Current Genealogy and Family History Updates

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Current Genealogy and Family History Updates

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Current Genealogy and Family History Updates

Updating various sites for Genealogy and Family
History: Regional Genealogy and Local History
Research, includes, under Regional - Worldwide,
addition of:
* Development Gateway: Gateway Portal
- Country Resources
Provides worldwide free access to country articles
from Encyclopaedia Britannica.
http://academic-genealogy.com/regionalgenealogy.htm

An example for Australia, presents 122 pages,
with more topics available through a free trial.
Thus, by this indirect method, a key professional
resource is made available online. Useful links
are combined:
Britannica Country Profile
Microsoft Encarta Country Profile
Wikipedia
.. . .
Government official site
http://www.developmentgateway.org/cg/co ... u~iso3=AUS

Regional Genealogy and Local History
Research also has an example for Germany,
under general resources, with links approved
by scholarly sites; namely:
.. . .
Datenbanken
Deutsche Internetbibliothek
Deutsches Literaturarchiv
http://academic-genealogy.com/regionalg ... traleurope
Also, additions such as Denmark's
Dansk Demografisk Database
http://ddd.dda.dk/dddform_uk.asp

History and Social Studies has added
mega portals, such as:
International Institute of Social History,
Amsterdam, Netherlands; which includes:
ABB Directory of Russian Archives
http://www.iisg.nl/~abb/
Also:
* SocioSite
Social Science Information System
based at the University of Amsterdam.
http://www.academic-genealogy.com/histo ... ialstudies

Libraries and Museums: Reference Shelf
for The Genealogist and Family Historian
Includes Harvard University Libraries:
Online Archival Search Information System
http://www.academic-genealogy.com/librariesmuseums.htm

Surnames & Names now includes the section:
Surname Genealogy Search:
This allows a comprehensive, side-by-side,
worldwide matching search of surnames, from:
LDS Family History Library Catalog Surname Search;
the SurnameWeb;
Surnames Categorized by Letter - Googleâ„¢ Web Dir.;
Surnames, Family Ass. & Family Newsletters - Cyndi's;
Surnames Family Genealogy Forum or GenForum site;
Surnames from Linkpendium;
Surnames Websites from RootsWeb.com . . . ;
Surname Index & Family History Search (Ancestry.com);
and the ever expanding Wikipedia® - Category: Surnames.
http://www.academic-genealogy.com/archives.htm#Surnames

Ancestor Roots Information has Immigration - Migration,
at Genealogy and Family History Data, that includes
Tracing Immigrant Origins Research Outline, from
Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection.
http://www.academic-genealogy.com/ances ... mmigration

The FG & HIED homepage includes,
within the mission statement, similar
WorldCat.org predefined search Subjects:
Genealogy -- Computer Network Resources
-- Directories.
Genealogy -- Databases -- Directories.
Genealogy -- Internet Resources
Family Genealogy & History
Internet Education Directory
http://www.academic-genealogy.com/
The most comprehensive Genealogy and Family
History online Handbook, How-To-Guide and Manual.

This is a brief listing of some
of the many changes made.

Respectfully yours,
Tom Tinney, Sr.
Who's Who in America,
Millennium Edition [54th] through 2004
Who's Who In Genealogy and Heraldry,
[both editions]

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