Jackson Family Genealogy
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HELPFUL LINKS & TOOLS
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Bill Buchanan's Overview of PAF 5.2 software  (link has been fixed)
PAF 5.2 is the software used to create the data pages on this Jackson web site.
(available free here from www.familysearch.org)

GPS - Genealogical Proof Standards
     1. Reasonably exhaustive search
     2. Complete and accurate citation of sources
     3. Analysis and correlation of the collected information
     4. Resolution of conflicting evidence.
     5. Soundly reasoned, coherently written conclusion..
     The above criteria is detailed further on the linked website.

http://randymajors.com/p/ancestorsearch.html A customized google search for ancestors  New 6/6/11

http://goo.gl/PDL49 New Online Tool uses Google Maps to Show Historical County Boundaries  New 6/6/11

http://www.genqueries.com/ A great place to place a FREE private query about any surname!

http://gendoc.wdlmal.net/index2.htm"> Organizing Documentation

Copyright Info: http://www.progenealogists.com/copyright_table.htm  easy reference for what is now available for free use.

Census Records - History of and How to Use Them: 
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~haas/learningcenter/

Downloadable Forms for organizing your research:
http:www.familytreemagazine.com/forms/download.html

Genealogical Relationship Chart (cousin how many times removed?):
http://genealogy.about.com/library/nrelationshipchart.htm

Sites with links to all county sites in all states: 
http://www.rootsweb.com/~websites/usa/index.html#county
http://www.usgenweb.com
 new 5/11!   http://usgwarchives.net/search/searcharchives.html   To search GenWeb Archives, it is best to go to the national search engine, choose your state and perhaps enter the county in the search string.   As usual, you have to play around with search possibilities.   They don't do wildcards.  (Thanks to Jo at WV. VA. NC. TENN. KY. AND MORE mailing list for this one!)

County Finders:
1) Rootsweb: http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi
2) NACO: http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/usamap.cfm
        (This is great for finding cities or counties that are misspelled and therefore can't be located by rootsweb county finder!
         Also for determining when county was formed.  This is a favorite site!)
3) USGS: (Scroll down to USGS): http://www.searchforancestors.com/map/us.html
    The Rootsweb county finder is also on this site.

Where are nearby towns?
http://geonames.usgs.gov/

New Jersey County Formation: (scroll down to see chart)
http://http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~windmill/html/nj%20counties.html

New Jersey Place Names; old and present:
http://www.genealogy-quest.com/collections/njplace.html

Bob's Genealogy Filing cabinet - A collection of research about Virginia families - years of work available to you. http://www.genfiles.com/

West Virginia County Formation:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvmonong/

North Carolina County Formation and Dated Maps:
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/genealogy/countyform.html

North Carolina State Library:
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/patrons/genealogists.html

Georgia Vital Record Online (partial birth & death & Colonial Wills): 
http://sos.georgia.gov/archives/

Bill Buchanan's great list of Canadian research links  (link has been fixed)

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 This site owned by Janie Jackson Kimble.  This page was last revised June 6, 2011.