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Who were the parents of Daniel Christian, b 1762 in Berks Co.
Exiter Township, PA?
My family has searched over 60 years in the USA, Ilse of Man,
Basel-Landschaft (Swiss) for the parents of Daniel Christian,
a revolutionary soldier (first enlistment as a drummer boy in 1776).
Because everything is so well known up to Daniel and then abruptly
stops there, I have reason to believe there might be a cover up.
Eric Daniel Christian
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Daniel (1)............................................Elizabeth
Nikerk
1762 Berks Co, PA ?
1847 Mt. Carroll 1840 Boonsboro, MD
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Daniel (2).......1811................................Christiana
Ansbarger(Ansphyer?)
1788 Boonsboro, MD ? Frederick Co, MD
1848 Mt. Carroll 1870 Mt.
Carroll
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Sophia, Jacobob, Catherine, Elizabeth, ann Louisa, John,
George (3), Daniel R. (4)
Joseph................................
. .
. 1st marriage . 2nd marriage
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Elizabeth Freed Mary Highbarger
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/ Luvia, Hattie
Sameda, Etha, Lena,
Lizzie Belle, Mary,
Ralph, Amy
Herbert.........Mary Tipton
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Fay Freed.....................................Laura Gillogly
1886 Mt. Carroll ? Savanna
1988 1974
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Herbert Owen...............................Daisy Amanda Wilson
1914 Mt. Carroll 1916 Lanark, IL
1994 Grand Marais, MN
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Sara, Paul Fay
Eric Daniel.........1976.........Christiane
Nennewitz
1944 Mt. Carroll 1951 Hamburg,
Ger
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Jens
1973 Hamburg
(1) revolutionary soldier 1776
(2) soldier 1812, settled Mt. Carroll, IL under 1812 war veteran land
grant
(3) George 1812-1889, married Ellen Etnyre, donated land for Mt. Carroll
courthouse, went to Rockdale, Milam Co. TX
(4) Daniel R. 1817-1891, married Ellen's sister, Catherine, settled what
is now Eugene, OR, story of 2 brothers trek west ist printed.
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This is the line that I am researching, any help would be appreciated.
Descendants of Mose Christian
Generation No. 1
1. MOSE1 CHRISTIAN He married (1) KATIE BARNETT. He married (2)
CATHERINE E. DAY.
Children of MOSE CHRISTIAN and KATIE BARNETT are:
i. RETTA B.2 CHRISTIAN, m. SMITH.
More About RETTA B. CHRISTIAN:
Fact 1: lived in Ada after married
ii. TOM CHRISTIAN.
More About TOM CHRISTIAN:
Fact 1: Shidler OK
iii. ???MALE CHRISTIAN.
iv. ??GIRL CHRISTIAN.
v. ??MALE CHRISTIAN.
vi. ?GIRL CHRISTIAN.
vii. ?MALE CHRISTIAN.
2. viii. JESS LEROY CHRISTIAN, b. March 31, 1891, Sumner, Kansas; d.
October 18, 1965, Oklahoma City, OK.
Child of MOSE CHRISTIAN and CATHERINE DAY is:
ix. DELLA PEARL2 CHRISTIAN, b. July 27, 1890, Kansas; d. February 24,
1976, Enid, OK; m. WALTER S. BADGER; b. June 01, 1883, Missouri; d. November
20, 1961, Enid, OK.
More About DELLA PEARL CHRISTIAN:
Cause of Death: Cerebral vascular accident, arteriosclerosis
Fact 1: lived in Enid after married
Fact 3: Last residence ZIP: 73701
Medical Information: death was immediate
Roll number: SS# issued in: Oklahoma
More About WALTER S. BADGER:
Cause of Death: Carcinoma of (L) kidney
Generation No. 2
2. JESS LEROY2 CHRISTIAN (MOSE1) was born March 31, 1891 in Sumner, Kansas,
and died October 18, 1965 in Oklahoma City, OK. He married LOIS ALVENA
(CRIPPEN) FIFIELD 1922 in Oklahoma,, daughter of ANSON CRIPPEN and ALICE
ROBINSON. She was born July 09, 1896 in Hutchinson, Kansas, and died
November 07, 1971 in Vici, OK.
