- Ancestry
Library Edition - a wealth of valuable searchable databases. The library has a subscription
to this site, so all databases are accessible when searching at the
library. Many new databases are added each week. Digital images of the
U.S. Census 1790-1930 are available, some with indexing. Also
includes passenger lists and military records.
Full access is available
only at the Wichita Falls Public
Library. Home users need to access www.ancestry.com
and pay a subscription fee.
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FamilySearch.org - from
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, renowned
for their genealogical research, comes this genealogical search engine that
combs the files of millions of names in three immense databases, as well as
thousands of additional Web sites.
-
FamilySearch Record Search Pilot Site - a quick and easy way
to search digitized historical records for clues about your
ancestors. New records are added regularly so be sure to check back
often. May require special plug-in.
- FamilyTreeMakerOnline.com
- a large, all-purpose genealogy resource from the publisher of the popular
CD-ROM title by the same name. See how-to articles, links to useful
genealogy resource sites, and search services.
-
Footnote.com -a place
where original historical documents are combined with social
networking in order to create a truly unique experience involving
the stories of our past. There is a membership fee to view all
documents.
- Genealogy.net
- "The number one source in German genealogy."
- GeneaNet
- This site is free, but you will need to register to use its
features. Contains helpful international links.
- GENUKI
- the
springboard for genealogy research on Great Britain and Ireland.
- HeritageQuest Online -
includes searchable US Federal Census images
as well as family histories, genealogical serials,
local histories, and primary sources in full image.
Provided by the Texas State Library's Texshare
Program. To access this site
from home, request the Texshare URL and password from the Information Desk
at the Library - 767-0868, ext 234. WFPL Library card required.
- NewspaperArchive.com
- provides access to historical newspapers, including the Wichita Daily Times
1911-1923.
Available at the Library only.
- RootsWeb - great
free site that enables you to search many databases at one time.
- USGenWeb Project
-This
ambitious site grows daily, with more and more information added by its
volunteer staff. Each volunteer adopts a county and creates a Web page for
that county with all the information that you would possibly need to begin
your search. Since there are many contributors, each site is different in
content, but not in format. Keep looking for "your" counties and
you'll be pleasantly surprised.
- Helm's Genealogy
Toolbox - a large useful web site in a user-friendly format.
- Soundex
Conversion Program - The Soundex system is the means established by the
National Archives to index the U.S. censuses (beginning with 1880). It codes
together surnames of the same and similar sounds but of variant spellings.
Soundexes are arranged by state, Soundex code of the surname, and given
name.
- Town
Search 1.0 - Rootsweb developed this program that allows you to find the
appropriate county for any known city, village, or hamlet.
- ARIAS for
Pennsylvania - "The Archives Records Information Access System
(ARIAS) is designed to facilitate citizen access to archival records
created by all branches and levels of Pennsylvania state
government."
- Clayton Library
Center for Genealogical Research - at the Houston Public Library
- Dallas Public
Library
- Fort
Worth Public Library
- Lawton
Public Library
- Moffett
Library - at Midwestern State University.
- Allen
County Public Library Genealogy Department - In addition to providing
genealogy resources to its own patrons, Allen County developed and
builds PERSI, the reader's guide to periodical literature in
genealogy.
- Daughters of the Republic of
Texas Library - research library connected to the Alamo historical
complex in San Antonio. Contains more than 12,000 titles on
Texas, 800 linear feet of manuscripts, documents, and files, and
37,000 photographs, among others. Website contains selected
bibliographies, but no holdings are online.
- Family
History Library - information on the library's hours, collections,
rental programs, and the network of libraries in communities around
the world.
- Library of
Congress. Local History and Genealogy Reading Room
- place to start for
research in the local history and genealogy collections at the
Library of Congress. Also find hours, policies, and locations.
