Free Birth, Marriage and Death Information
Pendle.Net (while not a genealogy site,
this web page offers excellent insight into the town and area surrounding Pendle,
Lancashire, England)
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Favorite Links
Last updated: 10/11/06
I have listed below just a few of my favorite genealogy related links. If you find any of these links to be broken or non-functional, please contact Teri Popp.
American Genealogy:
States: Massachusetts
Dunham-Wilcox-Trott-Kirk Page--an excellent page with lots of hard copy documentation and sources!
States: Minnesota
Counties: Morrison
British Genealogy:
Free Birth, Marriage and Death Information
Canadian Genealogy:
University of Saskatchewan--you can e-mail questions regarding the archives at the University of Saskatchewan to Mr. D'Arcy Hande, whom, I understand from other researchers, is an excellent resource
Czech Genealogy:
Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International
English-Czech Dictionary
Genealogy Link Sites:
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet--one of the best resources for links on the net, a staple for the on-line genealogical researcher
Genealogy Home Page
Genealogy On-Line
Genweb
Family Workings
Links to Help You Climb Your Tree
Sites with Genealogical Source Material
World Genealogy Records
German Genealogy:
DeTeMeridian German Telephone Book
Deutschen Famlienarchiv--German Family Archives (also in English)
Examples of Old German with Translation of Lettering
First Mom's German Genealogical Resources
German-Bohemian Heritage Society
German History: Baden Wuerttemberg
Hank Jones Web Page--includes information on his books about the Palatine immigration
Heinrich Family History (includes a great section on Bohemian history)
LEO English-German Dictionary and Translator
Old German Handwritten Scripts
Palatine's to America
WWW Server auf Deutschland (in English and German)
Irish Genealogy
Genuki County Down
Hank Jones Web Page--includes information on his books about the Palatine immigration and their move to Ireland
Ireland--Welcome to County Down
Marlborough, Massachusetts History:
History of Marlborough--an absolutely fascinating site that offers both scanned images of original source documentation along with transcriptions of those documents--worth a visit for any of the following surnames from Marlborough: Baker, Barnes, Bent, Goodenow and How!
Mayflower Related Sites:
Ancestry's Tips for Mayflower Research
Caleb Johnson's Mayflower Web Page--about the best site on-line for Mayflower information in general
American Genealogy Magazine: Finding Mayflower Families
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants
Line of Descent of George Roger Gilbert
Mayflower and Early Families
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Pennsylvania Society of Mayflower Descendants
The Pilgrims and Plymouth
Plimouth-on-Web: Plimouth Plantation's Web Page
Plymouth: Its History and People
The Plymouth Colony Archive Project
Plymouth: The Mayflower
Minnesota Genealogy Sites:
Minnesota Genealogical Society
Minnesota Historical Organizations
Mormon Sites:
Quaker Materials:
The Gene Pool: Pioneer Members at Monocacy
Hopewell Meeting, Frederick County, Virginia Page
The Quaker Corner
Reference Materials:
Burials Database for Utah
Cousins Chart
Encyclopedia Brittanica On-Line
Free HTML Pedigree Site
The Foundation for Biblical Research Library
Genealogy of the United States Presidents
Heritage Gateways
Imperial Ecclesiastic States Within the Holy Roman Empire (includes dates)
Mapquest
National Archives and Records Administration
New England to 1789: Regional History & Cultural Life Images for Teaching History & American Studies: Resources for America to 1789 --a great site containing some hard to find early New England maps and plenty of photos and pictures
Samford University Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research
Wills on the Web
Search Vehicles:
Ancestry.com--some of the data is free and others require membership in Ancestry
Ask.com--not a genealogy engine, but is used by some genealogical researchers
Family Search--LDS Church--also referred to as the Mormon genealogy site or the FHC files (Family History Center with central offices in Salt Lake City, Utah)
Family Treemaker--searches the web, mail groups, surname home pages and its own c.d. files (must purchase c.d.'s to see information contained in their files)
Fast Search--not a genealogy search engine, but easily the fastest search engine out there
Google Search--also not a genealogy search engine, but does a nice job with good presentation of search results
I Found It
MultiGen--this search engine searches Ancestry, Family Tree Maker, Gendex, Genealogy.com, JewishGen Family Finder, Kindred Konnections, Family Search, Roots Surname List and Root's Web's WorldConnect Project all at one time
Rootsweb--a truly superb search engine for genealogy
The SurnameWeb
The U.S. Genweb Project--great place to go for information on data from individual states
World Genweb
Ships and Shipping:
Immigrant Ships
Immigrant Ship Transcriber's Guild
Links to Ships and Immigration Centers
Maritime Etymology (includes sites for Dutch, English, French and Swedish)
Passenger Lists at Rootsweb
Passenger Lists on the Internet
The Ships List
Virginia Ships and Passengers
Surname Related Sites:
Austin:
The Samuel Austin Genealogical Database--this page, housed on the Austin Family Association Genealogical Web Page, is written by Carol R. Austin and is exceptionally well researched, including notes, source citations, and other valuable research items.
