Bianchi's Genealogy Links

Mike and Linda Bianchi's Home Page

Mike and Linda's Family Trees:
Twig Tree and Treasure A Genealogical Sojourn
(Bianchi, Paoli, Francisco, Hooper, Crosby, Drawdy plus many more)

The Links on this page are a small sample of the thousands of Genealogy related links on the Internet. 

These may help the novice to get started on their own research project. The more experienced researcher may find one they forgot about. 

We strongly recommend looking through a resource site such as Cyndi's List or Roots Web for other links and helpful information.

History and Timelines

Local Newspaper Obits

Genealogical and General Resources

Organizations

Database Searches / Surname Lists

The U.S. GenWeb Project Plus Others

Military

International Searches

Maps and Place Name Locaters

Myths Hoaxes and Scams

Immigration, Emigration and Ship Lists

Social Security Death Index

Texas Local and State

Photographs and Lost Items

Cemeteries Tombstones

Native Americans

Church or Religious Related

Just For Fun And Helpful Tutorials


 

Genealogy Links

 

Maps and Place Name Locators

Geographic Name server

USGS National Mapping Information 

Land Records and Maps - Kansas State Historical Society
There are federal land records for all states except the original thirteen states .Vermont, Kentucky, Tennessee, Maine, West Virginia, Texas, and Hawaii

Images Of Early Maps On The Web 

Hargrett Library Rare Map Collection

National Register of Historical Places

Maptech MapServer (browser specific)

Oddens' Bookmarks The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping 

The TopoZone
The Web's center for recreational and
professional topographic map users.

British Historic Maps

Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)

Immigration, Emigration and Ship Lists

Ellis Island

CastleGarde.norg
Offers free access to an extraordinary database of information on 10 million immigrants from 1830 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened

The Olive Tree Genealogy

Ship Passenger Lists

Ships - Passenger Lists to the Carolina's

The Ships List

Ships Passanger Lists on the Internet
Links To Ships Lists And Short Descriptions Of Each Link.

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild

Immigrants to Canada

Sites with Genealogical Source Material - Emigrants

Migration News


Myths Hoaxes and Scams

An excellent resource describeing Genealogical Hoaxes and Scams is the Genealogy Hall of Shame located on the 
International Blacksheep Society of Genealogists

We also suggest you look through the links in
Cyndi’s List Myths Hoaxes and Scams Section

Included Are Some Of The Following:

Fraudulent Lineage's

False and Faked Mayflower Genealogy

They Changed Our Name at Ellis Island by Donna Przecha

RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees --- 
Why U Can't Find Your Ancestors  Misspeld Knames—A Commun Probblem for Reeserchors

Battle Of The Burned Courthouse


Database Searches / Surname Lists

Cyndi’s List Of Genealogy Sites On The Internet

Roots Web

Surname Web

The USGen Web Project

Genealogy Trails

Family Tree Maker Online Search

Ancestral Findings

The Mayflower Web Pages

The Colonial Gazette Mayflower & Early Families

Anglicized French Surnames
This list first created on The French Connection's site was used with permission from the author. (Robert E. Chenard's 1998 compilation + more)

Ancestry Search At Ancestry.Com

Genealogy.Com

GenCircles

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution DAR

Heraldry Links

The Society for Creative Anachronism,Inc.-The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) is an international organization dedicated to  researching and re-creating pre-17th-century European history.

CousinConnect.com

DistantCousin.com

Diaries, Memoirs, Letters and Reports Along The Trails West 
 

Native Americans

Manataka

Native American Genealogy Links

nativeamericanheritage.com

Indian and Northern Affairs in Canada

Federally Recognized Indian Tribes

Tribes of the United States

Confederated Tribes Of Siletz Burials

The Cherokee Nation

The Ancient Keetoowah Nighthawk Society

NAIRSO
Native American Indian Religious Service Organization Inc

Native American Genealogy

The Tri-Racial Isolate Communities of Delaware & So. New Jersey
"The term"tri-racial isolates" is distasteful today, but its existence is part of history that we must recognize....
"As details have fallen together, it has become apparent that the isolate groups are, in fact, remnant Native American communities that have remained outside the official system of recognized tribes."   (Ned Heite)

NaitiveWeb Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World

Hawaii: Mexicans and Natives - Migration News March 1997

AlohaQuest Story Archives  

International Arbitration 
Lance Paul Larsen vs. The Hawaiian Kingdom 
Initiated: Nov. 8, 1999 

starbulletin.com
Tuesday, August 29, 2000  Alaska Natives praise federal recognition. They testify at a hearing on the Akaka bill that it helped strengthen their cultureand traditions

