You, too, can take
advantage of the generous cuttings and seeds offered by others. One
of the easiest ways to add to your "collection" is through the Internet.
We asked Melanie to provide us with links to some of the sites she
regularly visits. These are a few of our favorites. (More
links coming soon.)
| Ancestry.com |
The
Web’s largest family history collection. Some areas open to
subscribers only. Highly recommended. |
| Cyndi's List |
A free
list of nearly 254,000 genealogy sites in 180 categories |
| Family Tree
Maker |
America’s number one family tree software program |
|
History of
Ritchie County |
"A
History of Ritchie Co" by Minnie Kendall Lowther, transcribed in full |
|
The Good-Will
Community |
“The
Good-Will Community". A History of Hollbrook by Bradford Spiker,
transcribed in full |
|
Ritchie County |
Ritchie
County, WV GenWeb Site hosted by the Ritchie County Historical Society |
| West Virginia
Culture |
A site
devoted to WV history, etc. Includes free access to original images of
Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates. Has a collection of old
photos, state documents, even a timeline |
|
Genealogy
/ Family History Courses |
Brigham
Young University FREE online study courses include a number of
Genealogy/Family History courses |
|
Family
Tree Magazine |
Family
Tree Magazine’s list of FREE downloads of charts and forms helpful in
your research. (i.e. Pedigree charts, research logs, vital record
logs, blank census pages, etc.) |
|
Heritage Recipes |
A
collection of recipes that our grandmothers and great-grandmothers
fixed every day. You are invited to add your own recipes to the “mix” |
| Dead Fred |
A
searchable database of thousands of identified and unidentified
photos. Search under mystery photos for “Ritchie County, WV”
and see if you can identify our mystery photos of the Granville
Preston Zinn family. They were given to us with no formal
identification. Those with names on the back have comments in the
notes section. |
|
Historical Time Line |
Put your
ancestors lives into perspective with the available timelines |
| Family Search |
The
first genealogy website -- this site is run by the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latterday Saints in Utah. Be careful to verify that what you
find was submitted from actual records or by other users. Lots of free
info available. |
|
Preservation |
A "How-To" for preserving your heritage items. |
| Do History |
A guide
to piecing together the lives of ordinary people by exploring a case
study. |
|
NGS
Genealogy |
Another
site for genealogy courses but these are given by the National
Genealogy Society. |
|
Genealogy by About.com |
Projects and ideas to make Genealogy fun for you and the kids. |
|
Rootsweb Funnies |
Genealogy Funnies. |
| E-Bay |
Don’t
forget to search for your surname on Ebay for heritage items that you
might find there. I searched for Guy Zinn, who played for the New York
Yankees, and actually bought one of his baseball cards |
| Roots
Television |
A
website broadcasting genealogy programs you can watch on the internet
for free. |
| Library of Congress |
The
Library of Congress site gives us glimpses into history. See the
American Memory Project, a collection of more than 7 million digital
items, spanning 100+ collections or the Prints and Photographs Online
Catalog |
| RSS Genealogy
|
The latest genealogy news and articles. |
| Encyclopedia of
Genealogy |
Look to
this Encyclopedia of Genealogy to provide explanations of how to look
up your family tree and explanations of terms found in genealogical
research. |
|
Doddrige County Roots |
A very well done genealogy site. Be
sure to check out the surname WATSON for Ann & Boots' direct line back
to Elizabeth Gandy, sister of Ruth Gandy who married our very own
ancestor, John Zinn. Also, the HAUGHT ancestral line is there so you
can view ancestors of Ed Haught, husband of our "Aunt Jean" (Geneva
Spiker Haught). |
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