Barnes:
The Don and Jean Barnes Family Home Page--containing information on the Barnes, Goodenow/Goodnow and How/Howe families
History of Marlborough--a fabulous resource page including original source documentation, scanned images of ship's transcripts and other primary documentation, photos of personal family belongings, property maps and family histories--you need to visit the entire page (which is very large) to glean all of the useful information that is located on this wonderful page! This page also includes photos of Thomas Barnes clock (brought on "The Speedwell" in May of 1636)!
Bent:
History of Marlborough--a fabulous resource page including original source documentation, scanned images of ship's transcripts and other primary documentation, photos of personal family belongings, property maps and family histories--you need to visit the entire page (which is very large) to glean all of the useful information that is located on this wonderful page!
Bode:
Die Ausgewanderten Dohmann's--this site, written in German, contains some Bode information on Bodes who went from Germany to Illinois
William Edward Bode's Ancestors--Bodes from Ontario, Canada who came from Berka (Katlenburg-Lindau), Germany
Descendants of Johann Peter Bode--lots of Bodes who ended up in Illinois
The Fleck/Reid/Knechtel/Lorenz Genpage--containing information on Bodes from Hessen-Cassel, Germany who immigrated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hartstack Database--containing Bodes from Rosenthal, Germany who immigrated to Texas
Tim Bode's Genealogy--Bodes who came from Empede, Germany and ended up in Minnesota
Calvert:
Christi Calvert Brogan's Calvert Page--this page contains a lot of resources and suggestions for researching your Calvert surname, regardless of your line--she also has many links to other Calvert researchers listed on her Calvert Links page
Chase:
Chase Family Home Page--for all Chase related surnames--it contains census information, wills, articles regarding "The Chase Fortune" and has search capability--a relatively new site with a very promising future supported by some prominent Chase researchers including Lonnie Chase
Chase Surname Resource Center--containing a huge database of many different Chase/Chace families
The Chase Family of Martha's Vineyard
Chase Wills On-Line--containing the wills of both Aquila Chase and William Chase
Chase Genealogical Database
Cooley:
Descendants of William (Coley) Cooley and Joan Arnott--this page covers many of the descendants of Benjamin Cooley (abt. 1617-1684) m. Sarah ____ of Springfield, Massachusetts, including the line of Benjamin1 (1617-1684), Daniel2 (1651-1726), Benjamin3 (1681-1745), Benjamin4 (1701-?) Cooley; however, it only lists Benjamin4's second marriage to Mary Needham and some of their children and the page does not list Benjamin4's first marriage to Elizabeth Charles (1709-1743), nor does it list his children by Elizabeth.
Davis:
Guile-Gile-Guiles Genealogy maintained by John Gile
Fuller:
The Fuller Notebook of Links--containing links to web pages, queries, databases and mail lists
Our Fuller Mayflower Links and Beyond
See also the Mayflower Links listed above!
