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General Research Aid
(The information on this page was produced by Elizabeth Bullard)

This page is a work in progress. If you know of an especially helpful website that is not listed here, or maybe an article
that might belong in the research tools section, please send that information to the State Coordinator.



 Mostly Free General Links

 Bureau of Land Management (search land patents and other land records)

 Census: Finding Enumeration District Definitions in One Step (1880-1940)

 Cyndi's List (thousands of genealogical-based links, categorized and cross-referenced, in more than 180 categories)

 Decoding Social Security Numbers in One Step (calculator to determine where and when a Social Security number was
 issued)

 Ellis Island (search service for immigrants arriving at Ellis Island and Port of New York 1892-1924)

 FamilySearch (official LDS site - owned by Ancestry.com; while some resources on this site are free, you must pay a
 membership fee to view others)

 Find a Grave (memorials and cemetery surveys compiled and maintained by members)

 Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild (emigration, immigration and naturalization)

 National Archives (explore our nation's history through documents, photos, and records)

 Rootsweb (owned by Ancestry.com, but content here is free)

 The Ships List (passenger lists, fleet lists, photos, shipping schedules, ship descriptions, wreck data and more)

 The USGenWeb Project (national project)

 USGenWeb Archives (archives for all counties, states and special projects)

 USGenWeb Special Projects (national special projects)


 Free Military Links

 American Battle Monuments Commission (national and overseas military cemeteries, memorials, monuments and
 markers - mostly WWI and WWII)

 American Ex-Prisoners of War Organization (biographies of former POWs - all wars)

 Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (National Park Service)

 Nationwide Military Grave Locator (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)


 Organizations, Symbolism, Terminologies

 Abbreviations of (Mostly) Old Organizations (available as a book for purchase)

 Gravestone Symbolism (article by Kimberly Powell)

 List of Archaic Medical Terms for Diseases and Ailments (organized by Elizabeth E. Bullard)


 Supplies, Charts, Organizational Tools

 Family Tree Magazine Downloadable Forms

 How to Organize Your Genealogy Research (an Ah Ha! article)

 Supplies, Charts, Forms, etc. (at Cyndi's List)


 Miscellaneous Links & Articles

  Cousin Calculator

  Evaluating Records, Sources, and Evidence (article by Elizabeth E. Bullard)

  Evidence Explained by Elizabeth Shown Mills (Her "QuickLessons" archive is recommended.
  She has written some  wonderful articles.)

  Google Translate

  U.S. Index to Census Occupations (Bureau of the Census)

  Why You Can't Always Trust Information Found at Genealogy Websites (article by Elizabeth E. Bullard)






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