General Genealogy Links

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137 years of Popular Science magazine online - search their archive for the 1890 census in their 1892 issues and more
1790 - 1930 Steve Morse Federal Census Search on Ancestry.com - subscription is needed, but will at least show name is in the census - 1930 is free on Archive.org below
1911 Fort Wayne City Directory - at Archive.org
19th Century Indiana Physicians
1930 Federal Census FREE on Archive.org - Census Districts on FamilySearch.org - Enuneration Districts Tool for Federal Census
1940 Federal Census links and discussions for when it BECOMES available in 2012
American Battle Monuments Commission - government site commemorates armed forces
British Timeline - 3D High Cool O'Meter starting in 1200 to near present
CensusTools Free genealogy spreadsheets for easy organizing and comparing family data
Census - Shirely Hornbeck's This and That Genealogy Tips on Census and page #2 and page #3
Scanned Civil War Letters of Captain Andrew Upson of Southington, Connecticut
Conservation Resources International LLC
Cousin Connect.com leave surname queries for adoptions and general searches
Cyndi's List - not Allen County but an online genealogy starting point since 1996
How Will You Spend Your Dash? a video The Dash Movie
Dear Myrtle - your friend in Genealogy, Dear Myrtle blog, Facebook Network Blog
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
Myth of Family Coats of Arms - Eastman's Online Genealogy
Family Old Photos.com - find old family photos
FootNote.com - Historical Documents online, membership required for most, libraries have subscriptions
GenDisasters - old photos of events that touched ancestors lives
Geni create your family tree online
Handwriting How to Read Old Script - BYU tutorials in English, German, Dutch, Italian, French, Spanish, Portugese
Histopolis - Collaborative Genealogy and History cemetery locator
Indiana Benefits Recovery finds unclaimed money and then searches for the rightful owner, sometimes the next-of-kin for someone who is deceased.
International Black Sheep Society for Genealogists - find the family outcast
Land Records Indexes BLM - Bureau of Land Management
Learn your ancestor's language for FREE from the government Foreign Language Service - hundreds of hours of tapes online
Mennonite Family History - search the Mennonite Family History quarterly periodical covering Mennonite, Amish, and Brethren genealogy and family history, published since January 1982
Newseum - hover over dots to see the frontpage of over 824 newspapers in 78 countries
Wikipedia
Name Game popular baby names over the years. See Namipedia for name meanings from The Baby Name Wizard
National Archives
National Archives Photostream on Flickr
What Is An American Name? - National Geographic Native American Name Translations
Indiana Orphan Train Project
Family Search Pilot Project
Maps - Araphax Publishing shows original land purchasers on land patents from Federal Government using BLM maps and others
Using Maps in Genealogy - USGS - U.S. Geological Survey 4 page pdf
Maps - Vpike.com uses Google Street View and Maps in separate windows to view main highways and city streets
National Genealogical Society
National Society Sons of the American Revolution
Pilot FamilySearch - new LDS FamilySearch pilot test site
Recollections of A Hamburger Growing Up German, 1941-1962- a title too humorous to pass up
Roots Television
Old Settlers, Inc.
Statue of Liberty National Monument - opened in 1886
SAGA - Swiss Anabaptist Genealogical Association
Shirley Hornbeck's This and That Genealogy Tips
USGenWeb Archives - tool to Search the US GenWeb Archives
Hoosier Web
World War II Memorial - private site