Online Resources

In recent years, the Internet has become proliferated with all kinds of web sites. Many are genealogy-related, and some should not be accepted as good research material. Much of it is compiled data, that is data that has been transcribed from original documents by one or more individuals. Researchers are cautioned to look at transcribed material with scrutiny. The more data is transferred from one source to another, the greater the chance that mistakes will be made. Even as information was given to census enumerators, mistakes were made. The same holds true in almost all public records. So even primary documents should be corroborated when possible. With that in mind, here is a list of online sources that may be useful.

GENERAL LINKS
Relationship Calculator
www.ancestry.com Online images of census documents. Can be accessed through your public libraries.
www.heritagequest.com Online images of census documents. Can be accessed through your public libraries.
www.fgs.org Federation of Genealogical Societies

OHIO LINKS
Morgan Library of Ohio Imprints This index includes the 5 Cleveland City Directories published through 1850 plus many other printed sources.
www.rootsweb.com/~ohcdrt/ Cleveland District Round Table
www.aaggmv.org African American Genealogy Group of Miami Valley
www.neocag.net Northeast Ohio Computer-Aided Genealogy group
www.obitlinkspage.com/hs/oh.htm Ohio Historical & Genealogical Societies
www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyaho/cuyaoh.htm Cuyahoga County Ohio OHGENWEB Project
www.rootsweb.com/~ohafram Ohio African American Genealogy Ohio www.kbyu.org/ancestors/resourceguide/ohio.shtml Ohio Resource Guide
www.lawrencecountyohio.com The Lawrence Register
http://helplist.org/usa/oh.shtml Genealogy Helplist Ohio
www.ohiohistory.org/dindex/search.cfm Ohio Death Certificate Index
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-African/OH-AfricaAmer.html
Ethnic-African:OH-AfricaAmer Mailing List Censuslinks-Ohio
www.geocities.com/oberlinaagenealogy Oberlin African-American Genealogy and History Group

LIBRARY LINKS
www.acpl.lib.in.us Allen County Public Library WebCat, Fort Wayne, Indiana
www.cuyahogalibrary.org/branchespages/FPR.htm Cuyahoga County Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio
www.wrhs.org/ Western Reserve Historical Society Library, Cleveland, Ohio
www.cpl.org Use your home computer to access the Cleveland Public Library site. Under their '"Databases and Library Links" link you can view the Heritage Quest database's census images. You must have a Cleveland or Greater Access Library Card.

AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY AND SOCIETIES
http://home.comcast.net/~janslater/site/?/home/ People of Color in early southwest PA
Slave names of Chambers County, Alabama
African American Lifelines A helpful site for beginning genealogists
Unclaimed Civil War medals of the 45th U.S. Colored Infantry
www.aagsnc.org African American Genealogical Society of Northern California
African-American Genealogy Group (AAGG) - Has free online courses in genealogy
www.africantic.com African Atlantic Genealogical Society - New York
www.afrigeneas.com African Ancestored Genealogy
http://oha.alexandriava.gov/bhrc/bh-history.html Alexandria, Virginia Black History Museum
http://lam.mus.ca.us/africa/america/caags California African - American Genealogical Society - Los Angeles, California
www.cyndislist.com/african.htm Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites related to African-Americn research
www.fhwgs.org Fred Hart Williams Genealogical Society in Detroit, MI
www.freedmenscemetery.org History and Preservation of an 1864-1869 cemetery for former slaves and their children in Alexandria, Virginia.
www.rootsweb.com/~ilissdsa International Society of Sons and Daughters of Slave ancestors in America and around the world.
http://afamgenealogy.ourfamily.com The African-American Genealogy Ring Must have an African-American/African Native Genealogy or History Site
http://ccharity.com Christine’s Genealogy Website
www.aawar.net/default.htm African American Warriors
http://dollsgen.com Doll’s Genealogy Site
www.aawc.com/aah.html African American History Challenge
www.tngenweb.org/tncolor People of color in Old Tennessee
www.upress.virginia.edu/plunkett/mfp.html Afro-American Sources in Virginia, A Guide to Manuscripts, by Michael Plunkett
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html The African-American Mosaic - A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture
www.rootsweb.com/~gapike/slave.htm Georgia’s Slave Population in Legal Records: Where and How to Look


Last updated: December 3, 2010