- National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA) - is both a storage facility for federal
documents and a resource for genealogists. Although there are no
genealogical records online, there is a good online introduction to
genealogical research. There are also links to each of the regional
archives that are part of NARA, with descriptions of each facility,
its hours, services, and features.
- National Archives
of Ireland - responsible for the preservation and maintenance of the
records of the Republic of Eire, as well as historical and cultural
materials. The Site includes departmental databases,
genealogical research guides, and information on holdings.
- Newberry Library
- located in Chicago, Illinois, this library contains extensive
collections on genealogy and local history, especially for the
Midwest. There are also materials on cartography, western Americana, and Native Americans.
- Public Record Office
-
The PRO is the national archives for England, Wales, and the United
Kingdom. Be sure to visit the Virtual Museum and other online
resources.
- Texas
State Library and Archives Commission - See what resources are available
at the Texas State Library in Austin.
- CastleGarden.org
-offers free access to an extraordinary database of information
on 10 million immigrants from 1830 through 1892, the year Ellis Island
opened.
- Ellis
Island Passenger Arrival Records - Free registration required. Between
1892 and 1924 over 22 million passengers and members of ships' crews came
through Ellis Island and the Port of New York.
- Immigrant
Ships Transcriber's Guild - over 500 volunteers work diligently to
decipher and transcribe passenger lists which are then uploaded to the
website on a regular basis.
- The
ShipsList - Includes ships' passenger lists, immigration reports,
newspaper records, shipwreck information, ship pictures, ship descriptions,
shipping-line fleet lists and more; as well as hundreds of passenger lists
to Canada, USA, Australia and even some for South Africa.
- Geographic Names
Information System from the U.S. Geological Survey - "The
Geographic Names Information System contains information about almost 2
million physical and cultural geographic features in the United
States. The federally recognized name of each feature described in the
database is identified, and references are made to a feature's location by
state, county, and geographic coordinates."
- The TopoZone
-
"is the Web's center for recreational and professional topographic map
users. [They've] worked with the USGS to create the Web's first
interactive topo map of the entire United States."
- Cemetery Records
Online
from Interment.net - Interment.net is a publisher of cemetery records and
materials relating to cemeteries. Use their resources to locate
burials, trace family history, and learn something about cemeteries in
general.
- Funeralnet.com
-
"America's most trusted online obituary, funeral, cremation, and
cemetery resource."
- Obituary Daily
Times - A database of obituary entries from U.S. and Canadian
newspapers.
- Wichita
Falls Cemetery Index
- Includes records for Riverside, Hillcrest, Rosemont, and Lakeview
Cemeteries in Wichita Falls. This is a very large file in
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
-
North Texas
Genealogical Association - includes valuable Wichita County resources,
including the Wichita County 1880 and 1900 Federal Census, a reconstructed
1890 Wichita County census, and Wichita County wills.
- Portal
to Texas History - a digital gateway to the rich collections
held in Texas libraries, museums, archives, historical societies,
and private collections. Brought to you by the University of North
Texas
- Texas
General Land Office Archives and Records - preserves and provides access
to records detailing the transfer of public lands into private ownership.
- Texas GenWeb
Project - the Texas section of the USGenWeb Project.
- Texas
Department of Health - includes the Bureau of Vital Statistics,
responsible for birth, death, and marriage certificates in Texas.
- Texas
State Genealogical Society - resources for Texas genealogy enthusiasts.
- Texas State
Historical Association - Check out their links to some Texas history
primary source documents on the Internet.
- Texas
State Library and Archives Commission - See what resources are available
at the Texas State Library in Austin.
- Wichita County
GenWeb Project - Wichita County section of the USGenWeb project.
- JewishGen
- the home
of Jewish genealogy
- Otherdays.com
- Trace your Irish ancestry online with this subscription
site. Includes thousands of original photographs and prints,
collections of rare books, maps and newspapers, the first full and
comprehensive online Griffith’s Valuation and other unique
genealogical records relating to Ireland.
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