Saturday, October 30, 2010

Free Genealogy Search - Missouri Death Certificates

Missouri Death Certificates

Missouri Digital Heritage allows you to search by name, county or by date.  There are literally millions of death certificates in this database.  The death has to be 50 years or older to be available to the public.  This is a wonderful free resource for people seeking information about their ancestors.  http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Free Genealogy Search - I Dream of Genealogy

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I Dream of Genealogy is a website that has unique free searches available. There are the 1870 & 1871 birth notices from Nevada. There is a tribute of sorts to the Xenia, Ohio tornado victims of 1974. Thirty-four people lost their lives either in the tornado or from injuries sustained from the tornado. Each victim is listed along with some family and burial info.

Search the obits from Kittitas County, Washington or check out the old graves and cemeteries from Long Island, NY.

There is a really neat section of lost and found. I buy a lot of items at auctions and many times will get home and find old family photos or death notices. These are the types of things you will find on this sight.

This website doesn't seem to have a lot of research variety available but what is offered is very interesting and unique. Check it out at http://www.idreamof.com/

Monday, November 3, 2008

Arizona Birth & Death Certificates



If you have ancestor's that were born or have died in Arizona the Arizona Department of Health Services has a easy to use genealogy website. Recorded births from 1855 to 1932 and recorded deaths from 1855 to 1957.

You can search the records of your ancestors by county or by several counties. This website is well worth looking into if any of your family lived or died in Arizona.

Check it out at: http://genealogy.az.gov/

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Free Genealogy Search - Born in Slavery


Records of Black Americans are generally hard to research because the records for slaves are pretty much non-existent. There are 17 states that do have narratives by actual slaves from years ago. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

These biography's contain so much history that they should be read by every American. This free website is both interesting and informational.

Check out the Library of Congress Born in Slavery Website. These slave narratives were part of the Federal Writers Project from 1936-1939. You can browse by state or narrator, there are also photos by subject.

Check it out at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/

Monday, October 27, 2008

Free Genealogy Search - Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery has a free website offering information on burials, photos, stories, videos, history and biographies. If you have an ancestors buried at Arlington National Cemetery I highly recommend searching this website.

There are over 300,000 burials at Arlington so the website does not include every one buried there, however, there are many categories that are well worth checking.

Categories include, American Astronauts, Confederate Graves, Foreign Nationals, Prominent Civilians, Soldiers under Custer's Command, US Supreme Court and thousands of US Army, Navy, Marine Corp and Coast Guard Graves.

The biography section of the buried is especially interesting.

Check out this fascinating website at: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Free Genealogy Search - Alabama Genealogy


Alabama Genealogy and History Guide is a great place to check for family members from Alabama. They have online records scanned in for easy searching.




While this is a great site it is easy to click on a variety of topics and get redirected somewhere else. Some of the sites you might be directed to are free, others have a fee to use.

The scanned in census records are all free and they offer quite a few decades. I like searching the old census records because I always discover something new in my search. Keep in mind that the census takers of old were not the most educated people. Often times there are many misspellings in names but this was not always the census takers fault. Many people just couldn't read or write and had no idea how to spell their own names leaving the census taker with the only option of sounding it out.

If you have ancestors from Alabama this is a great free genealogy site to check out.

Monday, August 18, 2008

Free Genealogy Website- Shoe String Genealogy


Shoe String Genealogy is a little different than most genealogy websites. They offer chat sessions almost every night. These sessions only last about an hour and they are sponsored by different genealogical organizations. They offer discussions on a variety of topics, for instance, this week one of the chat sessions will be on researching "Female Ancestors". Another is a chat regarding the "New England States" and yet another topic is "Write your own Family History".

I believe this website originated in the UK so there are several topics regarding the UK but a great many of these chat sessions will benefit anybody researching their family history.

There is one scheduled chat this week that sounds very interesting, it's titled "Bastard" and covers researching illegitimate children from people of royalty and nobility. That's one I'm gonna tune in for just because I've never even gave that particular problem a thought. It should be very interesting & informational!

You can check out this free genealogy website at: