- Catalogs: the key to Using FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com (Video, about an hour, a little over a year ago)
You might want to start 10 minutes in. This demonstrates both online catalogs.
- What is Billion Graves; How to Use it for Genealogy (Video, 9 minutes, a little over 2 years old)
- How to use FindAGrave (video, 9 minutes, almost 3 years old)
- must use on computers in a subscribing library.
- Ancestry.com can be accessed from Family History Center portal (in FHC)
- ProQuest Ancestry Library Edition LibGuide
- access through mel.org
- ProQuest HeritageQuest LibGuide
- Chronicling America (Library of Congress website)
- Search YouTube for "Chronicling America" videos
- Fulton History (maintained by a single person)
- How he does it (short video) fascinating
- not just NY newspapers -- although many are
- It costs him money to provide this free service. He needs money and old hard (working) hard drives;consider donating.
- Cliff Lemere has three very helpful pages. They are from 2015, but still apply.
- Fulton History.com Tip: Reminder for Finding Newspaper Dates and Page Numbers (very helpful article)
- Go to the University of Michigan Library (any of them; they share access to databases) and using a library computer find databases of historical newspapers.
- See also:
- Guide to historical newspapers at UMich
- Atlases, Maps & Gazateers -- a page on my website (but needs updating)
- Major map collections online
- University of Texas Perry-Costaneda Library Map Collection
- David Rumsey Maps
- Osher Map Library
- Europe
- FamilySearch Wiki Maps Europe
- Family Search Catalog Maps Europe
- Wikipedia Media Commons -- maps Europe
- Google searches
- Passenger Lists
- Joe Beine Ship Passenger Lists and Immigration Records (A genealogy research Guide)
- Naturalizations
- Joe Beine Naturalization Record Research Guide
- Many Naturalization Records are on Fold3 (Portal site)
- Lots of links on the Family History Wiki: example, Poland
- Cyndi's List
- Linkpendium
- Joe Beine lists
- Explore U.S. & Canada sites
- Explore British Isles and Sweden sites
- Some of the major ones
- Access NewspaperArchive.com (this is also available at UMich Library)
- ignore the way to get to it on this library's website, but here is a nice overview of how to use it.
- here is another -- again, ignore the info specific to getting to it at that library
- Fold3.com
- Searh YouTube for fold3 instructional videos
- Historic Map Works Library Edition
- ProQuest Lib Guide to HMWLibEd
- WorldVitalRecords.com
- You tube video overview by the WVR founder... but note it is from 2011
- FindMyPast
- (especially good for Great Britain)
- Has free records (how to find?)
- FindMyPast YouTube videos
- Access NewspaperArchive.com (this is also available at UMich Library)
- The Google Genealogist on YouTube
- How Google Scholar can help your genealogy searching in Google Book