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Recommended Links
We have made an effort to include mainly non-commercial resources as well as commercial resources that may be accessed at no charge from libraries and other institutions. If you wish to submit a link for inclusion here, please keep in mind that we generally will not post links for CDs, DVDs, applications, etc. Please contact to suggest a link.
Note: The Reynolds Family Association offers this list as a public service and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of information contained on these websites.
Archives
- The Library of Congress – Good resource for books and
photographs; now with a new one-stop
search engine
- Making of America –
Digital library of primary sources in American social history from the
antebellum period through reconstruction; a collaboration between the
University of Michigan and Cornell University
- The National Archives – Few resources are online, but one
can prepare for a visit to Archives facilities, e.g., by
searching microfilm indices.
Cemetery Record Locators
Census Records –
United States
Many decennial U.S. Census records have been
digitized as follows and are available at all National
Archives facilities. Holders of public library cards often are given access
to at least HeritageQuest Online from home.
Enumeration Districts (EDs) are useful in locating an
individual for whom you know the address or neighborhood, but whose name has
been mistranscribed in the above indexes.
- SteveMorse.org – Obtaining
EDs for 1900–1930 Censuses for large cities
- USGenWeb – Ignore this
page's title ("Census Transcription Volunteer Assignment Status Index by
State") and click on a state to see ED info for some years
Census Records –
Individual States
- Research
Guides – Information for some state census records and other censuses
taken during non-Federal Census years
Databases
Handwriting
Histories and Biographies
Land Records
Libraries and Library Catalogs
- Allen County
Public Library – This county library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, houses a
collection second only to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City
- Family
History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah – Founded in 1894 to gather
genealogical records and assist member of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, this library is the largest of its kind in the world, and
is open to the public
- Mid-Continent Public
Library's Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, Missouri – The largest
stand-alone public genealogy research facility in the United States
- WorldCat – The world's largest
library catalog; many items are available using inter-library loan at your
local library
Maps and Gazetteers
Military Records
- Fold3 – A searchable database
of military-related documents, many of them free
Newspapers
Societies and Other Organizations
Subscription
Services
These services, which offer digitized versions of
many of the National Archives records, often are available to researchers at no
charge through public libraries. Using your library card you can often access
these services from your home. These services are also available at The
National Archives. When accessed through libraries these sites may not offer
as many services as are offered to individual subscribers.
Surname Services
- World Names Profiler – Search for a surname to view its geographical location and statistics
about its occurrence; also
includes an area search and ethnicity search
Vital Records
Websites of General Genealogical Interest
RFA Member's Web Sites
- Reynolds Family Circle – The web site of our President, Larry Joe Reynolds, Descendants of William Reynolds who married Jane Milliken on Aug. 23, 1790 in Greene County, Tennessee.
- RolandRhoades.com - Personal Website of Roland Rhoades Genealogist, Historian, and Time Traveler, Specializing in Maine Families.
- Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet II – Detailed research and chronology (with comprehensive source data) on the family of Christopher Reynolds, as well others of the Reynolds' families and individuals of early Isle of Wight, Surry and Lower Norfolk Counties of early Virginia.
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