From WebMd.com: another article on DNA and genealogy
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Becoming a Professional Genealogist
Considering becoming a professional genealogist? You'll want to earn either the Accredited Genealogist (AG) or Certified Genealogist (CG) credential.
In the U.S., the most prominent organizations to offer these credentials are the The International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists and the Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG).
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Gravestone Preservation
This website provides some advice on what to do and not to do to preserve cemetery markers.
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Genealogy fiction
British author Steve Robinson writes historical mysteries featuring Jefferson Tayte, a genealogist who uses his expertise to solve crimes.
This list from Goodreads.com includes books by Robinson as well as other genealogy-related fiction.
Thursday, August 29, 2024
19th Century Female Names and Nicknames
This article from FamilyTree Magazine lists female names that were popular in the 19th century, along with their nicknames.
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Enumeration District Maps
Learn more about where your ancestors lived by looking at enumeration district maps from the censuses.
The census bureau divided land up into districts in order for enumerators(census takers) to do their jobs more efficiently.
One source for maps is the National Archives. Another is the Unified Census ID Finder.
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Newspapers.com Adds More Titles
The list is here. Newspapers.com is available 24/7 to library card holders. Find it under research tools on the library's homepage.
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Friday, July 19, 2024
Monday, July 8, 2024
The Internet Archive
The Internet Archive (archive.org) has a large collection of genealogical materials scanned from books, periodicals, and microfilm, including census records, passenger lists, and vital statistics. You will also find a collection of 4000 books on family histories, and yearbooks from academic institutions. You can start by searching "genealogy" in the search box to the right of the logo, clicking on 'GO",then narrowing your search by checking the boxes on the left.
Thursday, June 27, 2024
New additions at newspapers.com
Newspapers.com has added 148 new titles from 13 states and Canada to its collection. This resource is available 24/7 to library card holders. You can find it under "Research Tools" on the library's homepage.
Here is the list of new additions.
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
We mentioned this website from the Library of Congress in 2019. It has been updated since. From the Public Domain Review:
"Created for US insurance firms during a period of devastating fires across the 19th and 20th centuries, the Sanborn maps blaze with detail — shops, homes, churches, brothels, and opium dens were equally noted by the company’s cartographers. Tobiah Black explores the history and afterlife of these maps, which have been reclaimed by historians and genealogists seeking proof of the vanished past".
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Revolutionary War Records
Good places to search for your ancestors who served in the Revolution or lived at that time are Ancestry (accessible only in the library) and Fold3 , which is available 24/7 to library card holders.
Ancestry
Connecticut Revolutionary War Military Lists 1775-1783
Land Grants to Georgia Revolutionary War Veterans
Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia
Maryland Revolutionary Records
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War
New Jersey, Complied Census and Census Substitutes Index
Inhabitants of New Hampshire 1776
North Carolina Revolutionary War Soldiers 1776-1783
North Carolina Taxpayers 1701-1786
The Rhode Island 1777 Military Census
Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution
Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution
Fold3
Final Payment Vouchers- Delaware
Final Payment Vouchers- Georgia
Final Payment Vouchers Index for Military Pensions 1818-1864 (New York)
Pennsylvania Archives
Virginia Half Pay Pension Application Files
Monday, April 29, 2024
Slave surnames
This article from the theroot.com explains why determining the surname of an enslaved person can be difficult.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
New titles added to newspapers.com
Newspapers. com, which is available to library card holders from the library's website, has added 450 more papers from 15 states and 3 countries. More will be added in the next few months. The database can be found 24/7 at hernandocountylibrary.us under Research Tools, and at the bottom right of this page under Links to Related Websites.
Monday, March 18, 2024
blacksheepancestors.com
This website is a collection from the U.S., U.K., and Canada of miscellaneous records of prisons, courts, insane asylums, executions, and a brief section with biographies of outlaws. The scope is limited, so the chances of finding an ancestor of yours is slim, and there are a lot of ads on it. Still it worth a look if you're curious.
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Gravestone symbolism
presents some interpretations of some and resources to research others.
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
New additions to Newspapers.com
Newspapers.com is available 24/7 on the library's website. You can find it under Research Tools
on the library's home page, or on the lower right of this page under links to related websites.
Monday, February 26, 2024
Friday, February 16, 2024
Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
Over the course of U.S. history, county boundaries and names changed, and large counties were broken up into smaller ones. In 1883, for example, Hernando County was broken up into 3 separate entities, and Citrus and Pasco counties were born. An ancestor who shows up in the 1880 census as a resident of Hernando County may have been living in what is now Citrus or Pasco.
The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries created by the Newberry Library in Chicago, will tell you what county your ancestors lived in. Make sure you look at the "Using the Atlas" section to get the most from the database.
Friday, February 9, 2024
Unclaimed letters
Back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when the mail moved slowly and some citizens had to travel a good distance to check for mail, letters often accumulated at the post office. The Postmaster would place lists of names from unclaimed letters in the local newspaper.
These lists may be helpful for genealogical research. You can use your library card to access newspapers.com on the library's website and search "unclaimed letters" or "list of letters", along with a date range and location.
You will find newspapers.com under Research Tools on the home page.
Thursday, January 25, 2024
National Homes for Civil War Soliders
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Friday, January 5, 2024
Historical abbreviations
Records encountered when doing genealogical research often include abbreviations. Family History Daily published this list of abbreviations for terms and also for names.
DNA and Genealogy
From WebMd.com: another article on DNA and genealogy
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Back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when the mail moved slowly and some citizens had to travel a good distance to check for mail...
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Newspapers. com, which is available to library card holders from the library's website, has added 450 more papers from 15 states and 3...
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Sometimes information about our ancestors can come from places where we'd rather not find it, such as arrest and prison records. This ...