Beginners - Starting Points: Roots Web's Guide to Tracing Family Trees - Great links for beginners NEW - RootsTelevision - "Where History Meets Heritage" - videos of television shows, interviews, lectures and more. |
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NEW - Blogs: (blog is short for web log) is a personal online journal that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs are defined by their format: a series of entries posted to a single page in reverse-chronological order.) 24/7 Family Circle (a blog hosted by Ancestry.com) - "Your address for family history on the web" Cemeteries: Macomb County Cemetery Master Index - A searchable database and "guide to the cemetery transcription work which has been done by Macomb County's genealogy organizations." |
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Census, U.S. : As of October 1, 2008, all four Warren libraries have access to Ancestry Library edition (in library use only), from the Magazines and Online Databases listings. Ancestry has the Federal Census from 1790-1930. |
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1930 Census Resources for Genealogists online source for all census information (not just 1930 census), including federal, state and international. | ||
Abstract forms for census records - blank forms for each census year |
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Heritage Quest - search census records in the library and from home using this database |
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Surname to Soundex Code Converter - Enter your surname and convert it to Soundex coding |
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Directories: several "best of the best" or comprehensive sites |
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NEW - Footnote - Genealogy in Historical Documents - Footnote.com collections feature documents, most never before available on the Internet, relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, US Presidents, historical newspapers, naturalization documents, and many more. |
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The Genealogy Home Page - Often included in top ten/best genealogy sites on the Internet lists | ||
RootsWeb - One of the genealogical pioneers of the Internet, with extensive holdings and links. |
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Treasure Maps - the "How-To Genealogy WWW Site" |
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US GenWeb Project - A web page for each county in every state provided by volunteer genealogists - a great place to start |
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Family History Centers: (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) |
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Family History Centers - use this to find a Family History Center near you |
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Family Search - a searchable database of the International Genealogical Index, Ancestral File and more! |
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Forms:Family Tree Magazine - download free charts and forms to keep your genealogical research organized. Genealogy charts and forms - (from Ancestry.com) |
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Immigration: |
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Castle Garden - Passenger lists of 10 million immigrants who passed through Castle Garden from 1830 through 1913. Castle Garden is known today as Castle Clinton National Monument, a major landmark within Battery Park at the tip of Manhattan.. |
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Ellis Island - American Family Immigration History Center |
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Primer of Emigration, Immigration, etc - created by the Polish Genealogical Society |
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Local Genealogical Societies |
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Macomb County Genealogy Group - see: Mount Clemens Public Library genealogy page |
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Geography: City Search - Find the county a city is located in by either browsing through all the cities for a selected state or type the name of the city in the space provided. |
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How Far is It? - Distance between locations in miles (as the crow flies) Service provided by Bali Online |
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United Kingdom and Ireland Parish Finder |
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International Resources: (a sampling) |
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CANADA
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FINLAND
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GERMANY
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GREAT BRITAIN
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ITALY |
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POLAND
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UKRAINE
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WORLD
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Libraries online: |
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Allen County Public Library - Click on Genealogy or check their library catalog. This renowned collection contains more than 220,000 printed volumes and 251,000 items of microfilm and microfiche |
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Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library - Click on "Online Library Catalog" to search their library for specific titles |
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Detroit Public Library - The Burton Historical Collection is one of the most important genealogical and local history collections in the country - and just minutes away. "Genealogical materials include: federal census population schedules, family histories, cemetery inscriptions, church records of baptisms, marriages, and deaths, military records, hereditary society indexes, heraldry books, immigration records, probate indexes and records, vital records, obituaries, land records." Check the Detroit Public Library Catalog. |
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The Library of Congress - Search their catalogs and collections, this page also includes information on how to use their gateway to catalogs of over 220 libraries in the United States. |
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Library of Michigan - Abrams Foundation Historical Collection: Genealogy and Local History. You can also look at their library catalog to see what materials they own. |
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Mount Clemens Public Library - Includes a page devoted to their Genealogy Collection and Services |
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Roseville Public Library - Soundex collection "Through an LSCA Title I Grant, the Roseville Public Library has acquired 876 reels of Soundex microfilm. This collection contains the Soundex microfilms for ALL the Federal Population schedules for Michigan, for which a Soundex was created. These include the 1880 (73 reels), 1900 (259 reels), 1910 (253 reels), and 1920 (291 reels) Censuses. If your ancestors were in Michigan for any of these Census years, the Soundex will help you locate them on the Census microfilm." |
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Macomb County: |
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Macomb County GenWeb - This valuable site is extremely well-organized, and information is added frequently |
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Macomb County Surname List - Check this out if your family is from Macomb County |
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Magazines/Newsletters:Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter Michigan: |
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Michigan GenWeb Project - search for the county your family lived in for local records and information |
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Biographical index (Macomb County) - Index of Macomb County entries found in Michigan Biographies Michigan Family History Network - Using the Databases pull-down menu, look under Military for information on Michigan soldiers in the Civil War, Spanish-American War and World War II. Researcher-submitted resources include family group sheets and birth, marriage and death records. NEW Seeking Michigan - The Library of Michigan and Archives of Michigan began work on this site in 2008. Among many valuable resources, there is an online Michigan Death Records 1897-1920 with the digitized image of the death certificate. |
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Military: |
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Record of Macomb County Soldiers and Sailors in Service in the Great War (WWI)National Archives (U.S.): |
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National Archives
- Genealogy Page - a gateway to the vast array of records owned by the National
Archives, many of which ARE NOT online
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Obituaries: |
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Utica-South Macomb Progress and Tri-City Progress Obituary Index 1954 - 1958 - These newspapers became part of the Macomb Daily - Index compiled at the Arthur Miller Branch Library, Warren, MI. For a copy of the complete obituary for an individual listed, please email the Arthur Miller Branch Library | ||
Macomb
County Obituary Index - "...created through the volunteer efforts of the
Macomb County Genealogy Group. Entries range from 1880 to the present, however,
the database is a work in progress and not all years are covered. "
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Oral History:Suggested topics and questions for oral histories |
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Organizations: |
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National Society of the Daughters
of the American Revolution - National Society
NSDAR - Michigan State Society Alexander Macomb, NSDAR - Mt. Clemens, MI - Local chapter of the DAR |
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Software: |
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Personal Ancestral File
(PAF) - Free genealogy software to download from the www.familysearch.org website. |
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Surnames: |
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FamilyHistory.com - surname message boards | ||
RootsWeb
Surname List - provides email access to other individuals researching your
surname
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Vital Records: (Birth, Marriage, Divorce, and Death Records) |
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Macomb County Death Records - (1952 to present) a searchable database | ||
Michigan Death Records, 1867-1897 - a searchable index constantly being updated | ||
Social Security Death Index - a searchable database | ||
Vital Records
Information - United States - provides the address, phone numbers and other
information needed to send for vital records in the United States
Disclaimer: The Warren Public Library cannot be held responsible for the content, accuracy or availability of any external sites linked from within these pages. |