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The following are LINKS to the countries in which one of our
ancestors was born, married, or died. |
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Successful
genealogical research often hinges on identifying the localities in which our
ancestors lived. Thus one must fully
realize that resources which enhance our knowledge of the places inhabited by
our ancestors are almost as important as their names. Once we know the vicinity, we are in a
better position to consult the records and histories in an effort to piece
together the lives of our fore-bearers.
As such, the primary purpose of these web pages is to provide you with
a clearer picture of places we’ve identified as the ancestral locations of
our direct ancestors. As you explore
this area of our website you will find that we address each place with a
separate and distinct page about each Country, State, and county, (or its
equivalent). Within each county page
we have attempted to address many of the specific places, or what we refer to
as the gen-sites identified during our research. These gen-sites may be as broad as a city or town, or a
specific as the location of a home-site.
In addition, you will also find the surnames of persons who lived
within the specified ancestral locations, as well as links to additional
resources that will assist with your research of the locality. |
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Denterming ancestral locations
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HOW TO FIND THE ANCESTRAL LOCATION |
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To find
information about an ancestor, you need to determine at least the country the
ancestor lived in for an event such as birth, christening, marriage, or
death. These suggestions may help you identify where your ancestor lived: 1.
Start from what you know.
If you are confident about where one ancestor lived, start with that ancestor
and work back to the next generation. 2.
Survey previous research,
and see what others have listed. To survey previous research, click the Ancestor
Search tab in FamilySearch™. The computer will search Ancestral File,
the International Genealogical Index, and other Web sites that may contain
information about your ancestors. 3.
Find a place where one or
more members of the family lived, and look in the records of that place for members
of the family. You may find parents living with a child, or you may find
information about the parents in a child's record. 4. If your ancestor immigrated to the United States and you are
unsure of the country he or she came from, click Tracing
Immigrant Ancestors. |
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Source:
Family
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MAPPING THE ANCESTRAL LOCATION |
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Below are
some examples of Maps, Gazetteers, and Other Helpful
Resources for Researching Locations.
These web sites comprise only a small portion of what is
available for researchers interested in learning more about the areas in
which their ancestors lived. If the
list below doesn’t contain what you are looking for, we suggest you try Odden’s Bookmarks, which
contains links to more than 10,000 cartographic sites. |
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OUR FAVORITE MAPPING
PAGES (For Locating Gen-Sites) |
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OUR FAVORITE GAZETTEERS (For locating Gen-Sites) |
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Germany ·
Directory
of Cities, Towns, & Regions in Germany United Kingdom ·
List of
United Kingdom locations ·
List
of places in Northern Ireland ·
The Ireland Atlas / Database ·
A Topographical
Dictionary of Scotland Canada ·
Geographical Names of Canada |
United States ·
U.S.
And Territories (USGS-GNIS Place Name Search) ·
Directory
of Cities, Towns, in United States ·
U.S.
Gazetteer (Census Bureau) World ·
Getty
Thesaurus of Geographic Names ·
Directory of Cities and
Towns in World ·
Foreign Place
Names Search (USGS-GNIS) France |
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OTHER RESOURCES (For locating Gen-Sites) |
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Maps ·
United
Nations—Cartographic Section ·
Panoramic Maps
Collection (Library of Congress) ·
Perry
Castaneda Library Map Collection ·
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Home Page ·
The American
Geographical Society Library ·
Library
of Congress (Geography & Map Collection) |
Gazetteers ·
Jewish
Communities in Central and Eastern Europe ·
Index
of German & Polish place names in Poland & Russia ·
Ancestry.com
Library—Geography Section
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Volume 1: AA - Caspe o
Volume 2: Caspian Sea - Iona o
Volume 3: Ionian Islands - Poole o
Volume 4: Poonah – Zytomiers |
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Internet resources
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FRANCE |
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Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia |
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GERMANY |
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Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia ·
Free Genealogy Search Help For
Google |
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Rootsweb.com
– Localities - Germany ·
Genealogy.com:
Places/Geographic, Europe |
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SWITZERLAND |
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UNITED KINGDOM |
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United Kingdom and Ireland - rootsweb.com ·
GENUKI: UK
& Ireland Genealogy ·
UK
Genealogy - The Portal for UK Family Research |
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Cyndi's List - United Kingdom
& Ireland Index ·
IGI
Batch Numbers-British Isles & North America ·
Genealogy
SiteFinder: United Kingdom ·
A vision of Britain
(on-line library for local history) ·
UK
Genealogy Archives, Heraldry and Family History |
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UNITED STATES |
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Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia ·
Free
Genealogy Search Help For Google ·
Linkpendium
> Genealogy > USA |
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Image galleries
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During our research we have collected images and photographs
that are of general interest to a variety of localities. Some of them are presented on this website
because we believe they tend to provide the reader with additional
information which may aid in the understanding of our ancestors past lives. |
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If you have any
photographs or other images relating to these ancestral locations we would greatly appreciate
hearing from you. Use the following LINK to ascertain whether we have any
images that may interest you. |
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Free Image Search Help from Google |
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Use the power of
Google™ to find more interesting images about this topic. A Click on this
button will link you to the Google Images Search page. |
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Enter the topic you are
searching in the box and click “Search Images”. At the “Images” display
page you will see the image, as well as the website of which it is
associated. |
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Contact
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Snail
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Pony Express: Tom
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