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Sample these sites for ancestors from mainland Europe. If their homeland isn't covered here, check WorldGenWeb.
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Hawaii Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness, Hawaii www.raogk.com/hawaii.htm Ask these volunteers to assist with your Hawaiian research. Idaho Idaho GenWeb Project www.rootsweb.com/~idgenweb Look here for county-level resources, including archives, message boards and queries. Illinois Illinois State Archives www.ilsos.net/departments/archives/databases.html Excellent collection of more...
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Nebraska Nebraska School Records idreamof.com/school/ne.html If your ancestor attended school in Nebraska, check here for records dating from 1871. Nevada Nevada Historical Society dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/museums/reno/his-soc.htm Virtual exhibits of your Nevada ancestors' past, links to sites about Nevada history and information on collections. New Hampshire...
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Links to the lives of the unusual, surprising and infamous: Lizzie Borden's family tree www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/Borden/ Unsolved Mysteries mailing list www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_general.html#GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Notorious Ancestors www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/8310/notorious.html Yahoo guide to outlaws dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Crime/Outlaws/ So You Want to Be Kin to Jesse James www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/8225/jesse...
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Would you like free access to thousands of topographic maps? TopoZone.com at www.topozone.com is a fully searchable Web site containing topographic images of the entire United States. Under Get a Map, click Place Name Search to go to the query form. The system will return a...
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I was inspired to search the Web for ancestral artifacts after reading the October 2004 Family Tree Magazine article by associate editor Lauren Eisenstodt ("Object Lessons," page 50). Lauren wrote about 10 ways to research and preserve family heirlooms. One of the sites I routinely check in hopes...
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Web sites to help you in your search for lost family and friends. Telephone Directories Telephone Directories on the Web: Sometimes finding someone can be as simple as looking the name up in a telephone book. This site indexes online telephone directories, yellow pages, e-mail directories and fax listings covering...
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Tips for using search engines' advanced searches to target your online genealogy research.
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