frecogs2003

http://www.usgennet.org PROVIDING FREE-ACCESS ONLINE WEBSITES FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, FOR PUBLIC RESEARCH AND FOR THE STUDY OF OUR NATIONAL HISTORICAL HERITAGE.

http://www.cousinconnect.com PLACE TO POST YOUR GEN. QUERIES AND FAMILY HISTORIES

http://www.interment.net CEMETERY TRANSCRIPTION LIBRARY, MANY VETERANS CEMETERIES, CONFEDERATE, AND GROWING

http://www.savinggraves.com/ PRESERVING, PROTECTING AND RESTORING ENDANGERED AND FORGOTTEN CEMETERIES WORLDWIDE.

http://www.migrations.org/ STUDY OF ORIGIN AND MIGRATION PATTERNS ACROSS THE US, BY STATE.

http://www.migrations.org/county.php3?migcounty=MD

STATEWIDE

EVERYTHING MARYLAND, HISTORY AND INFO http://www.marylandtheseventhstate.com/

MARYLAND INFO NET http://www.delmarweb.com/maryland/genealogy.html

PRESERVATION MARYLAND http://www.preservemd.org/

MARYLAND HUMANITIES COUNCIL http://www.mdhc.org/

SAILOR MARYLAND’S PUBLIC INFOMRATION NETWORK http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/

MPT ONLINE http://www.mpt.org/learningworks/

MARYLAND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY http://www.mdgensoc.org/

THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND http://www.jhsm.org/

MARYLAND HISTORY & MARYLAND GENEALOGY http://www.portaltomaryland.com/history.htm

CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN NETWORK OF GENEALOGY & HISTORY RESOURCES http://www.cob-net.org/genlinks.htm

MARYLAND GENEALOGY RESOURCES- FROM THE ALDRIDGE/ARLEDGE FAMILY HOMEPAGE http://www.tx3.net/~arledge/maryland.htm list of links, societies.

MARYLAND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS http://speccol.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/catalog/religion/cfm/index.cfm

VITAL RECORDS INFORMATION http://vitalrec.com/md.html

MARYLAND LOYALISTS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION http://users.erols.com/candidus/index.htm

MARYLAND’S EASTERN SHORE HOMEPAGE http://covesoft.net/

C&O CANAL ASSOCIATION www.candocanal.org

COALITION TO PROTECT MARYLAND BURIAL SITES www.chco-online.org

MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY http://www.mdhs.org/

MD STATE ARCHIVES PROBATE RECORDS http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/refserv/genealogy/html/probate.html#balance

ARCHIVES OF MARYLAND ONLINE http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/search.html

SIXTH MD REGIMENT ANCESTORS ASSOC. C.W.http://home.earthlink.net/~earthalive/familystories/SixthMDdescendants.html

GENEALOGY HELPLIST MARYLAND http://helplist.org/usa/md.shtml

SOURCE FOR ACCESSING GENEALOGY ONLINE- MD http://www.accessgenealogy.com/maryland/

THE ARK AND THE DOVE CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN COLONISTS http://members.aol.com/ELLANWT/DACPage.html

AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. WASH DC http://www.aahgs.org/

COUNTY AND REGIONAL

ALLEGHENY CO. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdallegh/

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdannear/index.html

ANNE ARUNDEL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/4256/gensoc.htm

ANNE ARUNDEL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY http://www.aagensoc.org/

HINTS FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCHING IN ANNE ARUNDEL CO. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdannear/inform.html broken into timeframes, very useful tool in AA Co. research

WILLIAM PENNINGTON, ANNE ARUNDEL PURITAN http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~amxroads/Resource/wmaa.html

FIRST FAMILIES OF ANNE ARUNDEL AND BALTIMORE COUNTIES IN MARYLAND http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdannear/firstfam/firstfam.htm

BALTIMORE & ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENTS & OTHER PROBATE/ESTATE RELATED DOCUMENTS http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdbaltim/wills/xxwills.htm

PAUL'S VARIOUS WEB SITES http://www.bcpl.net/~pely/

BALTIMORE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY http://www.baltocohistsoc.org/

BALTIMORE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY http://www.serve.com/bcgs/bcgs.html

BALTIMORE MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM 19TH CENTURY NEWSPAPERS http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdbaltim/baltmar.htm

