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RESOURCE LINK NOTES:
Ancestory.com Genealogy Research http://www.ancestory.com Large site with access to the huge LDS databases.
How to Start Your Family History http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Home/Welcome/frameset_information.asp LDS Search engine
RootsWeb Genealogy Portal http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Numerous search and tools links
Library servers on the Web throughout the world http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/ Catalogs of books, links to web pages.
National Genealogy Web sites around the world http://www.dsenter.com/ Lists and links
Ft. Wayne, Indiana library extensive Genealogy section http://ft-wayne.com/ Enter genealogy in the search box
Genealogy.org searches, lists, and links http://www.genealogy.org/ Large list of links and databases
Documents to search on Footnote.com http://blog.eogn.com/ Newsletter with links
The Genealogy home page http://www.genhomepage.com/ Large list of help, searches, sites
About.com reference site http://genealogy.about.com/ Software, how to, lists, articles
Wikipedia reference site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogy How to, lists, links
Cyndi's Genealogy list - authoritative site (Comprehensive) http://www.cyndislist.com Huge list of lists, links, articles
CousinConnect.com http://www.cousinconnect.com/ Search and Custom Newsfeeds
Eastmans Newsletter http://blog.eogn.com/ Hard-hitting Genealogy News
Ancestry Message Boards http://boards.ancestry.myfamily.com/ Thousands of Active Boards
TrEZy Search http://www.genealogyportal.net/ Family History Search Tool
WorldConnect Project http://www.ask.com/bar?http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi Search World Database
House of Names http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/ASP/sId./qx/honsurnamesearch.htm Crests, Coat of Arms, Historical Details and Reports
4Crests http://www.4crests.com/?gclid=CJbJvcLskpkCFRxNagodlm3FbA Family Crests, etc.
Flags of the World http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ Images of Flags of Countries of the World
The Genealogy Home Page (Comprehensive) http://www.genhomepage.com/ Guides, Research Tools, Sites
Museumstuff.com http://www.museumstuff.com/family-history/ Provides an interface to many names listed in the US Census data
Big List of Genealogy Links http://www.usa-people-search.com/content-big-list-of-genealogy-links.aspx Research your family's roots to get the big picture about your name, your personality and even your career choices.

 

Software

NAME LOCATION NOTES:
Family Tree Maker http://www.familytreemaker.com/ Flagship Product from Generations Network, the largest Genealogy Organization in the World.  Owned by the LDS Church. Perhaps the most Comprehensive Software available.  Cost About $ 36.
Legacy Family Tree http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/ FREE  with upgrade to Deluxe Version available.  Download page bottom has dozens of add-ons. Includes an Interactive Research Guide.
*LDS PAF Software http://www.familysearch.org/ FREE Family History Software PAF v5.2 several free add-ons also available.
RootsMagic Essentials 4 http://www.rootsmagic.com/Download/Essentials-4/default.aspx FREE Family History Software.  Upgradable to full-featured version..
*McMartin's GEDReporter  http://www.dmcmartin.com/index.html FREE database recorder and web page generator
GenoTrees http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=576328 FREE full-featured Genealogy Software
Surgeon General's Family History Initiative project http://hhs.gov/familyhistory/downloads/MyFamilyHealthPortrait.zip FREE profiling and reporting software, links

*Note: Gedcom and PAF are special computer storage formats for genealogy information.  Genealogy software processes and converts this directly. If you have a computer background Gedcom is like a limited XML for genealogy.


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Last Updated on Thursday, 04 February 2010 10:43
 

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