Friday, April 24, 2009

Genealogy Videos In The Quartzsite Library

Rede put together a twin pack video CD series, Newspaper Research & Internet Book Search, for the Quarzsite Library that runs on your computer. This will be ideal for people on dialup Internet & can’t view his videos online.

Newspaper Research
Resent Newspapers:
  • American Newspapers/NewsBank (may require a non resident library card)
  • Local Newspapers Websites
  • Legacy.com for obituaries 30 days old or less

Older Newspapers
  • ICON: Many free & pay websites, they are clearly marked.
  • Utah Digital Newspapers
  • Olive Software Newspapers
  • Newspaper Archive

Internet Book Search
  • Google Books
  • Google Scholar
  • Heritage Quest (may require a non resident library card)
  • Internet Archives
  • Family History Archives

Should you wish any other topics, please leave a comment.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Family History Archives

Family History Archives http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/ is a great site to do free book research for family histories. Easy searching, downloadable files which have bookmarks for the chapters & searchable text.