Kenai Community Library Internet Use Policy

Selected Internet Resources

Genealogy

• Kenai Peninsula Borough Alaska Genealogy Resources for Family History Research (Source: Kindred Trails)
• U.S. GenWeb Project-provides links to web sites for genealogical research in every county and state in the United States,state histories and family reunion bulletin boards


• American Family Immigration History Center - Ellis Island


• Ellis Island: Searching Ellis Island Database in One Step - developed by the genealogist Stephen P. Morse,this web site offers an enhanced search of the Ellis Island Database (1892-1924).
• Alaska GenWeb-link to Alaska history, Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics and other Alaska specific genealogical information.


• Alaska Genealogy Resources-list of genealogy books, peiodicals, computer databases and government resources available from the Z.J. Loussac Public Library.


• AncientFaces - Visual Genealogy Exchange
• Soundex Converter - soundex system, indexed names in 1880,1900,1920,1930 US Censuses
• FamilySearch Internet genealogy Service web site produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• GenForum-search for a surname and be connected to a message board that links you to others searching for information on the same surname.


• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet-a categorized & cross-referenced index to genealogical resources on the Internet.


• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)-some of the resources available online include WWII, Korean, and Vietnam War casualty lists and passenger lists into the Port of New York 1846-1851.
• National Genealogical Society- offers online or home study courses in Genealogy Research, National Genealogical Society conference information, order books from the NGS book store.
• Alaska State Archives-locate naturalization records, birth and death records, court and probate records.
The Alaska State Archives does not collect personal manuscript records.

• State Archives-list of links to all the state archives in the United States.
• CIMO - Cimorelli Immigration Manifests Online - database of arrival dates and names of passenger ships which arrived at U.S. ports.
• Library of Congress - Local History and Genealogy Internet Resources


• Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Records Index-submit a request to the DAR Patriot Index, which contains names of both men and women Revolutionary patriots, who served between (1775-1783).
• Census: State and County Quick Facts-quick, easy access to facts about people, business and geography.
• Hamburg Link to Your Roots - emigration lists from the Port of Hamburg currently covering 1890-1906
• United States Historical Census Data Browser - population and economic census data for U.S. states and counties from the years 1790-1960
• Westchester County Archives - public records of Westchester County, New York from 1680 to the present
• U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service-access Immigration Records, Naturalization Records, Chinese Immigrant Files, Ports of Entry and their records.

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