Genealogy @ Your
Reference Desk
Online Resource Guide
2016 Tina Beaird
U.S. Libraries and Research Centers
ò Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library www.illinois.gov/alplm/library/genealogy/Pages
ò Allen County Public Library http://genealogycenter.org
ò Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library www.digitalcincinnatilibrary.org
ò Family History Library Salt Lake City www.familysearch.org
ò Mid-Continent Public Library www.mymcpl.org/genealogy
Chicagoland Genealogy Libraries
ò Arlington Heights Public Library www.ahml.info
ò Chicago Public Library www.chipublib.org/resources/genealogy
ò Kankakee Public Library http://lions-online.org
ò Newberry Library www.newberry.org/genealogy/collections.html
ò Wheaton Public Library www.wheatonlibrary.org
National Genealogical Organizations
ò African-American Genealogy www.afrigeneas.com
ò Daughters of the American Revolution www.dar.org
ò Jewish Genealogy www.jewishgen.org/databases
ò National Genealogical Society www.ngsgenealogy.org
ò Polish Genealogical Society of America www.pgsa.org
ò US Railroad Retirement Board www.rrb.gov/default.asp
Genealogy Courses, Portals, and Calculators
ò Birth Date Calculator www.progenealogists.com/birthfromdeath.htm
ò Cyndi’s List www.cyndislist.com/database.htm ò Hebrew Date calculator www.hebcal.com/converter
ò Historical County Lines http://jrshelby.com/hcl
ò Linkpendium www.linkpendium.com
ò Many Roads- Free Courses www.many-roads.com/2010/07/14/free-genealogy-courses
Digital Genealogy Book Collections
ò Digital Public Library http://dp.la/bookshelf
ò FamilySearch https://books.familysearch.org
ò Google Books https://books.google.com/?hl=en
ò Hathi Trust www.hathitrust.org/digital_library
ò Internet Archives www.archive.org
ò New York Public Library Digital Collections http://digitalcollections.nypl.org
Illinois Resources
ò DeKalb County Vital Records www.dekalbgenealogy.com
ò Illinois Department of Public Health www.idph.state.il.us/vitalrecords/genealogy/Pages/default.htm
ò Illinois Digital Archives www.idaillinois.org
ò Illinois GenWeb http://illinoisgenweb.org
ò Illinois State Genealogical Society www.ilgensoc.org
ò Illinois State Archives IRAD www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/IRAD/home.html
ò Illinois State Secretary of State www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives
ò Kane County Vital Records http://genealogy.kanecountyclerk.org
ò Kane County Recorder of Deeds http://lrs.kanecountyrecorder.net/Search/DocumentBooks
ò University of Illinois Digital Collections http://imagesearchnew.library.illinois.edu/cdm Chicagoland Resources
ò A Look At Cook www.alookatcook.com
ò Chicago Ancestors www.chicagoancestors.org
ò Center for Research Libraries, University of Chicago http://catalog.crl.edu/search~S3
ò Chicago Ancestors www.chicagoancestors.org
ò Chicago Daily News Photo Collection (Library of Congress) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/updatedList.html
ò Chicago Genealogical Society www.chicagogenealogy.org
ò Chicago History Museum www.chicagohistory.org
ò Chicago Public Library: Chicago History www.chipublib.org/chic;go-history
ò Cook County Circuit Clerk Naturalization Index http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/NR
ò Cook County Coroner’s Inquest Records to 1911 www.ilsos.gov/isairad/cookinquestsrch.jsp
ò Cook County Genealogy www.cookcountygenealogy.com
ò National Archives Great-Lakes Region Chicago, IL www.archives.gov/chicago/archives/genealogy.html
State Websites
ò Arizona Dept. of Health Services Vital Records http://genealogy.az.gov
ò California Death Index http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi
ò Florida Memory Project http://www.floridamemory.com
ò Georgia Vault http://cdm.georgiaarchives.org:2011/cdm
ò Iowa State Historical Society www.iowahistory.org/libraries/shsi-digital-resources.html
ò Michigan State Archives “Seeking Michigan” http://seekingmichigan.org
ò Missouri State Archives Digital Heritage www.sos.mo.gov/mdh
ò Minnesota Vital Records Indexs http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Search.cfm
ò North Carolina State Archives- Digital NC www.digitalnc.org ò Ohio Memory Project www.ohiomemory.org
