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Genealogy Links
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
http://www.cyndislist.com/beginner.htm
This is a list of genealogy sites and resources on the Internet with the beginning researcher in mind (and so designated). Extensive links for the experienced researcher too. "1996-2007: Your genealogy starting point online for more than a decade!"
Cemetery Iconography
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txcemeteries/symbol.htm
by Susan Hawkins, hosted by Rootsweb as one of its "free" pages.
Ellis Island
http://www.ellisisland.org/
If your ancestors passed thorugh Ellis Island or the Port of New York on his/her way to becoming a United States citizen, this website may be able to turn up a record of that person's arrival. Searching is free, options available for purchasing additional information and documents. Build a family scrapbook to share with other visitors.
Everton's Genealogical Helper
http://www.everton.com/fgc/
Everton Press offers commercial services on their home page, but this link should take you to their Free Genealogy Center with links to free tools and information.
Genealogy Division, Indiana State Library
http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/isl/whoweare/genealogy.html
The collection includes 40,000 printed items (family histories, indexes to records, how-to books, cemetery transcriptions, family history magazines, and more) as well as microfilmed federal census records, Indiana county records, passenger lists, and military pension information. The collection includes hundreds of CDs with family history information, as well as online subscriptions to AncestryPlus and HeritageQuest, available for use within the Indiana State Library. Online Resources are linked from the home page of the Genealogy Division.
Obituaries 101 Death Notices
http://www.big101.com/OBITUARIES101.htm
This site contains listings and links to all the obituary notices supplied online by all the newspapers in the United States. The states are arranged alphabetically with their newspapers listed by name and city. The site also lists prominent deaths for the date, as well as those reported in the Associated Press.