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1 Genealogy Websites for Cyber Sleuthing Your Family Tree 2018 Tina Beaird

2 Digital Genealogy Book Collections Digital Public Library FamilySearch Google Books Hathi Trust Internet Archives New York Public Library Digital Collections Genealogy Courses, Portals, and Calculators Birth Date Calculator Cyndi s List Hebrew Date calculator Historical County Lines Illinois State Genealogical Society Linkpendium Many Roads- Free Courses Immigration and Ships Manifests Brigham Young University Immigrant Ships Index Castle Garden Ellis Island Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild One-Step Web Pages Ships Passenger Lists

3 Maps, Atlases and Gazetteers Atlas of Historic County Boundaries Newberry Library Big Map Blog Cornell University Persuasive Maps Collection David Rumsey Map Collection Stanford University Google Maps World Gazetteer Library of Congress Map Collection National Library of Scotland Map Collection North Carolina University Citing Maps & Atlases Old Maps Online Osher Map Library Railroad Gazetteers Online Internet Archive U.S. Geological Survey National Genealogical Organizations African-American Genealogy Daughters of the American Revolution Federation of Genealogical Societies Jewish Genealogy National Genealogical Society Polish Genealogical Society of America US Railroad Retirement Board

4 Newspaper Collections The Ancestor Hunt California Digital Newspapers Collection: Chronicling America Colorado Newspaper Collections Elephind Fulton History Google News Montana Digital Newspapers Obituaries and Cemeteries Billion Graves Cemetery Junction Find-A-Grave Illinois Gravestones Interment.net U.S. Libraries and Research Centers Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Allen County Public Library Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library Family History Library Salt Lake City Mid-Continent Public Library

5 Chicagoland Genealogy Libraries Arlington Heights Public Library Chicago Public Library Kankakee Public Library Newberry Library Wheaton Public Library Illinois Resources Bureau County Vital Records CARLI Digital Collections DeKalb County Vital Records Illinois Department of Public Health Illinois Digital Archives Illinois GenWeb Illinois State Genealogical Society Illinois State Archives IRAD Illinois State Secretary of State Kane County Vital Records Kane County Recorder of Deeds University of Illinois Digital Collections Chicagoland Resources A Look At Cook Chicago Ancestors

6 Center for Research Libraries, University of Chicago Chicago Collections Consortium Chicago Daily News Photo Collection (Library of Congress) Chicago Genealogical Society Chicago History Museum Chicago Public Library: Chicago History Cook County Circuit Clerk Naturalization Index Cook County Coroner s Inquest Records to Cook County Genealogy National Archives Great-Lakes Region Chicago, IL U.S. State Websites Arizona Dept. of Health Services Vital Records California Death Index Florida Memory Project Georgia Vault Iowa State Historical Society Michigan State Archives Seeking Michigan Missouri State Archives Digital Heritage Minnesota Vital Records Indexs North Carolina State Archives- Digital NC Ohio Memory Project Oregon Secretary of State Historical Database South Carolina Archives databases

7 South Carolina Death Index Utah- Brigham Young University Genealogy Collections: Washington State Archives West Virginia Vital Records Wisconsin Historical Society International Genealogy Websites Canadian State Archives Find My Past (Ireland) Find your Roots in Germany French Archive Records National Archives of Italy National Archives of Ireland New Zealand State Archives New Zealand Online digital collections Polish Genealogy Portal Public Records Office of Northern Ireland Roots Ireland Scotland s People Scotland's Places Swedish Vital Records United Kingdom and Ireland Genealogy

8 Genealogy Blogs and RSS Feeds Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Blog Dick Eastman s Online Genealogy Newsletter DearMyrtle Family History Daily Familysearch.org Genealogyblog Genealogy Insider Genealogy Today Illinois state Genealogical Society Newberry Library Genealogy Mid-Continent Public Library Genealogy Center Mocavo Genealogy National Genealogical Society: Upfront New England Historic Genealogical Society: Vita-Brevis Illinois Local Genealogy Blogs Genealogy Journey: Fountaindale Public Library Glenview Public Library Genealogy Blog Indian Prairie Genealogy Group: Indian Prairie Public Library Shelf Life: Cook Memorial Public Library Tony s Genealogy Blog: Schaumburg Township Library Urbana Free Library

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