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Acadian-Cajun Genealogy & History AfriGeneas Avotaynu Chineseroots.com Christine's Genealogy Website The Freedmen's Bureau Online Hispanic Genealogy Index of Native American Resources on the Internet JewishGen Find news and reviews on more great Web sites in the August 2003 issue of Family Tree Magazine.
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www.acadian-cajun.com
This well-designed site will make you wish you had Acadian-Cajun ancestors—or that someone would do likewise for your ethnic group. Its 750-plus pages include queries, history and step-by-step how-to research tips.
www.afrigeneas.com
A terrific starting place for African-American research, AfriGeneas also stands out for its online data. The clickable collection includes a surname database, slave manifests from the Port of New Orleans (1818 to 1860), deed abstracts from Granville County, NC (1746 to 1864), Georgia slave bills of sale, city directories of blacks in Baltimore (1810 to 1866), the Richmond, Va., city directory of "Free Colored" people from 1852 and much more. You'll also find a mailing list, message boards, a chat room and other networking tools.
www.avotaynu.com
This leading publisher for Jewish genealogy has posted the Consolidated Jewish Surname Index, a gateway to information about more than 370,000 Jewish surnames that appear in more than 31 different databases totaling 2 million-plus entries.
www.chineseroots.com
Besides the FamilySearch Chinese Language Catalog, this slick site serves up a wide collection of articles on getting started with Chinese research, surnames and resources. Members (fee not set) will soon be able to access premium content.
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www.ccharity.com
Here's another good jumping-off point for African-American ancestor research. Packed with links and articles, this site is a comprehensive resource for family historians. Databases here include Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Emancipation of Slaves in the District of Columbia, as well as A Partial Listing of Negroes Lynched in the United States Since 1859.
freedmensbureau.com
Established in 1865, the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, known as the Freedmen's Bureau, supervised relief and educational efforts for emancipated slaves. This site lets African-American researchers sample the records left by the bureau, such as those relating to "Murders and Outrages" and marriage records from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington, DC.
home.att.net/~Alsosa
Begin your Hispanic roots quest here with such helpful guides as "The Truth About Hispanic Surnames, Their Origins and How to Research Yours." If you can make the link from the Americas all the way back to Spain, there's also a guide to Spanish heraldry.
www.hanksville.org/Naresources
Not limited to genealogy, this wide-ranging site will educate you about your Native American heritage, including language, art and art galleries, archaeology, museums, music, history and tribal government.
www.jewishgen.org
Start seeking your Jewish ancestry at this genealogy gathering place—where you can share research and join the JewishGen Discussion Group—and online archive, including the mammoth Family Tree of the Jewish People, with data on 2 million individuals. Other files here include the Family Finder of 300,000 surnames and towns, ShtetLinks for 200-plus communities, the ShtetlSeeker town finder and the Jewish Records Indexing-Poland database. Bookmark JewishGen even if you don't have Jewish ancestors: The site is even easier to use now that it hosts Stephen Morse's handy one-step search tool of the Ellis Island passenger-lists database www.jewishgen.org/databases/eidb.
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