Links of Interest from PGSCA

Steve Morse Ellis Island Search Engine

This site has a number of important search engines and “one-step” webpages that genealogists should be aware of and using. Use the Ellis Island “one-step” webpage to search for passengers entering the Port of New York. This will get you into the Ellis Island Database. You must be a member of that site to get access. Ellis Island site memberships are free.
Ellis Island Database Polish Surname Search Database No longer appears to be active
Los Angeles Family History Library (LAFHL) FHL-Family Search Database

Finding Vital Records Online – Websites
[From May 28, 2011 Meeting]
by Annette Gathright

• Obituaries and family histories: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_newspaper_archives

• Military records: http://archivenational.com/national/militaryrecords.htm

• SS Application/Death Index: http://www.genesearch.com/socialsecurity.html

• Find a grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi

Name changes can be a problem

http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niemieckie_nazwy_polskich_miejscowo%C5%9Bci,

http://www.atsnotes.com/other/gerpol.html

• Google maps: http://maps.google.com

• Wikipedia: http://www.wikipedia.org

• Czech Republic: http://www.mapy.cz/

• Poland: http://mapa.szukacz.pl/

• FEEFHS Maps: http://www.feefhs.org/maplibrary.html

• Old maps on line:

http://mapy.amzp.pl/tk25.cgi?11,36,50,99
http://lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html#europe
http://www.maphistory.info/imageeurcont.html
http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/3felmeres.htm
http://mapy.amzp.pl/maps.shtml http://english.mapywig.org/news.php

• Shtetlseeker: http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/LocTown.asp

• Village locator: http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp

• US State Archives: http://www.censusdiggins.com/state_archives.htm,
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcsrch/VitalRecords SearchContents.html

• European Regional Archives:
http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/specialcollections/euro2.html,
http://www.polishroots.org/Research/CountryResources/tabid/374/Default.aspx,
http://www.rtrfoundation.org/webs.shtml

• Polish Archives: http://polishgeno.com/?page_id=15

• Google Translate: http://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wT#

• Join genealogical mailing lists: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/index.html

• Post to genealogical message boards
http://boards.rootsweb.com/?o_iid=33216&o_lid=33216

Finding Records In Online Resources

• FamilySearch – http://familysearch.org

• Ancestry -www.ancestry.com

• GenWeb’s Resources: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~websites/

• “Free Sources”: http://publicrecords.onlinesearches.com/,
http://www.deathindexes.com/index.html,
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/article/2010-best-state-websites,
http://www.germanroots.com/vitalrecords.html,
http://www.1stexamcram.com/FamilyTreeLab/WebSources.html,
http://www.1stexamcram.com/FamilyTreeLab/ToList.php?pos=9571362,
http://genealogy.about.com/od/vital_records/a/state_online_2.htm,
http://www.comportone.com/getparent.html?cpo/genealogy/articles/WinnebagoCoILBirthMarriageDeath.htm,cpo/cemeteries/navi.htm

• Missouri: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/

• Kentucky: http://kyvitals.com/vis/search/search.php,http://www.interment.net/us/ky/index.htm,

• Michigan: http://seekingmichigan.cdmhost.com/seeking_michigan/seek_adv anced.php

• UK: http://www.free-genealogy.co.uk/

• Poland: http://www.archiwum.plock.com/acts_en_radz.php
http://www.archiwum.plock.com/acts_en_ea.php,
http://www.geneteka.genealodzy.pl/

• Czech Republic: http://www.actapublica.eu/item.php,
http://digi.ceskearchivy.cz/index_main.php?lang=en

• Sweden, Denmark, Norway: http://www.sa.dk/ao/English/default.aspx,
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read

• France: http://www.francegenweb.org/indexall.php?dept=62,
http://www.francegenweb.org/~archives/archivesgenweb/?id=ad france#62,
http://archives.bas-rhin.fr/scripts/accueilanglais.asp,
http://www.archivespasdecalais.fr/Archives-en-ligne

• Databases  
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~thecohens/birthindexes-lat.html
 http://dxsrv4.cpl.org/WebZ/QUERY?sessionid=01-3336412358116
http://www.genealogylinks.net
http://www.genealogylinks.net/marriages/europe/poland.htm
http://bindweed.man.poznan.pl/posen/search.php
http://www.przodkowie.com/metryki/en.php http://www.geneteka.genealodzy.pl/
http://www.odessa3.org/collections.html
 http://www.genealogybranches.com/states.html
http://www.ptg.gda.pl/index.php/default/lang/en-utf-8/
http://www.genealogy.pl/records.htm, http://www.cookcountygenealogy.com/
http://www.wilmettehistory.org/vri/vri_births1.html
http://www.geneamusings.com/2010/02/joe-beines-research-guidesand-indexes.html