Notes for JESS LEROY CHRISTIAN:
Died at Veteran's Hospital in Oklahoma City, Okla. Moved to Dewey County in
March 1931 and lived on a farm near Webb, OK. until 1960 when moved to Enid,
OK.
He was a WW1 veteran, He entered the service at Denver, Colorado on May 16,
1917, a member of Company A 8th, Army Engineers. He received his discharge
at Cheyenne, Wyoming on Sept 29, 1919, having served a period of 2 years 4
months.
More About JESS LEROY CHRISTIAN:
Cause of Death: bilateral pyelonephritis w/ infarct of right encephlomalacia
of left temporal anorism
Fact 1: 447-36-4058
Fact 3: WW 1 Vet 5-16-17 to 9-29-19
Roll number: Moved to Dewey County in 1931
Notes for LOIS ALVENA (CRIPPEN) FIFIELD:
When Lois was six years of age her father passed away and she and her mother
moved to Woodward, OK. Later moving to Alva, OK.
In 1913, she was married to Fred FIEFIELD at Woodward Two children, Dallas
and Gayle were born to this union.
In 1922 she married Jess Christian and five children were born to them,
Bonnie, Anson, Jess Jr., Jerry, and Rayford.
In 1931 the family moved to Dewey County, making their home on a farm
southeast of Vici, Ok., where they lived until 1951, when Lois moved to
Vici. This was her home until she entered the hospital.
Lois enjoyed needle work and made many beautiful rugs and spent many hours
with her crochet work. She also enjoyed flower gardening, but most of all,
she enjoyed her friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband and two sons, Anson and Rayford.
More About LOIS ALVENA (CRIPPEN) FIFIELD:
Fact 1: 441-34-1716
Fact 3: Last residence ZIP: 73859
Roll number: SS# issued in: Oklahoma
Children of JESS CHRISTIAN and LOIS FIFIELD are:
3. i. DALLAS GEORGE3 FIFIELD, b. December 25, 1916, Woodward, Oklahoma; d.
May 07, 1988, Vici, Oklahoma.
4. ii. GAYLE FIFIELD, b. November 24, 1918, Woodward, Oklahoma.
5. iii. BONNIE CHRISTIAN, b. May 30, 1924, Oklahoma; d. February 26,
1990, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
6. iv. JESS LEROY JR CHRISTIAN, b. January 30, 1928, Taloga, OK; d. October
02, 1996, Stillwater, Okla.
v. ANSON MOSE CHRISTIAN, b. November 24, 1932, Oklahoma.
vi. RAYFORD WILLIAM CHRISTIAN, b. March 09, 1934, Webb, Oklahoma; d.
April 07, 1959, Camargo, Oklahoma.
Notes for RAYFORD WILLIAM CHRISTIAN:
Killed in a tractor accident, when the tractor he was riding on ran off a
bridge and fell on him.
He lived his entire life at the place of his birth. He attended Long Creek
school where he was a good and obedient student and enjoyed always those
tasks that were his to do. He loved the great outdoors and chose farming as
his life's work so that he might fulfill his desire to live and work the
soil.
More About RAYFORD WILLIAM CHRISTIAN:
Cause of Death: tractor accident
7. vii. JERRY WAYNE CHRISTIAN, b. October 07, 1944, Oklahoma.
Generation No. 3
3. DALLAS GEORGE3 FIFIELD (JESS LEROY2 CHRISTIAN, MOSE1) was born December
25, 1916 in Woodward, Oklahoma, and died May 07, 1988 in Vici, Oklahoma. He
married MYRTLE GODDARD May 26, 1948 in Canadian, Texas.
Notes for DALLAS GEORGE FIFIELD:
He attended grade school at Supply, Oklahoma, and after reaching adulthood he
became interested in carpentry. This field of work he enjoyed throughout his
life.
