Genealogy Guide to Resources
1. Identify what you know about your family.
2. Decide what you need to learn.
3. Select records to search.
4. Obtain & search record:
5. Use your information.
Charts & forms:
http://www.pbs.org/kbyu/ancestors/charts
http://www.genealogy.com
Social Security Death Index:
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm
Soundex Machine---United States Federal Census:
http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/soundex/soundex.html
Family name migration:
http://www.Hamrick.com/names
Abbreviations used:
http://www.kuhnslagoon.net/cybertree/howto/abbrev.html
Types of information gathered by each census:
http://www.kuhnslagoon.net/cybertree/howto/census.html
Native American Research How-to:
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/
http://members.aol.com/bbbenge/newlinks.html
African American Research How-to:
http://www.afrigeneas.com
http://www.cyndislist.com/african.htm
http://freedmensbureau.com
Chart for determining relationships:
http://www.cswnet.com/~sbooks/genealogy/cousins/cousins.htm
Civil War soldiers & sailors:
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/
Alabama:
Georgia:
North Carolina:
South Carolina:
Virginia:
Alabama Records--A F325 .G22
Alabama Soldiers--A F325 .G23
Deep South Genealogical Quarterly--A folio F325 .D43
Everton's Genealogical Helper--Gen CS1 .G38
Mayflower Quarterly--Gen F68 .S64
Settlers of Northeast Alabama--A folio 325 .S4
Tap Roots--A F325 .T3 (Genealogical Society of East Alabama)
Valley Leaves--A folio F325 .V3
Books:
Cherokee By Blood--Gen E99 .C5 J63
Colonial Families of the United States--Gen CS61 .M22
County Courthouse Book--Gen KF8700 .A19 B46 1990
Ethnic Genealogy--Gen CS49 .E83 1983
Germans to America--Gen E184 .G3 G38 1988
Handy Book for Genealogists--Gen CS16 .E85 1981
Historical Southern Families--Gen CS69 .B58
Index to Revolutionary War Service Records--Gen E255 .W56 1995
North Carolina Troops--Gen E573.3 .M4
Owen's History of Alabama & Dictionary of Alabama Biography--A
F326 .O9
Passenger & Immigration Lists Index--Gen CS68. P363
Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865--Gen
E559 .A5
Searching for Your Ancestors--Gen CS16.D6 1992
The Genealogists Address Book--Gen CS 44 .G55
The Roster of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865--Gen E548 .H4 1995
The Source--Gen CS49 .S65 1997
Virtual Roots--Gen CS21 .K46 1997
Vital Records Handbook--Gen CS42.7 .K46 1990
Alabama Genealogical Society, Inc.
Samford University Library, Special Collections Department
Phone: (205) 870-2749
Central Alabama Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 125, Selma, AL 36702-0125
The Genealogical Society of East Alabama, Inc.
P.O. Box 2892, Opelika, AL 36803
Mobile Genealogical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 6224, Mobile, AL 36606
http://www.siteone.com/clubs/mgs/
Montgomery Genealogical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 230194, Montgomery, AL 36123-0194
http://www.rootsweb.com/~almontgo/mgs.htm
Northeast Alabama Genealogical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 674, Gadsden, AL 35902
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5952/
Pike County Historical and Genealogical Society
Rt.2, Box 272, Goshen, AL 36035
Southeast Alabama Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 143, Dothan, AL 36302
Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 1568, Huntsville, AL 35807
http://www.tvgs.org
Georgia Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 54575, Atlanta, GA 30308-0575
http://www.gagensociety.org/links.htm
Muscogee Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 761, Columbus, GA 31902
http://www.muscogeegenealogy.com/
National Genealogical Society
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/index.htm
Algenweb
http://www.rootsweb.com/~algenweb/
Alabama Department of Archives & History
http://www.archives.state.al.us/
Bureau of Land Management
http://www.blm.gov/nhp/
Cyndi's Genealogy Page
http://www.CyndisList.com
Georgia Department of Archives & History
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
http://istg.rootsweb.com
National Archives & Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/
North Carolina Division of Archives & History
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/
NCHS - How to obtain vital records
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/
South Carolina Department of Archives & History
http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/homepage.htm
Tennessee State Library & Archives
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/intro.htm
Virginia Archives & Manuscript Repositories
http://www.lva.lib.va.us
The National Archives
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesindex.asp#s
In Motion
http://www.inmotionaame.org/home.cfm?bhcp
Bahamas National Archive
http://www.bahamasnationalarchives.bs/
African American Cemeteries
http://africanamericancemeteries.com/