Toolbox

Here is a long list of resources that I find helpful in my research.  These are my general research resources.  I have my state and country specific resources saved on Pinterest here. I have to give a shout out to two people: 1) Cyndi of Cyndi's List who is the original creator of a research toolbox, if you can't find it on Cyndi's List, it doesn't exist!  and 2) Thomas MacEntee, who has to be one of the most helpful and selfless people I know.  He shares freely and I used his research toolbox as a starting list and then tweaked it to make it my own.  Thank you both for all that you do to promote excellent genealogical education and resources.


Books and Libraries Resources

Bentley Historical Library-University of Michigan


Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University

Calculators and Tools

Cemeteries and Death Records

City Directories
City Directories of the US
http://www.uscitydirectories.com/

Eve & Don City Directories
http://www.donslist.net/PGHLookups/DirM.htm 

Online Historical Directories
https://sites.google.com/site/onlinedirectorysite/Home


DNA 
DNA Weekly 
https://www.dnaweekly.com/

ISOGG Wiki

Genealogical Education
Board of Certified Genealogists (BCG) Skillbuilding

Canada Genealogical Virtual Reseach Intensive

Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS)

Genealogical Researh Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP)

Lansing (MI) Family History Seminar

National Archives Virtual Genealogy Fair

National Genealogical Society (NGS)

New England Regional Genealogical Consortium (NERGC)

Ohio Genealogical Society (OGS)

Roots Tech

General Genealogy Research

Immigration
Castle Garden

Cimorelli Immigration Manisfests Online

Ellis Island

Immigrant Shipts Transcribers Guild

One Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse

Olive Tree Genealogy

Ship Passenger Lists

Steamship Historical Society of America

The Ships List


Land Records
Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

Bureau of Land Management
https://glorecords.blm.gov/

Early American Roads and Trails

 Maps
David Rumsey Map Collection
http://www.davidrumsey.com

Historic Map Works
http://www.historicmapworks.com/

Military
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

Daughters of the American Revolution

Online Military Indexes and Records: A Genealogy Guide

Newspapers
Chronicling America

Gale Digital Collections

Readex: A Division of NewsBank

Social History
American Centuries

Eyewitness to History

Fashion Era

Feeding America

I Do: Love and Marriage in 19th Century Canada

New York Public Library Digital Gallery

Social Media

Genealogy on Facebook list

Facebook for Canadian Genealogy



Accessed links and corrected 22 January 2022








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