Welcome to my Genealogy Blog.

Why not spend a minute or two at my Blog to see if there is anything interesting to read. Perhaps I've written something about your ancestor, gave a hint on how to locate something, provided a different way to do research, or just gave a glimpse into the world of genealogy research through words or photos. I try to make it light and enjoyable.

My roots are from New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire), New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Wyoming, and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada.

Please check out the labels on the right side for articles. The header tabs at the top are a work in progress.

I also have a blog called Seeing New England. Why not visit it, to get a feeling for the area.


RESOURCES: GENEALOGY SITES





 UNDER CONSTRUCTION,  BUT THERE ARE SOME NEW SITES BELOW. 4/25/12
CEMETERIES:


Canada:  http://www.interment.net/can/qc/index.htm


New York Gravestones:  http://www.newyorkgravestones.org/


1940 Census for Kansas  https://www.familysearch.org/1940census/1940-census-kansas/

MASSACHUSETTS CEMETERIES

Middlesex County, MA Cemetery Listing
A VERY GRAVE MATTER







OLD Maps
http://www.old-maps.com/index.htm



MASSACHUSETTS:





RHODE ISLAND




8 Free Rhode Island Resources by Diane Boumenot of the blog, One Rhode Island Familyhttp://onerhodeislandfamily.com/2012/03/27/10-free-rhode-island-resources/


CONNECTICUT:



Connecticut History Online (A lot of images of Connecticut, including the Latimer House in Chesterfield)

Connecticut Society of Genealogists (Several maps from different periods.)

University of Connecticut (Colonial Connecticut Records, 1636-1776)


http://www.hale-collection.com/index.html


Connecticut Historical Society, Museum and Library






Illinois
http://www.cookcountygenealogy.com/ (Cook County Clerk's office, there is a charge for the records)
        

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2433&enc=1     Ancestry.com site: Cook County, Illinois, Marriage and Death Indexes, 1833-1889

           

 http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1501     Ancestry.com site: Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988



New York
Albany Mill Towns
http://www.albanyhilltowns.com/mediawiki/


Fulton Post Cards, New York
http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html

New York Family History (NYG&B)
http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/

NORTHERN NEW YORK HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS
http://news.nnyln.net/index.html

New York Gravestones
http://www.newyorkgravestones.org/


Ellis Island

This afternoon I had the privilege to present a "Researching Your New York Ancestors" webinar as part of the Legacy Family Tree series of webinars.  As always, Geoff Rasmussen was an excellent moderator and from the feedback it looks like those who attended are excited to get on with their New York research. You can now watch the recording of the full webinar for free here. The recording will be available until June 11, 2012.

Many of the links I covered during the webinar are also in my Research Toolbox here on Destination: Austin Family.  I've extracted them here so they are easy to find:
© 2012, copyright Thomas MacEntee

Read more: http://destinationaustinfamily.blogspot.com/2012/05/new-york-genealogy-research.html#ixzz1wOf7kjzO
Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike





http://history.rays-place.com/ny/index.htm  Ray's Place

http://news.nnyln.net/index.html  Northern NY newspapers


http://www.detroitpubliclibrary.org/wayne-county-death-record-index


The American Civil War Homepage

Bureau of Land Managment: General Land Office Records: the offical federal land records site




Chronicling America



Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System  http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/

Cyndi's List

Daughters of the American Revolution

Find a Grave

GeneaBios : biographies for genealogy

Genealogy Today

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords/


Internet Archive



Library of Congress  
Flickr photos:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/

LDS Family Search Data

National Archives - NARA  
http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/

Olive Tree Genealogy

RootsWeb




CANADA


http://simmons.b2b2c.ca/

Library and Archives Canada  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca


Library and Archives Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-571-e.html



 Quebec Family History Society        http://www.qfhs.ca/cpage.php?pt=53


Some Cemetery Locations Around Missisquoi Bay  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~qceastwn/archives/CemeteryLocations.html 



http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/  Canadian free census for 1851, 1901, 1906, 1911



A One-Step Portal for On-Line Genealogy by Stephen P. Morse  http://stevemorse.org/

FUN and APPS

What Was There   http://www.whatwasthere.com/
World Names Place   http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org/
Toggl  https://www.toggl.com/  (simple time tracking) Free tool
Picnik http://www.picknic.com/ (photo application, free)
TinyURL http://tinyurl.com/ (turn long website addresses into tiny urls)
OpenOffice http://www.openoffice.com/ (free open source office software)
Evernote  http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/evernote-2-2-1-386-0/











http://www.omniglot.com/writing/german.htm

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/RG/guide/German_Gothic99-36316.ASP


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