HELPFUL LINKS & TOOLS
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Bill Buchanan's Overview of PAF 5.2 software
(link has been fixed)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
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
This site owned by Janie Jackson Kimble. This page was last revised June 6, 2011.