<<< For copies of class slides, click on link in date at left How to Start: 1.Talk to Relatives; 2.Census Images 2a. Find every available census image using this process: Search
Ancestry Library Edition [free:UDelNetID/password(see right)] :
..US 1790-1930 census (every-name index)
..Canada NB, NS, ON, QB 1851 [1871:index only (no images)],
...... 1881 [index], 1911
..UK (except Ireland) with every-name index 1841-1901
.... Scotland only 1851,1861 so far
..NY State 1892,1905
..Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1867 2b.For high quality US census copy, print to pdf (pdf995):
keep ancestry image on screen, open 2nd browser window:
go to Delaware Public Library, click "genealogy" then "HeritageQuest", enter library card#/pin# (free to DE residents or check your own public library). Then search/browse for same census image as in ancestry, download pdf to PC or Mac and print entire pdf image (or any part thereof) selected using camera icon.

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Other Original Images at HeritageQuest Revolutionary War Pension Files
Friedmans Bank - many newly freed slaves named (1865-74)
25,000 genealogy/history books; PERSI (1.6M articles)

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Some Other Original Images at Ancestry (catalog) WW I draft registration (males born 1872-1900),
Passenger Lists - many linked to ship images:
- Baltimore (1820-1948), Boston (1820-1943),
- New York (1850-91,1935-8), Philadelphia (1800-1945)
City Directories (ME,MA,CT) (mainly 1900-50)
High School yearbooks (selected 1860s-1960)

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Other General Searches Cyndi's List- Exceptional! over 260,000 links in 180+ categories to all that's genealogical and historical
USGenWeb: State Links, Search Archives
-- a direct route to almost every U.S. county,
WorldGenWeb (Regional Links), Country Links
-- a direct route to almost every country and jurisdictions
Latter-day Saints church: Ancestor Search (includes IGI), Library Catalog and other resources

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Some Library and Other Databases Godfrey Library (free to $35) many + historical newspapers
New England [for members: NEHGR 1849-1994]; Canada
Allen Co (IN) Public Library 2nd to LDS (PERSI origin)
U.S. National Archives: Microfilms, holdings, hours

RootsWeb, NewsGroups,
G oo gl e It!: Books (choose "Full view"), Images, Earth Maps

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Alphabetical Potpourri of Searches
Archives: Manuscripts: free at least until 5-31-06: ArchiveGrid

Archives: State Images/Databases: Delaware, Illinois
UD Databases: ArchivesUSA index of ca 5600 repositories 160K collections of primary sources; Early American Imprints 1639-1800; National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections

Calendars: 10,000 Years: Weekday, Convert Age to Birth Date, Old vs New Style

Census: U.S. Clues: 1790-1840, 1850-1930, 1890 Fate
.. Canada Census Images: 1851(NB,NS,ON,QB - no index);
...1901(all); 1906 (only AB,MB,SK); 1911 (also ancestry.com)
.. Canada Census Indeces: 1871(ON); 1881(all)
...Ireland: before 1901 destroyed; Griffiths 1848-1864
.. Scotland Census 1841-1901 & Vital Records Images (pay site)

Court Records: York Co ME Court 1686-1760
Delaware Probate 1600s-1900s
Chester Co PA Probate 1821-1942

Foreign Records (also Census, Immigration, Military, Naming):
...WorldGenWeb (Regional Links), Country Links
...Canada; UK/Ireland: originsnetwork.com(free 7/06)

Handwriting: see Transcribing

Immigration: General, Immigrant Origins, Naturalization
British Emigrants 1890-1960; New York City:
Castle Garden 1830-1913, Ellis Island 1892-1924,
to Canada 1865-1935

Indexes for On-line searches: stevemorse.org,

Land: Images: Deeds: Salem MA
Patents/Grants: US Bureau of Land Management; Virginia

Maps: Library of Congress - digitized old maps;
County: Northeast, Southeast, County Formation 1643+
Sanborn(1867-1970): Delaware:UD Database(pdf), New England
Old New England, MapQuest, Google Earth: satellite view

Medical: Archaic Terms: Diseases: #2, #3

Military: Revolutionary War: Cornell Making of America
American Loyalists
Civil War: LSU: battles, soldiers, maps, diaries,
General: Illinois: Civil War Muster
Canada: RevWar soldier/widow Pension Images (New Brunswick)

Misc: Abbrev, #2; Occupations: #2, #4; Face Recognition

Naming Patterns in Families: General, Colonial America,
English, Scot, Irish, Welsh, German, Italian, Colonial,
English/Welsh 1700-1870, Scot 1700s, Irish 1800s, Old German,
English, Irish, French, German, Spanish, Arabic, Indian, African,
Nicknames:#1, #2

Newspapers: Available by state; Newspapers/Indexes on Web;
... also search ancestry.com [UD] and Godfrey Library,
... http://www.newspaperarchive.com
UD Newspaper Database Images:
Accessible Archives 1700s-1800s, African American 1800s,
America's Historical Newspapers 1690-1876,
Brooklyn Eagle 1841-1902, Cecil Whig 1870-74,
London Gazette 1752–1979, London Times 1785-1985,
Missouri (Historic) Newspapers 1859+,
NY Times 1851-2003 (ProQuest),
Wall St. Journal 1889-1989 (ProQuest)

Surnames: Searching: Social Security Death Index (SSDI);
LDS: Library Catalog, International Genealogical Index (igi); GenCircles, Cyndi's List: G oo gl e: also images
Brigham Young: 5000 searchable books
ancestry.com(UofD): see right frame below Blue Hen
PERSI/books (HeritageQuest): Delaware Public Libraries
MyHeritage: searches >400 web databases
Rootsweb: Homepage, Newsgroups: Surnames
Census Name Distribution: 1850,80; 1920, 1990; 1990(phone)

Society Sites: Delaware, Virginia Eastern Shore
New England: Register 1847-1994, Sanborn maps

Tax: Virginia 1790,1800,

Transcribing: Alphabet; Diary: practice transcribing; Reading Old Handwriting; Old English Handwriting; German Script

Vital Records: Obtaining by State: By State: Illinois BMD, Kentucky MD(1911-86), Maine Marriages 1892+, New Jersey Marriages 1848-67
New England: MA vitals (1841-1910)
Social Security Death Index or SSDI - updated monthly;