updated Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Favorite Links

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Listed below are some favorite Web sites frequently used by staff:

Family History Research:

• Cyndi's List - hundreds of links to useful websites for those doing genealogical research

• Eastern Idaho Obituary Index - includes obituaries, cemetery records and mortuary records

• FamilySearch - records assembled and indexed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Find A Grave - famous and not-so-famous folks, includes cemetery location and images of many gravestones

• Idaho Death Index - 1911 - 1956, all Idaho counties

• Idaho Bureau of Vital Records - instructions for ordering birth, death, marriage and divorce records

• Social Security Death Index - interactive search

• Western State Marriage Index - Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming

General Interest:

• Boise State University Special Collections - digital collections

• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System - searchable database of Union and Confederate serviceman who served during the Civil War

• General Land Office (Bureau of Land Management) Records - Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States and Federal land title records for Eastern Public Land States

• Idaho Secretary of State Business Entity Search - current and expired businesses registered in Idaho
• Idaho State University Idaho Census Project   - abstracted census information for 1880 and 1900 Federal Census for Idaho

• Library of Congress - check out Farm Security Administration photographs through the American Memory link

• National Archives and Records Administration - visit the Research Room to learn about NARA's extensive holdings, including over 3,000 microfilm publications

• Oregon-California Trails Association - events, virtual tours, trail stories and other resources

• Oregon Trail Pioneers - emigrant lists, journal excerpts, stories, and research tips

• University of Idaho Special Collections - digital collections

Immigration Records:

• Castle Garden

• Ellis Island

Lineage Societies:

• Colonial Dames

• Daughters of the American Revolution

• Daughters of the British Empire - Idaho Chapter
• Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865 

• Mayflower Society

• National Huguenot Society

• Sons of Confederate Veterans

• Sons of the American Revolution

• Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War 

• United Daughters of the Confederacy

Preservation Tips:

• Northeast Document Conservation Center - technical leaflets discussing preservation and conservation of paper-based materials, including photographs

Professional Organizations:

• American Association for State and Local History - membership information, continuing education workshops, History News magazine, technical leaflets and video lending library, annual meeting information and links to related information

• Northwest Archivists - job listings, events, and continuing education opportunities for archivists

• Northwest Oral History Association - articles from recent newsletters, meeting and membership information.

• Oral History Association - articles from recent newsletters, meeting and membership information, order forms for a variety of helpful publications, links to other oral history organizations

• Society of American Archivists - news and position papers, employment bulletin, publications, meeting and membership information