My Favorite Genealogy Links
| Virginia County formation dates | table on VAGenWeb listing counties, formation dates, parent counties, and county seats |
| current Virginia Counties map | GIF graphic on my Web server (freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com) |
| another current Virginia Counties map | smaller, simpler GIF graphic on VAGenWeb |
| Virginia County Formation Maps | series of graphics showing county configuration for each year in which any change was made |
| 1895 Atlas of Virginia | scanned images from an atlas published in 1895, with an index of cities and towns, and larger images of individual counties (on the MIGenWeb site for Livingston County) |
| Virginia Circuit Courts - Listed Alphabetically by Locality | listing of names, addresses, and phone numbers of the clerks who keep the official records, on the Virginia Judicial System Web site |
| Guide To Virginia Local Court Records on Microfilm | lists of probate, land, and other county records available at the Library of Virginia, with microfilm numbers |
| "Research Guides" | notes on Virginia research sources, etc., courtesy of the Library of Virginia (e.g., what are "headrights" and "tithables") |
| Library of Congress Online Catalog | search engine that provides various alternative methods for entering a search (I prefer the "Guided Search") |
| Geographic Names Information System | utility that maps the location of any populated place, mountain, lake, cemetery, etc., etc. (by the U.S. Geological Survey) |
| "Old Style and New Style Dates and the Change to the Gregorian Calendar: A summary for genealogists" | explanation of the calendar change and what to do about it (if your research has taken you back to 1752 or earlier (in Britain and its colonies), you need to be familiar with this subject) |
| The Board for Certification of Genealogists | excellent articles on skillbuilding, citation of sources, etc. |
Basic Tools -- Other Specific
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table on CTGenWeb listing counties, formation dates, parent counties, and county seats |
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simple GIF graphic on CTGenWeb |
| Pennsylvania Counties map | clickable map on PAGenWeb, with links to individual county sites |
Did you know that Ancestry.com now has images of all federal census records? You can subscribe to the census images without subscribing to the rest of the data on the site. Take a look by clicking on this banner!
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Primary Sources (Images, Transcriptions, and Indices) -- Virginia and Nationwide
| VAGenWeb Archives | transcriptions of original records submitted by volunteers (some VAGenWeb county sites have images of original records that would not be captured by a USGenWeb Archives search) |
| USGenWeb Archives search | search engine for transcriptions posted on USGenWeb (lets you specify any particular state) |
| The Library of Virginia | images of original records, plus indices to off-Web sources |
| Historic Roads of Virginia | road orders from selected counties, and other records on Colonial roadways - courtesy of the Virginia Transportation Research Council (click on "Publications," then "Historic Roads of Virginia") |
| "1790" / "1800" County Tax Lists of Virginia | images of two or more land- or personal-property tax lists for each county, with indices linked to the images |
| Early Virginia Religious Petitions, 1774-1802 | images of the petitions, arranged by county, on the Library of Congress's "American Memory" site (the search engine for these images does not include the names appended to the petitions) |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Digital Library | searchable and browsable collection of some Colonial records, including The Virginia Gazette and York County Probate Inventories |
| Court Records Digest | index to litigation records from Spotsylvania County and Fredericksburg, Virginia (a search on the "USGenWeb Archives search" listed above includes this database) |
| Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800, by Lyman Chalkley | indexed transcription of this three-volume abstract of court records, on the Augusta County GenWeb site (a search on the "USGenWeb Archives search" listed above includes this database) |
| Ancestry Message Boards - Virginia | boards for posting transcriptions of wills, deeds, etc. |
| GenWeb daily uploads | list of files uploaded to USGenWeb, by date and state |
| FamilySearch - Census Records | transcriptions of the 1880 United States, 1881 British Isles, and 1881 Canadian censuses, with an every-name search engine (courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) |
| IGI Batch Numbers - British Isles and North America | search engine that facilitates searching, by geographic location, the extracted records in the International Genealogical Index of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at FamilySearch.org |
| A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873 | official legislative journals, debates, bills, committee reports, etc., with full-text searching (on the Library of Congress's "American Memory" site) |
| TheOlden Times.com: Historic Newspapers Online | random collection of images of nineteenth-century newspaper notices, divided geographically and indexed by surname (somewhat limited in size, but a potentially great find if you're lucky) |
| The Official Federal Land Patent Records Site | searchable index of federal land conveyance records for the "public land" states, including images to federal land title records for certain states, between 1820 and 1908 -- on the federal Bureau of Land Management web site (does not cover the original thirteen colonies) |
| Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
(mostly for persons who died after 1962; some entries back to 1900) (each of these sites has strengths and weaknesses; if you don't find your person on one, try another) |
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| SSDI on Family Tree Maker | |
| SSDI on RootsWeb |
Primary Sources -- Other Specific Locations
| Colonial Connecticut Records, 1636-1776 | images of printed, nineteenth-century transcriptions of judicial and legislative records, courtesy of the University of Connecticut Libraries and the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center |
| Winthrop Medical Journal | transcription of part of the journal of John Winthrop, Jr., M.D., of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1657-1669, with dated references to his patients (ages and family relationships stated for some patients!) |
| "Access to Archives: The English strand of the UK archives network" | searchable catalogue of multiple public-record archives in England (search results consist of excerpts from the archives, not complete transcriptions) |
Surname-Specific Sites
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two sites with transcriptions of original records on the surname YANCEY, and extensive notes on YANCEY genealogy |
Commercial Sites (these entities charge for their products and services)
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extensive collection of on-line primary sources, transcriptions, and abstracts, including images of all federal census records |
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specific look-ups and copying jobs (for a small fee), as well as more in-depth research projects |
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microforms of original records for sale; also sells books, CDs, etc. |
Secondary Sources
| FamilySearch | genealogical information submitted to the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| GenCircles | searchable collection of gedcoms -- visitors can post messages on specific individuals in the gedcoms, and the site automatically suggests matches with individuals in other gedcoms |
| WorldConnect Project | another large searchable collection of gedcoms (related to RootsWeb) |
| Surname Helper | search engine for records and queries on USGenWeb (can suggest Soundex equivalents to include in the search) |
| Genealogy.com "Family Finder Search" | search engine for specific names posted on any of numerous Internet sites |
Discussion Sites and Mailing
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a forum for each of numerous surnames, geographical areas, etc. (related to RootsWeb) |
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another collection of forums for surnames, geographical areas, etc. |
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Virginia genealogy e-mail list (sponsored by the Library of Virginia) |
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extensive index of e-mail lists, with instructions for subscribing |
List of Links
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THE definitive list of genealogy resources on the Web, arranged by category |
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This page was last updated on March 28, 2008.
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