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Genealogy Links and Resouces


Ancestry.com - My favorite
  • I have a year membership.  This site allows you to join in a trial period, with full access.
  • Indexed "searchable" census for all years except 1860-1900.  These years must be searched manually by flipping through the images by township.
  • A huge database of other family trees, you WILL find some of your ancestors already researched.
  • "FREE" software (Ancesrty Family Tree 9.0) for your computer.  You don't even have to be a member.
  • Social Security Death Index.
FamilySearch.org - My next favorite
  • Absolutely free site.
  • 1880 Census indexed.
  • Baptism records
  • Other family trees
Genealogy.com
  • Some features free
  • Other family trees.
Olive Tree Genealogy
  • I have not used this one very much yet.
The Pennsylvania Genealogy Web Page
  • I have not used this one very much yet.
Cumberland County Historic Society
  • $5 per visit or $30 per year membership.  I have a membership.
  • Census microfilm for central Pennsylvania area only.
  • Daily newspapers on microfilm.
  • Cumberland county cemetary records.

Miscellaneous Web Resources


Reconstructed Passenger Lists, 1683-1819 http://www.palproject.org/index.html
Palatines to America http://www.genealogy.org/~palam/welcome.html
Pennsylvania Will Index http://www.sampubco.com/wills/pa/pennsylvania.htm
1820 Census - Bedford - Woodbury Twp http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/bedford/census/1820woodtwp.txt