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Lookups

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Obituaries
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Cemeteries

Link - Ancestor's Name on the Internet
Link - Association for Gravestone Studies
Link - Burial Records ~ SEARCH
Link - Cemetery Junction ~ Catalog
Link - Cemetery Junction ~ Home Page
Link - Cemetery Pages ~ Links to Web Sites
Link - On the Internet ~ Australia, Canada, Ireland, U.K., U.S.A. & Other Countries
Link - Death
Link - Find a Grave
Link - GNIS Query System. Find County, Cemetery, Post Office, etc.
Link - Headstonehunter.com ~ Photos ~ Volunteers & Requests
National Cemetery Administration, Veterans Administration
Link - Veterans Administration
Link - Obtaining Military Records & Medals ~ Burial & Memorial Benefits
Link - National Tombstone Project ~ for recording tombstone inscriptons
Link - On the Internet ~ Australia, Canada, Ireland, U.K., U.S.A. & Other Countries
Link - State Veterans Cemeteries, List of

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Census

Link - CensusLinks.com
Link - Census Online Links Index
Link - Census Online
Link - Census Online and Other Diggins ~ Indiana, Texas, Kentucky, Georgia
Link - CensusLinks on the Internet ~ SEARCH
Link - On Line Census Data

COMMERCIAL Data

Link - AllCensus ~ CDs ~ US Federal Census Records from 1790 to 1920
~ Year, State, and County or City.
Link - American Genealogy Mall ~ Microfilm
Link - Blue Roses Publiching Company ~ CDs
Link - Census Microfilm Expeditors
Link - Census Online and Other Diggins
Link - Census View ~ CDs by Country Publishers
Link - Digital Antiquities
Link - Genealogy Products ~ Microfilm ~ Heritage Quest
Link - SK Publications ~ CDs

Contents
Link - Every Ten Years ~ information that was collected each year ~ From 1790 through 1920
~ detailed list of what you can expect to see on a census form ~ Genealogy.com
Link - Finding Treasures ~ History, Soundex, How-to, Questions Asked on each

FEDERAL Data [72 years until release]

Census Bureau, U.S.
Link - U.S. Census Bureau, The Official Statistics, Factfinder for the Nation,
Availability of Census Records About Individuals ~ requires an Adobe Acrobat Reader
Link - U.S. Census Bureau Publications ~ requires an Adobe Acrobat Reader
Link - NARA ~ The Genealogy Page (USA National Archives & Records Administration)
Link - Records Clues for 1790-1840 Census at NARA
Link - US Federal 1930 Population Census at NARA
1930 CENSUS and all available indexes* will be available from NARA 1 April 2002
*1930 SOUNDEX [indexes] available only for AL, AR, FL, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA and KY counties:
Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Kenton, Muhlenberg, Perry, Pike only WV counties: Fayette, Harrison, Kanawha,
Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Raleigh only
Link - 1990 Census Lookup ~ U.S. Census Bureau
Link - Federal Census ~ FTP Index ~ RootsWeb

FORMS

Link - 1790--1920 Census abstracts ~ FORMS that you can fill out when you are doing research with
census records. They allow you to copy information from the census records in an organized way,
helping ensure that you don't miss any important information.
Link - U.S. Federal Census 2000 Informational Questionnaires

Link - GenWeb Census Project
Link - One-Percent 1880 U.S. Federal Census ~ Index as FTP ~ Genealogy Online

LOOKUPS
Link - USGenWeb

Link - US Public Census at RootsWeb
Link - USGenWeb Census Project

Link - Virginia and West Virginia County Census ~ Inventory by the New River Company

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Funeral Homes

Locations
U.S.A. & Canada
Link - SEARCH ~ FuneralNet

Link - [new March2000]

Organizations
Link - National Funeral Directors Association
Ethnic
Link - Jewish Funeral Directors of America

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Lookups

Link - Genealogy Is ~ also links & how-to's
Link - GenSwap Free Genealogy Lookups
~ a list volunteers willing to do free lookups in genealogical sources that they have

