Resources
Getting Started
Among numerous sites useful for getting starting on your family history is the State Library of North Carolina. The first step many take is to record as much information as you can on an ancestry chart. The next step is to enter this material onto Family Tree Maker or other reviewed genealogy software on a PC or Mac. In a family tree format, you can electronically find, organize, and publish data and photos. These tools also electronically link you to massive records bases such as Ancestry.com and U.S. vital records. Talk to group members about the genealogy software they use. Good jumping off places for intermediate or advanced genealogists are Cindi's List or The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy.
Chatham County Library
Or, you can get started or advance your research at a one-on-one session on a Thursday morning with a member of our group at the Local History and Genealogy Collections in the Chatham Community Library in Pittsboro. Available for free are search tools such as the worldwide edition of Ancestry.comand numerous databases. Print your findings for a small fee at the library or bring a disk or flash drive to save your findings for use later.
Roots Tech
2022 - Recommended Sessions attended by FGG members
2022 - Session List created by Eddie Price
The 1950 Census
April 12 2022 1950 Census Presentation
Webinars
Live webinars provide one-on-one web instruction to subscribers. Many are free shortly after the broadcast.
Top Genealogy Websites
The Top 100 Genealogy Websites for 2021 appears in the free GenealogyinTime Magazine, a monthly online periodical that lists new worldwide database resources.
The Genealogist's Bible
The broadest reference to the entire field is The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy, which has an electronic index. The Table of Contents leads you directly to all types of records, e.g., military, ethic, or church; or key organizations, e.g., societies, state and national collections. The Preface notes: A poll of librarians placed The Source, sometimes referred to as "the genealogist's bible," at the top of the "Top 10 Genealogy Books" for the wealth of information it offers to beginning and experienced genealogists.
Blogs
Eastman Newsletter: https://blog.eogn.com/
Lisa Louise Cook: https://lisalouisecooke.com/
Facebook for Genealogists
Join facebook at “Technology for Genealogy” & “The Organized Genealogist groups for 5000 international sites
GEDCOM Explained
http://blog.eogn.com/2014/05/24/gedcom-explained/
Researching Religious Records
Researching Religious Records by Vince Tollers
Geographic Locations in History
At www.randymajors.com find the county of any US town or the boundraries of any country by date, e.g., Fifield, WI was in Crawford County in 1780 and in Price County in 1910. Go to www.randymajors.com/p/maps.html to access an historical interactive county map tool.
County Histories and Boundaries
Interactive Maps
Maps of 12.3 million early homesteaders in 29 public land states and Texas. Also 4000 antique maps. By subscription from http://www.HistoryGeo.com.
Newspapers in the Library of Congress (free)
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
New York State Death Index 1880-1956 (free)
https://archive.org/search.php?query=%22New+York+State+Death+Index%22&sort=titleSorter
Photographs, Dating Old
Census