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MY FAVORITE SITES --A GIFT FROM JUNE BYRNE

 June Byrne's Favorite Sites junebyr@yahoo.com

This site is maintained for the convenience of myself and my friends and those who attend my lectures on genealogy.  I find it is difficult to type in a long series of URLs without error and aggravating as well.  So I have started putting my interesting sites here.  I have omitted fancy  graphics to make the pages load quickly.  

If you find any broken links, please let me know immediately.

This is Page One which features: General Sites, locating people, places, resources; death record and obituary problems; and sites with free printable forms, newsletters, and learning programs, free email.

Link to Page 2 Page Two features, Census problems, Immigration Problems, Old Maps, Military Records, Sites on the origin of names and naming patterns, plus a group of little known sites with very interesting records.

Link to Page 3 Page 3 Features preservation of old documents, pictures, adoption sites, and a number of miscellaneous places to find great information.

 

Link to Page 4  Page 4 features some interesting sites with unusual information.  

Link to Page 5 Page 5 features links to help you find newspapers all over the United States and the world.


 General Sites 

These are some of the top genealogy sites on the Internet.

Cyndi's site Click here: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

Genweb: Click here: The USGenWeb Project- Links to States

Rootsweb: Click here: RootsWeb.com Home Page

Family Search (LDS) Click here: http://www.familysearch.org

Also see the LDS Pilot site with millions of records: http://pilot.familysearch.org

Pro Sleuth Genealogy Sleuth Search for your Ancestors on the Internet  This is a professional site but it has great links.  There is no charge for using this page of the site. 

Lots of Interesting Links:  Genealogy is…..   This site also has links to a fabulous site where people will do limited lookups on CDs for you.   


Selected Sites for locating people/places/resources.

Zip Codes and mailing information  Post Office Online 

Government Guide

You can look up the location of a town, or other place here if you don't know what state it is in or what county it is in.: USGS GNIS (GNIS)

Locate the web sites for State Archives or State Library for all 50 states: State Archives Referral List

Locate public libraries in all 50 states: Public Libraries


Telephone Directories, White pages and Yellow Pages

Various Death Record, Obituary, Tombstone, and Probate Problems

Tombstone Date Calculator: Javascript Birth Date Calculator

Funeral Net has funeral homes, obituaries, etc.  http://www.funeralnet.com/

Obituary Lookup Volunteers - Rootsweb List

Obituary Daily Times Web Site

Obituaries Archives:  


The Death Index Problem: Listed by state.  Some are free and some are not. Online Searchable Death Indexes & Databases

How to get vital records from everywhere. http://www.vitalrec.com/usmap.html

Birth, Death, and Marriage Indexes http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com/  

Most of these are free. Some of these just lead back to Ancestry.com
However, it also leads to those supported by other free agencies.

Death, funeral and tombstone information: Interment.net 

The USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project

The Probate Problem: [Now includes some naturalization and guardianship indexes.] This is mostly a set of indexes but does include some actual records. Click here: SAMPUBCO


Free Printable Forms

http://www.genealogysearch.org/free/forms.html

http://www.genealogyforum.rootsweb.com/gfaol/beginners/forms.htm

http://members.tripod.com/~mccurtain_2/books/gengoodies.html



Free Lessons and Genealogy Courses

http://genealogy.about.com/library/lessons/blintro.htm  

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas/learningcenter.html


Learning and Newsletters

This is a great site for anyone with grandchildren who would like to learn more about their heritage.  This site is sponsored by the National Genealogical Society. http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/youth.htm

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/ancestornews/learnfree.html They will send you one free copy of their newsletter.

Richard Eastman’s Newsletter-one of the best deals on the internet. He has a free version and a paid version.  Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter


Computer Problems

www.yahoo.com This is a site for free email.  It is my favorite. You should have at least one extra email address that you use for lists, etc. It will cut down on the spam and yahoo has a good spam filter. If it gets bad, you can dump the address and get another free one.  Also if you have to change your server you can still get your mail.   

Spyware Control Programs Download both of these and run them once a week. One of the main reasons for slow computer functioning on the net is ad ware.


Last updated  3 August 2009 If you find a non working link, please let me know.  junebyr@yahoo.com