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Helpful Links
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"Spring Cleaning" - Website Revamp
As part of our commitment to providing the finest service to members and Public Historians across the state, APHNYS has scheduled a full website revamp for the month of May. Stay tuned to APHNYS e-mails for notification as these changes come online. Thank you! |
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We are working on this page in order to provide
our members with connections to the
most useful online resources.
If you have a suggestion for a
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Here are some links from our old website that you can use for historical research and genealogical information. They are arranged in categories to make it easier to scroll to a particular topic of your choice. Categories are:
- CEMETERIES & PRESERVATION
- CENSUS RECORDS
- GENEALOGY / General
- GENEALOGY / New York
- GOVERNMENT & LAW |
- GRANT FUNDING
- HISTORY / General
- HISTORY / Military
- HISTORY/New York |
- INDIANS / Native American
- MAPS / On Line
- NEWSPAPERS / On Line
- TRAVEL |
Cemeteries & Preservation
Cemetery -Saving Graves
The Association for Gravestone Studies
Cemetery Records On Line
The Political Graveyard - Burial Sites of the Famous
National Cemetery Administration
New York State, Department of State - Division of Cemeteries
Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Rural Historic Landscapes
Cemetary Checklist - A checklist for cemetary repair
Landscapes of Memories - Although is a site on restoring cemeteries in Ontario, Canada, there are several good ideas here.
Texas Historical Comission - What Texas is doing to restore and preserve their cemeteries, including laws.
Genealogy - General
SAMPUBCO - A website of wills filed in Surrogates court. Pick NY, then pick a County. Pick a date range, and scroll by name.
Family Tree Maker - Family Tree Maker's geneology home page. Cyndi's List - A lot to sift through, but worth it!
FamilySearch Internet Geneology Service - Geneology website of the Mormon Church of Latter Day Saints
Ellis Island - American Family History Immigration Center. A searchable site to see who came over when.
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Primarily Jefferson Co., NY - includes cemetery records. |
New York United States Resources Roots--New York State Links New York GenWeb Project
Government & Law
Vote Smart Web - Library of 40,000 candidates and elected officials (US)
Government Information Sharing Project - US counties, demographics, census, agricultural census, schools
NYS Dept. of Corrections - (Inmate look-up) This site includes link to NY Correction History Society
Grant Funding
Historic Preservation Fund Grants, National Parks Service Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
National Trust for Historic Preservation Grant Funds - A collection of various sources for Grant Funding.
NTHP Frontline - The latest news on grants and funding from the National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Endowment for the Humanities - Grants and Applications - An independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, and public programs in the humanities.
History - General
Making of America NY State Museum Site Map Smithsonian Institute Abraham Lincoln on-line
The Research Room - National Archives & Records Administration U.S. Historical Documents Archives
Early America - Historic documents from 18th century America. All digital images! My History Is Americas History
Africian American Web Connections US Slavery Documents Black History Activities Oregon Trail
African-American Mosaic (Library of Congress) Native Sons and Daughters - NY and the Westward Movement
Library of Congress Federal Land Patent Records - U.S. Dept. of Interior Poorhouses The Internet Public Library
History - Military
Welcome to the Center of Military History French & Indian War Revolutionary War Spanish-American War
State Level Lists of Casualty - Korea & Vietnam Andersonville Civil War Prison Civil War New York Regiments
History - New York
New York State Association of Counties NY State Museum Site Map NYS Office of Cultural Education
The Great Lakes Shipwrecks NY State Historic Markers The New York Council for the Humanities
Holland Land Company Resources Holland Land Company - Records at Fredonia College NY State Canals
Holland Land Office Museum - Genesee County's Museum WNY Library Resource Council
NYS Museum - Services The New York State Archives and Records Administration Homepage
NYS Museum - Local Government Historians Western New York Regional Information Network
History - Underground Railroad
National Geographic - The Underground Railroad is an interactive website of information.
Freedom Trail. The goal of the Freedom Trail Project, in their own words, is to network, organize, coordinate and/or help in the development of tourism through the counties of New York State. This website is an excellent source of information with a network of organizations ready to help you.
Some of our other excellent local New York State UGRR websites are:
Oswego County, NY - Freedom Trail Underground Railroad UGRR in Rochester, NY
UGRR Routes Used in Niagara County, NY UGRR in Western NY UGRR in NY State
The Menare Foundation's North Star Website - Contains historical information, with research resources including William Siebert's list of 3,000 names of known "Opperators" on the UGRR organized by State and County.
Find out the current sites in the United States through the National Parks Service at: National Underground Railroad - Network to Freedom
History - Native American
Bureau of Indian Affairs American Indian Data Center Native American Home Page Oneida Indian Nations
The Seneca Nation of Indians History of the Tonawanda Seneca Indians Mohawk Iroquois Village (NYSM)
A Warrior in Two Worlds - PBS - Life of Ely Parker Iroquois Confederacy Links Tribes Treaty of 1794
Maps & Location Finders
Geographic Nameserver Town Names in New York State Welcome To MapQuest! 1895 Atlas
UT Library Online Map Collection Map collection United States TopoZone - Get a Map
David Rumsey's Map Collection - One of the best sites for digital 18th and 19th century U.S. maps, including maps by Joseph Ellicott and Simeon DeWitt. Save and print feature too!
Newspapers on the Internet New York State Newspaper Project
Newspapers Online Worldwide List of Newspapers Online 4100 Newspapers Online
Travel
Hotel Anywhere! Shoestring Travel Servers Foreign Exchange Rates - Currency Converter Weather by Intellicast
Park.Net - NY Park List NY State Parks Index New York State Parks Department National Hurricane Center
American Automobile Association Bed and Breakfast- North America Weather Underground
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