The Attic

War Files
Genealogy Homepages
Cemeteries
Miscellaneous Genealogical Links

Yigal Rechtman has created a FAQ for Military Records Requests using Form 180.

Those who fought at The Alamo are listed here, courtesy of some researchers on Roots-L.

American Revolution

American Revolutionary War Soldiers.

American Revolution - Georgia.

American Revolution - Maryland Loyalists.

American Revolution - The Future Virginia.

The United States Civil War Center is provided by Louisiana State University.

Civil War Women is an on-line collection of Duke University.

The Texas State Library has a searchable library for those ancestors who might have applied for a Confederate Civil War Pension. If you find a match, you can order the Pension Application Form by e-mail.

The Electric Cemetery includes Civil War Union Soldiers Cemetery in Oklahoma City OK, Medal of Honor recipents buried in OK & KS, and more.

The National Park Service has taken on the project to put on the Web every person who fought in the Civil War. The first of these units is now available to search.

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

Record of Connecticut Men in the War of Rebellion 1861-1865, (includes surnames Judson, Parmelee, Dudley, and Kemp).

Fred Chasson would welcome any info on Zinkies you may have found on civil war gravestones (zinc placques).

You'll find just about everything you've ever wanted to know about the U.S. Naval Submarine Force at Subnet.

The U.S. Army Homepage has all kinds of data on units, etc.

Pearl Harbor Casualities lists the civilian and military people killed at Pearl Harbor.

State-Level Casualty Lists for the Korean Conflict, sorted Alphabetically by Last Name of Casualty

Looking for someone who is/was in the Service, try the Veterans Archive.

State-Level Casualty Lists for the Vietnam Conflict, sorted Alphabetically by Last Name of Casualty

Another searchable file for those who served in Vietnam is the Vietnam Memorial Wall file.

Cyndi Howells' list for those looking for Military Resources.

The Center of Military History has info on all Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War to the present, as well as info on Army Records, including the Continental Army.

My Family Roots contain the surnames Judson, Hine, Warner, Parmelee, Dudley, Porter, Ferguson and McLoon/MacLoon, Andrews, Kemp, Fish, Hildreth and Dolby, Barsh, Cutler, Cohen and Kessler.

If you've got a Kemp somewhere in your line, then I know the Kemp Family Association will be of interest to you.

For those of us with Hurlbuts (all spellings) in their line, John Hurlburt has over 7000 listings on his Hurlbut/Hurlburt Genealogy Page.

Visit Chris Gaunt's Genealogy Pages for more genealogy-related links.

My Root Diggin' Dept is where Janyce keeps genealogy links (Rummer, Harrington, Sandford, Stowell, Smith, Perrigo, Bentley, Fralick).

Jon Egge's homepage contains the surnames Laprath and Chenoweths.

Daryl's Place contains Genealogy for Farmer . Graham . Mathews . Wakefield & Whatley families.

Sutton Searcher is devoted to those researching the surname Sutton.

Dennis Armstrong's Atypical American Home will provide Armstrong genealogy.

The Lacy Family homepage.

Sharina Dennis' homepage has lots of genealogy info (Dennis and allied families).

Dale Karaff's genealogy (Karaff, Sisak, Schultz, Marcissa, Morehead, Dye, Ford).

Teresa Maro Rozich's Kimbell Family Online (Kimbell, Dorsey, Maro, Rozich).

Sharyn's Genealogy homepage has links and announcements (Marang and Dana).

Bonnie Strawn-Miller's Genealogical Journeys In Time has connections to the Strawn and Allied family lines.

Scott Williams' Williams Genealogy includes a database of Williams Ancestors.

The Tombstone Transcription Project - volunteers are transcribing tombstone inscriptions throughout the U.S. and are archiving these here as part of the U.S.GenWeb Project.

A number of people across the country are walking cemeteries. Check out the Cemetery Listing Association (CLA) ... we can always use more volunteers.

Speaking of walking cemeteries, Mills Cemetery located in Garland, TX, has been walked and recorded by myself and is now a published work. For information on purchasing this book, email the author or visit the Mills Cemetery site for a listing of surnames included.

Taken from both cemetery records and tombstones, you will find info on a number of people who repose at Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven, CT.

The Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid is a searchable database for Ontario, Canada.

To find a cemetery or city in the U.S., the GNIS Online Database Query Form is a good place to start. Key to form: Feature Name (leave blank); State (type in state); County (type in county); Feature Type (type in cemetery); will return a list of cemeteries in that county.

