Research Assistance Links

SEARCH TIP from Rootsweb Review
Thanks to: Kate Johnson
Perhaps this is obvious to others, but it wasn't (initially) to me. If you are looking for a name, and use quotation marks to limit the number of hits you get on the Web (i.e., "John Smith"), you should also reverse the order and try the search the other way (i.e., "Smith John"). If your ancestor is on a list somewhere that is alphabetized by the last name, the second search may find him, but the first won't. I found my great-grandfather on a list of documents held at the Museum of the Confederacy, and without doing the search with the names reversed I would not have found that reference.

County Links

• Bibb County Research Pages Excellent resource!
• History of Bibb County from the Alabama Department of Archives & History
• Bibb County Data - USGenWeb Archives
• Poorhouses
• Wagon Train Migrations

Alabama State Links

• Albert Picketts "History of Alabama", published in 1851!
• Queries for AL ancestors Amelia Willcut
• AL Dept. of Archives and History: Research by E-Mail
• A Guide to Alabama Genealogy
• AL County Formation Maps
• AL African American Marriages
• AL African American Genealogy
• AL County Maps for Sale

Misc. Links

• World Connect at Rootsweb
• Genealogy/Family History Repository
• US Geological Survey's Geographical Names Information System (GNIS)
• World Genealogy Records Thru 1899
• Find A Grave
• Genealogy Message Searcher
• Hamburg Emigration Lists
• The Genealogy Spot
• City Directories of the USA
• Links To Help You Climb Your Tree
• World Weddings Bells
• Gen Forum - Surname Lists
• The Olden Times - Historic Newspapers On-line
• USGenWeb Census
• Shelby Co AL Mining

Native American Links

• Native American Genealogy
• Yanusdi's Cherokee Heritage Page

Land Search & Maps

• Bureau of Land Management Searchable database for land patents.
• United States Territorial Map
• Index of State Maps
• Treasure Maps Home Page
• American Memory - Library of Congress Map Collections 1544-1996
• Historical Maps of the United States

Military Links (See also the Military Links Page)

• Civil War Rosters
• The American Civil War Home Page
• Cornell University "War of the Rebellion"
• Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama
• DAR Library
• The Vietnam Casualty Page
• The Wall on the Web
• North Carolina Loyalists during the American Revolution
• Alabama Dept. of Archives & History
• WWII Casualties by State
• American Revolutionary War

Help For Beginners

• Genealogists' Index to the World Wide Web (John Rigdon)
• Deciphering Old Hand Writing
• USGenWeb Archives Table of Contents
• Cyndi's List of How To
• GENDEX: The WWW Genealogy Index (Gene Stark)
• History on your Own

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