@ Academy of Lifelong Learning
University of Delaware
 Class Slides:
Class#,Date,Topics
1. Sep 13, 2007 Class web site Access to UD databases (b/w) and ancestry.com searching techniques Blank Census Forms U.S./Canada/UK Save census as pdf file on a PC (e.g.Academy) or on your flash drive (name to find again) Rules of evidence: original vs. other record 2.Sep 20:Census (b/w)
3.Sep 27: HeritageQuest
census search techniques 4. Oct 4 Find People
5. Oct 11 Potpourri:
6. Oct 18 Find Places
7. Oct 25
Software Review: (b/w); PC:
8. Nov 1: PAF Computer Workshop:
9. Nov 8
Historical Newspapers (b/w):
10. Nov 15
Historical Newspapers (b/w):
ProQuest Collection: see bottom right column
Accessible Archives;
Nov 22: No Class - Thanksgiving Day 12. Nov 29:
13. Dec 6 Other Ancestry.com Resources(b/w): WWI/WWII draft, passport applications, passenger lists, city directories, HS yearbooks, 14. Dec 13 Other Useful Web Resources, e.g.
Left frame updated: December 12, 2007 f5, s6, f6, s7
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Top Resources:
Cyndi's List, WorldGenWeb US GenWeb: Search US LDS: Library Catalog .... Family Search LDS Images (in Beta Test): Eastman Letter Review Subjects: Genealogy 
Databases from home* [AncestryLib,AccesArchv+] 2. enter UDelNetID# & ..password; click "Enter" 3. click "Databases" at top Also see: UDFind It, change username/password, no FTP SSH (Using), wireless access, Your Web Site, Web Mail; Mozilla: set homepage, HQ Free Antivirus:McAfee Other Free Downloads: pdf995 software no ads:$9.95, HTML edit:NoteTabLight5.5 Gadwin PrintScreen Utility:scroll down; Word2000html add-on Other UD Databases:: DE Newspaper Project: .. Extant issues locally .. Old Newspapers at UD .. Orphans 1790-1830, .. Tax1798/CityDirectories Other Databases:: DE Libraries (free): [HeritageQuestAccess-Norton] [census, PERSI, RevWar 20K fam/loc hist books Accessable Archives Godfrey Library ($35) Historical Newspapers: Brooklyn (1841-1902) Early American, EBSCO PA Gazette(1728-1800) Delaware Resources:: ![[DGS LOGO]](http://delgensoc.org/dgslogo.gif) Web Links Search DGS Queries Delaware Surnames Delaware Timeline Delaware 1775 Map Delaware Hundreds Delaware Towns Publications Delaware Families .. (1787-1800) Transcriptions/Abstract .... Taxes 1787-1800 .... Orphans' Court .... Newspapers Delaware GenWeb: ... New Castle ... Kent, Sussex Other Repositories Nearby State/Co Links Other DE Databases:: Historical Society: .. Genealogies State Archives .. Collections .. Probates to 1925 .. Schedule of Events Delaware Library Catalog In Green Bar, click: 1. Digital Collections 2. Hyperion Hierarchy 3. Delaware Public Archives 4. Digital Delawareana ...for following databases: ....(use Internet Explorer) ....(allow pop-up windows) Dutch/Swedes 1609-64 Swedes on the Delaware Delaware Place Names Delaware Role WWII Washington 1777 Army Hist of DE 1609-1888 Professional Research: .. BCG: Certification .. APG; DGS * OR install "Proxify" button: may be easier when timed out 1. click here, then click 2. browser "Proxify" button 3. enter UDelNetID & pass- . word; click "Submit Query" other proxify info or Mozilla w/proxify button Other Newspapers: By state; Indexes; Library of Congress:free ProQuest Archiver: Historical Newspapers: Link from newspaper site: AtlanCons(1868-1929) BostonGlo(1872-1923) ChicTrib (1849-1985) ...1870-77 @ footnote.com ChrSciMon(1908-93) free HartCour (1764-1984) LA Times(1881-1985) NY Times(1851-2003):UD DC:Post(1877-1990):Harvard WallStJ(1889-1989):UD choose Advanced Search; most $3.95/pdf with volume discounts (see links above) may get free access from a university or public library others available: search! Guardian (1821-2003)6/08 Observer (1791-2003)6/08 Civil War (1840-65) Right frame updated: |
Instructors: Tom Doherty/Tom Keane Th 2-3:20p Rms 202,214
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<<< For copies of class slides, click on links in left column
2a. Ancestry.com Census Images Ancestry Library Edition [free:UDelNetID/password(see right)] : ..US 1790-1930 census (every-name index) ....States NY 1892,1905; WI 1895,1905 ..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 1841, 1851,1861 so far ..Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1819, 1867, 1890, 1900 ..Chicago voter registration 1888, 1890, 1892 keep ancestry image on screen, open 2nd browser window: go to Delaware Public Library, then click on either New Castle Co, then "HeritageQuest", enter borrower ID#/pin# (free to DE residents or check your own public library) or Wilmington, then RESEARCH DATABASES, choose branch, enter borrower ID#, then "HeritageQuest, "then "Census". Then search/browse for same census image as in ancestry, download pdf to PC or Mac and print pdf by selecting entire image (or any part thereof) using camera icon to draw a rectangle around choice. Also try Chester Co or Delaware Co PA Libraries, choose HeritageQuest, then enter card# Friedmans Bank - many newly freed slaves named (1865-74) 25,000 genealogy/history books; PERSI (1.6M articles) War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index 1812-1815 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) GenBank (Save $40) [partial image free]: over 114,000 Historical Government Documents 1789-1980, over 1300 Historical Newspapers 1690-1977 (500,000 issues) including Philadelphia Inquirer: 11/07/1860-12/31/1922 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 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 Archives: State Images/Databases: Delaware, Illinois
Calendars: 10,000 Years: Weekday, Convert Age to Birth Date, Old vs New Style Census: U.S. Clues: 1790-1840, 1850-1930,
1890 Fate
Court Records: SalemCoMA 1636-1686,YorkCoME 1686-1760
Foreign Records(also Census, Immigration, Military, Naming):
Genetics/DNA: Genographics Project, FamilyTreeDNA Handwriting: see Transcribing Immigration:
General,
Immigrant Origins,
Naturalization: DE
Indexes for On-line searches: stevemorse.org, Land: Images: Deeds: Salem MA
Maps: Library of Congress - digitized old maps;
Medical: Archaic Terms: Diseases: #2, #3 Military: Revolutionary War:
Cornell Making of America
Miscellaneous: Encyclopedia of Genealogy - Wikipedia-like Reports, e.g. enter "history town (or company name)" books.google; rootstelevision Abbrev, #2; Occupations: #2, #4; Face Recognition Naming Patterns in Families: General,
Colonial America,
Newsletters: (free)
RootsWeb NewsGroups,
Newspapers:
Available by state;
Newspapers/Indexes on Web;
Photos/Images: DeadFred;
Surnames:
(Onomastics):
Society Sites: Delaware, Virginia Eastern Shore
Tax: Maryland 1783, Virginia 1790,1800 Transcribing:
Alphabet;
Diary: practice transcribing;
Reading Old Handwriting;
Kip Sperry, "Reading Early American Handwriting";
Vital Records:
Obtaining by State:
By State:
WilmingtonDE Catholic, Illinois BMD, Kentucky MD(1911-86),
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 December 7, 2007
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