The family lived in various locations before making their home in Vici,
Oklahoma, where he spent the remainder of his years. During these years and
before his retirement he was an employee of both Dewey County and the City of
Vici, employed as a maintenance man.
His father was Fred K. Fiefield.
More About DALLAS GEORGE FIFIELD:
Cause of Death: Cardiac arrest
Medical Information: Congestive Heart failure and Emphysema
Children of DALLAS FIFIELD and MYRTLE GODDARD are:
i. GRADEN BRUCE4 FIFIELD.
ii. DALLAS LEROY FIFIELD.
4. GAYLE3 FIFIELD (JESS LEROY2 CHRISTIAN, MOSE1) was born November 24, 1918
in Woodward, Oklahoma. She married (1) ? FERREL. She married (2) FLOYD
YOUNG May 03, 1965 in Perry, OK. He was born July 07, 1932 in Salona, Penn..
Children of GAYLE FIFIELD and ? FERREL are:
8. i. SHERRY4 FERREL, b. September 16, 1954, Woodward, Oklahoma.
ii. TOMMY FERREL, b. January 16, 1956, Woodward, Oklahoma; m. CHERRELL
COUGHMAN.
5. BONNIE3 CHRISTIAN (JESS LEROY2, MOSE1) was born May 30, 1924 in Oklahoma,
and died February 26, 1990 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She married (1) ?
GLASS. She married (2) A. D. WARREN.
More About BONNIE CHRISTIAN:
Cause of Death: Cancer
Fact 1: 446-24-6239
Fact 3: Last residence ZIP: 73020
Fact 4: Death benefit payment ZIP: 73044
Roll number: SS# issued in: Oklahoma
Children of BONNIE CHRISTIAN and A. WARREN are:
9. i. HAZEL4 WARREN.
10. ii. SR. DALE LEON WARREN, b. August 14, 1943, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; d.
August 20, 1993, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
6. JESS LEROY JR3 CHRISTIAN (JESS LEROY2, MOSE1) was born January 30, 1928
in Taloga, OK, and died October 02, 1996 in Stillwater, Okla. He married (1)
AVIS. He married (2) CAROL SUE HUFF June 27, 1962 in Camargo, OK, daughter
of TONY HUFF and DOROTHY OSBORN. She was born June 29, 1939 in Stillwater,
Okla.
More About JESS LEROY JR CHRISTIAN:
Cause of Death: Cardiac arrest
Fact 1: Social Security #: 442-38-4182
Fact 3: Last residence ZIP: 74059
Medical Information: Lung Cancer, Heart attack, Stroke, brain tumor (benign)
Roll number: SS# issued in: Oklahoma
Notes for CAROL SUE HUFF:
Graduated High School May 17, 1957 from Perkins High School
More About CAROL SUE HUFF:
Fact 1: Western Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri
Roll number: Roll # 14816 1/2 Cherokee Indian
Children of JESS CHRISTIAN and CAROL HUFF are:
11. i. JESS LEROY4 CHRISTIAN, b. August 26, 1955, Vici, OK.
12. ii. WILLIAM RAY CHRISTIAN, b. November 24, 1963, Enid, Okla.
13. iii. KELLI BETH CHRISTIAN, b. May 03, 1968, Chandler, OK.
14. iv. DOLORES KAYE CHRISTIAN, b. October 29, 1969, Cushing, OK.
7. JERRY WAYNE3 CHRISTIAN (JESS LEROY2, MOSE1) was born October 07, 1944 in
Oklahoma. He married SHARI MAY.
More About JERRY WAYNE CHRISTIAN:
Fact 1: Weight at birth 15# 3\4 oz.
Children of JERRY CHRISTIAN and SHARI MAY are:
15. i. TERRY RAY4 CHRISTIAN.
16. ii. PHYLLIS CHRISTIAN.
Generation No. 4
8. SHERRY4 FERREL (GAYLE3 FIFIELD, JESS LEROY2 CHRISTIAN, MOSE1) was born
September 16, 1954 in Woodward, Oklahoma. She married KERRY SLAYMAKER.
