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Research Resources
| Florida Resources: |
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Welcome to Florida - The Official Portal of the State
of Florida |
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Florida Cemeteries |
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Florida Census Records |
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Florida Civil War Genealogy |
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Florida Counties |
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Florida GenWeb Project |
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Florida Historical Society |
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Florida History and State Facts |
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Florida Libraries |
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Florida State Genealogical Society |
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Florida USGenWeb Project |
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Historical Maps of Florida |
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The Seminole Tribe of Florida |
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Today in Florida History |
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Lee County Resources: |
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Lee County Government
- Southwest Florida |
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Lee
County Clerk -
Official records and land records for Lee County, Florida. |
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The
City of Fort Myers Official Web Site |
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The
Story of Fort Myers -
On-line text of the book by Karl H. Grismer |
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The City of Cape
Coral Official Web Site |
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Lee County School
District |
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Lee
Island Coast - Florida's Tropical Island Getaway |
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Lee County Library System |
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| Religious
Organizations: |
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Churches,
Synagogues, Places of Worship in the Fort Myers Area -
Presented by the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce |
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Saint
Luke's Episcopal Church
2635 Cleveland Avenue, Fort Myers, Florida |
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First
Presbyterian Church
2438 Second Street, Fort Myers, Florida |
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McGregor
Baptist Church
3750 Colonial Boulevard, Fort Myers, Florida |
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First
United Methodist Church of Fort Myers
2466 First Street, Fort Myers, Florida |
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| Local Libraries: |
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Lee
County Library System |
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Fort Myers Beach
Public Library
2755 Estero Boulevard, Fort Myers Beach, Florida |
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Sanibel Public Library
770 Dunlop Road, Sanibel, Florida |
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John
F. Germany Public Library
900 North Ashley Drive, Tampa, Florida 33602-3788 |
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WorldCat |
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| Presidential
Libraries |
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Rutherford
B. Hayes Presidential Center, Freemont, Ohio |
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Abraham Lincoln
Presidential Library & Museum, Springfield, Illinois |
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Herbert
Hoover Presidential Library & Museum, West Branch, Iowa |
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Franklin
D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, New
York |
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Harry S. Truman
Library & Museum, Independence, Missouri |
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Dwight
D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, Abilene, Kansas |
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John F. Kennedy
Presidential Library & Museum, Boston, Massachusetts |
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Lyndon Baines
Johnson Library and Museum, Austin, Texas |
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Richard
Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda, California |
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Gerald R. Ford
Presidential Library & Museum, Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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Jimmy
Carter Library & Museum, Atlanta, Georgia |
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Ronald Reagan
Presidential Library and Museum, Simi Valley, California |
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George Bush
Presidential Library and Museum, College station, Texas |
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William J.
Clinton Presidential Library and Museum,
Little Rock, Arkansas |
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| Online
Historical Newspapers |
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Chronicling
America: Historic
American Newspapers (BETA) at The Library of Congress |
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The
Cranbury Press (Cranbury Township, New Jersey) 1886-1926 |
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The
Green Free Public Library Newspaper Archive,
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. Wellsboro is a borough in Tioga County,
which is in the north central part of the Commonwealth.
There are
146,037 pages from six Wellsboro newspapers in this database. It
covers a 150-year period. The newspaper titles included here are
Agitator (1854–1986), Bedford County Republican (1899), Tioga
Republican (1865–1873), Tioga Eagle (1838–1919), Wellsboro
Agitator (1867–1999), and Wellsboro Gazette (1874–2006).
