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ResearchingYourFamily HistoryA guide to genealogical resources online and at the Burlington Public Library |
Online Databases
Links to these databases can be found at www.burlingtonpubliclibrary.org. Under the green research button, click databases.
HeritageQuest Online-
Remote access for Burlington card holders only.
American genealogical information beginning in the late 1700s. Includes tax lists, city directories, Freedman’s Bank records, Revolutionary War era records and more.
Ancestry Library Edition
In library access only
Genealogy information including U.S. Census Records from 1790 to 1930, immigration records, birth/ death/ marriage records, and much more.
Online Tutorials
- Researching your family tree – www.learnwebskills.com
- WorldCat focus on: genealogy -- www.oclc.org/worldcat/genealogy/tutorial.htm
Web Sites
- Cyndi’s List -- www.cyndislist.com
- USGenWeb Project -- www.usgenweb.org
- Dear Myrtle-- www.dearmyrtle.com
- About.com: Genealogy -- genealogy.about.com
- RootsWeb – www.rootsweb.ancestry.com
- Family Search – www.familysearch.org
- Genealogy Today – www.genealogytoday.com
- National Archives: Genealogy – www.archives.gov/genealogy/
- Distant Cousin – www.distantcousin.com
- ROOTS-L -- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/roots-l/
- GEN-NEWBIE-L -- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~newbie/
- LDS-GENEALOGY-L -- http://members.tripod.com/~Genealogy_Infocenter/ldsgen-list.html
- GenRing--http://www.webring.org/hub?ring=genring
- Genealogy World --http://www.webring.org/hub?ring=gwrldring
- GenealogyBlog -- http://genealogyblog.com
- Genealogy Helper –-http://www.genhelp.org
- Geneally –- http://www.geneally.com/
- Cousin Connect –- http://www.cousinconnect.com
- GenForum -- http://genforum.genealogy.com/
- Ancestry.com Message Boards – http://boards.ancestry.com
- Early vital records of the Commonwealth to about 1850 -- HIST COLL CD-ROM 929.1 EAR
- Burlington past and present/articles by John Ed Fogelberg – REF CD 974.4BUR
- Family Tree Maker Massachusetts genealogical records 1600s to 1800s -- CD-ROM 929.1 FAM
- Family Tree Maker marriage index Massachusetts 1633 - 1850 -- HIST COLL CD-ROM 929.1 FAM
- The official guide to Ancestry.com/George Morgan --REF 929.1 MOR
- Plugging into your past: how to find real family history records online/Rick Crume -- 929.1 CRU
- Genealogy online/Elizabeth Powell Crowe -- REF 929.1 CRO
- Genealogy online for dummies/Matthew Helm and April Leigh Helm -- 929.1 HEL
- The genealogist’s computer companion/Rhonda R. McClure -- 929.2 MCC
- Family Tree Maker for dummies/ Matthew Helm and April Leigh Helm -- 929.1 HEL
- Genealogy for the first time: research your family history/Laura Best -- 929.1 BES
- The researcher’s guide to American genealogy/Val D. Greenwood -- 929.1 GRE
- Locating lost family members & friends/Kathleen W. Hinckley -- 929.1 HIN
- The genealogy sourcebook/Sharon DeBartolo Carmack -- 929.1 CAR
- Who do you think you are?/Megan Smolenyak – 929.1 SMO
- New England court records: a research guide for genealogists and historians/Diane Rapaport -- REF 929.1 RAP
- The genealogist’s companion and sourcebook/Emily Anne Croom -- REF 929.1 CRO
- Family Tree resource book for genealogists/ed. by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack and Erin Nevius—REF 929.1 FAM
- The source: a guidebook of American genealogy/ed. by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking -- REF 929.1 SOU
- Guide to genealogical research in the National Archives of the United States/NARA – REF 929.1 GUI
Online Mailing Lists
There are thousands of online genealogy mailing lists (listservs). Here are a few general interest lists:
Web Rings, Message Boards and Weblogs (Blogs)
Web rings are interconnected sites on a particular topic. Weblogs are online journals written by individuals. Message boards are sites where people post queries and others provide possible answers. Sites will vary in quality and may contain commercial content.
A lengthy list of genealogy blogs and their descriptions can be found at About.com: Genealogy http://genealogy.about.com/od/blogs/Genealogy_Blogs_Bloggers.htm
CD-ROMs
Miles Historical Room
The Burlington Public Library’s local history collection contains resources related specifically to the Town of Burlington and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. These materials may be used in the library only. Please see the reference librarian on the second floor for access.
Municipal Archives
The Town of Burlington Archives contains local municipal records, including vital records, and an image collection of over 500 historic photos and images of Burlington and its people. It is located in Town Hall at 29 Center Street.
Phone: 781-270-1604
www.burlington.org/clerk/archives/
Since Burlington was originally part of Woburn, some information on the early history of Burlington can be found at the Woburn City Clerk’s office or the Woburn Public Library.
Woburn City Clerk - http://ma-woburn.civicplus.com/index.asp?NID=97
Woburn Public Library -- http://www.woburnpubliclibrary.org/
Books
Using Your Computer for Genealogy
General
Reference Books (in-library use only)
updated 8/2010
