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J. Spencer & Patricia Standish Library
Reference Department
Telephone (518) 783-2588
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Genealogy and
Biography Websites
Genealogy Metasites
Cyndi’s List
More than 200,000 links related to genealogy, local history, biography,
women’s
history, famous people, religions; including primary sources such as
diaries, family bibles etc. Scroll down to find the alphabetical categories.
FamilySearch
Large collection of family tree and genealogy databases, such as
International Genealogical Index, and Ancestral File, provided by the Latter
Day Saints (Mormon) Church. Genealogy is part of their religion.
GenForum--A good way to find other people working on your family names
Rootsweb--Family Trees, message boards, surname lists
U.S. Genweb
Volunteer maintained websites with links to data about each U.S. state and
county. Note: some counties are rich with data, while others have very
little
World Genweb--Same as U.S. Genweb, but worldwide
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Ethnic (many also covered in Cyndi’s List)
African American
German Genealogy--GermanRoots
German
Genealogy--German Resources
Italian Genealogy--ItalianGenealogy.com
Italian Genealogy --Italian
Ancestry
Jewish Genealogy
United Kingdom & Ireland
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Other
Social Security Death Index
Individuals whose deaths have been reported to Social Security since 1935.
Free.
Ellis Island--Ellis
Island Foundation
Ellis Island--Steve
Morse, has a better search engine for Ellis Island
Free Census Data
Passenger Lists
Click on Passenger Lists, then Volume 1. Then you can search by date, by
port or by
surname
Olive Tree Genealogy
Lots of free data, though some links only take you to Ancestry.com, which is
a subscription service. Includes passenger lists, cemeteries, church records
(esp. New York State), military, land etc. Can be a bit tricky to navigate.
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Professional Associations and Societies
National Genealogical Society
Historical & Genealogical Societies
New England Historic Genealogical Society
New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
--See especially the Research Aids link
Biography
Metasites
Biography.com
Biography Web Sites--Fifteen biography websites, including Presidents, Women, Inventors
AllLearn
Time Magazine’s 100 Important People of the Century
InfoPlease Biographies
--Biographies on many subjects
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Specific Subjects
African American
Biologists
Black History
Canadian Biography
Distinguished Women
Famous People--From
Cyndi’s List genealogy
Female Ancestors--Also from Cyndi’s List
First Ladies
Heads of state, international
Hispanic
Historical Events & People
See especially the biographical section under e-history.com (short
historical bio’s and
timelines), and hyperhistory online (short bio’s, events index, maps etc.)
Historical Persons--American
Italian Women Writers
Mathematicians
Philosophers
Presidents
Poets
U.S. Congress
Women Artists & Writers of Color
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History
American Women--Includes digital collections of primary sources
Historical Census Data
Historical Text Archive
Medieval History
Military Resources Worldwide
Repositories for Primary Sources
Listing of over 5,000 websites of holdings in archives, rare books,
manuscripts etc.
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Library
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05/08/2007
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