nplove Land

• family history report for Eric's class, 1995
• old family photos

General websites about genealogy

• Familysearch.org one of the only free family history webpages. Search thru birth, marriage, and death records, US census, and create your family tree. (This page is created by the Church of JC of Latter-Day Saints.)


• Genealogy.com includes a search for ancestors, US census information, and passenger records. Access if free for 14 days, then you have to buy a subscription. However, you can build a free family tree or look at a celebrity tree.


• Genealogy.org Ancestry.com include marriage and death records, plus US census reports. Also free for 14 days, then you have to pay for a subscription.


• National Archives include immigration, military, naturalization and land records


• Answers about genealogy, like finding a coat of arms, the Mayflower passenger list, and how to search at Ellis Island are at http://www.genealogyspot.com/ask/


• All info about genealogy http://genealogy.allinfoabout.com/features/starting.html


• Cyndi's List http://www.cyndislist.com/kids.htm

Fun activities

• Making a family quilt
  http://familyfun.go.com/parenting/learn/activities/feature/famf0100famhistory/famf0100famhistory4.html


• Asking your parents about love
  http://childparenting.about.com/library/nlovehistory.htm


• Meanings on tombstones
  http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maggieoh/tomb.html


• US surname distribution
  http://www.hamrick.com/names/


• Preserving old photos
  http://www.genealogyspot.com/todo/photographs.htm

Coat of Arms

• Short list of names, just click on the section that your last name might be in


• You can order merchandise with your last name on it, like a flag, mug, or plaque :)


• then learn about what the Heraldry words on the coats of arms mean.

Medals

• from the National Archives, general information about military medals


• a list of Medal of Honor recipients


• search for more military information, like name and rank or personnel records