBMD https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

• Castle Garden http://www.castlegarden.org/searcher.php

• Open Library https://openlibrary.org/