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Genealogy Bibliography & Web Sites

Announcing New Genealogical Books!

Portsmouth Free Public Library received a collection of genealogical books from the Rhode Island Genealogical Society (RIGS). RIGS actively works to unite genealogists, historians, archivists, and others professing an interest in investigating their ancestors. As part of their mission, this collection of genealogical information is on permanent loan to the Library.

Included in the collection are several genealogies of local families. A few of the titles are: Arthur Aylesworth and His Descendants; Rhode Island Roots; Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island; The Coggeshalls in America; Dyer Ancestry.

These books are available for library use only and may not be checked out although pages may be photocopied. A lot of this collection deals with Mayflower ancestors and could be really helpful for family research. The reference staff will be glad to help.

Genealogy Web Sites

Adoption Records http://www.peoplespot.com/records/adoption.htm?newslib	Tons of links to adoption sites.
Archive CD Books Project http://www.rod-neep.co.uk/	The Archive CD Books Project exists to make reproductions of old books, documents and maps available on CD to genealogists and historians. There are census enumerators books for many counties in England & Wales.
Cemetery Records http://www.peoplespot.com/records/cemeteries.htm	Over 2.5 million grave records.
Cyndi's List http://www.cyndislist.com/	More than 240,000 links to genealogical sites
Distant Cousin http://www.distantcousin.com/	Links to passenger ship lists, city directories, and more
Family History Centers http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp	Access to most of the microfilms and microfiche in the Family History Library to help patrons identify their ancestors. Everyone is welcome to come to the centers and use Family History Center resources.
JewishGen http://www.jewishgen.org/	Primary internet source connecting researchers of Jewish genealogy worldwide
Kindred Trails http://www.kindredtrails.com/rhode_island.html	Worldwide genealogy resources - this link goes directly to Rhode Island sites.
Librarians Serving Genealogists http://www.jewishgen.org/	Organization formed to help librarians serve genealogy patrons
National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy/index.html	The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent federal agency that preserves our nation's history and defines us as a people by overseeing the management of all federal records.
Obituaries Online http://www.peoplespot.com/records/obituaries.htm?newslib	Over 1,000 recent obituaries and links to obituaries from Canada, U.S. and the U.K.
Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com/	Rootsweb offers a surname search, a link to the Social Security Death Index and other free record searches.
Vital Records http://www.vitalrec.com/	This page contains information about where to obtain vital records (such as birth, death & marriage certificates and divorce decrees) from each state, territory and county of the United States.
R.I. Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/cemetery/	The Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project was begun by genealogists in 1990 with the goal of entering all known transcriptions of cemeteries in RI into a database (phase 1), then sending volunteers into the field with a printout to see which stones were still there and whether they were correctly transcribed (phase 2). The cemeteries and the listings are primarily 1647-1900.