Great All Purpose Genealogy Sites

 

Babelfish - half assed but useful multi-language on-line translator, even entire websites!

 

1-800-U.S. SEARCH - $$$ service, claims to be able to find anyone, anywhere, etc...

 

Ancestry.com - the best Social Security Death Index plus lots more

 

Surname Web - top notch organization, as the name implies, warehouses surname lists

 

GenForum - highly recommended locate YOUR family's surname and post messages to similiar researchers, this is how I found MY family!

 

Family Tree Maker - makers of FamilyTreeMaker™ and archive CD's, find out if your family is on CD... wow

 

RootsWeb - the doyenne of the on-line genealogy groups, they hesitated too long upgrading from DOS 3, they now offer a semi-reasonable web interface

 

Lineages, Inc. - professional (read "$$$") searches

 

GENDEX WWW Genealogical Index - surname search

 

LDS Church Family History Resources - God bless the Mormons

 

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - the MotherLode of gensites, how she does it know one knows!

 

Maura Petzolt's Hints - the best advice ANYONE can give you on searching for records, particularly official records, thank you Maura!

 

Koster Genealogy Page - leave it to a German to create a sensible title for a surname page! Koster's are related to the Desmond's

 

Adoption Assistance - a major resource center for adoptees researching their adoptions

 

Family Graphics large format printing - all the good genealogical software allow you to print charts, problem is, if you've done your homework, they're too damn big for your Epson, you can have your charts printed LARGE SCALE by this company; this is great for family reunions!

 

Large Format Printed Family Trees - another large scale printer (see above)

 

Knights of Columbus - Home - a Catholic organization, these are the guys who dress up like Dracula

 

New York State Newspaper Project - this site attempts to catalog all the newspapers ever printed in NYS and gives you the source info you need to look them up at the library

 

Sons American Revolution - my personal 2¢ is, the French fought and won the American Revolution, here's the descendants of the "heros" who would claim otherwise

 

Church Directory for Long Island, NY - self explanatory

 

US Catholic Documentary Heritage Project - the Catholics are WAY behind the Mormons I can tell you that!

 

Kings County GenEx - as in EXchange, a message board and resource clearinghouse that never really took off; they do have the Emigrant Bank Records though and it's searchable on-line

 

New York Police Department's MEMORIAL PAGE - honoring those who died in the line of duty

 

Genealogy's Most Wanted - your last, best hope to find your ancestor before you realize you've got the name spelled wrong ;-)

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Italian
Yahoo! Italia Cerca persone - Italian version of the Yahoo people search engine
Italia Mia, search - in Italty
Arianna - Search Engine IT - in Italy
MioWeb - search engine in Italy
ICC old - Calabrians From Around the World - old site
ICC new - - Calabrians From Around the World - new site
The Italian Genealogy Homepage
PIE Cimorelli - more fluff than stuff, but can be useful
Calabresi di tutto il mondo - the largest surname list of Calabrese from Italy
Calabrian Magazine:
Calabrian Links:
Calabresi Cities
Italo-Albanian Heritage Pages - many 'Calabrese' are actually descendant from Albanian soldiers
CNR Area della Ricerca di Cosenza - university search engines
Our Calabria-Oriolo - town of Oriolo in Calabria site
RootsWeb Italiano
Club Siciliano
Sicilian Language
The Name "Maya" - a site describing the origin and history of Maya, Maia, etc... Greek goddesses, fertility, lambs, calves, etc....
TiJean L'horizon - maiara reference
Sicilian/French words - a married couple of linguists, one French, one Sicilian, who have made a list of words that are the same in both languages with their English translation, I'm not making this up folks!
ItalianAncestry.com
Resources & References
The Origins of Italian Names -where can you find links like these?

Irish
Desmond Family Genealogy Forum - message board for researchers
Flood Family Genealogy Forum - message board for researchers
O'Brien's Genealogy HomePage - for those donkeys that need a boost
The Swift Guide to Ireland- descriptions of the old clans, could be a little swifter
County Cork Genealogy
Ginni Swantons Cork Links - Ginni's site is Cork intensive
National Hibernians - this is their national website, links are building to local chapters
Surname Center - Desmond
Leitrim-Roscommon Gen
The Bourkes
The FLOOD Web Page
Cassidy - Michael Cassidy is a local treasure, a real meat 'n padaders researcher, he's got a lot of Brooklyn Irish information available, do visit, especially Cassidy & O'Briens
Irish Ancestors
The Sweeney Clan Web Site
ONElist : County Cork Genealogy
County Cork Resources
CLONAKILTY - IRELAND - ancestral homeland of my GG grandfather, Timothy Desmond
Clonakilty - Visitors Guide - ditto
Old Saint Patrick's Cathedral, NYC - the first great Catholic church in New York City; "Dagger" John's answer to Nativist morons

 

NYC Dept of Vital Records this is actually a very informative site, with forms you can print out to order copies of official, public records; you may order birth, death and marriage certificates; there is no way to do "look-ups" on-line

DORIS NYC - Dept of Records, etc... search engine for City's server

NY State Library Genealogy Dept describes the records held in Albany, NY relating to genealogy

NY Public Library Home Page - you can telnet and search their catalogs

NARA's (New York City) - regional branch of National Archives

Genealogical Research at Catholic Cemeteries

Genealogical Research is defined as the request for the following:

1. A listing of the location of three (3) or more descendents.
2. Any other information pertaining to one descendent other that just the grave location.
3. Complete information on file relating to particular gravesites.

Due to the increased demands for such requests, there is a $25.00 administrative fee to cover research, copying and mailing fees. Please note there will be a $20.00 charge for bounced checks.

Please mail you check, made payable to Catholic Cemeteries in the amount of $25.00 to cover processing fees. Upon receipt of your check. please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.

Tel 718-894-4888 St. John's ONLY

this is also the general office location for all Brooklyn Diocese cemeteries
Catholic Cemeteries Office
R.C. Diocese of Brooklyn
80-01 Metropolitan Avenue
Middle Village, NY 11379-2991
website

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Miscellaneous GenSites

Smithsonian Web

Nat'l Archives and Records Admin - Headquarters in Washington, DC

IIGS (™) - Library Team

Canisius College - Jesuit College in Buffalo, NY

The Great War

World War I

On-Line Translations - a list of language translators

PA Genealogy Exchange & Surname Registry