US GENWEB BALTIMORE COUNTY SITE http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdbaltim/

http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdcbalti/

EXTRACTS & COPIES OF DEATH NOTICES & OBITUARIES FROM BALTIMORE AREA NEWSPAPERS INCLUDING; ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, BALTIMORE COUNTY, AND HOWARD COUNTY http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdbaltim/obits/obits.htm

MARRIAGE LICENSES FOR BALTIMORE COUNTY, FEB 15, 1834 TO FEB 21, 1834 http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdbaltim/feb1834mar.htm

COMBS &C. FAMILIES OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND http://www.combs-families.org/combs/records/md/baltimore/

BALTIMORE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY RESEARCH LIBRARY FAMILY HISTORIES http://www.baltocohistsoc.org/FamilyAI.htm

http://www.baltocohistsoc.org/FamilyJZ.htm

EDWARD TALBEE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~taulbee/edward.html

BALTIMORE COUNTY LIBRARY http://www.bcplonline.org/info/history/ http://www.bcplonline.org/info/history/maryland.html

ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY http://www.pratt.lib.md.us/slrc/md/

SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HISTORY DEPARTMENT CENTRAL / ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY http://www.pratt.lib.md.us/slrc/ssh/genealogy.html

To access ANCESTRYPLUS, you must be using a public computer inside a BCPL library http://www.bcplonline.org/br_ancestry.html

CEMETERIES OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND http://www.interment.net/us/md/baltimore.htm

BACHMAN VALLEY AND MANHEIM TOWNSHIP WEBSITE CARROLL COUNTY MARYLAND, SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA, NORTHERN BALTIMORE COUNTY http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~peppler/maryland/

MID MARYLAND ROOTS http://members.aol.com/midmdroots/frederick/index.html?f=fs

CARROLL COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY http://ccpl.carr.lib.md.us/ccgs/ccgs.html

CARROLL CO. GENWEB http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdcarrol/index.html

CALVERT COUNTY http://www.lineages.com/usa/md/CalvertCounty.html

CHARLES COUNTY MARYLAND- GENEALOGICAL WEB PAGE http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdcharle/chasco.html

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF CECIL COUNTY http://cchistory.org/

DORCHESTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY http://www.bluecrab.org/dchs/index.html

DORCHESTER CO. MD. GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE http://members.tripod.com/~dcgm/dcgmindex.html

HARFORD COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY http://www.rtis.com/reg/md/org/hcgs/

ROOTSWEB HARTFORD CO. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdharfor/index.html

THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF HARFORD COUNTY, INC. http://www.harfordhistory.net/

HOWARD COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY http://users.aol.com/castlewrks/hcgs/

GENWEB http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdhoward/

MONTGOMERY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY http://www.montgomeryhistory.org/

MONTGOMERY COUNTY ARCHIVES www.montgomeryarchives.org

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY http://www.pghistory.org/library.html

ST. MARY’S http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdstmary/ GenWeb

1783 TAX ASSESSMENT OF SOMERSET CO http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/stagser/s1400/s1437/html/1437so.html

GENWEB SOMERSET CO MD http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdsomers/somerset.htm#LINKS

GENWEB WASH. CO. http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/washington/

GENLAW RESOURCES, PUBLISHER OF WESTERN MARYLAND GENEALOGY http://www.genlawresources.com/

WORCESTER COUNTY GENEALOGY http://www.ocmuseum.org/genealogy/

GENWEB CAROLINE COUNTY, MARYLAND http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdcaroli/

GENWEB WICOMICO COUNTY, MARYLAND http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdwicomi/index.html

GENWEB NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA http://www.rootsweb.com/~vanortha/

GENWEB KENT CO DE http://members.aol.com/kimbe99648/kent_de.html

GENWEB ACCOMAC COUNTY, VIRGINIA http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaaccoma/

WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY GENEALOGICAL SOURCES http://acadprojwww.wlu.edu/vol4/BlackmerH/public_html/xliberty/newhome/genealogy.html

DELAWARE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY http://delgensoc.org/

LOWER DELMARVA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY http://bay.intercom.net/ldgs/index.html

UPPER SHORE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY http://www.chronography.com/usgs/

UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE- FAMILY HISTORIES http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/hist/resguide/defmhist.htm

