Library of Congress Online Catalog − The Library of Congress collections include over 110 million items in a variety of formats and languages. The catalog information for many of these items has appeared in a number of traditional card catalogs located in the Library. Much of the information in these catalogs is also searchable over the Internet. This page links to the two methods for searching the main Library of Congress Online Catalog and to several specialized catalogs for prints and photographs (PPOC), for sound recordings (SONIC) and a Z39.50 gateway to the main catalog data.
Family Search Indexing − FamilySearch Indexing Portal. The data and images collected through FamilySearch indexing are available online at Record Search.
Find a Library − Search for the location and web site of Libraries across the United States.
Locate Library Holdings − lib-web-cats (library web sites and catalogs) is a directory of libraries worldwide. While the majority of the current listings are in North America, the numbers of libraries represented in other parts of the globe is growing. Each listing includes links to the library's website and online catalog. Other information available includes the geographic location, address, library type, current and previous library automation systems used, and the size of the library's collection.
Index of Libraries − Libdex is a directory of library home pages, online catalogs, friend’s pages, and affiliate links.
LibWeb − A global directory of library home pages.
Find Library − Find the best library and reference resources at LibrarySpot.com, including top dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, maps, quotations and much more.
Daughters of the American Revolution − Find the best library and reference resources at LibrarySpot.com, including top dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, maps, quotations and much more.
Palatines to America Office and Library − Palatines to America (Pal Am) is a German genealogy society dedicated to the study of ancestors from all German speaking lands.
Los Angeles Family History Center − The Los Angeles Regional Family History Center or LARFHC was established in 1964 to service the needs of the then 6.4 million citizens of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Non members are welcome and there is no charge for facility use. Last year 60% of those coming to the LARFHC were not members of the Church. The LARFHC has the LARGEST holdings of any branch in the Family History Library System of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The center has access to the 2.4 million microfilms in the Salt Lake City Family History Library.
Library of Virginia − Our collections include books, magazines, newspapers, state and Federal publications; county and city government records, state government records, architectural drawings and plans, Bible records, business records, organization records, personal papers, genealogical notes and charts; maps, rare books, broadsides, sheet music, posters, prints and engravings, postcards, paintings, sculpture and photographs.
California State Digital Library − The California Digital Library supports the assembly and creative use of the world's scholarship and knowledge for the University of California libraries and the communities they serve.
BYU Harold B. Lee Library − The official web site of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University.
BYU Family History Center − Family History Archive: Joseph Smith, the founder of this Church said, 'The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead.' The intent of this archive is to help people everywhere identify ancestors and learn from their legacy.
Castle Garden NY Immigration 1830−1892. − CastleGarden.org offers free access to an extraordinary database of information on 10 million immigrants from 1830 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened. Over 73 million Americans can trace their ancestors to this early immigration period.
Family History Library − Search for family ancestors. Billions of free family tree, family history, ancestry, genealogy and census records.
National Archives − The National Archives offers insight into the lives of people, their families and our history. Because the records at the National Archives come from every branch of the Federal government, almost all Americans can find themselves, their ancestors, or their community in the archives. Knowing how a person interacted with the government is key to a successful search.
Allen County Public Library, Indiana − The Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN has a renowned collection which includes more than 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 items of microfilm and microfiche.
LinkPendium − The definitive directory to Genealogy.
Used and out of Print Book Search − Used Books at Biblio − Choose from over 50 million used books, out−of−print books, rare books, and textbooks from over 5500 independent booksellers and bookstores worldwide.
Search for a library − Find what you want in a library near you with WorldCat, a global catalog of library collections.
TVGS Jun 2008 Newsletter Links
Find A Grave − The Find Graves section contains links to more than 19 million cemetery records in the US, Canada and other countries. Some records include a photo of the gravestone or other information. You can also Find Famous Graves section includes those of movie stars, Civil War generals, prominent politicians and writers, and many, many others.
Geographic Names Information System − This site, from the US Geological Survey, must be the most thorough US gazetteer available online. You can find places your ancestors lived in or visited in its list of almost two million populated places, streams, mountains, ridges, gaps, mesas, bridges, mills, fords and more. Better yet, links give you several options for seeing each place on digital topographic maps or aerial photos!
Window Live SkyDrive − Password-protected online file storage. Always available where you need it.
Nationwide Gravesite Locator − This site, from the US Department of Veterans' Affairs, lists burials of military personnel and eligible family members in US military cemeteries. Listings date from the Revolutionary War to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and usually include name, rank, branch of service, and dates of birth and death. Earlier listings, such as from the Civil War era, may have less information; sometimes, there is only the notation US Army instead of a particular unit. Confederate soldiers are usually not found here, except in prison camp cemeteries.
Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. − This site, from the Statue of Liberty−Ellis Island Foundation, Inc., offers free searches of the records of 22 million immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island, New York between 1892 and 1924. You may find names, ages and places of birth of immigrants, and the name of their ship, and its departure and arrival dates.
Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation − The Sorenson Database is the foremost collection of genetic genealogy data in the world. Search by DNA results or surname and find your place in the worldwide genetic family tree.
Roots Television − Roots Television offers free genealogy and family history video clips. Topics include Conferences, How−to, DNA, African, British, Irish, Hispanic, Libraries, Archives, Reunions, and Photo Restoration
TVGS May 2008 Links from Gena Philibert Ortega’s Putting Flesh on your Ancestor’s Bones.
Census Tools − Excel spreadsheets that include research logs, federal and state census forms and other worksheets for your genealogy. Free.
BYU Ancestor’s Program − This website has information from the BYU/PBS program, Ancestors. Charts and forms are also included as well as a viewer guide.
Online Searchable Death Indexes − Joe Beine’s website that indexes free and fee based death indexes including digitized death certificates, transcribed indexes, and obituaries.
Genealogy Research Guides − Another of Joe Beine’s sites that can assist you in learning more about different genealogical resources.
Do History − This blog is just plain funny. It also has a genealogy blog finder.
Genwriters − Your genealogy source for ideas and resources to bring your family history to life.
Sears Archives − Once again, Sears has made history. For the first time, Sears has opened the doors to its vast archival collection and invited the public to peek inside. More than 100 years of stories, product and brand histories, photographs, catalog images are now available online.
TVGS May 2008 Links from Anita Cheek Milner’s Court Records Genealogy Class.
Bouvier’s Law Dictionary − Bouvier’s Law Dictionary (short title), revised 6th edition (1856) is easily used and is an excellent source for vintage legal terms.
Statutes at Large − Statutes at Large includes every Federal public and private law enacted since 1789. 1789-1875 (18 volumes) is available online. Each volume is indexed, and there is a consolidated index to the first eight volumes (1789-1845).
Hening’s Statutes at Large − Some states have indexes of their Statutes at Large available on line. Contained in these “private laws” are such things as divorces, name changes, and various types of relief. The most famous example is the thirteen-volume Hening’s Statutes at Large, covering 173 years of Virginia laws. The first session was in 1619. Go to the cite, then to Volume Map and then type requested name in Search Engine.
That's My Family − A new Canadian genealogy search engine, developed and maintained by Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Quebec (BAnQ), allows you to search for information on Canadian ancestors across multiple genealogy and family history databases hosted by federal, provincial and territorial archives centers and libraries.
Legacy News − The latest genealogical and Legacy news.
