Cedar County, Iowa
Links to Useful Websites

    BIOGRAPHY

    http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/uipress/bdi/Default.aspx (Biographical Dictionary of Iowa. It has search capabilities and full text.)

    http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iabiog/ (Iowa Biographies Project)

    http://www.biography.com/ (Biography Website---bios of famous people)

     

    CALENDARS FOR GENEALOGISTS

    http://www.timecenter.com/articles/the-history-of-the-western-calendar/ (History of the Western Calendar)

    http://www.norbyhus.dk/calendar.html (The Perpetual Calendar----A helpful Tool to Postal Historians)

    http://www.norbyhus.dk/vmaxcalendar.html (enter a year and convert Julian calendar dates to Gregorian calendar dates and vice versa)

    http://www.norbyhus.dk/percal1582.html (The Perpetual Calendar----October 1582)

     

    CEMETERY PRESERVATION

    http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iasapc/ (STATE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF IOWA CEMETERIES)

     

    CEMETERY, DEATH INDEX, GRAVESTONES

    http://www.interment.net/ (Cemetery Transcription Library)

    http://www.graveaddiction.com/symbol.html (Great Photos for Indentifing Grave Stone Symbols).

    http://iagenweb.org/ringgold/cemeteries/gravestonesymbols.html Photos of symbols and engravings on older gravestones, compiled by Sharon R. Becker, Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator.

    http://www.obitcentral.com/cemsearch/ (WebWide Cemetery Search)

    http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm (Social Security Death Index)

    http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death/search.cgi" (California Death Records----1940 thru 1997)

    http://va.iowa.gov/ (Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs).

    http://www.cem.va.gov/hm/hmabbreviations.asp (US Department of Veterans Affairs with links to abbreviations for the ranks of service members in the various branches of the armed forces as well as a link to abbreviations for military awards)

    http://www.cem.va.gov/hm/hmemb.asp (US Department of veterans Affairs for emblems of belief approved for placement on headstones)

    http://www.iowacivilwarmonuments.com (Photos of Civil War monuments and memorials according to County).

    http://www.ancestralfindings.com/surnames/pearlharbor/pearlharbor.htm (Pearl Harbor Casualty List)

    http://www.findagrave.com/ (Find a grave site---just type in your surname)

    http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html (Illinois State Archives—Death, Marriage Records and more)

     

    CENSUS

    http://iagenweb.org/census/ (IAGENWEB STATE CENSUS PROJECT)

    http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/census/index.html (1840 Census of Revolutionary War Pensioners)

    http://censuslinks.com/ (Census Links)

    http://www.census-online.com/links/index.html (Census Online Links)

    GENEALOGY COPYRIGHT

    http://www.cswnet.com/~sbooks/genealogy/copyright/copyright.htm (US Copyright and Genealogy)

    http://www.interment.net/column/commentary/19990915.htm (Genealogy Copyrights)

    GENEALOGY MAGAZINES

    http://www.familychronicle.com/ (Family Chronicle Magazine)

    http://www.familytreemagazine.com/ (Family Tree Magazine)

    http://www.history-magazine.com/ (History Magazine)

    GENEALOGY SCAMS

    http://www.cyndislist.com/myths (Myths, Hoaxes and Scams----On Cyndi's List)

    http://personal.linkline.com/xymox/fraud/fraud223.htm (Fraudulent Genealogy Family Books)

    HELPFUL GENEALOGY WEBSITES

    http://www2.westminster-mo.edu/wc_users/homepages/staff/brownr/IowaCC.htm (List of Iowa colleges/institutions that have closed, merged, or changed their names)

    http://www.d.umn.edu/~jbelote/bible2.html (A BIBLICAL GENEALOGY)

    http://www.gensource.com/ifoundit/ (This is a searchable database of genealogy web sites)

    http://www.respectourdead.com (Respect Our Dead)

    http://www.genealogy-quest.com/glossaries/diseases1.html (Name of Disease and what it means)

    http://images.google.com/ (Helps in finding photos on the Internet—just type in what you want to search)

    http://www.pidcock.co.uk/gth/ (gedcomToHTML is a free program for converting a GEDCOM genealogical database into HTML files suitable for publishing on your web page)

    http://www.publiclibraries.com/iowa.htm Listing of Iowa's libraries. It gives the city, library name, address, phone number, etc and a link if they have a web site.

    http://www.worldcat.org (Find which library owns a book that you are looking for.)

    http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa042400a.htm (Family History Library System----A step-by-step guide to the Family History Centers, Family History Library and FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service.)