THE DELAWARE PUBLIC ARCHIVES http://www.state.de.us/sos/dpa/

SUSSEX COUNTY, DELAWARE http://www.rootsweb.com/~desussex/

DELMARVA OBITURARIES http://www.delmarvaobits.com/

CINDI’S LIST http://www.CyndisList.com/md.htm http://www.CyndisList.com/va.htm http://www.CyndisList.com/de.htm

BARRATS CHAPEL http://hometown.aol.com/Barratts/home.html http://users.aol.com/Barratts/chr.html

GHOTES OF VA http://www.esva.net/ghotes/ghotes5.htm

PENNSYLVANIA

CUMBERLAND CO. PA http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacumber/

DAUPHIN CO. PA http://www.maley.net/dauphin/

FRANKLIN CO. PA http://www.rootsweb.com/~pafrankl/

PA DUTCH http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/padutch/

PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/

PAGENWEB PROJECT http://www.pagenweb.org/

Roots Web PA http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/pa/

BARREL OF LINKS http://www.cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.html

CIVIL WAR LINKS 124 LINKS OF DIFFERENT DIVISIONS http://www.cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.html#CivilWar

WESTERN PA GEN SOC.http://www.wpgs.org/

ONLINE BOOKSTORES FOR GENEALOGY

BOOKFINDER.COM http://www.bookfinder.com

ABEBOOKS.COM http://www.abe.com/

HIGGINSON BOOK COMPANY http://www.higginsonbooks.com/

COLONIAL ROOTS http://www.delmarvaroots.com/

TLC GENEALOGY BOOKS http://www.tlcgenealogy.com/

LINEAGES.COM http://www.lineages.com/store/

WILLOW BEND BOOKS/ HERITAGE BOOKS http://www.WillowBendBooks.com/ http://www.heritagebooks.com/

HICKORY HOUSE BOOKSTORE http://hickoryhouse.com

http://www.genealogy-books.com/index.html Jeanetter Austins site, books state by state and by country, also a links to online bible records

PAY SITES

ANCESTRY.COM http://www.ancestry.com/

Ancestry.com Social security death index

http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm

FAMILY TREE MAKER/ GENEALOGY.COM http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/index.html?Welcome=1028163239

GENEALOGY.COM http://www.genealogy.com/index_r.html

MISCELLANEOUS

IRISH ROOTS.COM http://www.irishroots.com/

IRISH HISTORY FOUNDATION http://www.irishroots.net/

GENEALOGY IN SOMERSET ENGLAND http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/yosomfam.htm

GRANDFATHER’S CLOCK http://www.gclock.com/

DAVE'S GENEALOGY, MASONIC & CEMETERIES http://www.ezy.net/~davidi/

DELAWARE VITAL RECORDS http://vitalrec.com/de.html

NASSAWANGO IRON FURNACE http://www.intercom.net/local/furnace/ironjpg.html

MOORS AND NANTICOKES http://hometown.aol.com/jacklyn001/index.htm

NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF KENT CO. DELAWARE http://www.Mitsawokett.com/

THE EDWARD H. NABB RESEARCH CENTER FOR DELMARVA HISTORY & CULTURE http://nabbhistory.salisbury.edu/

BEVANS AND ALEXANDER FAMILIES http://users.erols.com/pipp/

MADDOX FAMILY http://www.birch.net/~gbyron/kin/maddox.html

TODD FAMILY http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~carolines/

OUTTEN FAMILY http://www.nauticom.net/www/stephen5/Outten/

SMOOT FAMILY http://www.usgennet.org/family/smoot/book/

CANADIAN GENEALOGY AND HISTORY http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/cghl.html

THE HERALDRY SOCIETY http://www.kwtelecom.com/heraldry/hersoc/index.html

GENEALOGY NC SC VA TN KY SEARCHABLE RECORDS http://members.tripod.com/~rosters/

KENTUCKY ARCHIVES PROJECT http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/kyfiles.html

THE AMERICAN HISTORY AND GENEALOGY PROJECT (AHGP), http://www.ahgp.org/books.htm

PALATINES TO AMERICA is a genealogical society dedicated to the study of ancestors from all German-speaking lands, not just the Palatinate. http://www.palam.org/

WARREN COUNTY OH, GENWEB SITE http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwarren/

DELMAR WEB LINKS AND SITES http://www.delmarweb.com/maryland/genealogy.html

FREDERICK COUNTY

INTERMENT NET http://www.interment.net/us/md/frederick.htm

JACOB MATTHEWS OF FREDERICK CO.http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/t/David-A-Mathews/?Welcome=1065015644

