The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy by Kimberly Powell

Author:Kimberly Powell
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4405-7069-8
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2014-10-09T16:00:00+00:00

One of the largest sources of transcribed and/or indexed church records online is the International Genealogical Index (IGI) at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/igi/), which includes millions of extracted church records, primarily baptisms and marriages, from the 1500s to 1885. While you can search the IGI on its own, FamilySearch has incorporated the transcribed IGI records into its Historical Records collection, supplementing many of them with additional records and digital images. The USGenWeb Archives Church Records Project (www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usgenweb/churches/) hosts transcribed membership lists, church bulletins, church minutes, and records of baptisms, marriages, and burials submitted by volunteers. Most of the transcribed records are from the 1700s and early 1800s. Subscription genealogy sites such as Genealogy Today (www.genealogytoday.com) and Ancestry.com include databases such as church member lists, registers, and histories. An online search such as church records oakdale pennsylvania may turn up online databases, church histories, or other resources for church records in your locality of interest.

Even in the many cases where the actual church records are not online, you can do a lot of the background research on the Internet. The Family History Library has microfilmed records for many denominations, which you can learn about by doing a place search in the online Family History Library Catalog. The websites for regional and national headquarters for many denominations offer information on the availability of records for family history research, as well as online directories of churches, parishes, or synagogues. A search such as researching methodist ancestors can point to several helpful research guides.

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