Helpful Links
LOCAL INTEREST
- Genealogy Resources at Collier County Public Library
- Naples Daily News Obituary Index Search
- Family History Books Surname Index Search at Naples Regional Library
- Collier County Page at FamilySearch.org Research Wiki
- Charlotte County Genealogical Society, Inc.
- Lee County Genealogical Society, Inc.
- Genealogy Resources at Fort Myers-Lee County Public Library
- Southwest Florida Germanic Genealogy Society, Inc.
- DAR Daughters of the American Revolution Big Cypress Chapter
- Collier County Public Library Search their holdings online
- Friends of the Library Supporting Genealogy Education
- Naples Free-Net A special Thank You for hosting our site.
- Naples Historical Society 137 12th Avenue S. Naples, FL
U.S. AND WORLD GENEALOGY
- World GenWeb Regions and Country GenWeb pages
- U.S. GenWeb State and County GenWeb pages
- NARA National Archives- Genealogy Page
- National Genealogy Society
- Federation of Genealogy Societies
- The Florida State Genealogical Society
SEARCHES AND HELPFUL SITES
- FamilySearch Millions of indexes and records
- FamilySearch Photoduplication Services
- Cyndi’s List More than 291,330 links for family history
- RootsWeb Free Searches, S.S. Death Index
- BLM Bureau of Land Management-General Land Office Records
- USGS U.S. Geographic Names System
- One-Step Webpages Immigration, SSDI and more
- Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
- Online Genealogy Records and Resources
- Find A Grave Search Millions of Cemetery Records
PROGRAM HANDOUTS FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS
- October 11, 2011 “Digging Into Find A Grave” FindAGrave handout
- August 9th:” Best Websites for 2011″ “101 Best Websites for 2011″
- June 14th : “Overcoming Brick Walls”Overcoming Research Challenges and Dead-Ends
- May 10th : “Highlights of the Most Popular Alternative and Hidden Resources” Alternative Records and Genealogical Research
GENEALOGY WEB SITE OF THE MONTH
Click on date to visit. Some websites may have changed or no longer exist since these were posted.
- JANUARY 2009 German Genealogy – a mega-site for German researchers
- FEBRUARY 2009 Chronicling America -Search Historic Newspapers
- MARCH 2009 Google News Archive Search- search and explore historical archives
- APRIL 2009 Family History 101- Animated Census and County Maps, Free Forms
- MAY 2009 World Names Profiler Enter your Surnames for worldwide locations
- JUNE 2009 Genealogy Trails Volunteers dedicated to free genealogy
- JULY 2009 50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites for 2009
- AUGUST 2009 Biblio Booksearch Search for new, rare, used or out of print genealogy books
- SEPTEMBER 2009 Nationwide Gravsite Locator- Search for burial locations of veterans
- OCTOBER 2009 Old Yearbooks.com Search for Old High School & College Yearbooks, etc.
- NOVEMBER 2009 National, State and Local Newspaper Archives
- DECEMBER 2009 Researching Your Family Tree- FREE interactive tutorial
- JANUARY 2010 ZabaSearch Free People Search and Public Information Search Engine
- FEBRUARY 2010 ‘HistoricAerials’ provides free online access to historic and current aerial photography
- MARCH 2010 10th annual installment of Family Tree Magazine’s 101 Best Web Sites
- APRIL 2010 Ancestry Magazine- Issues from the past 16 years online for free
- MAY 2010 Updated beta FamilySearch pilot
- JUNE 2010 GenDisasters – Events That Touched Our Ancestors’ Lives
- JULY/ AUGUST 2010 The Ships List- Find your ancestors on ships’ passenger lists
- SEPTEMBER 2010 Online Historical Directories Website
- OCTOBER/ NOVEMBER 2010 Research Classes Online
- DECEMBER 2010 Steve Morse’s One-Step Pages
- JANUARY 2011 United States Online Historical Newspapers
- FEBRUARY 2011 Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
- MARCH 2011 Find your ancestor’s records at the new FamilySearch.org website
- APRIL/MAY 2011 Mocavo The newest free genealogy search engine
- JUNE 2011 “WhatWasThere.com” See how cities and towns looked in the past.
- JULY 2011 “GenealogyInTime”™ is a popular online genealogy magazine
- AUGUST 2011 “Distant Cousin” free archive of records and images of historical documents
- SEPTEMBER 2011 Internet Archive- Genealogy Section, collection of genealogical records
- OCTOBER 2011 Time and Date Create a calendar for any year using “time and date.com”
- NOVEMBER 2011 English Equivalents of Foreign Given Names
- DECEMBER 2011 TechTips Technology tips for genealogists and family historians.
- JANUARY 2012 How to Access the 1940 Census in One Step by Steve Morse
GET THE SOUNDEX CODE FOR YOUR SURNAMES
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SEARCH FOR YOUR ANCESTORS WITH GOOGLE BOOK SEARCH
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