Genealogy Resources
History
- American
History. Smithsonian National Museum of American History. A
timeline links to stories and photos from Smithsonian museum
exhibits.
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American History Timeline.
- American Local History
Network. ALHN is a nonprofit public benefit corporation
whose purpose is to serve as the hub of a network of
freely-accessible, independent historical and genealogical Web
sites maintained by volunteer webmasters. All their sites are
categorized by State or Topic. Most databases are unique, and
has become an important portal to genealogical databases online.
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American Memory Collection Finder. Library of Congress.
- Civilian
Conservation Corps. The Civilian Conservation Corps was
established during the Depression by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt to provide employment for many young men.
- Cowan, Thomas Dale and Jack Maguire. Timelines of
African-American History: 500 Years of Black Achievement.
Berkley, 1994.
- Cussans, Thomas, et al., editors. The Time Atlas of
European History. New York: Harper-Collins, 1994.
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eHistory. A great resource for historical information, this
site has thousands of pages of historical content, timelines,
battle outlines, biographies, images, maps and more. This
collection of primary sources, documentary material, personal
histories, online books and reviews offers a window into the
past for students and scholars of history. Ohio State
University.
- Eye Witness to
History. Learn about the past from the people who actually
lived it. Accounts from 664 B.C. all the way to modern times.
Fascinating first-person accounts of famous events.
- Gagel, Diane VanSkiver. "They Went West: Colonial and
Territorial Records." NGS Magazine 34,4
(October-December 2008): 35-39.
- GenDisasters. A
genealogy site, compiling information on the historic disasters,
events, and tragic accidents our ancestors endured, as well as,
information about their life and death. Database and records
searchable by surname.
- Heinemann, Sue. Timelines of American Women's History.
Berkley, 1995.
- Links to the Past.
Provides information about historical sites maintained by the
National Park Service.
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Making of America
- Mayflower Web
Page
- Morris, Jeffrey B. and Richard B. Morris. Encyclopedia of
American History. 7th edition. Harper Collins, 1996.
- Nelson, glade I. and John M. Kitzmiller. "Medieval
Genealogy," chapter 20 (pp. 753-774) of Printed Sources: A
Guide to Published Genealogical Records, edited by Kory L.
Meyerink. Salt Lake City, Ancestry, c1998.
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An Outline of American History from the US Department of State.
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The People History.
Scan decades and individual years to see what the world was like
at that time, from historical events to the cost of a new house,
a Waterman pen or the food that went onto the dinner table.
Find out what happened in the year you were born.
- Poulton, Helen J. The Historian's Handbook, A Descriptive
Guide to Reference Works. Norman, Oklahoma: University of
Oklahoma Press, 1972.
- Prucha, Francis Paul. Handbook for Research in American
History, A Guide to Bibliographies and Other Reference Works..
Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1994.
- Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr. The Almanac of American
History. Barnes & Noble, 2004.
- Sheppard, Walter Lee. Feudal Genealogy. Washington,
D.C.: National Genealogical Society, 1975.
- Sturdevant, Katherine Scott. Bringing Your Family History
to Life Through Social History. Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway
Books, 2000. Excellent guide for putting ancestors in historical
context.
- US
History Timeline.
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United States of America Chronology.
- Waldman, Carl. Timelines of Native American History.
Prentice-Hall, 1999.
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World History: HyperHistory HyperHistory Online navigates
through 3000 years of world history with timelines of
civilizations (plus maps), people, and events.