The search to find your family roots is a major task. It involves digging through photo albums, records, notes, libraries, court documents, and dusty papers in boxes. With the Internet, the ability to find all kinds of information in a little cleaner way just adds to the lists of information you still have to dig through.
We share some of our tips and resources for finding genealogy information that we’ve discovered during our family history search. Most of these are related to our own research, but some of them are bookmarked information for us to use later, when the opportunity arises. We hope you will find some new resources for your own genealogy research.
According to The Globe and Mail Technology, the hottest trend in online social networking is genealogy, but not genealogy as you might imagine. This is a far cry from your family history blog.
Rather than exchanging photos, music and cellphone numbers, as many of the 100 million members of MySpace.com do, participants in Ms. Wong’s online [...]
The US National Archives - War of 1812 features extensive information, resources, records, and online exhibitions about the US War of 1812, including:
Genealogical Records of the War of 1812
War of 1812 Discharge Certificates
Genealogical fallout from the War of 1812
Records about impressed seamen, 1793-1814
The page also lists other off-site resources that may help you learn more [...]
The Oregon American History and Genealogy Project shares historical and genealogical information about the US state of Oregon, helping you to learn more about the history of the area and your family’s history within the area.
Highlights include:
Multnomah County, Oregon (includes Portland)
Baker County, Oregon
Malheur County, Oregon
Umatilla County, Oregon
Oregon Biographies
Oregon Cemeteries
Eastern Oregon Photo Album
Eastern Oregon Obituary Database
Indian [...]
Footsteps Photos is an online collection and photography retailer for photographs from England and Wales
They produce fine quality prints from their library of several thousand photographs dating from about 1900 to 1930, depicting views of towns, villages, schools, churches etc. of England and Wales early negatives and prints. The photographs are digitally restored to remove [...]
What Was Under Those White Wigs asks the Boston 1775 blog. Written by historian and expert, J.L. Bell, Boston 1775 is dedicated to the 17th and 18th century in the United States.
As part of my exploration of the 1700s and 1800s, trying to learn more about the lifestyle of my family in the United States [...]
Early Music is an amazing resource if you are interested in music from the past.
Created by Jon Sayles, a computer technologies expert, as a hobby, Early Music is dedicated to reproducing and sharing music from the Baroque and English Renaissance time period, specifically the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, featuring composers such as Beethoven, Mozart, [...]
Godfrey’s Book-Shelf is an amazing collection of books reproduced digitally and freely available for download, representing books from the 15th - 19th century.
Read books popular during your ancestor’s life. Explore the ways of thinking, living, and politics from your family’s past.
Some of these books are technical, but many are fiction and lifestyle books, helping [...]
CanGenealogy is a Canadian genealogy site to help you trace your family roots through this North American country.
Genealogy information is segregated by region, such as Alberta, Ontario, and Nova Scotia; by category such as Maps, Immigration, and Loyalists; and offers a variety of other resources and tools to help you trace your family history in [...]
“Footnote Millions of Historical Documents Online” by Solution Watch recommends Footnote, an historical documents online service developed in partnership with the US National Archives:
Footnote is an impressive resource which launched last week that allows users to access and annotate millions of historical documents online for the first time. Interested in the Civil War or perhaps [...]
The US Library of Congress American Memory Collection is a fascinating online museum and resource for United States history and Americana.
There is a Today in History page which offers a daily glimpse into the past and events that happened on this date in American history.
A recently highlighted online collection features music of America including [...]
Do you know these people? Do you recognize them? These are some lost family and friends we are trying to identify, so check out our Do You Know These People lost and found section to help us identify these people.