Gebauer:
The House of Gebauer--this site lists all mentions of the surname Gebauer, whether in genealogical research, or otherwise
Gerlach:
Guile/Gile/Guiles:
Guile-Gile-Guiles Genealogy maintained by John Gile
Goodenow/Goodnow:
The Don and Jean Barnes Family Home Page--containing information on the Barnes, Goodenow/Goodnow and How/Howe families
History of Marlborough--a fabulous resource page including original source documentation, scanned images of ship's transcripts and other primary documentation, photos of personal family belongings, property maps and family histories--you need to visit the entire page (which is very large) to glean all of the useful information that is located on this wonderful page!
Hartley:
Harvey:
Donna Spell's Harvey Surname Page--covering the descendants of James A. Harvey (b. 1823) and Rebecca Jane Tumblin
The Harvey Genealogist--an excellent site full of Harvey, Harvye, Harvy, Harvie and Hervey surname resources and links edited by Ann Harvey Lahtinen
Simmons Genealogy--the owner of this page, Greg Simmons, is currently working on the Harvey family line that descends down from the immigrant John Harvey (b. 1615-1629, England)
Heath:
History of the Furr Surname (includes information on Moulton, Moyse/Moyce, Partridge, Peasley/Peaslee and Perkins surnames)
Stuart Family Web (containing information on two different Heath lines, but neither appear to descend from Bartholomew Heath of Haverhill, Massachusetts)
Hieber:
Der Homepage der Familie Hieber--written in German and maintained by family genealogist Bertold Hieber
Mailaender Web Page (click on the bar that says "The Clan of Nattheim" to access into the Hieber family data)
Kathy Bonnell's "Göppingen,Württemberg,Germany and surrounding areas" Page
Hofer, Hoefer, Höfer:
Kathy Bonnell's "Göppingen,Württemberg,Germany and surrounding areas" Page
Hollingsworth:
How/Howe:
The Don and Jean Barnes Family Home Page--containing information on the Barnes, Goodenow/Goodnow and How/Howe families
History of Marlborough--a fabulous resource page including original source documentation, scanned images of ship's transcripts and other primary documentation, photos of personal family belongings, property maps and family histories--you need to visit the entire page (which is very large) to glean all of the useful information that is located on this wonderful page!
Ingersoll:
Ingersoll Family-Genealogy Research
Rick Ingersoll's Ingersoll GEDCOM--this massive Ingersoll database contains over 6,200 Ingersolls plus a variety of surnames that are derivatives or forms of the Ingersoll surname
Kee Surname:
Klaarwater:
Families of Early Ulster County, New York
The Finch Family "Nest"
A Jackson Family Genealogy--containing information on the Klaarwater and Vos families
Jacobs, Jacobson, Klaarwater, Clearwater, Clowater Genealogy--containing lots of source information o the Robbertsz/Robertsz line plus the Klaarwater line that married into the Robertsz line
The Owl's Nest--including research notes on the Robertsz and Klaarwater lines
Mangus/Menges/Mingus:
Anderson, Bickel, Mingus, Vickers & Wycoff Families--Jim Anderson's page includes information on the descendants of Johannis Menges (1674-1728) who emigrated from Eberbach, Mosbach, Baden, Germany in 1709 to Kingston, Ulster County New York--Jim descends from Johaniss' grandson, Moses Mingus
Carolyn Menges' Goodwin and Menges Family Web Page
Menges/Mangus Home Pages
Rick's Mingus Family Line
Ancestors of Mary Elizabeth Jenkins--includes information on Mingus, Olmstead and Millspagh lines
Melton:
Cousin Dean's Melton Pages
Joan M. Bartay's Family Tree
Doris Melton Family History Project
The Melton Family Tree
The Melton Surname Center
Milton/Melton Pot--Quarterly Genealogy Newsletter Site
Olmstead/Olmsted:
Ancestors of Mary Elizabeth Jenkins--includes information on Mingus, Olmstead and Millspagh lines
Chase Genealogical Database--contains some Olmstead information
Peaslee/Peasley:
Descendants of Joseph Peaslee/Peasley--a very well written and researched piece of work on Joseph (b. ca. 1600 in England; d. Dec. 3, 1660 in Salisbury, Massachusetts) and many of his descendants
