Genealogy Research Tools and helpful Links

Place to list your Surnames for others to see

  • Scottish Naming Customs - The general custom, to which there were some variations
  • GenForum - a searchable surname database
  • Roots WEB - A great site for Quick Searches and much more. This is a good spot for the NEW genealogist. Good teaching tools and ideas.
  • RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees
  • Family Search - LDS genealogy Ancestor search site. Has the IGI online.
  • Surname Helper - is a surname engine for queries and surname registrations posted on various genealogy sites. Participating sites include many USGenWeb and WorldGenWeb sites.
  • PEEPLES-L Mailing List Archives - sign up and become active on the list. You will need to create an account (FREE) to use this service.
  • Deeds, Wills and Documents at the Harrison Repository
  • History of Names - What's in a name?
  • Names Origins Meanings -
  • Soundex Converter - Remember to look for all spellings. Peeples is P-142 and Peeple is P-140
  • Social Security Death Index -he most full-featured and up-to-date SSDI search engine on the internet
  • GIF- Progressive Settlement of the US -- 1650 to 1980 fun to watch the growth of the U.S.
  • Early American Roads and Trails with descriptions of 16 of the major early roads.
  • The British Isles Family History Society- U.S.A. This site is a great starting point for anyone researching their ancestors who came from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man. Permanent features include a Guide to British Isles Research, a list of major Internet links, and a discussion of key resources at the Los Angeles Family History Center, where many society activities take place.
  • African American Genealogy An Online Interactive Guide for Beginners, surnames, mailinglist, slave data.
  • Christine's Web Site - a great web site for African American Researchers. Has lots of good research links.
  • Scottish literature - The University of South Carolina prides itself on its reputation as one of the foremost institutions in the United States for the study of Scottish literature.

Related Lines Web Sites:

  • LEONARD - The LEONARD's of South East Missouri

SCOTLAND:

    • Scotland pages in GENUKI. - Great site for Scottish information. GENUKI has a hierarchical structure and uses identical headings at different levels.
    • Peeblesshire  -  or Tweeddale, an inland county in the southern division of Scotland.
    • Peeblesshire Surnames List - new list of surnames which people are researching in the Scottish county of Peeblesshire.
    • GenWeb Page - Peeblesshire
    • Scottish Genealogy Society
    • Scottish Church Records - Church records are held in the General Register Office. The General Register Office for Scotland is the department of the devolved Scottish Administration responsible for the registration of births, marriages, deaths, divorces and adoptions in Scotland, and for carrying out periodic censuses of Scotland's population.
    • Later parish registers (after 1855) are often held in the National Archives of Scotland as are any records of non-conformist churches in the area (often unfilmed and unindexed, and only available there).
    • Peeblesshire Mailing List -A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the county of Peeblesshire, Scotland, Great Britain.
  • TENNESSEE:
  • NORTH CAROLINA
  • VIRGINIA
  • Other Great Links
    • Old Diseases: - Did your ancestor die of "inanition"? Take a look at this web page.
    • Old Occupations: - Was your father a back washer?   Look this one up too!
    • Deciphering Old Handwriting: - An on-line tutorial by Sabina J. Murray which is informative and fun
    • 1000 Geneology Mailing Lists: - You can join. (If you had relatives who went to South America to mine, consider joining SOUTH-AM-EMI; a new discussion list for anyone who has an interest in emigration from the United Kingdom to South America during the 18th & 19th centuries.)
    • U.S. Patent Office - The Full-Text Database now offers all US patents issued since 1790, in the form of searchable patent numbers and current US classifications hyperlinked to full-page images of each page of each patent.
  
     

 

    

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