ò Oregon Secretary of State Historical Database http://genealogy.state.or.us
ò South Carolina Archives databases www.archivesindex.sc.gov
ò South Carolina Death Index 1915-62 www.scdhec.gov/administration/vr/vrdi.htm
ò Utah- Brigham Young University Genealogy Collections: www.lib.byu.edu/fslab
ò Washington State Archives www.digitalarchives.wa.gov
ò Wisconsin Historical Society www.wisconsinhistory.org
ò West Virginia Vital Records http://www.wvculture.org/vrr
International Genealogy Websites
ò Canadian State Archives www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
ò Find My Past (Ireland) www.findmypast.ie
ò Find your Roots in Germany www.roots-in-germany.de
ò French Archive Records www.archives.cg68.fr/Services_Actes_Civils.aspx
ò National Archives of Italy www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it
ò National Archives of Ireland www.nationalarchives.ie
ò New Zealand State Archives http://archives.govt.nz/research
ò New Zealand Online digital collections http://archives.govt.nz/gallery/v/Online+Regional+Exhibitions/Auckland
ò Polish Genealogy Portal http://pgsa.org/2014_polish_parish_records/pgsa_projects.php
ò Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk
ò Roots Ireland www.rootsireland.ie
ò Scotland’s People http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk
ò Scotland's Places http://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk
ò Swedish Vital Records www.arkivdigital.net
ò United Kingdom and Ireland Genealogy www.genuki.org.uk/big Immigration and Ships Manifests
ò Brigham Young University Immigrant Ships Index http://immigrants.byu.edu
ò Castle Garden www.castlegarden.org
ò Ellis Island www.ellisisland.org
ò Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild www.immigrantships.net
ò One-Step Web Pages www.stephenmorse.org
ò Ships Passenger Lists www.germanroots.com/passengers.html
Obituaries and Cemeteries
ò Billion Graves www.billiongraves.com
ò Cemetery Junction http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery
ò Find-A-Grave http://www.findagrave.com
ò Illinois Gravestones http://illinoisgravestones.org
ò Interment.net http://www.interment.net
Newspaper Collections
ò The Ancestor Hunt www.theancestorhunt.com/newspapers.html
ò California Digital Newspapers Collection: http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=q&e=------en--20--1--txt-IN-----
ò Chronicling America http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
ò Colorado Newspaper Collections www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org
ò Elephind www.elephind.com
ò Fulton History www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html
ò Google News http://news.google.com/newspapers
ò Montana Digital Newspapers www.mhs.mt.gov/research/collections/newspapers/diganews Genealogy Blogs and RSS Feeds
ò Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Blog www.genealogycenter.org/community/blog.aspx
ò Dick Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter http://blog.eogn.com
ò DearMyrtle www.dearmyrtle.com
ò Family History Daily www.familyhistorydaily.com
ò Familysearch.org https://familysearch.org/blog/en
ò Genealogyblog www.genealogyblog.com
ò Genealogy Insider http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider
ò Genealogy Today http://news.genealogytoday.com
ò Illinois state Genealogical Society http://ilgensoc.blogspot.com
ò Newberry Library Genealogy www.newberry.org/blog
ò Mid-Continent Public Library Genealogy Center www.mymcpl.org/blog/Genealogy
ò Mocavo Genealogy www.mocavo.com/blog
ò National Genealogical Society: Upfront http://upfront.ngsgenealogy.org
ò New England Historic Genealogical Society: Vita-Brevis http://vita-brevis.org
Local Genealogy Blogs ò Genealogy Journey: Fountaindale Public Library https://fountaindalegenealogy.wordpress.com
ò Glenview Public Library Genealogy Blog http://gplgenealogy.blogspot.com
ò Indian Prairie Genealogy Group: Indian Prairie Public Library https://ipgg.wordpress.com
ò Shelf Life: Cook Memorial Public Library http://shelflife.cooklib.org/category/genealogy
ò Tony’s Genealogy Blog: Schaumburg Township Library https://genealogywithtony.wordpress.com
ò Urbana Free Library http://urbanafreelibrary.org/blogs/local-history-and-genealogy NOTES