Peaslee Gedcom--for descendants of Joseph Peaslee (b. ca. 1600 in England; d. Sept. 3, 1660 in Rockingham, New Hampshire) through his son, Joseph, and grandson, Joseph (but compare dates and locations to those of "Descendants of Joseph Peaslee/Peasley" page listed above)
Peaslee Page--a written report on the Peaslee family descending from Joseph Peaslee/Peasley and discussing much of the history of the Peaslees and their Quaker faith (sources cited for this page include: The Peaslees, Kimball, E. (Press of Chase Bros., Haverhill, Mass. 1899); A Passel O' Peasleys, Lamphere, Fredrick (Indianapolis, Indiana 1979); and The History of Sutton, New Hampshire, Worthen, Agusta (Republican Pree, Concord, NH 1890)(also compare dates and locations of death for Joseph1 Peaslee with other pages cited above and below)
The Peaslee Puzzle--a search for the ancestors of Luke Peaslee that is laid out in an engaging and thoughtful manner
The Sadler Page--for descendants of Joseph Peaslee/Peasley through his son, Joseph, and grandson, John (but compare dates and locations to other pages listed above for death of Joseph1 Peaslee/Peasley)
Perkins:
The Hillmorton Project Page--contains Perkins family crest, Hillmorton Parish records, marriage register of John and Judith (Gator) Perkins, will and inventory of John Perkins (b. 1590-1654) and photos of Perkins descendants
The Perkins Family Home Page--an excellent site published and maintained by Sonya Perkins Lynch
Popp:
Genealogy Data--some Popps from Chicago
Kathy Koehler's Popps
John Merkel's Popp Page--Popp family from Rochester, New York
Jack Mount's Popp Family
Popp Family Genealogy Forum
Popp Family Ancestral Line
Popp Gedcom Page
Popp Telcom--a provider of long distance, local telephone service, telephone equipment and internet service headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Popp Web Page--Descendants of August and Bertha Popp--a Popp line apparently unrelated to mine from Wisconsin
Surname Springboard--listing Popp family web pages found on the net
Swaile's Descendants of John Popp--another unrelated Popp family web page maintained by James Swailes, made up of Pennsylvania Popps
The Popp's Home Page--this site maintained by V. Gail Popp is not related to my Popps
Powell:
Powell Family Genealogy--has lots of links to unrelated Powell family web pages, plus lots more general Powell surname information
Roberse, Robbertsz, Roberson, Robeson, Robbertson, Robison:
Roberse, Roberson Genealogy Page--containing lots of source information o the Robbertsz/Robertsz line plus the Klaarwater line that married into the Robertsz line
Rush
"The Rushes of Pennsylvania"--which also includes a collection of various Rush family surnamed individuals that may or may not be related to the Pennsylvania Rushes [to go directly to the URL with all Rushes listed, go to http://downloads.members.tripod.com/~lolson/rush-6.htm ]--this page includes a thoughtful and well researched section on each of the Rush lines the researcher has found and reasons why that line may or may not be related to the Rushes of Pennsylvania
Schollhammer, Schellhammer, Schelhamer, Schöllhammer:
Lydia Kedzierski's Shellhammer Genealogy Page primarily dealing with Hans Jerg Schellhammer of Pennsylvania and his descendants
Schroeder, Schreder, Shreder, Schrader:
Shaw:
Ancestors of Thomas Quick Shaw--(researching the family of Abraham Shaw, b. 1808, Lancashire, England; d. 1895, Glenwood, Sevier County, Utah)
Stebbins:
The Stebbins Ancestral Society--this site gives you access to a GEDCOM with an impressive number of Stebbins descendants
Vos:
A Jackson Family Genealogy--containing information on the Klaarwater and Vos families
Wheeler:
John Clement's Dominick Wheeler/Mercy Jelly Page--this page gives details on the Wheelers from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England who immigrated to Essex County, Massachusetts
John Clement's Abel Wheeler/Jane Shepard Page--this page gives details on the Wheelers from Thornbury, Gloucester, England
Wolcott/Wolcot/Woolcot/Walcott:
The Wolcott Family in England and America
Wolcott--An Alternate Lineage
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