Top Ten 21st Century Genealogy Websites Thomas Jay Kemp Director of Genealogy Products GenealogyBank.com Family History Expos 23 February 2013
Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com Essential Tool – Mission Critical Ancestry – FamilySearch – Pinterest - Facebook ‘Permanent’ record sites Makes it fun & easy Put your family history here Begin with first generation where the couple have both passed away Put everything you know about the family online Hold nothing back Photos, documents Encourage your relatives to participate Your tree can’t be changed
Facebook.com
Facebook.com Essential Tool – Mission Critical Ancestry – FamilySearch – Pinterest - Facebook ‘Permanent’ record sites Put your family history online Essential for children, grandchildren - Magnet for cousins Photos, documents Explain why they are essential Practical; appropriate Connect with your extended ‘living’ family
Facebook.com
Family Photos, Clippings
Robert & Abigail (Haskell) Starbird
Garcelon.Free.fr
Garcelon site
Site included scans of original documents
FamilySearch.org
FamilySearch.org Essential Tool – Mission Critical Ancestry – FamilySearch – Pinterest - Facebook ‘Permanent’ record sites Keep family tree on both Ancestry & FamilySearch – keep both current Put up everything – sources, photos
FamilySearch.org 700 Million Digital Images 2 billion transcribed records 3 billion searchable name Census Federal State Census: FL, MA, SD, WI Vital Records AZ, GA. ID, IL, LA, MI, PA, UT, WV, WA, WI and more International Census; Parish Registers; Vital Records
FamilySearch.org
FamilySearch: Family History Books http://books.familysearch.org/ Your library on demand – 24/7 40,000 genealogies & local histories – and growing Can search on every word Can download page or complete book Permanent URL Books from many libraries, individuals Can upload your “book” – permanent site
FamilySearch: Research Wiki https://familysearch Essential Tool Best one-stop source – Tips, How to, Where to Links to FamilySearch Collections; outside sources English, German, Spanish, etc. Books from many libraries, individuals Like having an on call librarian 24/7
FamilySearch: Research Wiki https://familysearch
Find-A-Grave https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page Essential Tool Crowdsourced – be a part of it Also searchable through Ancestry.com English, German, Spanish, etc. Books from many libraries, individuals Like having an on call librarian 24/7
Find-A-Grave https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page
Find-A-Grave https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page
GenealogyBank.com
GenealogyBank www.GenealogyBank.com Best source for old newspapers on the planet! Newspapers – 1690 to Today Over 6,500 newspapers – All 50 States Government Documents, Books & Reports US Serial Set American State Papers US Army Register; Navy Register; etc. Over 219 million obituaries & death records
GenealogyBank.com Newspapers Over 6,500 Newspapers 95% of Newspapers ONLY Found on GenealogyBank.com All 50 States, 1690 - Today Over 1.4 Billion Records
Discover Your Ancestors in Newspapers Spanish language, French, German etc. African American Newspapers Irish American Newspapers Small Town & Big City Papers
Obituaries Largest Obituary Collection Online Over 219 Million Obituaries and Death Records
Birth & Marriage Notices Millions of Birth & Marriage Records Small Town and Big City Newspapers Millions of Records Added Each Month
Books.Google.com
Google Book Search http://books.google.com Millions of books Over 1 million genealogies & local histories Can search on every word Can download book and retain searchability Permanent URL Can create your own “library” on Google Books or your own computer
http://books.google.com/
http://books.google.com/
http://books.google.com/
GoogleBook Search http://books.google.com
GoogleBook Search http://books.google.com
GoogleBook Search http://books.google.com
Archive.org
Internet Archive www.Archive.org More than 3.9 million books Over 400,000 genealogies & local histories Can search on every word Can download book and retain searchability Permanent URL Books from many libraries Can create your own “library” on your computer Can upload your “book” – permanent site
www.archive.org
Over 1,600 city directories
Over 1,600 city directories
ChroniclingAmerica.loc.gov
Library of Congress Chronicling America http://chroniclingamerica. loc Project to digitize US newspapers 5.2 million pages 1836-1922 26 States Slow build
Library of Congress Chronicling America http://chroniclingamerica. loc
Pinterest.com
Pinterest http://pinterest.com/ Essential Tool – Mission Critical Ancestry – FamilySearch – Pinterest - Facebook ‘Permanent’ record sites Organize the photos of your family history Create ‘Boards’ Towns where they lived Heirlooms Photos describing an event Photos that tell their story Generally not for personal/portrait photos
Pinterest http://pinterest.com/
Pinterest http://pinterest.com/
Scribd.com
Scribd http://www.scribd.com/ Put ‘your story’ online Family History Put your research reports online Change & Update - often Every word searchable – Google, Bing etc. Make your family history easy to find
Scribd http://www.scribd.com/
Scribd http://www.scribd.com/
Scribd http://www.scribd.com/
USGenWeb.org
U.S. GenWeb Project http://usgenweb.org/ Started in 1996 Consistently valuable Crowdsourced Uneven Changed & Updated - often Feels like yesterday – but you need it today
U.S. GenWeb Project http://usgenweb.org/
Thank You Thomas Jay Kemp Director of Genealogy Products GenealogyBank.com Family History Expos 23 February 2013