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Ethnic and Immigrant Resources
American Family Immigration History Center AncestorSuperSearch.com Chineseroots.com Federation of East European Family History Societies FreeBMD Genealogical Word Lists from FamilySearch Genealogy at the National Archives of Ireland Holocaust Names Immigration and Naturalization Service's History, Genealogy and Education JewishGen Jewish Records Indexing—Poland National Archives of Scotland Native American Links PolishRoots.com Get tips for researching your Southern roots in the August 2001 issue of Family Tree Magazine.
www.ellisislandrecords.org
This new Ellis Island immigration database lets users easily search and access the records of everyone who entered the United States through the Port of New York from 1892 to 1924. The actual pages showing your ancestors' arrival in America are only a few clicks away.
www.ancestorsupersearch.com
This "precision" search engine indexes English genealogical data from before 1930. Unlike many other search engines, it doesn't limit itself to its own databases. And you can pass your e-mail address on to someone searching for the same ancestors. The site's "Cousin Contact" feature will automatically put researchers in touch with each other, if they so choose.
www.chineseroots.com
For Chinese family history researchers who can't read Chinese, this English version offers Chineseroots 101, a surname origin library and dictionary, news, links and help from Shanghai Library's "Gen Gurus."
feefhs.org
Packed with resources for ancestries from Albanian to Ukranian, this is a must-visit site for Eastern Europe roots research.
Besides resource guides and pages for each member society, it contains a searchable database of nearly 500,000 Central and Eastern European surnames.
freebmd.rootsweb.com
The FreeBMD project is transcribing the indexes of birth, marriage and death records from England and Wales, 1837 to 1900, and putting them online. This massive project is currently providing free Internet access to 7 million records from the Civil Registration Index, with about 45,000 added per day. A search of the FreeBMD database will tell you the event, quarter and year, surname, first name(s), registration district, volume number, page number and submitter.
www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/frameset_rhelps.asp
By clicking on Sort by Document Type and then Word Lists, you'll get English translations of common genealogy-related words, language characteristics and additional resources for these languages: Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish.
www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy.html
The guide covers beginning a search at the archives; where to find birth, marriage and death records; census records from 1821 to 1911; genealogy centers listed by county; tithe and property tax lists; genealogical researchers; wills and administration records; and further reading. From this page, you can link to the archives' searchable online databases.
www.holocaustnames.com
If you're searching for more information about family members and friends lost during the Holocaust, or trying to contact survivors, you can post and search messages and photographs on this site for no cost. It also offers Jewish- and Holocaust-related links and news.
www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/aboutins/history/
The INS offers information about its Historical Reference Library collection and services. From this site, you can learn more history of the INS and immigration law, procedure and stations. If you're thinking about using INS records to do historical and genealogical research, the staff gives instructions here.
www.jewishgen.org
The all-encompassing site for Jewish genealogy, from how to get started to detailed research guides. Features include a directory of Jewish Genealogical Societies (JGSs), Shtetl Seeker and the Family Finder, with surnames and town names. You can also upload your own family tree for free to the Family Tree of the Jewish People.
www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl/
Using this database, you can locate clues to retrieve family records from more than a million vital records for hundreds of Polish towns and villages. Keep in mind that while you won't find actual records here, you will get index entries with names, record numbers and years, plus the microfilm number containing the actual documents.
www.nas.gov.uk
Here you'll learn all about Scotland's national archives, which cover the 12th to 21st centuries. It offers useful information, particularly the introductions to researching Scottish family history, emigrants, military, local history, maps, trades and crafts. You also can order archival publications and find out how to access indexes of its collections.
www.accessgenealogy.com/native/
This is a genealogical starting point for the state or tribe you think your Native American ancestor came from, with links to records, newspapers, mailing lists, powwows, other related events and organizations. Other links include medical, historical and records-oriented sites that focus on Native Americans.
www.polishroots.com
See "Genealogy and Poland: A Guide" in the history section to answer those first questions such as how to locate your Polish ancestors' place of origin and what records are available. Other topics include culture and customs, geography and maps, immigration, events, databases and a surname search.
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