Research Sites for Genealogy and Family History
by
Jerry Merritt
for
West Florida Genealogical Society
Links to PowerPoint presentations given to the WFGS are here.
LDS Family History Web Site
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
Family Search Learning Center
https://familysearch.org/learn
LDS Beta Site
https://www.familysearch.org/
WorldConnect
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
GenForum
http://genforum.genealogy.com/
Heritage Quest – just enter your Santa Rosa library card
number to enter.
http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/login/barcode?aid=13599
Rootsweb Archives Search Engine
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search
The Official Federal Land Records Site (BLM)
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/
Online Military Indexes & Records
http://www.militaryindexes.com/
Ellis Island Genealogy
http://www.cleaningservicenewyorkcity.com/new-york-city-ellis-island.html
Social Security Master Death Index
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=ssdi/search_ssdi.asp&clear_form=true
County Formation Maps and Other Stuff
http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps.html
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
http://geonames.usgs.gov/
Genealogy By State
http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/History-Family/State-Genealogy.shtml
Digital State Archives
http://www.digitalstatearchives.com/home
Google Books Search
http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search
Access Genealogy
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/
Find a Grave
http://www.findagrave.com/
Linkpendium
http://www.linkpendium.com/
Search Early Newspapers
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/
Florida Historical Collections & Spanish Land Grants
http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/
Florida Confederate Pension Application Files
http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/PensionFiles/
Search Early Georgia Newspapers
http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/MediaTypes/Newspapers.html?Welcome&Welcome&Welcome&Welcome
Georgia's Virtual Vault
http://content.sos.state.ga.us/index.php
New York City
http://newyork.com/resources/history-new-york-city
Sites
Specializing in African American Genealogy
AfriGeneas
http://www.afrigeneas.com/
U.S. GenWeb Project Home Page
http://usgenweb.org/
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Escambia County, FL GenWeb
Site
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http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~flescamb/index.htm
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Santa Rosa County, FL GenWeb
Site
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http://www.db229.com/
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Walton County, FL GenWeb
Site
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http://www.fl-genweb.org/how/walton/walton.htm
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Baldwin County, AL GenWeb
Site
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http://www.algenweb.us/baldwin/index.html
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Escambia County, AL GenWeb
Site
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http://www.algenweb.us/baldwin/index.html
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Mobile County, AL GenWeb
Site
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http://www.algenweb.us/mobile/
Quick Connections to Other Sites
Related to Local Genealogy
Pensacola Public Library
http://www.cityofpensacola.com/library/
Pensacola Historical Society
http://www.pensacolahistory.org/
UWF
Special Collections
http://library.uwf.edu/About/SpecialCollections/index.cfm
West Florida Photo History
http://palmm.fcla.edu/wfp/
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