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Glossary of Definitions and Abbreviations

Genealogy Glossary
http://www.genealogy.com/Glossary/glossary.html

Dictionary of Genealogy & Archaic Terms
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~randyj2222/gendictf.html

Genealogy Abbreviations
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sam/abbr.html

Getting Started

Starting Genealogy and Family History Research
from The National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/about-research.html

Getting Started
from the USGenWeb Project
http://www.usgenweb.org/research/index.shtml

RootsWeb Guide to Tracing Family Trees
A comprehensive set of guides to aid in beginning as well as specific types of genealogy research. Highly recommended.
http://rwguide.rootsweb.ancestry.com/#GENERAL

Finding Your Ancestors
online course from Brigham Young University (free, but requires registration)
http://ce.byu.edu/courses/pe/999015068001/public/start.htm

Genealogy Learning Center
from Genealogy.com
http://www.genealogy.com/genehelp.html

Genealogy Classes
free online classes on beginning genealogy, internet genealogy, and tracing immigrant origins.
http://www.genealogy.com/university.html

Genealogy Records - How to Find Them in Google
http://www.searchforancestors.com/archives/google.html

U..S. Newspaper Project
http://www.neh.fed.us/projects/usnp.html
Sources for Ethnic or Regional Genealogy

AfriGeneas
African American genealogy website.
http://www.afrigeneas.com/

Archives of Ontario
An excellent starting place for Canadian genealogy.
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/

Canadian Genealogy & History
More Canadian genealogy related links.
http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/cghl.html

Genealogy.net
The number one site in German genealogy. Sprechen ze deutsch?
 Übersetzungsdienst.
http://www.genealogienetz.de/genealogy.html

General Register Office for Scotland
Official government source of Scottish genealogical data.
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

How Do I Trace Indian Ancestry?
Information provided by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior.
http://www.doi.gov/ancestry.html

Irish Ancestors
A fun and informative place to search for Irish surnames, surname history and placenames from the Irish Times.
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/index.cfm

The "Best" Genealogical Reference Tools on the Web

Family Search
http://www.familysearch.org
Family Search is provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). The Mormon Church is an international leader in genealogical research and has the world's largest  collection of family history records. Searchable databases at this site include compilations of  ancestors, census records, family histories, military records, surnames, family organizations, and vital records.


USGenWeb
http://www.usgenweb.com
This site is the project of a group of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States. Site also has helpful research hints and information about caring for old documents, repairing old books, preserving old photographs, etc.


RootsWeb
http://www.rootsweb.com
This site has a RootsWeb Surname List (RSL) which is a list or registry of more than 1 million surname entries. There is also information about how to contact the person who submitted the surname. Although much of this site is free, some additional services are available for a fee. World Connect is often mentioned as being one of the most useful of the RootsWeb sites.

American Family Immigration Center
http://www.ellisislandrecords.org
This is often referred to as the Ellis Island site. There is information here on people other than just those that came through Ellis Island.


Vital Records Information
http://www.vitalrec.com
This site is where you go to find information on how to obtain vital records – birth, death, marriage – in the United States and its territories.


Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
http://www.cyndislist.com
Site contains over 240,850 links, of those, more than 235,950 are categorized and cross-referenced in over 150 categories. There are a variety of helpful indexes including a Category Index. This site has won many awards and is very useful to beginners and experts, but can be daunting at first.

Genealogy Sleuth
http://progenealogists.com/genealogysleuthb.htm
This reference site is compiled by a consortiuim of professional genealogists of their most often used databases. Also provides international genealogy web sites.

Castle Garden
http://www.castlegarden.org
This site contains information on 10 million immigrants who arrived in New York from 1830 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened.

Linkpendium
http://www.linkpendium.com
Compiled by the same two former RAND research staffers that started RootsWeb (and sold it to Ancestry.com). This mega-site (similar to Cyndi’s List) focuses on resources by geographic location and by surnames. According to their website they have nearly three million links to resources.

Family Genealogy and History Internet Education Directory
http://www.academic-genealogy.com/
This is a mega-portal and may have many broken links. But you also may find some treasures and hidden gems!


Finding Genealogy Libraries, Organizations and Societies

Directory of Genealogy Libraries in the U.S.
http://www.gwest.org/gen_libs.htm
 
Society Hall – find genealogy & historical societies in the U.S.
http://www.familyhistory.com/societyhall/search.asp
 
Societies &Organizations from the National Genealogical Society
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/links.cfm#societies
 
Lineage Societies on the Web
http://www.cyndislist.com/soc-lineage.htm
Listservs or Mailing Lists

Provide a forum for various topics of discussion through e-mail. There are usually two addresses that you use, one for commands to the computer (subscribe, unsubscribe, nomail), and one for sending messages to the list. You can receive the messages in two ways, as they are routed or in a digest format which bundles groups of messages together and sends them at one time. They are very helpful.

Genealogy Mailing Lists
http://www.rootsweb.com/
Local Sources

Mt. Clemens Public Library Genealogy Links
http://www.libcoop.net/mountclemens/

The Making of Modern Michigan : Digitizing Michigan's Hidden Past
http://mmm.lib.msu.edu/search/index.cfm

 SLC Digital Media Archive – library database
http://www.rosevillelibrary.org

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Roseville Historical & Genealogical Society

Roseville Historical & Genealogical Society

City of Roseville

City of Roseville

Macomb County

Macomb County website

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