Thursday, August 6, 2009

Summer Reading = Interesting Web Sites

Hopefully this summer provided you with some leisure time to catch up on your genealogy reading. While reading the May through September issues of three Moorshead publications, Family Chronicle, Discovering Family History, and Internet Genealogy several interesting web links were noted. The list is eclectic - have fun exploring.

Visual History
http://images.google.com/hosted/life
http://www.britishpathe.com
http://www.itnsource.com
http://www.archive.org/details/universal_newsreels
http://www.movietone.com

Passenger Lists / Immigration:
General
http://www.stephenmorse.org
NYC
1830-1892
http://www.castlegarden.org
1846-1851
http://aad.archives.gov/aad/subject-list.jsp?cat=SB298&bc=sb
1892-1924
http://www.ellisisland.org

Old and New Maps:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps
http://www.davidrumsey.com
http://www.uwm.edu/library/digilib/maps/

Finding Genealogy Conference Blogs:
http://blogfinder.genealogue.com/conferences.asp

Creating your genealogy/family history website in the "Cloud":
(for advanced computer users)
http://lythgoes.net/genealogy/software.php
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These are simply FYI - they look interesting - enjoy.

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