Genealogy - Millet Public Library

GENEALOGY June 2010

Natural Resources Canada has a Web site with many maps, including today’s political divisions, ecology, rivers, population, agriculture, mining, climate change, and pre-Confederation maps, namely 1740 and 1823. This will attract Genealogists to the Map Archives.

                                                       MAPS                                                            When you first see a map, it typically shows all of present-day Canada. Using the mouse, you can click on points in the map to zoom in and out or pan to the east, west, north or south.

One can zoom in until small areas of just a few miles across are displayed.

The 1823 map also shows the locations of all Hudson’s Bay Company Posts and King’s Posts Company locations and other traders’ locations and all significant European settlements.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             C      CENSUS COLUMN HEADINGS ON CANADIAN GENEALOGY CENTER PAGES


Transcriptions of census column headings for all census from 1851 to 1916 are now available for our users. It was very difficult to read those headings even if you enlarge the census images. Now it will be easier for our users to associate content of columns with the proper headings.

                      To consult these new items
    Visit:   www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy



                 SEARCH ENGINES FOR GENEALOGY : Going Beyond Google

Whereas Google respons to a particular keywords with suggestions for relevant websites,

Wolfram Alpha - simply answers a direct question..

Blinks   -   is for streaming media such as video and audio content by recognition to match speech.

Boardreader    - if a great tool to find out what people are talking about online.

Collecta   -- is for live date search and query.



                                          FAMILY SEARCH

   Will be opening a new Library on June 21, 2010,  Riverton Family Search Library.

           The library replaces 24 smaller libraries athat have been operating in Latter-Day Saints stake centers in southern Salt Lake Valley. Once fully stocked the new library will be the home to 50.000 microfilms of most interest to researchers in the area.



                                               FACEBOOK

We have joined Facebook, we hope this will be a very helpful tool for our Genealogy Group.

                   A New Genealogy email has been set up   milletlibrary@yahoo.ca
                  Facebook name is:   Genealogy Millet

                                        Contact the Library for your password.

GENEALOGY APRIL 2010

FINDING OBITS ONLINE

TWO MAIN WEBSITES

Nationwide Obituary Portal Cyndi’s List – Obituaries

www.cyndislist.com/obits.htm

Mary’s Genealogical Treasures

www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll

EXPLORE YOUR FAMILY HISTORY

ObitsArchives.com – from NewsBank

Before there was a GenealogyBank.com, there was and ObitsArchives.com, both systems are now part of News Bank. Pay per view basis.

Legacy.com – Recent Obituaries

Pay per view site, free searches. Over 700 US newspapers accessible

Obituaries.com –Powered by Legacy.com Free site

United States Obituary Collection at Ancestry.com -Subscription site, free searches.

Free at Library.

Obituary Central - Free site

Obituary Daily Times – a RootsWeb Project Free site

New York Times Obituaries Online - Free Site

ProQuest Obituaries – Library subscription

Ancestor Hunt – Obituary Search Engines and Indexes at Libraries, Universities and

Societies - Free Site

Obituary Links Page – A State-by State Directory Free Site

USA Newspaper Obituaries on the Web – from the Genealogy Register - Free Site

Obituaries 101 – Portal to Current Online USA Newspaper Obituary Pages -Free Site

NEW ROOTS TELEVISION VIDEO

www.rootstelevision.com

Getting the Most Out of a Genealogy Conference

National Genealogical Society – Conference

California Ancestors.org

Freedom Indian Territory Obit Project

Backing up Your Genealogy Files

Megan’s Roots World blog

Og Blog – via email

PREPARING FOR A GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH TRIP?

What will you research? Plan ahead

RESEARCH FLASH ---

If you have used local history books in your Alberta family history research, you know how valuable a resource they are. Thanks to the efforts of Marion Sims many previously un-indexed Alberta local history booKs (over 100 books) now have indexes. Researchers can do a search on the index at the Alberta Genealogical Society’s website at

http://abgensoc.ca

The books can also be found on the shelves of AGS and Edmonton Branch AGS Libraries

Pack your genealogy bag - Digital camera (extra memory)

Bring your Family Tree

Stay Organized

Talk to People

With a little preparation your trip has more of a chance of running smoothly.

Take a look at Elyse’s Genealogy Blog.