Genealogy Boot Camp

Tools for the 21st Century

Core Online Genealogy Resources

The Ones you will actually use and rely on!

Thomas Jay Kemp

Manasota Genealogical Society
2 March 2010
 Genealogy Boot Camp
• Ancestry.com • Google Books
• FamilySearch.org • Internet Archive
• Arcalife.com • Family History Archives
• Scribd.com • GenealogyBank.com
• Facebook.com
 Genealogy Boot Camp
• Takes the Internet a step further
• Accessing data online
– Online Books
– Online Original Records
– Online Newspapers
– Online Government Reports
• Compiling & storing your data online, 24/7
for quick & permanent retrieval
 GoogleBook Search
http://books.google.com
• More than 12 million books
– Over 100,000 genealogies & local histories
• Can search on every word
• Can download book and retain
searchability
• Permanent URL
• Can create your own “library” on Google
Books or your own computer
http://books.google.com/
http://books.google.com/
 Internet Archive
www.Archive.org
• More than 1.7 million books
– Over 50,000 genealogies & local histories
• Can search on every word
• Can download book and retain searchability
• Permanent URL
• Books from many libraries
• Can create your own “library” on your
computer
• Can upload your “book” – permanent site
Over 1,600 city directories
Over 1,600 city directories
 Family History Archives
http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php

• 60,000 genealogies & local histories – and

growing
• Can search on every word
• Can download page or complete book
• Permanent URL
• Books from many libraries, individuals
• Can upload your “book” – permanent site
www.GenealogyBank.com
www.GenealogyBank.com
 GenealogyBank
www.GenealogyBank.com
– Best source for old newspapers on the planet!
• Newspapers – 1690 to Today
• Over 4,300 newspapers – All 50 States
– Government Documents, Books & Reports
• US Serial Set
• American State Papers
• US Army Register; Navy Register; etc.
– Over 160 million obituaries & death records
www.GenealogyBank.com
www.GenealogyBank.com
www.GenealogyBank.com
www.GenealogyBank.com
 FamilySearch – Labs
www.FamilySearchLabs.org
– Census
• 1850
• 1860
• 1870
• 1880
• 1900
• 1910, 1920, 1930 – coming soon
• State Census: FL, MA, SD, WI
– Vital Records
• AZ, GA. ID, IL, LA, MI, PA, UT, WV, WA, WI
– International
• Census; Parish Registers; Vital Records
 FamilySearch – Labs
www.FamilySearchLabs.org

– All NEW digital images

– All NEW indexes

– Wide selection of content

– Digitizing all microfilm; books
– Working with other libraries; etc.
Scribd.com
Scribd.com
Scribd.com
Facebook.com
Family Photos, Clippings
Garcelon site
Site included scans of
original documents
Facebook.com
www.YouTube.com