Origins of Hawaii's Names

Kohanaiki 'Ohana
Native Hawaiian Resource  Information 
 

Church or Religious Related

Bible Records Online
Family Records From Family Bibles

Jewish Genealogy Links Page

The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - LDS

Baptist Roots Baptist Church History And Genealogy

Lutherans Online

The National Huguenot Society

Quaker Corner
 

Cemeteries Tombstones

Find A Grave

Graveyards & Gravestones  Indexed Gravestone Photographs.  Photographs and transcriptions from over 100 cemeteries in 16 States and France

National Cemeteries

HeadstoneHunter

Internment.Net Cemetery Transcription Library

Tombstone Rubbings in the Information Age
 
Tombstone Inscriptions 
An interesting article on how to read Tombstone Inscriptions from the Genealogical & Historical Research In Old-Bedford County

Photographs and Lost Items

Dead Fred The Original Genealogy Photo Archive

Ancestor Genealogy Photo Archive

Ancient Faces

Ancestorville: 4000 Lost Family Photos
& Genealogy Antiques For Sale

Orphan Photos and heirlooms

I Dream of Genealogy Free Databases - Lost Family Heirlooms

Cyndi's List - Lost & Found

 

Social Security Death Index At:

Ancestry.Com

Roots Web

Genealogy.Com
 

Just For Fun And Helpful Tutorials:

Skywalker Family Tree from the Star Wars films

Wit and Wisdom
Genealogy humor and poetry

Surname Origins and Genealogy Resources

Last Name Meanings and Origins Glossary

Birth Day Calculator
Fun statistics for your birth date

dMarie Time Capsule  Headlines from the day you were born (or any other date)

The 10,000 Year Calendar
Welcome to our 10,000-Year calendar. With this calendar you can view a month or year calendar for any year 1 to 10000 A.D.

Tombstone Inscriptions 
An interesting article on how to read Tombstone Inscriptions from the Genealogical & Historical Research In Old-Bedford County

Standards For Sharing Information With Others
Recommended By The National Genealogical Society
Standards For Sound Genealogical Research
Guidelines for Using Records, Repositories, and Libraries
Standards for Use of Technology In Genealogical Research
Standards for Sharing Information with Others
Guidelines For Publishing Web Pages On The Internet
Guidelines for Genealogical Self-Improvement and Growth

RootsWeb Guides to Tracing Family Trees

Genealogy Home Page Tutorial Putting Surnames On-line

Genealogy Web Creations and Web Design
Website Design for the Genealogist (a commercial site but with helpful tutorials, give it a try)

Treasure Maps - The How-to Genealogy Site

Cyndi’s Genealogy Home Page Construction Kit

10 Big Myths about copyright explained
An attempt to answer common myths about copyright seen on the net and cover issues related to copyright and USENET/Internet publication.

Copy Right Copy Sense U.S. Copyright and Genealogy

Local Newspaper Obits


Gengateway.com Obituary Gateway
The Largest On-Line Newspaper Obituary Search Listing On The Web

Obituary Daily Times

Newspaper Obituaries and Obits at Headlinespot.Com

Obituary Central

History and Timelines


American Memory Historical Collections for the National Digital Library

World History – HyperHistory Online

The American Colonist's Library
A Treasury Of Primary Documents

Primary Source Documents Pertaining to Early American History 

U.S. News Archives on the Web
Papers in states from Alabama to DC

United States Newspaper Abstracts

OurTimelines.com Personalized Timelines

dMarie Time Capsule  Headlines from the day you were born (or any other date)

The 10,000 Year Calendar
Welcome to our 10,000-Year calendar. With this calendar you can view a month or year calendar for any year 1 to 10000 A.D.


