Genealogy

Surname Navigator : http://www.kuijsten.de/navigator/ - SUPER way to do a quick surname survey Another - ExpertGenealogy Websearch Wizard : http://expertgenealogy.com/websearch/ The pre-eminent Rootsweb Surname List : http://rsl.rootsweb.com -- don't just search it, also list your surnames! GEDCOM index : http://www.gedcomindex.com/ Linkpendium's Surnames - Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname: http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/sur/ TNG Network Search for Names : http://tngnetwork.lythgoes.net/index.php UK Office of National Statistics database of surnames in use in England, Wales and the Isle of Man , September 2002: http://www.taliesin-arlein.net/names/search.php Surname Profiler: The Geography of British Names : http://www.spatial-literacy.org/index.php?p=familyname Online English Names Directory : http://www.list.jaunay.com/engnames/ Yournotme.com , also UK, 2001: http://www.yournotme.com . You can leave messages on this sit...

Start at http://familysearch.org . Click the SEARCH tab, and then the Family History Library Catalog tab, or bypass the first two steps by going directly to: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Not all browsers will load an .asp page directly, so I give the alternate steps. Once you are there, click Place Search , then type the name of the village in the top box. Leave the bottom box empty. Once you get the results, be sure to investigate all the possible good options. If you want to keep that original results page open, right-click on the various options given, and choose to open in a new tab or new window. That helps me keep organized! Once you get a list of what is available, there are a couple of interesting options that many people overlook. I put in "strasbourg" as an example, and here are the results: Place France, Bas-Rhin, Strasbourg References (Use for) France, Bas-Rhin, La Robertsau Topics France, Bas-Rhin, Strasbourg - Archives and...