Chasing Dead Ancestors

Researching Online Week 2

Written By: mic - Jan• 24•21

Dallas Area Libraries With Genealogical Collections

Dallas Public Library http://catalog.dallaslibrary.org/polaris/search/misc/esources.aspx

Plano Public Library https://content.civicplus.com/api/assets/9a077bab-5e3d-4702-a027-d4107816628d

Farmers Branch Library https://farmersbranch.librarycatalog.info/polaris/Search/misc/esources.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&Category=52

Carrollton Public Library https://innovative.cityofcarrollton.com/screens/resources_genealogy.html

Richardson Public Library https://rson.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default

Mesquite Public Library https://www.cityofmesquite.com/577/Genealogy

Online Databases at Local Libraries

American Ancestors- At Dallas Public- In-Library Only New England History and Genealogical Society

America’s Genealogy Bank http://infoweb.newsbank.com/gbnl/

America’s Obituaries and Death Notices https://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/?p=OBIT

Ancestry Library Edition- Free at Home til at least March 31, 2021

Bibliography of Native North Americans
A bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. The database is an essential research tool for anthropologists, educators, historians, political scientists, sociologists, psychologists, legal and medical researchers, linguists, theologians, ethnobotanists, and policy makers.

e-books and Journals (Some of the links below do not work- The purpose of the links is for you to see what the database is about. You will need to access the database using your own library website and library card.

cloudLibrary (eAudiobooks)
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
EBSCOhost (all EBSCO)
JSTOR
OverDrive
PressReader (Current Dallas Morning News – issues available for 90 days)
ProQuest Ebook Central – eLibro and SciTech collections
Zinio (See Flipster)

Fold 3- Military, Census, Dawes Rolls and more. You likely will be able to access from home after logging in with your library card

Handbook of Texas History
 A multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture with over 23,000 articles.

Heritage Quest https://hqrl.com/
HeritageQuest Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources. Contains U.S. census records, an index to Revolutionary War records, books, and articles from genealogical and historical magazines. This website is likely accessable at home after logging into your library with your library card

History Geo https://www.historygeo.com/

Newspaper Archive -DGS Donation to DPL https://access.newspaperarchive.com/aboutus/

Reference Solutions(Formerly Reference USA) http://www.referenceusa.com/Home/Home

Texas Digital Sanborn Maps
Delivers detailed property and land-use records that depict the grid of everyday life in more than 12,000 U.S. towns and cities across a century of change. Combined with other sources such as city directories, photographs, small-scale maps, census records, genealogies, and statistical data, Sanborn maps provide an unparalleled picture of life in American towns and cities.

Texas Reference Center
The database is comprised of periodicals, reference books, reports, and other content relevant to the state. Texas Reference Center contains 30 full text periodicals, 100 full text reference books, several Texas newspapers, and much more. Examples of titles offered include: Best in Texas, Texas Business Review, Texas Education Review, Texas Journal of Women & the Law, Texas Monthly, and many more

Tex-Share Databases TexShare Library of Texas is an extensive collection of databases which gives users the opportunity to access full-text articles in encyclopedias, almanacs, reference books, journals, newspapers, and electronic books. Databases include Ebsco MasterFile and Academic Search, Heritage Quest Online, Texas Digital Sanborn Maps, Ebsco Consumer Health Complete, Gale Literature Resources Center, InfoTrac Custom Newspapers, and Net Library. You will need a login and password, which you may request from a reference librarian.

Worldcat/First Search.org Learn locations of books, articles, journals, dissertations, etc https://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/FSPrefs?entityjsdetect=:javascript=true:screensize=large:sessionid=fsap05pxm1-1680-kkbuw2sg-yt5swg:entitypagenum=1:0

10 Things You Need To Know About Copyright

https://genealogybargains.s3.amazonaws.com/10+Things+You+Need+to+Know+about+Copyright+and+Genealogy.pdf

Finding Books Online

Other than libraries several places come to mind most are listed on Cyndislist.com at https://cyndislist.com/books/ebooks/

Places like Amazon Books, Google Books, Hathi Trust, Genealogy Bank, Family Search, Heritage Quest, Internet Archives, https://genealogical.com/

Online Comments This Week About DNA

Finally saved enough money to get a kit! Which one does everyone recommend? 23&me? Ancestry? Hurry I’m so excited I wanna start this process! 

I have a sister I’m looking for.did a ancestry dna no luck.what else am I to do. I am losing hope.

Is GEDmatch overwhelming or is it just me 

Is it safe to buy a UNUSED ancestry dna kit from eBay? Will it still work?

It’s MUCH CHEAPER then buying direct

Is there a way to call ancestry so you can speak to somebody from United States. Because I don’t understand their English

Patrick Murphy the VikingP


You may also enjoy: I AM a Viking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrWwpzYOrRI

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