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Catching Your Ancestors in the
World Wide WebCompiled by Miles Meyer, Jacksonville Florida East Stake
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Have you hit a dead end on your family tree?
Need new ideas of where to look?
The internet may lead you to information that
allows you to continue old lines or start new branches.
"Yours is the only last name not
found among the 3 billion in the
world-famous Mormon archives in
Salt Lake City!"
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Why should you turn to the net?
Genealogical societies Family history
databases
Historical records &groups
Individual familypages
Message boards E-mail
The 37 volume, sixteen thousand page history of your county
of origin ISNT INDEXED
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How do I start?
Begin by doing a web
search.
Search general sitessuch as Google,
Yahoo, Netscape,
Lycos and AltaVista.
Search Genealogy
sites.
I checked out my family tree. Just as I thought... poison ivy!
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Genealogical Societies on the Net
Jacksonville Genealogical Society
Florida Genealogical Society
National Genealogical Society German Genealogical Society
"I'd rather be looking for dead people than have them looking for
me!"
http://users2.fdn.com/~jgs/http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgshttp://www.ngsgenealogy.org/index.htmhttp://www.genealogy.net/gene/www/ghlp/verbaende.htmlhttp://www.genealogy.net/gene/www/ghlp/verbaende.htmlhttp://www.ngsgenealogy.org/index.htmhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgshttp://users2.fdn.com/~jgs/ -
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Family History Databases
FamilySearch.org(LDS page)
Ancestry.com
MyTrees.com
GenCircles.com
The critical link in your family tree - when you finally
discover it - is named "Smith".
http://familysearch.org/http://ancestry.com/http://mytrees.com/http://www.gencircles.com/http://www.gencircles.com/http://mytrees.com/http://ancestry.com/http://familysearch.org/ -
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Historical Records & Groups
Obtaining Civil War Records
Social Security Death Index
Ohio Death Certificate Index
Mercer Co. Vital Records
The cheapest way to have your family tree traced is to run
for a public office.
http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/pensions.htmhttp://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/http://www.ohiohistory.org/dindex/search.cfmhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~ohauglai/knoxbirth/uccbrndx.htmhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~ohauglai/knoxbirth/uccbrndx.htmhttp://www.ohiohistory.org/dindex/search.cfmhttp://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/pensions.htm -
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Individual Family Pages
Miles & Angela Meyer
LeugersFamily History
Meyer Ancestors
The will you need is in the safe on board the Titanic.
http://www.jacksonville.net/~dragon18/http://www.burglesum.de/juling/ahnen/5793.htmhttp://www.burglesum.de/juling/ahnen/5793.htmhttp://www.bright.net/~buzmeyer/18.htmlhttp://www.bright.net/~buzmeyer/18.htmlhttp://www.burglesum.de/juling/ahnen/5793.htmhttp://www.burglesum.de/juling/ahnen/5793.htmhttp://www.jacksonville.net/~dragon18/ -
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Message Boards
Barhorst Family Genealogy on GenForum
Mercer Co., Ohio on Rootsweb
USGenWeb.org
Copies of old newspapers have holes which occur only on last names.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/barhorst/http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohmercer/http://www.usgenweb.org/http://www.usgenweb.org/http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohmercer/http://genforum.genealogy.com/barhorst/ -
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E-mail I was looking up the Puthoff family tree and found members of my family
in it. In the Morris & Charlene(Rosenbeck) Hickerson family my sisterKaren Sue Rindler married Edward Hickerson 9-1-89 by j.p. They married
in the St. Louis Catholic Church in 91. Not sure of the date. Karen wasborn 10-4-1965 in Coldwater, Ohio to William H. and Benita (Broerman)Rindler. Ed and Karen have 3 boys. Cameron Lance b: 12-22-1990,Coldwater, OH. Collin Grant b: 7-1-1993, Coldwater, OH. Coten Michaelb: 1-28-1996, Coldwater, OH. I also saw a friend of mine in your familytree. Kelly Jo Bruns daughter of Carol(Rammel) and okay I forget his
name. Anyway, you have Cindy and Shelly listed. Cindy married aBrunswick(not sure of his name) and they have 3 daughters. I know oneis Jerica and not sure of the others. Shelly married Robert Bornhorstaround 1987 and he died soon after. They had a daughter Danielle.Shelly then married Paul Everman. Paul adopted Danielle. They also hadanother daughter Kirsty. Shelly and Paul are now divorced. Kelly marriedAlmir Filadelfo 11-11-1989. He was born in Brazil. They have 4 children.
Kaitlyn Jo b: 10-7-1992, Coldwater, OH. Kelsey b: 12-1-1994, Coldwater,OH. Kaleb b: 1996. Keisha b:1997. Kelly also has 2 more sisters youdon't have listed. Stacy and Holly. She also has a brother Steve.If you have any questions just email me. Gina
I want to find ALL of them! So far I only have a few thousand.
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Research with zero effort
Now that you have seen how to research onthe net, let me show you how you can makethis an ongoing effort:
Post your data to database sites, i.e.,
Ancestry.com Use GenCircles to find matches for you
Post to your surname, home county, home
state and home country message boards. These posts will remain there for others to
find and contact you with questions.
Isn't genealogy fun? The answer to one problem,leads to a dozen more!
