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North Carolina State
Archives ~ history for all
the people
If you are researching ancestors in North Carolina, be sure
to check this link to the Genealogical
Information brochure
from the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh, NC. |
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LCGS is developing partnerships with
many Internet websites that offer assistance in genealogical
research. These partnerships allow the Society to receive small
referral fees which are used to purchase additional Genealogy
Reference Books for the Genealogical
Collection at the Downtown Fort Myers-Lee County Library
at 2050 Central Avenue in Fort Myers, Florida.
Check the Society
Partnership web page to learn more about
these opportunities. |
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National
Genealogical Society (NGS) Book Loan Collection
Did you know? In November
2001, the National Genealogical Society (NGS) relocated most
of their ninety-eight-year-old lending library holdings from
their headquarters in Glebe House located in Arlington, Virginia,
to the Special Collections Department of St. Louis County
Library (SLCL) in St. Louis, Missouri. The collection consists
of approximately 20,000+ books. Previously loaned only to
NGS members, this collection is now available to
the general public through Interlibrary Loan (ILL) via their
local library. Next time you're looking for a particular
book, check this collection. |
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Invitation to join the Leon
County (Florida) Heritage Book Project to
anyone who have lived, worked or attended school in Leon
County, Florida. The project is sponsored by the Tallahassee
Genealogical Society who is responsible for all publishing
costs. |
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FamilySearch - Where
Generations Meet
Explore thousands of published family histories, digitized
and fully searchable at Family
History Archives.
View indexes, records, and images using a powerful new search
engine. Join worldwide volunteers indexing records online.
Use and contribute to wiki-style internet aids. Like to try
out new product concepts? The FamilySearch Labs blog has the
latest news on current projects. Visit labs.familysearch.org.
Current projects include:
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Record
Search - quick and easy way to search millions
of historical records for clues about your ancestors |
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Family
Tree -
users collectively and collaboratively organize information
into families on this shared tree. |
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Standard
Finder - search for a standardized name, date or
place based on your input. |
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Research
Wiki - free family history research advice for
the family researcher, by a community of research experts
and interested genealogists. Join and you can share
and receive up to date information on how to research
sources for information about your ancestors. |
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Family
Search Indexing - Volunteers around the world extract
family history information from digital images of historical
documents to create searchable indexes that assist
everyone in finding their ancestors. In just 30 minutes
you can help others find their ancestors! |
The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, has organized special
online research classes. As of May 31, 2009,
the classes developed are for family research in England and Italy.
Keep checking back for additional classes.
Access is easy. You have three options:
To WATCH videos online: left click the link.
To VIEW outlines or handouts online: left click the
link.
To DOWNLOAD videos, outlines or handouts: right click
the link and select "Save Target As." |
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Visit the new Lee
County Black History Society website. The mission of the
Society is to preserve and commemorate cultural and educational
contributions made by both locally and nationally known Black
people. |
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The Fort Myers Florida
Family HIstory Center HAS REOPENED
The Family HIstory Center located at 3105
S Broadway in Fort Myers has reopened it doors to the pubic.
The new days and hours are:
Thursday...9:00am - 2:00pm
Friday.......9:00am - 2:00pm
Sunday.....4:00pm - 8:00pm by appointment only.
If you have any questions and/or would like to make an appointment
please call 239-275-0001 |
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A NEW Opportunity to
subscribe to Family
Chronicle The How-To
Genealogy Magazine and support LCGS
LCGS is partnering with Moorshead Magazines to offer an
easy way to subscribe to Family Chronicle, a how-to magazine.
Family Chronicle is available by subscription clicking on
the banner below. Orders placed through this link will result
in a referral fee to our Society.
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My
Family Health Portrait - The Surgeon General's "My
Family Health Portrait" is an internet-based tool that
makes it easy for you to record your family health history.
The tool is easy to access on the web and simple to fill out.
It assembles your information and makes a "pedigree" family
tree that you can download. It is private--it does not keep
your information. It gives you a health history that you can
share with family members or send to your health care practitioner. |
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Google
Calendar - Do you use Outlook to manage your meetings and
appointments? What do you do about personal events? Coordinating
schedules with friends and family can be difficult. Google
has the solution. Its Calendar will help you share your schedule
with others. You can even use it to send invitations and reminders.
