Research Topics

• Adoption.org This is an excellent site for individuals engaged in adoption research as one can find links to adoption agency lists, legal issue forums, private organizations, and conferences at this site.

• AfriGeneas This site is devoted to African American genealogy, to researching African Ancestry in the Americas in particular, and to genealogical research and resources in general.
• Christine's Genealogy Website This site contains many links to information useful in African American historical and genealogical research.

• The American Civil War Homepage. This site gathers together in one place links to some of the most useful files about the American Civil War. Some of the categories found at this site include general resources, graphic images, letters and diaries, documentary records, modern histories, FAQs, bibliographies, Civil War Round Tables and links to other information sites.
• The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. This site contains a searchable data file of Civil War participants complemented by other rich sources of data. It is a cooperative effort of the Federation of Genealogical Societies, the National Park Service, and the Genealogical Society of Utah among other groups.

• Genealogy.org This site provides access to many free databases of genealogical and historical data.
• Helm’s Genealogy Toolbox Tools to research your family’s history online.

• The Federation of Genealogical Societies.
• The National Genealogical Society.
• The New England Historical Genealogical Society.

• U. S. Gazetteer. Can search by town or zip code.

• JewishGen: The Official Home of Jewish Genealogy. This is a super site for those interested in Jewish genealogy as it contains links to special info-files, interest groups, a calendar of events, usenet groups, mentoring programs, and much more.

• The Legal Information Institute--Cornell Law School. This site provide access to state statutes and other legal sources.

• The Family History Library The largest genealogical library in the world. This site provided access to their catalog and many research guides as well as links to their online data files.
• The Daughters of the American Revolution Library One of the largest genealogical libraries containing many unique research materials.
• The Library of Congress.
• The Newberry Library of Chicago. An excellent historical and genealogical research collection, this library's site provides access not only to the Newberry's fine collections but to various other links as well.

• World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel. At this site, click on the appropriate list in the ARC (Archival Research Catalog) highlights box. One will find digitized copies of the casualty lists. Entries in the list are arranged by state, thereunder by name of county, and then alphabetically by veteran.
  

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