Genealogy @ Union County Carnegie Library
We are here to provide the amateur family
history sleuth with quality resources, the active support of
trained staff who care about research and personal
investigation, and access to genealogy databases and web based
sources. We help researchers get started, we celebrate their
success, and we provide suggestions and recommendations along
the way.
Heritage Quest Online and Ancestry Library
Edition are available for patron use inside the library.
Our patrons may consult library staff for instructions on
how to access Heritage Quest from a home computer.
Internet Resources
AfriGeneas
http://www.afrigeneas.com
AfriGeneas is a site devoted to African American genealogy, to researching African Ancestry in the Americas in particular and to genealogical research and resources in general. It is also an African Ancestry research community featuring the AfriGeneas mail list, the AfriGeneas message boards and daily and weekly genealogy chats.
Cyndi's List
http://www.cyndislist.com
Cyndi's List is a categorized & cross-referenced index to
genealogical resources on the Internet.
Ellis Island Archive
http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/
More than 22 million passengers and members of ships' crews
entered the United States through Ellis Island and the Port of
New York between 1892 and 1924. Information about each person
was written down in ships' passenger lists, known as
"manifests." Manifests were used to examine immigrants upon
arrival in the United States. Now you can search these millions
of records for information on individual Ellis Island
passengers.
Family Search
http://www.familysearch.org
The largest collection of free family history, family tree and
genealogy records in the world.
National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/
Of all documents and materials created in the course of business
conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3%
are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are
kept by us forever. Those valuable records are preserved and are
available to you, whether you want to see if they contain clues
about your family’s history, need to prove a veteran’s military
service, or are researching an historical topic that interests
you.
Roots Web
http://www.rootsweb.com
RootsWeb.com is a thriving, free genealogy community on the web,
providing a robust worldwide environment for learning,
collaborating and sharing for the expert and novice alike.
Vital Records
http://vitalrec.com
This web site provides information on how to obtain vital
records (such as birth certificates, death records, marriage
licenses and divorce decrees) from each state, territory and
county of the United States.
US GenWeb Project
http://www.usgenweb.com
The USGenWeb Project is a group of volunteers working together
to provide free genealogy websites for genealogical research in
every county and every state of the United States. This Project
is non-commercial and fully committed to free genealogy access
for everyone. Organization is by county and state, and this
website provides you with links to all the state genealogy
websites which, in turn, provide gateways to the counties. The
USGenWeb Project also sponsors important Special Projects at the
national level and this website provides an entry point to all
of those pages, as well.
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