Last Updated on 4/16/2004
By Sharon McAllister
Email: CeilsCorner@cs.com |
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RootsWeb
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Maps |
Oklahoma |
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Other Areas |
Surname Sites |
Miscellaneous |
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General
Genealogy Sites |
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RootsWeb
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Home of Ceil's Corner and most of the free genealogy sites it links to. Look for the
RootsWeb logo (shown above) on all of our gateway
pages. It will take you to the RootsWeb home page and from there you can
find just about anything. |
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WorldConnect |
Home page of RootsWeb's WorldConnect project, which has now been merged with
Ancestry's similar endeavor to form a very large collection of family
trees. Access is free. |
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Ancestry |
Subscription service well worth exploring because it has many free areas.
Its "Subscribers-only" features are well-marked and you can select
subscriptions to different types of information. |
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Ancestry/RW Boards |
Extensive set of Message
Boards, both for surnames and geographical areas. |
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Family
Tree Maker
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Recently acquired by
Ancestry, but still provides access to some Users' Family Tree sites.
Some parts of this site are subscription-only. |
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GenCircles
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Home
page of GenCircles, which has a growing collection of user-maintained GEDCOM
files. Its sophisticated search engine is capable of matching
individuals in different databases. Some of our smaller area/group
studies have been uploaded to GenCircles. |
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GenForum |
One of the oldest and largest sets of
message board. |
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LDS Site |
Home page for Family Search, which provides access to transcriptions of the
entire 1880 census. |
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Map Sites |
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Maps
'n' More |
Extensive
collection of Oklahoma county and township maps -- 1915, 1972, and recent. |
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The 1891 Grain Dealers and Shippers Gazetteer |
This Gazetteer also includes a number of Railroad
Maps,
showing how the various lines linked the midwest to the
rest of the country. This site has been moved, but I hope to find its new
address and reset the link. |
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GNIS
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Geographic Names Information System. Search engine
can find many different features, such as cemeteries, as well as towns.
Improved map interface now provides a choice of the type of map to view. |
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Topozone |
Topographic maps, can be used to relate latitude &
longitude to Section-Township-Range numbers and locate many places not shown on
less detailed maps. |
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Oklahoma-Related
Sites |
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ITGenWeb
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Home page for the period before Oklahoma became a state. Organized by
Nation or Agency, rather than territorial counties because boundaries changed so
many times. |
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OKGenWeb |
Home page for Oklahoma genealogy. It provides a convenient gateway to
individual county sites as well as to many other projects. |
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OKGenWeb Archives
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A massive collection of text files, such as cemetery canvasses. Links to
all counties, with a very convenient search engine. |
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OKBits
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Oklahoma Obituaries & Tidbits
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Photo
Gallery
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Statewide Photo Gallery associated with OKGenWeb.
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Pioneer
Papers
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Transcriptions of Interviews with people who lived in what is now Oklahoma
during Territorial Days.
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SWOGS
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Website of the Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society. Their resources
include an indexed copy of the Federal Land Tract Records from which you can
request lookups.
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Other
Areas
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Bohemian & Moravian Families in
Nebraska
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Lots of information about
the migration patterns of these groups. |
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Hacker's Creek
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Covers several counties in what is now the northern part of West Virginia,
but which was once part of Virginia.
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Pomerania
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Central European province from which many emigrated to the U.S.
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Surname
Sites
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ALKIRE
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Includes links to several ALKIRE lines, including the one that migrated to
the Luther area.
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CHEUVRONT
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A book starting with the immigrant minister, Joseph CHEUVRONT, and including
information about many of his descendants.
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HENCKEL
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Ties together a number of downlines that ended up in Oklahoma, including the
BENNETTs.
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Miscellaneous
Sites
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Find A Grave |
Tombstone transcriptions. |
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McAllister's
Iris Garden
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Plants need genealogists, too!
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