[Web4lib] Current Genealogy and Family History Updates

[Chris Tinney]

  Current Genealogy and Family History Updates

Updating various sites for Genealogy and Family
History: Regional Genealogy and Local History
Research, includes, under Regional - Worldwide,
addition of:
* Development Gateway: Gateway Portal
  - Country Resources
    Provides worldwide free access to country articles
    from Encyclopaedia Britannica.
http://academic-genealogy.com/regionalgenealogy.htm

An example for Australia, presents 122 pages,
with more topics available through a free trial.
Thus, by this indirect method, a key professional
resource is made available online.  Useful links
are combined:
Britannica Country Profile
Microsoft Encarta Country Profile
Wikipedia
. . .
Government official site
http://www.developmentgateway.org/cg/country-gateways/country.do~country=au~iso3=AUS

Regional Genealogy and Local History
Research also has an example for Germany,
under general resources, with links approved
by scholarly sites; namely:
. . .
Datenbanken
Deutsche Internetbibliothek
Deutsches Literaturarchiv
http://academic-genealogy.com/regionalgenealogy.htm#centraleurope
Also, additions such as Denmark's
Dansk Demografisk Database
http://ddd.dda.dk/dddform_uk.asp

History and Social Studies has added
mega portals, such as:
International Institute of Social History,
Amsterdam, Netherlands; which includes:
ABB Directory of Russian Archives
http://www.iisg.nl/~abb/
Also:
* SocioSite
Social Science Information System
based at the University of Amsterdam. 
http://www.academic-genealogy.com/historysocialstudies.htm#Socialstudies

Libraries and Museums: Reference Shelf 
for The Genealogist and Family Historian
Includes Harvard University Libraries: 
Online Archival Search Information System
http://www.academic-genealogy.com/librariesmuseums.htm

Surnames & Names now includes the section:
Surname Genealogy Search:
This allows a comprehensive, side-by-side,
worldwide matching search of surnames, from: 
LDS Family History Library Catalog Surname Search;
the SurnameWeb;
Surnames Categorized by Letter - Google™ Web Dir.;
Surnames, Family Ass. & Family Newsletters  - Cyndi's;
Surnames Family Genealogy Forum or GenForum site;
Surnames from Linkpendium;
Surnames Websites from RootsWeb.com . . . ;
Surname Index & Family History Search (Ancestry.com);
and the ever expanding Wikipedia® - Category: Surnames.
http://www.academic-genealogy.com/archives.htm#Surnames

Ancestor Roots Information has Immigration - Migration,
at Genealogy and Family History Data, that includes
Tracing Immigrant Origins Research Outline, from
Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection.
http://www.academic-genealogy.com/ancestorrootsinformationdatabases.htm#Immigration

The FG & HIED homepage includes, 
within the mission statement, similar
WorldCat.org  predefined search Subjects:
Genealogy -- Computer Network Resources
                 -- Directories.
Genealogy -- Databases -- Directories.
Genealogy -- Internet Resources
Family Genealogy & History
Internet Education Directory 
http://www.academic-genealogy.com/
The most comprehensive Genealogy and Family
History online Handbook, How-To-Guide and Manual.

This is a brief listing of some
of the many changes made.

Respectfully yours,
    Tom Tinney, Sr.
Who's Who in America, 
Millennium Edition [54th] through 2004 
Who's Who In Genealogy and Heraldry,
[both editions]