Of course, you can access your calendar from any computer.
You can even use your mobile phone! So, you get more flexibility
than with Outlook. Now, you don't have to give up Outlook.
Google Calendar can import items from Outlook. You can even
view your Google calendar in Outlook. To use Google Calendar,
you will need a Google account. If you don’t have one,
sign up. It's free. |
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Florida
State Genealogical Society Newsletter "Florida
Lines" - As a member of this organization,
LCGS receives a quarterly newsletter. FSGS has recently placed
their newsletter online for all to read. Check them out today. |
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In
the First Person - a free, high quality, professionally
published, in-depth index of close to 4,000 collections of
personal narratives in English from around the world. |
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Forgotten
NY
Read and see the history of many areas in New York City. |
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NEW Midwest
Roots Special Interest Group for LCGS members
researching the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan and Wisconsin for their ancestors. Meetings will
be held in various locations in Lee County to accommodate
members. Check our Activity Calendar for
additional meeting dates and locations. |
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Family
History Month Essay Contest
Our first annual Family History Month Essay Contest received
18 entries from the Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School in Fort
Myers. Awards were presented to the First and Second place winners.
Those receiving Honorable Mention were also recognized at our
November 8th Saturday meeting.
LCGS has been given permission to publish the two winning
essays. To read these essays please click
here. |
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Federation
of Genealogical Societies (FGS) and Family Tree Magazine
The FGS-Family Tree Magazine
Fundraiser Promotion
has been discontinued at this time. |
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Presidential
Memorial Certificates (PMC)
President John F. Kennedy initiated the Presidential Memorial
Certificate Program.
The Department of Veterans Affairs manages the program and issues
engraved paper certificates, signed by the current President,
honoring the memory of honorably discharged deceased veterans.
Eligible recipients include the next of kin and loved ones of
honorably discharged deceased veterans. More than one certificate
may be provided at time of request. |
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Cold
War Certificate Program
Cold War Recognition Certificates are awarded to all members
of the armed forces and qualified federal government civilian
personnel who faithfully and honorably served the United States
anytime during the Cold War era (from September 2, 1945 to December
26, 1991). This is the only official site.*
Certificates are available to qualified individuals at no cost.
Any other site offering these certificates or replicas for sale
or purchase are not official sites and are not approved or endorsed
by the US Army who is the executive agency for the Cold War Recognition
Program.
Sample Certificate
*NOTE: If you experience a security
certificate notice for this website, we have been told this
is a common occurrence on many Army web sites. If you add
the exception to your browser, you will be able to browse
the pages successfully. The website has also been scanned
by AVG Internet Security which classified the website as
safe with no active threats. |
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50
Most Popular Genealogy Websites for 2008 |
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News from the New York
Genealogical and Biographical Society
"Where is the collection
going and how soon will it be accessible again?"
The collection will be going to the New York Public Library to
be incorporated with the wonderful genealogical and manuscripts
collections already housed there. Read more by clicking
here. |
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FamilySearch
Teams with findmypast.com and others to Broaden Access to
All Censuses for England and Wales - July 30,
2008 |
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1881
Census of Canada now online at the Library and
Archives of Canada. Search the records and download census
pages in either pdf or jpg formats. |
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The
National Archives Digital Vault - displayed
are photos and documents that tell our nation's history.
There is much you can do and much to see at this site. |
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Roots
Television is created by genealogists for genealogists.
Blog, view videos and shop. No matter what level of research
you are at. Roots Television is for you.
Roots Television is a privately owned company founded by professional
genealogist Megan Smolenyak and media producer Marcy Brown.
Subscribe
to the Roots TV Newsletter
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Family History
Book Index Project
To assist family researchers in connecting with others researching
the same or similar surnames, the Collier County Library website
hosts the Family
History Book Index Project. This Index lists
the surnames found in the Library's Genealogy Collection of family
histories at the Naples
Regional Library, 650 Central Avenue in Naples, FL.
You can search this Index by surname to find the name in
all of the books in the Genealogy Collection. This collection
is a non-circulating reference collection of basic and intermediate
resources, including books, periodicals, electronic resources,
and web-based subscription databases
No library card number is needed for access to the
Index. |
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