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Genealogical And General Resources

Notable Women Ancestors Everton's Genealogy Helper
Articles and history of women
in the old west and early military


Petunia Press is the home of:
MISSING LINKS: A Magazine for Genealogists
and
SOMEBODY'S LINKS: Genealogical Treasures Found
The Genealogy Register Unusual, Creative And Genealogy Sites
GenealogyLinks.Net International Blacksheep Society of Genealogists
Genealogy Books The Olive Tree Genealogy
Roots Web Home Page Vital Records
This page contains information about where to obtain vital records (such as birth, death & marriage certificates and divorce decrees) from each state, territory and county of the United States.
Sassytazzy's Online Genealogy Research Library
Free Internet Access to Public Records
Listed are over 1,400 county,  state and federal (court) URL's where you can access public record  information for free.
Genealogy Forms
Repositories of Primary Sources Western United States and Canada
Reference Desk Search Systems index to over 2376 Free Searchable Public Record Databases
The Library Of Congress Making of America (MOA) - A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the ntebellum period through reconstruction
The U.S. Patent Office Genealogy Resources On The Internet Mailing Lists
FreeTranslation.com Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation
Mission Statement - To collect DNA samples within a genealogical context for the purpose of creating the world's most omprehensive correlated genetic and genealogical database.

Cyndi’s List Of Genealogy Sites On The Internet
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Military

Federal Research Division POW/ MIA Home Page Miscellaneous - Wars
The Marine Corps Medal Of Honor Recipients Civil War
Medal of Honor Citations Vietnam
Memorials and Casualty Files The War Of 1812
The Olive Tree Genealogy Indexes to USA Military Information
Imperial War Museum London - Online Exhibitions
Access Genealogy Military Resource Center 
A variety of records, research guides and links for the U.S. military researcher

Articles and history of women in the old west and early military
US Army Bands
The Warbird's Forum
The Piper Cub Forum
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Military - Miscellaneous Wars


Spy Letters of the American Revolution

The History Place - American Revolution

The American Revolution

The American Revolution - The Making of America and Her Independence

The American Revolution Official National Park Service site with information on historical sites around the US, including resources.

Mexican War Officer Information
Presented on the Aztec Club's web site is a database consisting of the most complete record
 of Mexican War service by American officers ever presented.

WWI: THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

WWI: Canada and the First World War (National Archives Of Canada

WWII: Full Pearl Harbor Casualty List  December 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor Links

Korean War Project Search Engine

Gulf War

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Military - United States Civil War

Civil War Records National Archives And Records Administration

Dakota State University  Madison, SD, USA The American Civil War

The United States Civil War Center [LSU]

Civil War Letters

Selected Civil War Photographs

Teaching American History Document Library - Civil War Era

American Women's History: A Research Guide
The Civil War Period

Women Soldiers in the Civil War

Women Soldiers of the Civil War

Civil War Resources from the VMI Archives

American Civil War Research Database

Civil War Soldiers And Sailors System

The Civil War in South Carolina

Military & Pension Records for Union Civil War Veterans
How To Order Military & Pension Records for Union Civil War Veterans from the National Archives

Civil War Pension Records in the National Archives, DC

Andersonville Civil War Prison

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Military - The War Of 1812

General Society Of The War Of 1812

The War of 1812 - The Road to Washington British Army Style

The Library of Virginia Index to War of 1812 Pay Rolls and Muster Rolls

ILLINOIS TRAILS HISTORY AND GENEALOGY Presents ...THE WAR of 1812

American Military History - Army Historical Series - Office Of The Chief Of Military History - United States Army The War of 1812

War of 1812 Cemetery - Names of the United States soldiers buried in the old military cemetery

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Military - Vietnam

United States Of America

The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Wall Page
Wall on the Web Berkeley Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Australia

New Zealand

Roll of Honour Roll of Honour
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Organizations

National Genealogical Society

The American Historical Association

Association of Professional Genealogists in Denver, Colorado

Canada's National History Society

Federation of Genealogical Societies in the USA

National Trust for Historic Preservation in the USA

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US GenWeb Project (Plus)

The US GenWeb Project contains Links to all state and most county GenWeb projects 
Here are some shortcuts to a few GenWeb pages, plus a few similar sites that have been helpful to us.
 

Alameda County

Fresno County

Mendocino County

San Francisco County

Cass (now Bartow) County Pioneer Families of South Georgia

Clinton County Illinois GenWeb

Clinton County Illinois Genealogy Trails

St. Clair County (Illinois) Genealogical Society  (SCCGS)

St. Clair County Illinois GenWeb

St Clair County Illinois Genealogy Trails

Shelby County Illinois GenWeb

Washington County Illinois GenWeb

Washington County Illinois Genealogy Trails

Washington County Illinois Trails

Cook County Illinois GenWeb

Fayette County Illinois GenWeb

Bond County Illinois GenWeb

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index at Illinois 
State Archives

MAGA  Free research resources for Central Illinois Counties of Cass, Greene, Macoupin, Menard, Morgan, Scott and Sangamon. Morgan Area Genealogical Association.