STATES

Link - Ancestral Findings ~ Free Genealogy Lookups - Link
~ birth, census, death, marriage, veterans, ship passengers, etc.
Link - Genealogy Helplist Miscellaneous
Link - Genealogical CDs ~ (includes Volunteer Lookups)
Link - Lookups by Angelfire
Link - Lookups by CityNet
Link - Quaker Lookups by Friendly Bookshelf, The
Link - Yearbook Attic Page

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Newspapers

 

Link - AJR (American Journalism Review) NewsLink
Link - City Directories and Newspapers ~ RootsWeb Lesson 20
Link - Daily Times, The
Link - GenGateway.com
Link - Hotlinks to Newspapers Online
Link - Journalism History Links
Link - Matheson Library Research guide ~ Alphabetically, Country or Region
Link - Newspaper Abstracts
Link - Newspapers.com
Link - NewspaperLinks
Link - News Sources from the United States Index
Link - U.S. News Archives on the Web
Link - US Newspaper Program
Link - U.S. States (Region)
Link - Yahoo's Newspapers Online Links

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Obituaries

Link - Cyndi's List

Link - Family Archives Online

LOOKUPS
Link - Lookup Volunteers by Location

Link - Links
Link - Links Page, The, + SEARCH Engine

Link - Obituary Central
Link - Obituary Daily Times, The at RootsWeb
Link - Obituary Links Page, The ~ Cribbs ~ SEARCH ~ Obituary Central
Link - Obituary Archive Search Engine [Mirror Site for The Obituary Links Page] ~ Obituary Central

Link - Resources

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Repositories

ARCHIVES

Link - Archives and Library Resources ~ Tinney ~ Sources & References, Computer, Legal, Military,
Publications, Search Engines, Business, Genealogy, Media & Travel, Pedigree, Religion, Surnames,
Community & Geography, Government, Medical, Personal, Research, Web Pages for Scholarly Societies Link - Family History Archive Library ~ SEARCH

NARA (National Archives & Records Administration)
Link - GenIndex/OldClues
Link - Presidential Libraries
Link - Regional Records Services Facilities ~ NARA offers regional records services to the
public, and to Federal courts and agencies, from facilities throughout the United States.
Street, postal, e-mail, and web addresses, Telephone and fax numbers Holdings and areas served
Link - Regional Records Services Facilities ~ Menu

Link - State Archives & Historical Societies

Link - Government Community Resources by the Washington Post
Link - U.S. Government
Link - Government Public Records Access
Link - Locations of U.S. STATE Vital Statistics Offices
Link - SEARCH Government at SearchGov.com

USA-Immigrants/Emigrants Page

Link - Online Compilation of Historical Documents

Land
Link - BLM - ES, GLO Records ~ Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, General Office
Link - Bounty Land Warrant Records ~ Everton
Link - Land Records (includes information on bounty land warrants) ~ NARA

LIBRARIES

Link - SEARCH Education at SearchEdu.com
Link - Records Information at Library of Virginia
Link - UMI Research Collections Catalog

Duke University
Link - Home Page
Link - Online Catalog
Link - Digital Scriptorium ~ Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections

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Internet Public Library
Link - Internet Public Library, The ~ North America
Link - Internet Public Library, The ~ South America
Link - Internet Public Library, The ~ Europe

Link - Library of Congress, The
Link - Library of Congress ~ American Memory
Link - Library of Congress ~ Telephone and City Directories: A Finding Guide

Link - PERSI Order Form (Periodical Source Index)

Link - Railroad Retirement Board

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Social Security

Link - SSN Information
Link - SSN History
Link - Social Security Administration Online
Link - Guide to Freedom of Information Act Requests

SSDI (Social Security Death Index)
Link - SSDI by Ancestry.Com
Link - SSDI by Everton
Link - SSDI by Family Tree Maker
Link - SSDI by RootsWeb + SS-5 Letter & Add Post-em
Link - SSDI FAQs ~ Obtaining a Copy of Social Security Number Application
(Frequently Asked Questions)

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This page has been compiled by Flo. Day until 30 April 2000
and graciously submitted to the BELGIUM-ROOTS site,
when she discontinued this set of pages for personal reasons.
Last updated 24 Apr 2000
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