Alden House Historic Site
105 Alden Street, P. O. Box 2754

Duxbury, MA 02331-2754
781-934-9092
fax: 781-934-9149

             

Alden Kindred
of America, Inc.

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USEFUL GENEALOGICAL WEB SITES

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Ancestry.com A web site where you can enter a name and search the databases.
www.civilwardata.com 
"American Civil War Research Database ... the largest, most in-depth and fully searchable database of United States Civil War soldiers and events."  (fee charged)
Cyndi's List (genealogical sites)
Gigantic and hugely popular list of links to tens of thousands of web sites of direct and indirect genealogical interest.  A heroic individual effort by Cyndi Howell.
Caleb Johnson's Mayflower History Site
One of the more useful and comprehensive web sites created and maintained by Alden Kindred member Caleb Johnson. Genealogical focus is on Mayflower passengers with detailed information on each.
Dyer Memorial Library
An attractive small library in Abington, Massachusetts specializing in local history but with an extensive genealogical collection and a helpful staff.
Everton Publishers
Publish Genealogical Helper magazine.  Wide variety of services and products available from this site.
FamilySearch
The LDS Church's web site.  Provides access to its Ancestral File, International Genealogical Index (IGI) and family organizations.  Index to microfilm library and resources in main library in S.L.C. Also, collaboration opportunities and sale of genealogical supplies and software from this site.
Family Treemaker
Maker of the most popular genealogical software program and many genealogy CDs.  Provides a name search and other services and products.
The Genealogical Library
"... rapidly-growing collection of 2243 online databases, primary resources, and family-finding resources, and we anticipate continuing to add three new databases every business day. It puts hundreds of rare, hard-to-find books right at your fingertips, 24 hours a day, saving you dozens of trips to distant libraries or weeks of waiting for inter-library loans."  A for fee service.
GenWeb index
"...indexes hundreds of World Wide Web databases containing genealogical data for over twelve million individuals, and gives you the ability to locate and view data of interest to you on any of these databases, without having to go and visit each of the databases separately."  Some services are free, others for a fee.
Hereditary Society of America
The Hereditary Society of America has initiated a new online endeavor, which is to provide links to societies which require descent from a single individual, where the ancestor was of significant historical note. The Alden Kindred of America, Inc. is included in this list.
Library of Congress Catalog
"The Library of Congress Online Catalog is a database of approximately 12 million records representing books, serials, computer files, manuscripts, cartographic materials, music, sound recordings, and visual materials in the Library's collections. The Online Catalog also provides references, notes, circulation status, and information about materials still in the acquisitions stage."
MyFamily.com
"MyFamily.com, Inc. is the premier online resource dedicated to connecting and strengthening families. The company's Internet properties, MyFamily.com, Ancestry.com and FamilyHistory.com, work together to bring families together - past, present and future."
National Genealogical Society
"The National Genealogical Society is a service organization that leads and educates the national genealogical community. Continues to assist members in tracing family histories since being founded in 1903. Serves over 17,000 members including individuals, families, genealogical societies, family associations, libraries, and other related institutions."
New England Historic Genealogical Society
The web site of the New England Historic Genealogical Society located in Boston, MA.  Oldest Genealogical Society in the country with about 18,000 members and 200,000 research volumes.  Focus on New England genealogy.
Pilgrim Fathers Origins
Separatist movement and Pilgrim origins

 

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