Biography & Genealogy Web Links
American Presidents: Life
Portraits --Features basic
biographical information and "fun facts" about the nations presidents. Includes
videos and sound clips.
the-artists.org---Biograhies
of major modern & contemporary visual artists.
Some links lead to fee-based content.
*Biography and Genealogy Master Index.
A comprehensive index to biographical sources.
Biography.com---with free brief
full-text biographies
Biographical
Dictionary ---Biographies of 28,000 notable
men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.
Internet
Public Library---Biographies
*LexisNexis
Academic Biographical Information---articles from newspapers
and magazines
Nobel
Foundation---includes lists and biographies of Nobel Laureates.
See also the Local History page for resources specifically dealing with Northeast Missouri.
American
Family Immigration History Center---A database of 22 million people who
passed through Ellis Island and the Port of New York between 1892 and 1924.
Although not required to search, free registration allows access to more of the
site.
Ancestry.com---includes
entries from Ancestry World Tree, Social Security Death Index, and U.S.
Residential Phone and Address Listings.
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites---a
very comprehensive site with over 41,000 links
FamilySearch
Internet Genealogy Service
Genealogy.com
The
Genealogy Home Page
Genealogical
Resources in U.S. Federal Depository Libraries
Internet
Public Library --- Genealogy Resources
National
Genealogical Society
The
Official Federal Land Patent Records Site---contains over 2 million
federal land records issued between 1820 and 1908, provides information on the
initial transfer of land from the federal government and associates an
individual with a specific piece of a land at a specific time.
RootsWeb
Genealogical Data Cooperative
SurnameWeb
USGenWeb
Project
WorldCat for Genealogy:
a guide for using the WorldCat database as a genealogical research tool
WorldGenWeb
WorldRoots
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