Children of SHERRY FERREL and KERRY SLAYMAKER are:
i. SHANNON5 FERREL, b. September 21, 1974, Enid, OK.
ii. SERENE FERREL, b. October 03, 1980, Enid, OK.
iii. SHERRILYNN FERREL, b. May 03, 1987, Enid, OK.
iv. STEVEN FERREL, b. August 27, 1990, Enid, OK.
9. HAZEL4 WARREN (BONNIE3 CHRISTIAN, JESS LEROY2, MOSE1) She married ARTHUR
HOWE.
Child of HAZEL WARREN and ARTHUR HOWE is:
i. JESSICA RAYLENE5 HOWE, b. July 02, 1962.
10. SR. DALE LEON4 WARREN (BONNIE3 CHRISTIAN, JESS LEROY2, MOSE1) was born
August 14, 1943 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and died August 20, 1993 in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He married JEAN.
More About SR. DALE LEON WARREN:
Cause of Death: Cancer of the brain
Fact 1: 445-42-8825
Children of DALE WARREN and JEAN are:
i. JR. DALE LEON JR5 WARREN.
17. ii. BONNIE MARIE WARREN.
11. JESS LEROY4 CHRISTIAN (JESS LEROY JR3, JESS LEROY2, MOSE1) was born
August 26, 1955 in Vici, OK.
More About JESS LEROY CHRISTIAN:
Fact 1: Mother Avis Dad's 1st wife
Roll number: Carol's stepson
Child of JESS LEROY CHRISTIAN is:
i. JESSE LEON5 CHRISTIAN.
12. WILLIAM RAY4 CHRISTIAN (JESS LEROY JR3, JESS LEROY2, MOSE1) was born
November 24, 1963 in Enid, Okla. He married (1) MARY JANE WALKER July 09,
1988 in Moore, OK, daughter of JIMMY WALKER and LOIS BRANDT. She was born
November 01, 1969 in Biloxi, Mississippi. He married (2) WILLENNA LYNN
HAMMOCK May 14, 1999 in Perkins, Oklahoma, daughter of ROBERT HAMMOCK and
LYDIA MARTIN. She was born October 21, 1967.
More About WILLIAM RAY CHRISTIAN:
Fact 1: Western Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri
Roll number: Roll # 14813 1/4 Cherokee Indian
More About MARY JANE WALKER:
Fact 1: born Keesler Air Force Base
Children of WILLIAM CHRISTIAN and MARY WALKER are:
i. BENJAMIN THOMAS5 CHRISTIAN, b. February 15, 1989, Fort Riley, Kansas.
ii. WILLIAM CHARLES CHRISTIAN, b. May 31, 1991, Fort Clayton, Panama.
Children of WILLIAM CHRISTIAN and WILLENNA HAMMOCK are:
iii. NIESHIA KAYE5 JOHNSON, b. January 02, 1989, Stillwater, Okla.
Payne County; Stepchild.
iv. KEYONA LYNN JOHNSON, b. October 06, 1991, Stillwater, Okla.;
Stepchild.
13. KELLI BETH4 CHRISTIAN (JESS LEROY JR3, JESS LEROY2, MOSE1) was born May
03, 1968 in Chandler, OK. She married R.E. BUTTERFIELD DORIAN WADE WYATT
March 15, 1988 in Stillwater, Okla., son of WESLEY WYATT and LOUISE AACHTE.
He was born March 20, 1962 in Oklahoma City, OK.
More About KELLI BETH CHRISTIAN:
Fact 1: Western Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri
Roll number: Roll # 14814 1/4 Cherokee Indian
Child of KELLI CHRISTIAN and DORIAN WYATT is:
i. AMBER DAWN5 CHRISTIAN, b. January 12, 1986, Stillwater, Okla.
Payne County.
