Websites Worth Surfing Autauga County, Alabama Genealogy: Many searchable databases. www.rootsweb.com/~alautaug/ Alabama Dept. of Archives and History. Civil War soldiers database. Order records online. www.archives.state.ala.us Scanning Basics 101. Get some helpful advice for scanning photos. www.scantips.com Census Tools Electronic Spreadsheets. Organize census records with these free spreadsheets. www.censustools.com Genealogy Tips and Guides for Beginners. The tips on this website will guide you along the way as you start out. www.genealogicaljourneys.com/tips.htm Genealogy Wheel Chart Generator. Create a color-coded circular family tree, warp.byu.edu/circlechart Autauga at War. Excellent county military & history content. groups.msn.com/AutaugaatWar/ Google search tips. Very useful stuff! www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html Cyndi’s List. Links to EVERYTHING genealogy related. www.cyndislist.com U. S. Genweb. Outstanding site w/ links to county and state genealogy websites for all fifty states. www.usgenweb.com Rootsweb. Many searchable databases including World Connect Family Trees and the Social Sercurity Death Index. www.rootsweb.com The Ellen Payne Odem Family Tree. The best source of Scottish genealogy in the USA. electricscotland.com RESEARCH TOOLS: Stumped on meanings of initials and symbols on tombstones, strange initials in obituaries or abbreviations found in public records? Need a perpetual calendar or birthdate calculator? www.genealogybuff.com/research.htm National Archives Southeast Branch, East Point, GA: www.archives.gov/facilities/ga/atlanta.html The Alabama Secretary of State has posted for free access on the Internet survey maps by township and range of all of Alabama. www.sos.state.al.us/GovtRecordsfLand.aspx Mississippi Marriage Search Engine helps to locate MS marriage, land, census information and more: www.genlookups.com/ms_marriages Autauga Genealogical Society. Official website of the Society. www.rootsweb.com/~alags Tips for preserving Your Photographs and Documents. Handy tips for safeguarding your family photos. www.maine.com/photos/tip.htm U.S. Veterans History Project. Remembering our veterans and their amazing stories. www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/ WHAT WAS HAPPENING? American Cultural History. See what might have been happening to your ancestors in each decade. kclihrary.nhmccd.edu/19thcentury1820.htm FamilyTree DNA Project. Great Site for info on DNA testing for genealogy. www.familytreedna.com