Jefferson County

Madison County

Noble County

Northwest Indiana Genealogy Society

Michael's Genealogy page Indiana Kentucky

Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850

Southern Indiana - Welcome to Evan's Genealogy Site

North Carolina Office of Archives and History

Hall Of Records Southern Genealogical Research Page - Western North Carolina

Hamilton County

Marion County

Montgomery County

Summit County
Colleton County

Orangeburg County

South Carolina Department of Archives and History
San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society

San Antonio Texas Public Library - Genealogy

Genealogy Resources at Texas Archives and Library Commission

Confederate Pensions Search at Texas Archives and Library Commission

The Handbook of Texas Online

Texas Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection

The Texas General Land Office Archives

Texas Research Helps

Bexar County

Erath County

Hunt County

Lone Star Genealogy

German Texan Genealogy Web Sites

Kenosha County
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International Searches

World Wide

Miscellaneous

GeneaNet

The World GenWeb Project

UK Sites

LookupUK
The original resource centre for finding that Lost Friend or Relative in the UK

Hull University Directory of Royal and Noble Genealogical Data
Includes data on Royal / Noble Families as well as US Presidents

The Carpathian Connection

Dutch Heritage

Dutch Genealogy

Voorouders.net
Starting point for genealogy research in the Netherlands with guides, resources, links and more.


Hispanic Genealogy Resources

Hispanic Genealogy Center

Hispanic Genealogical Society

Prussia Preussen
Prussia was a nation of grandeur, royalty, nobility, and central German governmental rule. A country of mixed nations both richest of the rich and poorest of the poor.

Canada

Canada Genealogy / Généalogie du Canada - GenWeb Project Home Page

LDS - Canada Research Guide

Virtual Reference Library (formerly Bob's Your Uncle, Eh!)  A search engine that provides detailed access to Canadian Genealogical Information On The World Wide Web

Prince Edward Island Surname List

Genealogy Links.Net - Canadian Sites

Canadian Genealogy & History

Immigrants to Canada

Repositories of Primary Sources Western United States and Canada

Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)

Canadian Genealogical Projects Registry

CanadianCulture.com

American-French Genealogical Society
A genealogical & historical organization for French-Canadian research.

England

Bob's PRO Searches Military, Naval, Passenger lists

Edenfield Genealogical Society

Gen UKI – The United Kingdom and Ireland

Bert's English Genealogy Page

Some Notes On Medieval English Genealogy

The British Isles GenWeb Project

The England GenWeb Project

British Counties, Parishes, etc. for Genealogists

Genealogy Links.Net - United Kingdom

British Historic Maps

Hull University Directory of Royal and Noble Genealogical Data
Includes data on Royal / Noble Families as well as US Presidents

Germany

Germany GenWeb Project

Genealogy.Net The Number One Source in German Genealogy

Hannover "HannUFind"  Hannover-Uni-Findemaschine [in German]

German Roots

Hamburg Lists (1890-1893)

Emslanders to the American Mid-West
This webpage is devoted to the identification of 19th century German emigrants who came to the U.S. from that part of Hannover known today as Emsland, Niedersachsen, and settled in the mid-western states of Missouri & Illinois, mostly.

Nordrhein - Westfalen Germany GenWeb Site

Ireland

The A to Z of Ireland Family Surnames Page

Irish Genealogy Bridge for researching Irish Ancestry

Centre for Irish Genealogical and Historical Studies

Fianna Guide to Irish Genealogy (formerly the "HIDEAWAY")

Gen UKI – The United Kingdom and Ireland

The National Archives Of Ireland

Cyberancestors Your Gateway To Ireland

Gaelic and Gaelic Culture

Italy

POINT -- Pursuing Our Italian Names Together
The American Network of Italian Genealogy (membership fee)

Italy / Italian Resources On The Internet

Italy World GenWeb

Records for Italy

Mexico
MéxicoGenWeb
Norway
Ancestors From Norway
Romania
Romania Links
Scotland Electric Scotland
Here you will find many thousands of web pages about Scotland and especially about the history of Scotland and the Scots

Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry

Gen UKI – Scotland

Rampant Scotland Directory!  Genealogy

Scotland Genealogy Links from Genealogy Links

The Gathering Of The Clans

Scots Origins

Sweden
SweGGate = Sweden Genealogical Gate

The Genealogical Society of Sweden
Genealogical Sociaety in Sweden with extensive genealogical archives and research facilities.
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