http://www.barbsnow.net/vitalreccomapre.htm
http://www.sfgenealogy.com/php/vitals/cadiindex.php
http://www.duprel.com/septfontaines/septfontaines1.html
 http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/regional.html
http://www.freesurnamesearch.com/new/1000.html
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~armpgs/death-birth-certs.html,
http://searches.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
http://www.genealogylinks.net/europe/index.html
http://genealogy.about.com/od/online_records/Vital_Records_Online_Birth_Marriage_Death_Records.htm

http://www.citydata.com/forum/genealogy/812702-missouri-records-free-online.html
http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html
http://www.genealoger.com/genealogy/gen_death_records.htm
http://www.researchguides.net/free.htm, http://www.ancestorhunt.com/
https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004372091.00437209 1_00006

Links for Finding Your Ancestral Village in American Records
Presented to - Polish Genealogical Society of California
Paul Lipinski - 2008 November 22
Genealogy Records
Find actual scans of military, census, birth & marriage records.
Ancestry.com

Family History Website
Search Newspapers 1690-Today Find Obituaries, And Much More!
GenealogyBank.com

Find Your Family Records
Census Data from the 1800s Complete your Family Tree!
worldvitalrecords.com

myheritage.com

Free Genealogy Records ®
Lookup Anyones Genealogy, Death & Family Records. Official Service®
Genealogy.Ask.com
Cemetery & Death Records
Instantly Access Over 400,000,000 Public, Death & Cemetery Records
publicrecordspro.com/death-records.php

Free Genealogy Records ®
Lookup Anyones Genealogy, Death & Family Records. Official Service®
GovGenealogySearch.com
Family History Website
Search Newspapers 1690-Today Find Obituaries, And Much More!
GenealogyBank.com

Instant Public Records Search
Access to full birth, death, and other vital record information, which includes (when available):
PublicRecordsPro.com

USInfoRegistry
Direct access to a variety of public record searches, the same database used by government officials, private investigators and companies that conduct background checks on potential employees.
USInfoRegistry.com

DNA Tribes Genetic Ancestry Analysis
A service that uses genetic material inherited from both maternal and paternal ancestors to measure your genetic connections to individual ethnic groups and major world regions.
dnatribes.com

Familysearch.org

Many of these sites can be accessed through -
horlacher.org
Barbara Renick's web site has a links page with many very helpfull websites on one page.
Note that many of these are “Pay” sites, so you will have to pay for the convenience of doing your research at home.

Other Polish Genealogical Societies
Polish Genealogical Society of America
Address: 984 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622-4101
Publication: Rodziny (Quarterly)

Website: http://www.pgsa.org

 Polish Genealogical Society of California
Address: P.O. Box 307, Buena Park, CA 90621-0307
Publication: PGS-CA Bulletin (Quarterly)
Website: http://www.pgsca.org
Polish Genealogical Society of Greater Cleveland
Address: PO Box 609117, Cleveland, OH 44109-0117
Publication: Our Polish Ancestors (Quarterly)
Website: http://www.feefhs.org/pol/frgpgsgc.html
 Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut & the Northeast
Address: 8 Lyle Rd., New Britain, CT 06053-2104
Publication: Pathways and Passages, (Semi Annual)
Website: http://www.pgsctne.org
Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts
Address: P. O. Box 381, Northampton, MA 010610381
Publication: Biuletyn Korzenie (Semi Annual)
Website: http://www.feefhs.org/pol/frgpgsma.html		 Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan
Address: PGSM, Burton Historical Collection
Detroit Public Library; 5201 Woodward; Detroit, MI 48202
Publication: Eaglet (three issues per year)

Website: www.pgsm.org
Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota
Address: c/o Minnesota Genealogical Society
5768 Olson Memorial Hwy; Golden Valley, MN 55422-5014
Publication: PGSM Newsletter (Quarterly)
Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnpolgs/pgs-mn.html		 Polish Genealogical Society of New York State
Address: 12645 Strykersville, East Aurora, NY 14052-9511
Publication: Searchers (Semi Annual)
Website: http://www.pgsnys.org
Polish Genealogical Society of Texas
Address: PO Box 432, Montgomery, TX 77356
Publication: Polish Footprints (three issues per year)
Website: http://www.pgst.org
 Polish Genealogical Society of Wisconsin

This organization ceased operations in 2005.
Kashubian Association of North America
Address: PO Box 27732; Minneapolis, MN 55427-0732
Publication: Przyjaciel ludu Kaszubieskiego (Friends of Kashubia) (Quarterly)
Website: http://ka-na.org/
 Polish Genealogical Society of Arizona Interest Group
c/o Marilyn A. Collins
8379 W. Utopia Rd
Peoria, AZ 85382

Revised: Saturday, September 10, 2011