    http://www.islandnet.com/~cghl/" (Canadian Genealogy and History Links)

    http://webclipart.about.com/od/msubmenu71aa/Genealogy_Clip_Art_Links.htm (Genealogy Clip Art and more)

    http://rats2u.com/clipart/animation/clipart_genealogy.htm (Free Genealogy Clip Art and Graphics)

    http://www.gendirectory.com/ (Genealogy Directory)

    http://www.genealinks.com/ (Genealogy Links)

    http://www.censusdiggins.com/freebies.html (Freebies for Genealogists)

    http://www.vitalrec.com/mn.html (Minnesota----Vital Records Information)

    http://www.vitalrec.com/mo.html (Missouri----Vital Records Information)

    http://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/ (Treasure Maps------the How-to Genealogy Site)

    http://www.pastconnect.com/ (Your Past Connections-----Helping people find original items and memorabilia from their family’s past)

    HISTORICAL and GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES

    http://www.iowahistory.org/ (State Historical Society of Iowa)

    http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilsgs/index.html (The Illinois State Genealogical Society Website)

    http://www.fgs.org/ (Federation of Genealogical Societies)

    IMMIGRANT SHIPS and PASSENGER LISTS

    http://www.ellisisland.org/ (Explore your family history at Ellis Island)

    http://www.theshipslist.com/ (List of ships that maybe brought over your ancestors)

    http://distantcousin.com/Links/ships/ (Passenger lists for many immigrant ships)

    http://jubilation.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/thevoyage.html (Immigrants to Canada and the ships they came on)

    MAPS

    http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ (If you like maps this URL is cool).

    http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html (Historical Maps of the USA)

    http://www.davidrumsey.com/ (Old US maps)

    http://www.old-maps.co.uk/index.html (Britian’s Historic Map Archives)

    http://www.mapquest.com/ (MapQuest---to find a U.S. map)

    NEWSPAPERS

    www.legacy.com/obituaries/desmoinesregister/ (The Des Moines Register Newspaper)

    http://qctimes.com/ (Quad-City Times newspaper)

    http://muscatinejournal.com/ (Muscatine Journal Newspaper in Muscatine, Iowa)

    OBITUARIES

    http://www.obitcentral.com/ (Obituary Central)

    http://obits.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi (Obituary Daily Times from Rootsweb)
    ( Most major newspapers have people listing the obits at this site. It will tell you the name of the newspaper if you follow the link to find out.)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_newspaper_archives (Newspaper archives for not just Iowa, includes other states and lots of foreign countries.

    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~obitl/ (Volunteers to help find obituaries all over the world)

    http://www.arrangeonline.com/ (National Obituary Archive)

    http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/ (Obituary and Cemetery Directory for USA, Canada, and Australia)

    POPULAR WEBSITES

    http://babelfish.yahoo.com/ (This site converts other languages to English and from English to other languages….Works for websites also….Just type in a URL for an website that is in German, and this site will convert it to English.)

    http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/index.shtml (A very nice website with lots of links)

    https://www.familysearch.org/ (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints-----very good genealogy website.)

    http://www.cyndislist.com/ (This is the best genealogy website out there---over 116,000 links---it’s a MUST!!)

    http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iaphotos/ (Orphaned Family Treasures---Lost and/or Found)

    http://personal.linkline.com/xymox/ (America’s First Families)

    http://www.loc.gov/index.html (Library of Congress website)

    http://searches.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/Genea/soundex.sh (Soundex Conversion Program)

    http://www.cwgc.org/ (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)

    http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/ (Mayflowers Web Pages)

    PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGIST

    http://www.apgen.org/ (APG----Association of Professional Genealogists)

    http://www.bcgcertification.org/ (Board for Certification of Genealogists)

    RANDOM ACTS OF GENEALOGICAL KINDNESS

    http://www.raogk.org (Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness----Volunteers will do lookups—USA and beyond)

     

    SEARCH ENGINES

    http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/" (Rootsweb Search Engine)

    http://www.google.com/ (Search Engine)

    http://www.37.com/ (A great search engine----type in search word once, will search in 37 different search engines all the same time.)

    http://www.searchforancestors.com/ (An Interactive Directory of 400 Genealogy Search Engines)

    http://www.monstercrawler.com/ (MonsterCrawler-----another search engine)

    TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES

    http://www.superpages.com/ (This is a White and Yellow Pages Telephone Directory)

    http://www.switchboard.com/ (Search in White and Yellow Pages)

    US GENWEB AND RELATED LINKS

    http://www.usgenweb.org/ (The US GenWeb Project site)

    http://iagenweb.org/ (The Iowa GenWeb Project)

    http://usgwarchives.org/ (Search the US GenWeb Archives)

    http://www.worldgenweb.org (Search the World Gen Web)

    http://iagenweb.org/state/jointeam.htm (The Iowa GenWeb Project----Join Our Team)

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