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Your Favorite Free (or Low-Cost) Genealogy Resources
Tell about your favorite free or low-cost genealogy resources, online and off. Explain why it's a favorite and how it's been helpful in your research.
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Permalink Reply by Zoe (Marble) Smith-Fallgren on -
You rock David. Now you are my BFF.
Zoe from Texas
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Permalink Reply by Barbara Collier-Ahrens on -
This is a site that I maintain, although mostly for Michigan there are links for Arkansas, Ohio, Indiana and more. I try my best to keep all of them "FREE".
Michigan Genealogy Sites
Wanted to thank everyone for sharing what they had found also.
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Permalink Reply by Jill Muir on -
Use a Local Registrar to purchase BMD certificates. They car more, they will do a seach within the fee, used to be 5 years, but I don't know now, they have local knowledge and if they cannot find what you have asked for will return your money!!
Much better than Southport any day IMHO.
Jill
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Permalink Reply by Ms. Gerry Hill on -
Funeral Homes.
I have never found one that charged me. (And I offered) When you get one of these-they were filled out-before the funeral with next of kin, pallbears (which usually have SOME close connection to the family) And a lot of informaiton you can no longer get because of privacy law.
Insurance Companies-are next on my list. Especially specialized one-Like Polish National. They send the whole application.
GREAT! Ms. Gerry Hill-Albany Ga (over 20 years)
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Permalink Reply by Jane Devlin on
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Along with several friends, I've been working on my site of transcribed records since 2001 and have around 4500 files on line mainly from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York. The site is named for my grandparents, and while it has family history included, the vast majority of files are vital records, cemetery transcriptions, church records, wills, deeds, etc. http://www.dunhamwilcox.net/
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Permalink Reply by Miriam Robbins Midkiff on -
Love your site, Jane, and realize I've already visited it to add links your directory transcriptions to my site: Online City, County, and Rural Directories!
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Thank you.. I'm always glad for links to the files as the easier it is for researchers to find the data the more useful it will be.
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Permalink Reply by Chip Taylor on -
One of the best is the site for http://raogk.org/" target="_blank">Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness where volunteers sign up to look up things, take photos, etc. Many do ask for reimbursement of expense but that is more than fair! They are those "remote hands" when you cannot get someplace to do the work yourself. Check it out, use it, and volunteer yourself!
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Permalink Reply by carol bartholomew on -
Don't forget many libraries allow you to access their genealogy site be it ancestry library edition or heritage quest from home.
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Permalink Reply by Kerry Dillard-Nelson on -
http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/birthday.html
Sometimes you come across tombstones that says 28 years 3 days old well this site will convert everything for you and tell you their exact birthday.
http://www.italiangen.org/VRECLIST.stm
GREAT for researching New York ancestors
http://scdah.sc.gov/
South Carolina archives
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
I using this one to convert dollar amounts say from 1879 for land that cost them $100 and am wondering how much that would be in today's market.
http://www.cityofdenton.com/pages/libraryspecialcollections.cfm
If you are researching the Denton, Texas area. This is a wonderful website.
http://www3.gendisasters.com/taxonomy_menu/2
Articles of disasters listed by state
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Permalink Reply by Vera Moore on
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Missouri Digital Heritage
Search pre 1910 death index (abstract records) ,cost for copy $1.00
Death certificates 1910-1958, download certificates or print, free
Birth/Stillbirth search
Good luck!!!!
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/birthdeath/
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Permalink Reply by Blaise Strandquist on
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I couldn't tell if anyone had mentioned this before. My current favorite free site is the Record Search - Pilot Site at the Family Search website (http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start).
Though there is a limited amount of data available at this time, more is being added every month. The data that is there is easily searchable and the scans/copies are of a great quality.
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