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People and Places

Ethnic Groups
This is a selected list of sites for specific ethnic groups for the purpose of illustrating the wealth of information currently available on the Internet. Please explore the megasites for more comprehensive coverage of a wide variety of ethnic groups. Print sources are available below.

African Americans (Christine’s Genealogical Website)
http://ccharity.com/
Includes primary and secondary sources, church records, research helplist, immigration and more.

The USF Africana Heritage Project
http://www.africanaheritage.com/
From the University of South Florida Africana Studies Department.  The Africana Heritage Project was begun in order to assist African Americans who are researching their family histories. Their mission is to rediscover those valuable records that document the names and lives of slaves, freedpersons, and their descendants.

German Genealogy
http://www.daddezio.com/germgen.html
This site by the creators of the Italian Genealogy site (see description below) focuses on German genealogy, but includes much more information.

 German Genealogy (from Genealogy.net)
http://www.genealogy.net/genealogy.html
This site includes regional resources, a translation service, societies, GeoServ (German city, town, or burg finder) and more.

 Irish and English Genealogy on the Web
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~websites/international/uk.html
Resources for the United Kingdom: Ireland, England and Scotland.

 Italian Genealogy
http://www.daddezio.com/italgen.html
Although this site focuses on Italian genealogy, it includes much more. Its Genealogy Hotline is an answer-oriented web site designed to help genealogists find resources for advancing their family research. Features include "you ask a question and we'll answer it", an index of over 10,000 surname queries, and an equally large amount of links to surname related web sites. In addition, you'll find a growing list of unique research databases and indexes all fully searchable by surname.

 JewishGen
http://www.jewishgen.org/
Jewish genealogical information and contacts including databases of meetings, families, publications, and other Internet sites. Includes the International Jewish Cemetery Project and a database of Jewish Civil War veterans plus the JewishGen Discussion Group and JewishGen Family Finder database.

Palatine & Pennsylvania-Dutch Genealogy
http://www.ruckel.com/home3.html
Includes information on locating Pennsylvania vital records, early Pennsylvania settlers, and surname researchers lists.

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Countries
This is a selected list of Internet sites for countries to illustrate the comprehensive information available on the Internet. Please consult the megasites for information on countries which have not been listed here.

Familia
http://www.familia.org.uk/
Family history resources in public libraries in Britain and Ireland.

 Federation of East European Family History Societies
http://feefhs.org/
The Pioneer Web Site for all Central and East European Genealogy since May 1995. Includes search engine, newsletter, and ethnic, regional, and national indexes plus an Internet journal and weekly news.

General Register Office for Scotland
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/registration/default.asp
"The General Register Office for Scotland is the UK Government department responsible for the registration of births, marriages, deaths, divorces and adoptions in Scotland, and for carrying out periodic censuses of Scotland's population."

National Archives of Ireland
 http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy/
A guide to the resources in the archives for individuals beginning a search on their family history.

Places (from Family Tree Maker)
http://www.genealogy.com/links/c/c-places-geographic.html
Comprehensive directory of sites with country information.

 UK and Ireland Genealogical Information Service (GENUKI)
http://www.genuki.org.uk/
"The aim of GENUKI is to serve as a "virtual reference library" of genealogical information that is of particular relevance to the UK & Ireland."

WorldGenWeb
http://www.worldgenweb.org/
"The goal of the WorldGenWeb Project is to have every country in the world represented by an online website and hosted by researchers who either live in their own country or who are familiar with their country's resources."

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States
This is a selected list of sites on the states.

North America Genealogy Resources
http://www.genhomepage.com/northamerican.html
Includes Canada and Mexico.

 RootsWeb Resources Organized by State
http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/usa.html
Also includes general U.S. resources.

State Home Pages: New Jersey
http://www.state.nj.us
Use the same format for any state (example: http://www.state.pa.us).

 USGenWeb Links to States
http://www.usgenweb.org/states/index.shtml

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Counties
This is a selected list of sites on counties.

U.S. Gazetteer
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
This gazetteer provided by the U.S. Census Bureau is used to identify places to view with the Tiger Map Server and obtain census data from the 1990 Census Lookup server. You can search for places or counties by entering the name and state abbreviation (optional), or 5-digit zip code.

Geographic Names Information System
http://geonames.usgs.gov/
Good source for finding the name of the county in which a town is located plus additional information.

New Jersey
This is a selected list of genealogical sites for New Jersey.

New Jersey (from Cyndi's List)
http://www.CyndisList.com/nj.htm

New Jersey (from Genealogy Sitefinder)
http://www.genealogy.com/links/c/c-places-geographic,united-states,new-jersey.html

New Jersey Genealogy (from the US GenWeb Project)
http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/NJ.html
Organized by county, this site also includes a link for New Jersey Genealogical Resources.

New Jersey State Library Genealogical Resources on the Web
http://www.njstatelib.org/Collections_and_Services/Genealogy/index.php

CourierPostonline
http://miva.courierpostonline.com/miva/cgi-bin/miva?obit.mv
This is the link for death notices back to January 1999 from the primary newspaper for Camden County, NJ.

Print sources available at the Camden County Library on people and places:

Finding Italian Roots
Colletta, John P. (Ref 929.1072 Col and 929.1072 Col)

Place-Name Changes 1900-91
Room, Adrian (Ref 910.3 Roo)

Tracing Your British Ancestors
Chapman, Colin R. (Ref 929.1072 Cha and 929.1072 Cha)

Tracing Your Irish Ancestors
Grenham, John (Ref 929.1072 Gre and 929.1072 Gre)

http://www.camdencountylibrary.org/pathfinders/people.htm
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