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Genealogy Websites Genealogical Materials at the Library. ER DATABASES HeritageQuest Online - Resource for census data, family records, and local histories.   1999 - present Lafayette Journal and Courier Index TIPPECANOE Alameda McCollugh Library - Tippecanoe County: birth, death, marriage index, family histories, photo archive, surname files, marriage records, naturalization records, etc.   TIPCOA - Tippecanoe County Area Genealogical Society.   Tippecanoe County on Rootsweb - Newspaper index, cemetery index, etc.   TCPL Genealogy Information - Find out what we have here at our library!   Tippecanoe Vital Records - Order Birth and Death certificates back to 1882 from Tippecanoe County.   1902 - 1952 Lafayette Journal and Courier Index to Births, Deaths, and Marriages   Tippecanoe County Cemetery indexes   Tippecanoe Cemetery Database - by the Area Plan Commission   Tippecanoe County Census records   INDIANA Indiana Civil War Page - Links to most Indiana regiments, includes diaries, letters, and stories.   Indiana Early Marriage Index - Index to Indiana marriages through 1850.  Searchable by either spouse's name.   Allen County Public Library - Renowned collection contains more than 220,000 printed volumes, and 251,000 items of microfilm and fiche for Indiana and the rest of the world.   INGenWeb - Indians's GenWeb pages.  Cemetary records, obituaries, marriage records and more.   FREE SITES RootsWeb - Trimed-down version of the Ancestry.com pay site, but a good place to start especially with more recent ancestors. Has the Social Security death index.   Family Search - Sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, this site a great place to search for ancestors, get research guidance, view maps, forms and guides.   Gencircles - Genealogical data on over 60 million individuals submitted by users.   Geneanet - Limited but useful info submitted by users.   Distant Cousin - Information submitted by users, has a nice Indiana section.   Cemetery Records Online - Burial records and tombstone inscriptions are available here for over 3.5 million cemetery records throughout the world.   Find-A-Grave - Grave listings around the world. PAY SITES Geneaology.com - $70 to $150/year. Home of the popular Family Tree Maker software.   Ancestry.com - $30 to $200/year.   Kindred Konnections - $100/year.   One Great Family - $75/year. GOVERNMENT RECORDS National Archives - American Indian tribe information, a great beginning "Genealogy Page".  Explanation of useful genealogical documents.   Ellis Island Records - American Family History Immigration Center is making records available of the more than 17 million immigrants who entered the United States through Ellis Island, N.Y. from 1892-1924.   BRB Publications -- Home of the Public Records Research System, this site offers free Internet access to public records.  It includes the United States and Canada.   USGenWeb - Links to state organizations, including state historical societies, and regional genealogical information sources. Helpful for out-of-state searching.   NARA Archival Information Locator - The National Archives and Records Administration on-line information system, this site is useful for searching military information.   U.S. Gazetteer- Need to find a town that doesn't show up on the map? DIRECTORIES AND SEARCH ENGINES Cindi's List - Thousands of links, all categorized and updated often.  Be prepared to spend a great deal of time.   Access Genealogy   AfriGeneas - African American genealogy resources.   Africana Heritage Project   Native American Genealogy   Genealogical Helper - Online version of the magazine. You'll find a version of the Social Security death index here.   Dear Myrtle - Questions and answers from "Your Friend in Genealogy".   Treasure Maps - A great place to start. A section on "Getting Started", writing a successful query, a tutorial on deciphering old handwriting and more.   Gengateway.com - An immense index, difficult for beginners, but worth the effort.   Genealogy -- Free Advice for Effective Searches - Answer a series of simple questions and get free, customized advice on the most effective next steps in your genealogy search.   Family Tree Searcher - A handy all-in-one search engine for several of the major family tree sites, but some of the sites searched require registration and/or payment to view the records. WORLD WorldGen Web - Similar to the USGen Web, this network of sites is not as widely developed as its USA counterpart. However, it is expanding and is still an important tool for doing research outside of the United States.   Family History in India - Can be used for tracing British, European and Anglo-Indian family history in India, Burma, Pakistan and Bangladesh. SURNAME INDEXES Yahoo Surname Indices - Find out if your surname has a home page (or two)!   Common Threads - Searchable Surname Database, as well as a surname message board.   Kindred Konnections - Search the free 16 million name Surname Index. Additional databases are fee-based.   Online Genealogical Database Index - A list of websites associated with a particular surname.   GEN FORUM - A collection of surname query sites (message boards) specific to a given surname. See if your family name has one!

Revised 10/12/05 by Neal Starkey