Alabama Genealogical Society Seminars

General Resources

Resource	Description
Alabama Genealogical Society Seminars
Ancestry on YouTube	Ancestry has a channel on YouTube with videos about researching on Ancestry
Cyndi’s List	Cyndi’s List provides a comprehensive directory of resources ranging from applications and archives to local resources. It has been a trusted genealogy research site for more than 20 years. Cyndi’s List is free for everyone to use and it is meant to be your starting point when researching online.
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)	Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) has a large collection of digitized family Bibles, Civil War records and photographs.
Family Search Historical Records	One of many articles by Kimberly Powell.
Florida State Genealogical Society Poolside Chat Seminars
Genealogical Societies	Genealogical Societies are non-profit organizations that support family history research through education, resources and record presesrvaion. They frequently have specialized databases and libraries. Many publish journals and newsletters with case studies and techniques on effective research.
Georgia Geological Society Free Webinars and Seminars
Guild of One Name Studies	Guild of One Name Studies – provides information on surname project studies. Use it to connect with others researching your surnames.
Internet Archive	Internet Archive – a non-profit library with millions of free books, movies, software, music and more from around the world.
LDS Family History Centers	The FamilySearch.org website provides a directory of Family History Centers. You must be logged into FamilySearch to view the directory. You can let the site determine your location or search for a specific area. The results list all FHCs nearby with links to each FHC’s page in the directory including center hours, contact information and details about the records and services that are available. Local Family History centers include the St Johns Florida Family History Center and the St Augustine Florida Family History Center.
Library of Congress	Library of Congress has a huge collection of maps, books and photographs.
National Archives	National Archives. Learn how you can use the resources at the National Archives to explore your family’s ancestry.
National Genealogical Society Conference Keeper Calendar
New York Public Library	New York Public Library has an impressive collection of private family papers and photographs.
St. Augustine Historical Society	The St. Augustine Historical Society maintains a library at 6 Artillery Lane in downtown St. Augustine. Their collection includes maps, photographs, vertical subject files, church records, circuit court cases, city government records, manuscript collections, circuit court records, and biographical files. An online catalog is also available. There is no charge to use the library, but there are charges for photocopies. They do not allow cameras, camera phones or scanners in the library. Check their website for hours
St. Johns County Public Library Southeast Branch	The Southeast Branch of the St. Johns County Public Library maintains an impressive reference collection of genealogical material including over 1,200 genealogy related books and over 16,000 history books. You can use the online catalog to search for specific topics, titles or authors. St. Johns County libraries also participate in the WorldCat project and have public computers with free access to Ancestry.com and other online archives. The St. Augustine Genealogical Society supports the genealogy collection at the Southeast Branch Public Library by contributing genealogy books to their collection.
The Commons at Flickr	The Commons at Flickr provides free access to photographs from from a growing number of archives worldwide.
The Family History Guide	The Family History Guide is a world-class family history learning system used by learners in over 150 countries and approved by FamilySearch as an official training resource. It supports both beginners and experienced researchers and costs you nothing to use.
The University of Florida’s P. K. Yonge Library of Florida History	The University of Florida’s P. K. Yonge Library of Florida History includes a number of local collections like Spanish Colonial Records, maps, Civil War collections, black history collections and World War II collections.
USGenWeb Project	USGenWeb Project is group of volunteers working together to provide free genealogy websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States. The home page has a dropdown for state level GenWeb sites.