Miscellaneous Resources
1-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse, San Francisco
http://www.stevemorse.org/This website provides a means of easily searching various websites. Included are his "One Step" search forms for websites such as Ellis Island, ship arrivals, Castle Garden, New York arrivals, other ports of immigration, U.S. censuses and soundex, Canadian and British Census, various vital records, holocaust and Eastern Europe, and much more.
Find A Grave
http://www.findagrave.com/This site was created in 1995 and contains volunteer submitted data. It has 32+ million records of graves. It includes some biographies and photos of persons and tombstones.
Genealogical charts & forms (free)
http://www.byub.org/ancestors/charts/These may be filled in online but you must print them out as the filled in chart may not be saved.
Joe Beine's Websites - Online Genealogy Records and Resources
http://www.deathindexes.com/sites.htmlGreat website for finding online death records indexes, obituaries and cemeteries listed by state; finding passenger lists; German research information; and much more.
Genealogyhounds - Our Favorite Links to Family History Research
http://genealogyhounds.com/Nice website for finding links to State Archives, immigration sites, podcasts & blogs, cemetery/grave sites, and many other links.
Genealogy Instruction:
Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research
http://www4.samford.edu/schools/ighr/The Samford Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR) provides a week of intensive study of genealogical sources and methodology. Attendees choose one of the tracks offered to attend for the week. This institute is sponsored by the Board for Certification of Genealogists. This institute is over 40 years old.
Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh
http://www.gripitt.org/New in 2012, this, also, is one-week of study. They will be starting with 4 courses to choose from.
Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy
http://www.infouga.org/aem.php?eid=6Sponsored by the Utah Genealogical Association, this institute is another one-week of intense study where the attendees choose from 12 different courses. They have been providing the institute for about 15 years.
National Genealogical Societies and Conferences:
National Genealogical Society (NGS)
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/NGS is a nonprofit organization founded in 1903. Anyone can become a member and they conduct an outstanding national conference each year in the May timeframe, bringing in attendees from all over the world.
Conference - http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/conferences_and_events
Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS)
http://fgs.org/FGS was founded in 1976 and is the "umbrella" society of local genealogy societies in the U.S. The society is open to genealogical societies, family associations, historical societies, libraries, archives, educational, institutions, and genealogical vendors; it is not open to individuals. They, like NGS, offer an outstanding national conference in the August-September timeframe each year.
Conference - http://fgs.org/conferences/
New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS)
http://web2.americanancestors.org/home.html/NEHGS was founded in 1845 and provides information and resources for New England research. Their website offers a number of resources free; however, for the majority of the items you will need to be a member of the Society.
Genealogical Software:
RootsMagic
http://www.rootsmagic.com/RootsMagic/RootsMagic is an award-winning family tree software that offers the genealogist a way to organize and share their family history easily. They also provide a free version of the program "RootsMagic Essentials". It contains many core features from the basic program.
The Master Genealogist
http://www.whollygenes.com/Home for The Master Genealogist (TMG), a "powerful family history project manager." They do not provide a free version; however, they do provide a 30-day free trial of the program. The website also offers products to complement TMG, training books and videos, and a number of data CDs. Some items are free and some are for purchase.
Unique Research Websites:
Lost Colony Research Group
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~molcgdrg/This website was established to promote the study of what happened to the "Lost Colony" and its colonists between 1587 and 1588.
