Williamsburg Links

GeneaNet is a great Web site for those with French ancestors. Launched in 1996, about two million members share more than 400 million entries for free in their Online Family Trees, Archival Records, Indexes, Family Pictures and Postcards. Numerous features are available to help genealogists in their research. The site offers free basic membership, plus a subscription Club Privilege that offers many extended search features. The subscription service includes the ability to download images of original documents from extensive civil and church records in France. Many members have uploaded searchable family trees that extend from France to the USA and all parts of the world. The site accepts US members and credit cards and can be viewed in English. The original records and many members are French, so some knowledge of the language is helpful, but not necessary.

Begun in 1860, the library collection contains over 300,000 volumes largely from the 18th and 19th centuries. Notable collection strengths are archaeology, British art and architecture, British and American history, biography, English and American literature, Romance languages and literature, Greek and Latin classics, history of science, geography, and exploration and travel including a large map collection.

This web site provides biographical information on Marylanders of German descent and information on German-related churches, cemeteries, societies, and heritage.

Located in Connecticut, the Godfrey Library has approximately 200,000 books and periodicals in its collection including: state and local histories, international resources, family histories, biographies, records by religious organizations, church records, funeral records, cemetery records, military records, maps, etc. The online Godfrey Scholar Program offers researchers access to a variety of databases from their home computer.

This two-part PDF publication by Ralph E. Eshelman and A. Douglas Rawlinson includes an inventory of 11,861 American Civil War veterans buried in 1,106 cemeteries in Maryland, plus illustrated historical information on Civil War burials in Maryland.

By Ralph E. Eshelman and A. Douglas Rawlinson, this inventory contains the names of more than 11,000 American Civil War veterans buried in 1,106 cemeteries in Maryland and more than 1,800 veterans who served in Maryland units who are buried outside of Maryland. The authors have made this work publicly available through the Maryland State Archives web site. Links to two PDFs are available: 1) a 122-page illustrated introduction, and 2) the 1,304-page inventory.

In 1838, Maryland's Jesuit priests sold hundreds of men, women, and children to Southern plantations to raise money for the construction of Georgetown University. Though they faced incredible hardship, most didn't perish. They married and raised children. Today, more than 8,000 of their descendants have been located through genealogical research. Use this site to search for an ancestor and to hear the stories of the descendants.

This list is an inventory of church and cemetery records available on microfilm at the library of the Maryland Center for History and Culture.

From the Maryland State Archives, this bibliography provides information on researching a number of immigrant groups, both in general and specifically in Maryland.

This 18-page guide by the Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC) provides an historical overview and a bibliography of material in the MCHC colllections.