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A Beginner’s Guide to Getting Started in Genealogy Research
If you follow these 5 tips when getting started in genealogy research, you will have more success. These family history tips that will help you avoid the most common genealogy mistakes.
Archival Basics for Historical Repositories and Local Governments
Pennsylvania Historical Museum and Collection provide an overview of basic archival concepts for those who work or volunteer with historical records but are unfamiliar with best practices for preserving and providing access to the treasures in their collection.
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
This volume about Bosque County includes introductory material about the history and geography of the area, community histories, and family histories with genealogical information. Index starts on page 788.
The Clifton Record is a historical Clifton newspaper which dates from 1905. Many families and local organizations and societies are look for historical and genealogical information only found in the early issues of The Clifton Record. These newspapers mirror the past—activities, events, moral and social customs, fashion, commerce, and politics. Researchers, genealogists, and students can find these digitized documents of great benefit. Having these newspapers digitized benefits all who seek historical or genealogical information
Chronicling America is a free online newspaper resource with access to digitized newspapers from 1756-1963. Chronicling America (ISSN 2475-2703) is a Website providing access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages, and is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). NDNP, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress (LC), is a long-term effort to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages. Supported by NEH, this rich digital resource will be developed and permanently maintained at the Library of Congress. An NEH award program will fund the contribution of content from, eventually, all U.S. states and territories.
FamilySearch.org: 5 Tips for Free Genealogy Research (2020)
In this video, I show you my five favorite ways to do genealogy research in 2020 on the totally free website FamilySearch.org, but I also show you how I use these FamilySearch tools together to maximize your results.
HathiTrust Digital Library is a digital preservation repository and highly functional access platform. They provide long-term preservation and access services to digitized content from a variety of sources, including Google, the Internet Archive, Microsoft, and in-house member institution initiatives. Items in the public domain are in full-view for everyone and items held in copyright are searchable.
With the earliest paper issued in 1886, these papers were preserved through a Tocker Foundation grant. Founded in 1854 in Bosque County, the town was named for the 98th meridian, which was incorrectly believed to pass nearby.
Periodical Source Index (PERSI) Surname Search
PERSI is the premier subject index for genealogy and local history periodicals, and is produced by the staff of The Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library. This valuable resource provides more than 3.1 million citations to readily-available periodical sources.
TXSGS Stirpes Volumes 1961-1990
This quarterly journal dates from 1961 to 1990. It contains unpublished records and other materials whose purpose is to stimulate and support the research and teaching of genealogy.
The Valley Mills Progress has served the community of Valley Mills, Texas since 1989. Valley Mills is located in Bosque and McClennan counties near the Bosque River. The city takes its name from a flour mill built on the Bosque River in Bosque County in 1867. In 1882, a cyclone destroyed many of the buildings in the original townsite. Following the cyclone, residents moved to the other side of the river to rebuild, thus extending the town into McClennan County. The city was incorporated in 1896.