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The Pittsburgh
Jewish Newspaper Project is composed
of The Jewish Criterion (1895-1962), The American
Jewish Outlook (1934-1962), and The Jewish Chronicle (1962-Present). |
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Northern New York
Historical Newspapers - The online collection currently consists
of more than 920,000 pages from 27 newspapers. |
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Brooklyn
Daily Eagle 1841 - 1902 Online |
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Colorado's
Historic Newspaper Collection |
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Historic Missouri Newspaper Project |
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Pennsylvania Civil War Newspapers |
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SmallTownPapers -
Newspaper Archive |
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| Geography |
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Google Maps |
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Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) |
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| Census Research |
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Census Enumerator Instructions |
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Census Abbreviations |
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Census
Extraction Forms -
Download blank forms to use when extracting data from the Federal
Census. |
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| Adoption Research |
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The Ultimate Search Book, 2005 Electronic Edition
by Lori Carangelo
Worldwide Adoption, Genealogy & Other Search Secrets |
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| Tools and Fun
Stuff: |
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Soundex
Converter -
Convert your surname easily into a Soundex code. |
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Social
Security Death Index -
The database contains information provided by the Social Security
Administration through the end of September 2002 and contains
69,143,881 names. |
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Birthdate
Calculator -
Calculate a birthdate using the date of death and the age at death. |
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Day
of the Week Calculator -
Calculate the day of the week for any date in history. |
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Inflation
Calculator -
Use the Inflation Calculator to calculate today's monetary value
for ancestor's salaries, amounts left in wills, etc. |
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Genealogy
Forms -
A wide range of forms ready to download from the Family Tree Magazine
web site. |
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Our
Timelines -
Create a timeline that matches your ancestor's life span against
events in history |
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Babel
Fish Translator -
Translates text from nine different languages. |
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County
Locator from Rootsweb -
Enter the name of a town to see what U.S. county it is located in. |
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Wayback
Machine - Browse through 85 billion web pages
archived from 1996 to a few months ago. |
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Kindred Trails™ Worldwide Genealogy Resources - Linking the World Together with Roots |
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Cyndi's List -
A categorized and cross-referenced index to genealogical resources
on the Internet. |
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The
internet Public Library - Genealogy |
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The Family History Store™ - Products For Preserving Your Heritage |
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Glossary of Ancient Diseases |
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Epidemic Timeline |
Online Newsletters: |
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About.com:
Genealogy - Free weekly e-newsletter about Genealogy. |
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Dear
Myrtle
- Sign up for DearMYRTLE;s Blog, Mailing List or Columns. |
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Eastman's
Online Newsletter
- Daily newsletter for anyone interested in genealogy. |
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Family
Tree Finders
- A once-a-week e-mail newsletter providing interesting and useful
information for tracing your family tree written by Rhonda R. McClure,
professional genealogist. |
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Family
Tree Magazine E-mail Newsletter
- Research, organization and preservation tips free to genealogists. |
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Global
Genealogy Newsletter
- Free email newsletter of online and physical resources for genealogy
and historical research for those with Canadian ancestors. |
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UpFront with
NGS: The Online Newsletter of the
National Genealogical Society
To
subscribe, type only one word in the body of the
message: subscribe |
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Florida
Lines - a publication is for all societies
and every individual interested in learning about what is happening
around Florida and the nation.
Subscribe to the Florida Lines by electronic
delivery. |
Genealogy Podcasts:
A podcast
is much like an audio magazine subscription: you can receive regular
audio programs delivered via the internet, and listen to them at
your leisure on your computer, your iPod, or any mp3 player.
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The Genealogy
Guys Podcasts -
Listen to George G. Morgan and Drew Smith discuss genealogy on their
weekly shows. |
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Anna-Karin's
Genealogical Podcast
- Information on Swedish-American genealogy and research. |
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DearMYRTLE's
Podcasts
- Listen to Dear Myrtle for her tips and techniques for your family
research. |
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Family
Roots Radio
- Devoted to the pursuit of genealogy and family history. |
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Genealogy
Gems Podcast
- Tips and ideas to help your family research. |
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Genealogy
Podcasts
- Genealogy Today sends notices of upcoming podcasts. |
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Family
History Minute
- Brian Mickelson will give you tips and ideas for family history
or genealogy projects. |
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Irish
Roots Cafe
- Presented by The Irish Genealogical Foundation. |
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The Genealogy
Tech Podcast -
Combines genealogy and today's technology. |
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Under the
Tree
- Podcast for African-American genealogists and historians. |
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Waynesville
Voices
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Podcasts from The Mary L. Cook Public Library |
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