Las Vegas Nevada FSL/Links

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Research-Area
FamilySearch Wiki - wiki.familysearch.org https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Main_Page BYU family history http://lib.byu.edu/sites/familyhistory Click on the Alphabetical list-find the area your ancestors are from and see what is available. Left column-towards bottom Print Forms &amp; Research Helps; PDFs ie.-pedigree charts &amp; family group sheets. Also Research Outlines for areas throughout the US and world in PDF format (need acrobat reader-free) USGenweb.org http://usgenweb.org/ Select state and then county to see the records available-all done by volunteers WorldGenWeb.org http://www.worldgenweb.org/ Same as above, but worldwide UK &amp; Ireland http://www.genuki.org.uk/ FamilySearch Library catalog https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog - Can search by Place, Surname, Keyword, Title, Film/Microfiche, Author, Subject and Call Number Searches Genteach.com http://members.cox.net/genteach/ quick links to many genealogy websites Germanroots.com (US research also) use to be ~wee monster http://www.germanroots.com/ Maps http://www.n2genealogy.com/ at left: Atlas &amp; Maps scroll to fine State &amp; County Maps-click, Select state, scroll to find the year and see how the counties were formed over the years. State libraries http://www.publiclibraries.com/state_library.htm State archives websites http://www.statearchivists.org/states.htm State &amp; local genealogical &amp; historical societies http://www.usgennet.org/socadmin/

Research-Ancestors
New.familysearch.org- includes church records, Pedigree Resource File, Ancestral File, Temple work, and IGI https://new.familysearch.org/en/action/unsec/welcome

Start at FamilySearch.org 

SSDI 

Heritage Quest-Clark County Library http://lvccld.org Rest cursor over Find Information and click on drop down-Databases A-Z. On page click F-H and last HeritageQuest -will need a library card and pin # Only indexed by heads of household

Census Finder http://www.censusfinder.com/index.htm  to help find free online census for federal and state

City Directories http://uscitydirectories.com/

Cemetery Records Online  http://interment.net VA Cemeteries  http://www.cem.va.gov/

Death Indexes  http://www.deathindexes.com

Find A Grave  http://www.findagrave.com

Find County with city/state information  http://www.getzips.com/city.htm  or http://resources.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cig-bin/townco.cgi  type in town/city name and state to find present county.

GEDCOM Index http://www.gedcomindex.com/  to search GEDCOM files for your surname

Immigration http://www.ellisisland.org/  and  http://www.castlegarden.org/  and http://immigrants.byu.edu/  which contains 60,000 names from the British Isles, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Italy

Obituary Search  http://www.obitlinkspage.com

OneStep Find Steve Moorse http://www.stevemorse.org/

Rootsweb  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

Rootsweb Free Pages 

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Temple 

ROAGK http://raogk.com/

Where to order vital records http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w.htm

World Bride http://www.brideindex.info/

World Connect http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi global search

Using Google
Genealogy Searcher: http://www.searchforancestors.com/google/searcher.html Genealogy Searcher 2: http://www.searchforancestors.com/google/booksearcher.html Search Google for your family tree: http://www.genealogy-search-help.com/index.html Google Translate http://translate.google.com/# Dictionary Translater  http://translate.reference.com/

Classes/Training
Research courses: FamilySearch.org-Click on Learn, scroll down and click on Research Courses. https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/home.html Midwest Genealogy Center Online Presentations. http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy/online-presentations Learn web skills with demos, practice and practical links http://www.learnwebskills.com/family/intro.html Learning center @ Ancestry http://learn.ancestry.com/home/hmlnd.aspx

Clark County National Genealogy Society http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nvccngs/