Marilyn Hoye has a listing for Shiloh Cemetery, Delta Co, Texas.

Tara Reynolds is putting Camden County, Georgia (and some Charlton County), cemeteries on line.

The Political Graveyard is a database of Cemeteries in the U.S. showing where politicians now repose. If any of your ancestors were in politics, you might want to check this web site out.

If you are trying to locate the name and address or telephone number of a funeral home, Funeral Net may have it.

Cyndi Howells' list of resources for those looking for Cemeteries, Funeral Homes & Obituaries.

Steve Lacy has a large listing of newspapers who have on-line obituaries.

RMS Titanic - Includes lists and bios of her passengers and crew.

Addie Morrissey has collected a number of Births, Death and Marriage record links (including my own).

The Obituary Links Page contains hundreds of links to online obituary resources, both current and archived, arranged by state and county. Secondarily, there are links to cemetery inscriptions, mortality schedules, marriage, birth, and death notices and recently, a section devoted to online surname obituary archives was added.

Relationship Chart - are they cousins or cousins once removed?

Hereditary Societies

Migration Trails

Infoseek has a program whereby you may create a map by just typing in the street/city address.

If you want to know How Far Is It from one place to another, with maps and directions, try this site.

1895 U.S. Atlas

Cyndi Howells' list of Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Inco.

Dick Eastman's newsletter is published weekly and contains all the latest news and information about what is going on in the genealogy world.

Cyndi Howells' list of Newspapers.

From Revolution to Reconstruction, is an HTML-hypertext on American History from the Colonial period until WW I.

The American Memory Collections (searchable) consists of material relating to American culture and history.

The Early America Review - a journal of people, issues, and events in 18th century America.

Passenger Lists, Genealogy, & Naturalization Papers on line.

Internet International Genealogical Society has both a web page and newsgroup.

Cyndi Howells has a huge list of Reference Sites which are a must see.

Cyndi Howells' list of LDS & Family History Centers.

Carrie's Crazy Quilt has a page for Adoptee Resources.

Cyndi Howells' list of Land Records, Deeds, Homesteads, Etc..

North American Witches and Witch Trials Compiled by I. Marc Carlson contains lists of names, dates and places.

Addie Morrissey has collected a number of Births, Death and Marriage record links (including my own).

The University of Hull in the UK has a great resource for those who can trace their lines to the Royal Houses of Europe

Cyndi Howells' list of Heraldry sites.

Hereditary Society Blue Book is the annual Who's Who or Social Register of Hereditary, Lineage, and Patriotic society leaders.

A good place to search for out-of-date books.

Higginson Book Company is now on-line with over 7,200 books in their catalog.

Boyd Publishing Catalog contains a list of historical and genealogical publications.

I use Family Origins for Windows genealogy program by Parsons Technology.

Cyndi Howells' Odds & Ends resource list.

Are you curious where other people with your same last name (surname) live in the United States ... then check out Surname Distribution.

MapBlast is great for creating site maps and directions.

Sample Blank Pedigree Chart & Family Group Sheet for use on Web pages written by Elaine Johnson.

My High School contains alumni directories and reunion info for high schools all over the United States.

And last, but certainly not least, facts about your Family Photos.

• Roots-L ... best known list; to subscribe send e-mail to roots-l-request@rootsweb.com (that's a small L, not a one) - in body say subscribe, nothing else.
• State, Area, or Surname Newsgroups ... Vicki's Newsgroup List
• State, Area, or Surname Newsgroups ... John's Newsgroup List
• GENCMP-L ... genealogy computer group; to subscribe send e-mail to listserv@mail.eWorld.com - in body say subscribe GENCMP-L firstname lastname, nothing else.
• CataList the catalog of LISTSERV lists/newsgroups has numerous genealogy e-mail newsgroups to subscribe to.
• Not a newsgroup, but a newsletter ... Dick Eastman's newsletter is published weekly and contains all the latest news in the genealogy world. For those without Internet connections, there is no charge to receive it by e-mail. To subscribe, send an e-mail to: subscribe@rootscomputing.com

Other Dolby Projects

I'd like to invite you to visit some of our other pages:

Kemp Family Association = For anyone, anywhere named Kemp
The Judson Family = For anyone, anywhere named Judson
Litchfield County, CT GenWeb Project = Includes the towns of Litchfield Co., Connecticut
New Haven County, CT GenWeb Project = Includes the towns of New Haven Co., Connecticut
Dallas County, TX GenWeb Project = Includes the towns of Dallas Co., Texas
Garland Genealogical Society = Located in Garland, Texas

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