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Genetics

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My Family Health Portrait Document your family’s health history with free software from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Genomics – Family Health History Designed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this site is a compilation of family history tools and guidelines, including fact sheets, a podcast, and much more to help you understand your health risks.

Family Reunion Organizer Use these materials at your next family reunion to help your family members learn why family health history is important and how to collect theirs.

Databases

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Remote Access Databases – These database resources can be accessed outside the library by the method or methods indicated.

Heritage Quest

Available remotely through TexShare – obtain password from Reference Librarian at the Georgetown Public Library or access from the GPL catalog page using your library card number.

Texas Digital Sanborn Maps

Available remotely through TexShare – obtain password from Reference Librarian at the Georgetown Public Library or access from the GPL catalog page using your library card number.

In House Access Databases – These database resources can only be accessed at the library by the method or methods indicated.

NewEnglandAncestors.org

In addition to an extensive collection of resources for New England and New York, the New England Historical Genealogical Society offers a large collection of materials covering not only the rest of the United States but Canada and Europe as well. You will find more than 2,400 searchable databases containing over 110 million names. NewEnglandAncestors.org has been cited as one of the 101 Best Websites for researchers by Family Tree Magazine. Click here

Ancestry® Library Edition

This collection has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index (over 200 volumes); Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage (over 150 volumes); The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630; Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War collection. Ancestry Library Edition updates continually, with more indexes and original images added all the time. Click here

Obituary Info

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National Obituary Archive (NOA)

Genealogy on the Web

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Guidelines for Publishing Web Pages on the Internet

Digital Collections

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Google Book Search

Library of Congress American Memory

Digital Quaker Collection – Earlham School of Religion

Documenting the American South

University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Historical Map Collection

Cemetery Information

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Cemeteries in Williamson County at PODUNK

Texas Historical Commission Atlas

Cemeteries in Williamson County, TX

Williamson County Digital Cemeteries Project

Interment Net – Cemeteries of Williamson County, TX

Department of Veterans Affairs Nationwide Gravesite Locator Search for burial locations of veterans and their family members in VA National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, various other military and Department of Interior cemeteries, and for veterans buried in private cemeteries when the grave is marked with a government grave marker.

American Battle Monuments Commission Searchable databases include: interments at American WWI and WWII cemeteries overseas; names on Tablets of the Missing within the cemeteries and three memorials in the U.S.; casualities of the Korean War; war dead and veterans of the Mexican War, Civil War, and the Spanish-American War buried at the ABMC cemeteries in Corozal, Panama, and Mexico City; the Vietnam War Missing memorialized at the Honolulu Memorial; and all interments at Corozal, including civilians who built and operated the Panama Canal.

Cape Cod Gravestones Searchable database of 17th, 18th, and 19th Century gravestones in cemeteries throughout Barnstable county, Massachusetts. This site also includes information on gravestone carvers and styles of carving.

Find a Grave This is a searchable database of over 28 million grave records.

Genealogy Blogs, etc.

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Geni.com This is a genealogy-based social networking web site. Users enter their biographical information to create their personal family tree, then invite family members to join. Family tree information is only available to members of the tree.

Geni.com Blog Contains tips on using geni.com, plus news and information about the web site. Postings also include hints on doing your own genealogical research.