Archive for the ‘Genealogy’ Category

• The British Newspaper Archive

• Obtaining EDs and streets for the 1910-1940 Census in One Step

• California Death Index 1940-1997

• California Birth Index – Free

• SimilarPages.com – Find similar websites

• SimilarSiteSearch.com – Find Similar Websites

• Company Director Check – free UK company director search

• Craigslist Alerts at List-Alert.com

• Open Status Search – Search Facebook without logging in

• Kurrently – A real-time search engine for Facebook and Twitter.

• Wolfram|Alpha: Computational Knowledge Engine

• DuckDuckGo Search Engine

• Users Guide and Form Letter for The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

The rest of my favorite links are here.

• AncestorSearch using Google Custom Search

• Security, Surveillance, GPS Tracking, Camera Systems, Spy Devices

• Lost, Unclaimed, Abandoned Assets

• "torrance" site:https://businessfilings.sos.ca.gov – Google Search

  Example of Ca SOS search by address, town, Agent or company name: "torrance" site:https://businessfilings.sos.ca.gov – Google Search Not all corporations are included.

• Historical newspapers and obituaries – free to search

• Newspaper Archives – fee

• Newspapers – Footnote – images – free to search

• Newspapers – search pages and images – free

• How can I see old posts on my Facebook wall?

• Lasting Memories – Palo Alto, Ca area obituaries

• Newswise: news for journalists

• Biznar: Deep Web Business Search

• GovSpeak: A Guide to Government Acronyms & Abbreviations

• IrfanView – graphic viewer

  Show EXIF/IPTC/Comment text

• blekko search engine review

• Federally-funded health centers

• FullShot Screen Capture

  "FullShot is a professional screen capture (print screen) application designed for any Windows user who needs an effortless, effective way to take screenshots of Windows screens."

• Screen Capture Elite :: Add-ons for Firefox

  "Screen Capture Elite lets you copy or save any visible, complete or selected region or a webpage and save it as a jpeg or png image file."

The rest of my favorite links are here.

• National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

  
  

• Military Installations – Facts and phone numbers

  
  

• Military Installations – APO FPO Addresses by Zip Code

  
  

• Links for Genealogy on the Internet

  
  

• Mocavo – Free Genealogy & Family Tree Search Engine

  
  

• Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs Acronym_Guide

  
  

• Reunion Planning: Family Reunions, Class Reunions, Military Reunion

  
  

• Data Mining: How Companies Know Your Personal Information

  
  

• Saferproducts.gov – Database of product recalls

  
  

• This Tract

The rest of my favorite links are here.

Those who research historical records – as I do for Quiet Title actions, family history and heir locates – will find the new California Voter Registrations – 1900-1968, supplied by Ancestry.com very helpful. You can search a name for free, but a subscription is required to view an image of the record.

The State of Connecticut Judicial Branch, Conviction & Bond Forfeiture Dispositions Criminal/Motor Vehicle database supplements the Pending Criminal Cases search.

The holdings and limitations are described at the site.

# Each Criminal And Motor Vehicle Charge Disposed On And After January 1, 2000 In Which The Court Disposition Was A Conviction Is Included

# Each Criminal And Motor Vehicle Charge In Which The Court Action Was Concluded By A Bond Forfeiture Order On And After January 1, 2000 Is Included

* A Motor Vehicle Matter Disposed By Way Of Bond Forfeiture Is Deemed A Conviction Pursuant To Connecticut General Statutes Section 14-1(a)(18)

# Youthful Offender And Juvenile Cases Are Not Displayed

# This Criminal History Record Information May Change Daily Due To Erasures, Corrections, Pardons, And Other Modifications To Individual Criminal History Record Information.

Identify civil surgeons who have been designated by the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services to perform medical exams on applicants. Search by state or zip code. Or search by name from a search engine with the query: name site:uscis.gov. Replace the word name with the personal name.

Find criminal and administrative actions against doctors at the Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control Program site. A search by last name or year returns name, location, date of arrest, conviction result, DEA registration status and a case summary. This database goes back to 2003. Search older registrant actions from a search engine with the query: name site:www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/.

The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Access to Archival Databases (NARA AAD) maintains searchable collections of government records and indexes online. The most popular are military: World War II Army Enlistment Records, Records on Korean War Dead and Wounded Army Casualties, Records of World War II Prisoners of War and Records with Unit Information on Military Personnel Who Died During the Vietnam War. The NARA AAD also has an index of historical Securities and Exchange Commission public companies – searchable by officer and director names and company names. This supplements (although the NARA doesn’t have the documents online) the free full text search in the EDGAR system at the SEC (which is only the past 4 years) and the header information in SEC filings (which goes to 1994).

View the short tutorial on searching the holdings of:

Proposed Sale of Unregistered Securities by Individuals, created, 1/4/1972 – 9/29/2000 and

Trading of Securities by Corporate Insiders, created, 7/11/1978 – 3/12/2001

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The New York Attorney General site, Project Sunlight, makes many New York State public records accessible in one search. Conduct a name search simultaneously through corporation, charities, lobbyist, financial contributions and state contracts databases.

U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925 have been collected together into one database that can be searched by name or date and other criteria. Ancestry.com has assembled this from U.S. government sources The images of original applications may include photographs, physical descriptions, country of origin, place of residence, travel companions, marriage status and affidavits of relatives.

Search the FamilySearch.org index of international birth, death and marriage records collected by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ProGenealogists collect links to international vital records that are searchable in online databases.