AMERICAN LOCAL HISTORY NETWORK - FREDERICK http://www.usgennet.org/usa/md/county/frederick/frederick_county_maryland_geneaolo.htm

FREDERICK COUNTY QUERIES http://www.cousinconnect.com/p/a/101172/sr

A SMALL BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR FREDERICK CO. GEN. http://washco.wash.lib.md.us/MARION/@MARYLAND/5f1600005100/0

FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION http://www.genealogylinks.net/usa/maryland/frederick.htm

FREDERICK COUNTY HISTORY http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/frederick/fredcoh.html

MONOCACY NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD http://www.nps.gov/mono/mo_info.htm

MARYLAND 6TH INFANTRY REGIMENT DESCENDANT ASSOCIATION http://home.earthlink.net/~earthalive/familystories/SixthMDdescendants.html

FREDERICK, MARYLAND CHAPTER OF THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MARYLAND http://www.digfrederick.org/

FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND REFERENCES AND SOURCES

FOUND IN THE LDS FAMILY HISTORY CENTER Genealogical and Historical Sources and References (LDS FHC)

RESEARCH OUTLINE FROM THE LDS FHC http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Maryland.ASP Maryland

RESOURCES AT THE LDS FHC

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=189722&subject_disp=Maryland,_Frederick&columns=*,180,0 Frederick County

FREDERICK COUNTY QUERY BOARD

http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.frederick

ROOTSWEB FREDERICK COUNTY RESOURCE BOARD http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/MD/Frederick/

USGENWEB CENSUS PROJECT-MARYLAND http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/states/maryland/

USGENWEB TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION PROJECT - FREDERICK COUNTY http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/maryland/frederick.html

MDGENWEB ARCHIVES - FREDERICK COUNTY http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/md/frederick/

THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FREDERICK COUNTY http://www.hsfcinfo.org/

EMMITSBURG HISTORICAL SOCIETY http://emmitsburg.net/history/

MID-ATLANTIC ROOTS NETWORK http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/

CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS BURIED AT MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/frederick/CSA.txt

FREDERICK COUNTY GENEALOGY SOCIETY http://members.aol.com/frecogs/index.htm

SEARCH ENGINES BASIC

Search engines allow the user to enter keywords that are run against a database (most often created automatically, by "spiders" or "robots")

ALTAVISTA

http://www.altavista.com

EXCITE

http://www.excite.com/search

ALLTHEWEB

http://www.alltheweb.com

GOOGLE

http://www.google.com

HOTBOT

http://hotbot.lycos.com

LYCOS

http://lycos.com

MULTI-THREADED SEARCH ENGINES

These search engines allow the user to search multiple databases simultaneously, via a single interface.

METACRAWLER

http://www.metacrawler.com

IXQUICK

http://www.ixquick.com

SURFWAX

http://www.surfwax.com

DOGPILE

http://www.dogpile.com

PROFUSION

http://www.profusion.com

SUBJECT OR CATAGORY DIRECTORIES SEARCH ENGINES

Lists of Web sites by subject in search of relevant information.

LOOKSMART

http://www.looksmart.com

OPEN DIRECTORY

http://dmoz.org

YAHOO

http://www.yahoo.com

SUBJECT-SPECIFIC SEARCH ENGINES

They focus on searching for Web sites or pages within a defined subject area, geographical area, or type of resource.

BEAUCOUP!

http://www.beaucoup.com

SEARCH ENGINE COLOSSUS

http://www.searchenginecolossus.com

SEARCHENGINES.COM

http://www.searchengines.com/

CLEARINGHOUSE SEARCH ENGINES

Just as multi-threaded search engines attempt to provide simultaneous access to a number of different search engines, some web sites act as collections of specialized subject directories

ARGUS CLEARINGHOUSE

http://www.clearinghouse.net

ABOUT.COM

http://about.com

WWW VIRTUAL LIBRARY

http://www.vlib.org

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SEARCH ENGINES, AND BOOLEAN LOGIC SEE:

AND: narrows your search

OR :broadens your search

NOT: excludes possibilities from your search

Internet Search Tools & Techniques

http://www.ouc.bc.ca/libr/connect96/search.htm#multi

Boolean Searching on the Internet

http://library.albany.edu/internet/boolean.html

Search Tips: A Primer on Boolean Logic

http://www.apa.org/psycinfo/training/boolean.html