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List of Genealogy CD-ROMs in the Library

PDL Ancestor Log -
News and Information of Interest to local Genealogists

Subscription Databases

Ancestry Library Edition Available only in library
With over 1.2 billion records in over 3,000 databases, AncestryPlus is the most comprehensive online source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research available. Included in AncestryPlus are the digitized images of the U.S. Federal Census from 1790 forward, the American Genealogical Biographical Index, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index,and much more.

Footnote.com Premium Content available only in library. Searchable from home.
Footnote is an original historical document, and genealogical research site with over 41 million primary documents online. Many of these documents have never been on the internet before. The majority of the documents come from a partnership with the National Archives.

New England Ancestors.Org Available only in library Click on the "Research" tab on the main page. Then click on "Search our Databases" under the gray Research area.Search over 78 million names contained in town and church records, land records, military records, court records, diaries & journals, immigration records and more.

HeritageQuest
Over 25,000 local and family history books full-text online as well as U.S. Federal Census images.

Use this link for remote access for Plymouth residents.

Sites of General Interest

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Comprehensive list of genealogy sites on the Internet covering the United States and the world.

Castle Garden Records ~ information on 10 million immigrants who passed through the port of New York from 1830 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened.

Ellis Island Records Includes arrival records for 22 million immigrants who entered the port of New York from 1892 to 1924. (This is 70% of all U.S. arrivals recorded in that time period.)

Chronicling America: Find information about Historic American Newspapers, published 1690 - present. Search by location, date, or newspaper title and find out what is available in which library.

Family Search from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) Search the International Genealogical Index, the Family History Library Card Catalog and much more - over 400,000,000 names so far.

U.S. GenWeb Project This nonprofit group is committed to providing web sites for every state and county in the United States. They also sponsor The Tombstone Transcription Project

Online Searchable Death Indexes & Records "This website gathers together links to online death indexes by state and county." Included are cemetery and burial lists as well as the death indexes.

Rootsweb - One of the largest mailing groups for Genealogy.

How-to's and Helpers

Beginning your genealogical research Instructions from the Library of Michigan

Family History - How do I begin? Info from the Family History Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Obtaining Enumeration Districts for the 1930 Census

RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees 30 lessons on basic genealogy

Soundex Conversation Program

Treasure Maps: The How-to Genealogy WWW Site

U.S. Government Resources

Genealogy Guide Information from the U.S. Census Bureau

Great Lakes Region Branch of the National Archives

Library of Congress

National Archives Genealogy Page

Access to Archival Databases Online access to a selection of nearly 50 million historic electronic records created by more than 20 federal agencies on a wide range of topics including Famine Irish Passenger Record Data.

National Personnel Records Center

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)

The Official Land Patent Records Site For select states, including Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and others

Message Boards And Mailing Lists

Gen Forum - search by forum name, surname, locality, or general topic.

Family Search e-mail lists - Over 177,000 different e-mail lists pertaining to surnames, localities and general genealogy topics

Ancestry Message Boards - search by name, geographic region or topic. Use their advanced search option.

Cyndi's List for Queries and Message Boards - Look here for a list of boards, newsgroups & lists dealing with genealogy.

Commercial Sites

Ancestry, Inc.

Family Treemaker Online

Heritage Quest

Sheppard Books Publishers of quality historic map reprints

Genealogical Publishing Company World's largest publisher of genealogical reference books.

State and Regional Resources

1870 Census of Michigan (Federal) Full U.S. Michigan Census searchable on-line. Image of census page may be viewed & printed.

Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

Caleb Johnson's Mayflower Web Page

Detroit Society of Genealogical Research

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900

Library of Michigan, Genealogy & Local History

Michigan Cemetery Sources - A compilation of published cemetery transcriptions located at the Library of Michigan. It also identifies the location of over 3,700 cemeteries in Michigan.

Michigan County Histories - Full text of 192 histories dating from 1866 to 1926.

Mount Clemens Library - List of many Macomb County on-line resources

Native American Genealogy

New England Historic Genealogical Society

Palatines to America

Riverside Cemetery Transcriptions, Plymouth MI

Vital Records State Index

Wayne County Cemetery Transcriptions Transcriptions of many of Wayne County's cemeteries.

Maps and Gazetteers

Global Gazetteer This is a directory of 2,880,532 of the world's cities and towns, sorted by country and linked to a map for each town.

U.S. Gazetteer

IreAtlas Townland Search

Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection of historical maps

Heraldry and Tartans

Tartan Finder

Heraldica(Everything about Heraldry)

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