More About AMBER DAWN CHRISTIAN:
Fact 1: Western Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri
Roll number: roll # 14815 1/8 Cherokee Indian
14. DOLORES KAYE4 CHRISTIAN (JESS LEROY JR3, JESS LEROY2, MOSE1) was born
October 29, 1969 in Cushing, OK. She married JAMES OLAN GRAVES June 10, 1995
in Perkins, OK, son of MURRILL GRAVES and CLOREAN CARR. He was born November
29, 1967 in Stillwater, Okla.
More About DOLORES KAYE CHRISTIAN:
Fact 1: Western Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri
Roll number: roll # 14810 1/4 Cherokee Indian
Children of DOLORES CHRISTIAN and JAMES GRAVES are:
i. KAYLEE LYNN5 GRAVES, b. June 04, 1996, Stillwater, Okla.
More About KAYLEE LYNN GRAVES:
Fact 1: Western Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri
Roll number: roll # 14808 1/8 Cherokee Indian
ii. TABITHA NOEL GRAVES, b. September 28, 1998, Stillwater, Okla.
More About TABITHA NOEL GRAVES:
Fact 1: Western Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri
Roll number: roll # 14809 1/8 Cherokee Indian
15. TERRY RAY4 CHRISTIAN (JERRY WAYNE3, JESS LEROY2, MOSE1) He married (1)
KELLY DAWN KING. He married (2) BEVERLY CRAWFORD September 17, 1996 in
Enid, Okla. She was born September 17, 1962.
Children of TERRY CHRISTIAN and KELLY KING are:
i. JUSTIN5 CHRISTIAN.
ii. STEPHANIE JUNE CHRISTIAN, b. November 18, 1990.
16. PHYLLIS4 CHRISTIAN (JERRY WAYNE3, JESS LEROY2, MOSE1) She married (1)
ROY SHANNON. She married (2) ALAN MCMILLAN January 1999 in Enid, Okla.
Children of PHYLLIS CHRISTIAN and ROY SHANNON are:
i. KEVIN CLAYTON5 SHANNON, b. March 10, 1987.
ii. NATOSHA NICOLE SHANNON, b. July 15, 1991.
Generation No. 5
17. BONNIE MARIE5 WARREN (DALE LEON4, BONNIE3 CHRISTIAN, JESS LEROY2, MOSE1)
She married JIMMY POSEY.
Children of BONNIE WARREN and JIMMY POSEY are:
i. JONATHAN LEE6 POSEY.
Kelli Wyatt email address: Wyatt68(a)aol.com
I have a Laura Jane Christian who was born 1865 N.C. whos death Cert said
that her father was Giles Christian and mother Bedie Richardson. Laura Jane,
in 1879 Sebastion Co Ark, married Marshall Hedge. Laura was age 15 and the
consent of her mother ( not named ) was given. I have 3 of Lauras sons death
cert and all three name their mothers maiden name as Laura Jane Christian.
I am trying to find Laura as a five year old child and am wondering if anyone
has a Bedie Christian that married a Parden? But then why didnt Laura marry
as Laura Christian. does anyone have any ideas on who and where to look in
1870 for Laura Jane Christian Parden as a 5 yr old child? Brenda
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The Top Ten Genealogical Web Sites
(c) 1999 by R. Cole Goodwin
If you were looking for an ancestor, on which ten Internet
sites would you most likely find him or her? Which sites can
help an individual, a family, or a group research family
history?
With over 1,500,000,000 names on over 60,000 genealogical web
sites on the Internet, finding the best sites is no easy task.
