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Genealogy: Yocum Library Useful Links

Genealogy

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The Yocum Library Blog Family History Tips A series of genealogy articles written by Yocum Librarian Ms. Brenna Corbit.
Berks County Public Libraries The Berks County Public Libraries webpage on genealogy resources and link to Ancestry.com Library Edition
FamilySearch A large collection of digital and indexed genealogical resources and GED-COM (family tree software). Also, free genealogical help, courses, and tutorials
FamilySearch Help Center Hundreds of course lessons for every type of genealogy research including immigration, government records, countries, and languages including old scripts such as Kurrent used in many Pennsylvania German documents and texts
FamilySearch Research Resources For beginning and experienced genealogists
FamilySearch Free Forms Links to useful genealogy forms including basic charts and census forms
Library of Congress Personal Archiving Help to preserve your personal documents and photos
The USGenWeb Project Genealogical websites for every U.S. state and county
RootsWeb Free genealogical resources from Ancestry.com
Cyndi’s List A comprehensive, categorized, and cross-referenced list of free and fee-based genealogical sources

 

Berks County Resources

Links Description
Berks Pennsylvania Roots A large collection of free church, vital and civil Berks County records
Berks County Genealogical Society Church and cemetery records, research guides, and useful genealogy links
The Berks History Center Henry Janssen Library Indexes for church, cemetery, The Passing Scene and Historical Review of Berks County
Berks County Register of Wills Indexes for Berks County wills, births, marriages, and deaths
Berks County Prothonotary Indexes for immigrations, naturalizations, and civil court depositions and appearances
Berks County Recorder of Deeds Indexed digital records of land records, deeds, and mortgages

 

Historical Maps and Locators

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Historic Maps Works Overlays of current maps with historical maps including property atlases, antiquarian maps, nautical charts, and birds-eye views
David Rumsey Map Collection A digital collection of historical maps
Library of Congress Maps A digital collection of “the largest and most comprehensive cartographic collection in the world . . . over 5.5 million maps, 80,000 atlases, 6,000 reference works, over 500 globes”
Stephen P. Morse A finding aid to obtain enumeration districts for U.S. Census records 1880-1950
Moikrewni Map of Polish Names Searchable current surname distribution map of Poland (type your surname and click on “szukay” (search)

 

Immigration

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Ellis Island Indexed digital images of ships’ passenger records
Emigration and Immigration Records and Resources A directory of resources and web links for emigration and immigration records
National Archives A directory of free and fee-based digital microfilm records, including immigration records

 

Death Records

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Legacy Recent obituaries from 1,500+ newspapers and 3,500+ funeral homes across the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Europe.
Interment U.S. and international cemetery marker transcriptions
International Classification of Diseases International coding system to track deaths. U.S. started using it on death certificates in 1898. Look for the number on the certificate.
Find-a-Grave U.S. and international cemetery marker photos and transcriptions
Billion Graves GPS and international cemetery marker photos and transcriptions

 

Country and Translation Aids

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Google Translate Translates more than 100 languages and provides audio for many languages

 

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