Helpful Links
LOCAL INTEREST
- Collier County Public Library- Genealogy Page at Naples Regional Library
- Collier County- Research Wiki at FamilySearch.org
- Collier County- DAR Big Cypress Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution
- Charlotte County- Charlotte County Genealogical Society, Inc.
- Lee County- Lee County Genealogical Society, Inc.
- Lee County-Fort Myers Regional Library Gen Collection Guide Update August 2021
- Lee County- Genealogy Page at Fort Myers Regional Library
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
SEARCHES AND HELPFUL SITES
- Free Genealogy Forms and Charts
- FamilySearch Millions of indexes and records
- Cyndi’s List Large collection of 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
- DNA- International Society of Genetic Genealogy Autosomal Comparison Chart
PROGRAM HANDOUTS
- December 10, 2024 Finding Arrival Records online
- November 12, 2024 Hiring a Professional Genealogist 2024
- February 14, 2023 Land Records Outline
- January 10, 2023 Online Databases for Genealogy Handout
- December 2022 Mayflower handout 13 Dec 2022
- November 2022 How to use Related Faces Handout
- March 2022 Recognizing Inaccurate and Misleading Genealogical Records 2022
- February 2022 Hand-out Researching Literary Ladies 8 Feb 2022
- November 2020 Handout Mining at Central Ave 2020
- February 11,2020 Researching Insane Asylums, Poor Houses, Orphan Homes
- also Researching Early Asylums in Canada Hand Out
- January 15, 2020So You Want to Publish a Book?
- also Show and Tell Creating a Manual Pedigree Chart
- December 10, 2019Tracing Your Civil War Ancestors Handout
- October 8, 2019 Outline of Ancestry Card Catalog program
- May 14, 2019 Writer’s SIG Articles We Have Written About
- February 12, 2019Making the Most of FamilySearch
- December 11, 2018 Using Social Media for Genealogy
- October 9, 2018 Site List 2018 – Newspaper Research
- June 12, 2018 Finding Your Way Around the New Heritage Quest Online
- May 8, 2018 Wiki-Wiki-What? Using Wikis for Genealogical Research
- February 13, 2018 Where in the world? Maps & Apps for Genealogy Geography
- June 13, 2017 Tracing Your Female Ancestors
- November 11, 2016 Finding Your Ancestor on a Ship Passenger List &
Ship Lists at FamilySearch - May 10, 2016 Find-A-Grave Handout
- March 8, 2016 Military Records
- January 12, 2016 Adoption Records
- October 13, 2015 Internet Research for Free
- June 9, 2015 DNA FOR GENETIC GENEALOGY 6-9-2015
- May 12, 2015 LAND_RECORDS
- April 14, 2015 Finding Mr. Cheatham: Collecting and Recording Oral Histories
- November 11, 2014 “Genealogy & Social Media: Using Your Computer, iPads and Tablets for Genealogy”
- February 11, 2014 Let’s Explore FamilySearch
- November 12, 2013 How to Identify Early Photographs
- April 22, 2013 Genealogy Research SIG Are Your Ancestors on Facebook?
- March 12, 2013 History of Native Americans Handout – Dr. Childress
- November 13, 2012 Archival Presentation Links
- October 9, 2012 Revolutionary War Resources
- May 8, 2012 National Archives and Records Administration NARA
GET THE SOUNDEX CODE FOR YOUR SURNAMES
Courtesy of RootsWeb
SEARCH FOR YOUR ANCESTORS WITH GOOGLE BOOK SEARCH
Try searching Google Books for your ancestors by using the search box above.
The results will be for Full View, Limited Preview, Snippet View or No Preview available. You can read and also download the full view books. You can also find how to locate this book in a bookstore or library by selecting those links.
Note: The Genealogical Society of Collier County provides these links as a courtesy and does not promote or endorse websites.