Eighteen months ago, I started evaluating over 60,000 web
sites which provide information of genealogical interest in
order to determine the Top Ten. Using Encyclopaedia
Britannica's Alexa service, independent reviews, and personal
[observations], I evaluated each site's freshness, speed,
links in, links out, subjective ratings by reviewers, site
size, and other criteria. I have tested my findings along the
way, having found over 16,000 ancestors during the past
twenty-two months, mostly with the help of the computer. Below
are my top ten sites:
#1. FamilySearch ( http://www.familysearch.org )
Owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah,
FamilySearch.org has a little (or more) of genealogical
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sites on the Internet. Using FamilySearch, you can do the
following:
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the next month, the site will grow to 600 million
online names, then to 1,000,000 by next spring;
* Collaborate with others who are searching for the same
ancestor, surname, or place as you. At present, there
are over 60,000 collaboration lists and the number is
growing by over 1000 per day;
* Access the Family History Library of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which has over two
million rolls of microfilm with the names of over two
billion people. Once you have identified a microfilm
which interests you, you can order it online and it
will be delivered to an Latter-day Saint Family History
Center of your choosing near you;
* Learn from online Research Guides. For almost any place
or ethnic group for which you wish to do genealogical
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* Access over 60,000 genealogical web sites by
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coming up: Pedigree Resource Files, containing the
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#2. Ancestry.com ( http://www.ancestry.com )
With over 274,000,000 U.S. names in over 1700 databases,
Ancestry.com can help you find and put flesh onto the
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* Census Indexes, 1790-1870, for the entire U.S., as well
as the complete 1790 U.S. Census and assorted later
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and can help you locate the disposition of a relative
or friend as well as their parentage;
* World Family Tree: like FamilySearch's Ancestral File,
this contains millions of names linked in pedigrees;
* Periodical Source Index, which references over 5,000
genealogical periodicals for the past 200 years. For
the most part, once you have the index entry, you can
view the articles at the Library of Congress;
* American Genealogical and Biographical Index (Ryder's
Index): the contents of 200 volumes of genealogical
references to individuals in the U.S. throughout the
seventeenth through nineteenth centuries;
* The Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books
(125 Volumes)
* Ancestry News-Daily and weekly newsletter providing
news and features of genealogical interest.
Although Ancestry.com is a paid, subscription service,
major portions of its holdings are made available freely
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EE&SignupCode=g99af
#3 Cyndislist ( http://www.cyndislist.com )
Cyndislist catalogues and indexes over 43,000 genealogy
web sites and is in the process of adding 10,000 more. If
you are looking for genealogical web sites from different
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listed and indexed here. Online since 1996, it is
operated by Cyndi Howells of Puyallup, Washington.
#4. RootsWeb ( http://www.rootsweb.com )
RootsWeb has over 150,000,000 million U.S. names online
and is operated by the non-profit RootsWeb Data
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project of the Rand Corporation. RootsWeb has the
following helpful features:
* Surname Resources on RootsWeb allow you to search
submissions on surnames by other researchers;
* County Resource tie you into genealogical discussion
forums organized by state and by county.
* USGENWEB ( http://www.usgenweb.com ) covers the United
States by state and by county, organizing cemetery,
census, obituary, historical, and biographical
resources by locality. Can be very helpful; for an
excellent example of USGENWEB, go to the Bradford
County, Pennsylvania web site
( http://www.rootsweb.com/~pabradfo/bradweb.htm );
* Mailing Lists for over 16,000 genealogical areas are
sponsored by RootsWeb.com
* The Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, an online
project to transcribe the passenger lists of all
passenger ships which have entered America. Currently,
400 ships are online;
* Social Security Death Index (SSDI), similar to
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#5. The Library of Congress ( http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ )
Through The Library of Congress' Local History and
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the largest library in the world, which has a collection
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of microfilm holdings from The Family History Library of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt
Lake City. Through the site, you can search or browse the
catalogs, access special holdings of various ethnic and
historic reading rooms, and enjoy the American Memories
Collection, an extensive, visual database of American
History. Also available through the Library of Congress
is the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collection
(N.U.C.M.C.) ( http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/nucmc.html )
which indexes millions of unpublished documents and
contains valuable genealogical information.
#6. GenForum ( http://genforum.genealogy.com/ )
The largest online area for people to share surname and
local history information, with over three million
messages posted. It allows researchers to collaborate one
with another in researching family and local history.
#7. ProFusion ( http://www.profusion.com/ )
Rather than a site for genealogical research, ProFusion
is a Microsoft-sponsored meta-search engine, which can
use up to nine Internet search engines (such as
AltaVista, Google, InfoSeek, etc.) simultaneously to find
that ancestor, or relative of yours on that obscure web
page. Unlike typical search engines which, at most, index
only 16% of the web pages on the Internet, meta-search
engines such as ProFusion, Dogpile
( http://www.dogpile.com/ ), Fast Corporation's AllTheWeb
( http://www.alltheweb.com ) and MAMMA, The Mother of All
Web Sites ( http://www.mamma.com/ ) use individual search
engines to collectively scale the web.
#8. The Ultimates ( http://www.theultimates.com/ )
Like ProFusion (above) rather than a single web site with
genealogical information, The Ultimates is a search
engine for multiple online telephone white pages and e-
mail directories. It can help you find people with the
same surname you are seeking. This is especially useful
when you are seeking an unusual surname.
#9. MyFamily.com ( http://www.MyFamily.com )
MyFamily.com is a place where you can post your family
tree, family news, family photos, recipes, and chapter-
by-chapter history for your family to show and to share
with others. It can help a geographically dispersed
family collaborate on its history.
#10. The U.S. National Archives
( http://www.nara.gov/nara/nail.html ) Using the new U.S.
National Archives and Records Administration's Archival
Information Locator, you can locate information about the
microfilm, archival holdings, and digital copies
available. Also useful is The National Archives Research
Room ( http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/ )
Bonus Web Sites
In addition to the Top Ten, above, following are some
excellent, specialized genealogical web sites. Please
bear in mind that much of this specialized information is
available through the using the Top Ten genealogical web
sites above; indeed, some Top Ten sites have more
specialized data than their more limited counterparts,
below, but the following are always worth checking:
Biographies
From the Arts & Entertainment Network's "Biography"
series, you can search 22,000 online biographies at the
following link: ( http://www.biography.com/ )
Cemeteries and Graveyards
Find A Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com/ )
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/
Censuses on the Internet
Censuslinks ( http://www.censuslinks.com/directory/ )
Educational Resources for Online Genealogy
PBS' Ancestors Series
( http://www.pbs.org/kbyu/ancestors/ )
Ethnic Genealogy Resources
The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies Online
( http://www.libertynet.org/balch/body_index.html )
Family History for Kids
Disney's Family Tree
( http://disney.go.com/ads/sponsors/ancestry/index.html )
Family Reunions
Family-Reunion.com ( http://www.family-reunion.com )
Geography
The U.S. Geological Service's Geographic Names
Information Service (GNIS)
( http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/ )
Heraldry
Heraldry on the Internet
( http://www.digiserve.com/heraldry/index.htm )
Land Records
The Bureau of Land Management has placed all federal
land patent records online, including millions of 19th
Century Homestead Act records.
( http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ )
Medical Genealogy
The Disease Chart (19th century medical terminology)
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/1030/diseasecharttable.htm )
Military Records
Military records databases at Ancestry.comhttp://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/1030/diseasecharttable.htm )
Newsletters-Online Genealogy
Ancestry.com's Daily News (free sign-up from home page,
with alerts to new, limited-time access to databases,
tips of the day, features, and specials)
( http://www.ancestry.com/ )
Newspapers
The United States Newspaper Program links you to
hundreds of online newspapers, some of which have put
back issues up to 200 years old online; excellent for
births, marriages and deaths.
( http://www.neh.gov/html/usnp.html#NEW%20YORK )
Photographs
With over 250,000,000 prints, Corbis Corporation has
the largest inventory of historic and newsworthy
photographs in the world, and has put many online-for
free. ( http://www.corbis.com )
Vital Records
Vital Records Information for the United States
( http://vitalrec.com/index.html )
WebCasts on Genealogy
Generations is a live, interactive television show
focusing on family history research and is broadcast
over the Internet. It is sponsored by Sierra Software
and carried by TalkSpot, an Internet broadcasting
company.
http://www.sierra.com/sierrahome/familytree/community/webcast/
)
World and International Genealogy Resources
WorldGenWeb ( http://www.worldgenweb.com ) will take you
to resources for almost any country in the world.