Muscatine Iowa FamilySearch Center/Center Resources

FamilySearch Research Wiki
FamilySearch Research Wiki Video  A comprehensive video presentation explaining the Wiki, navigating it, and some especially useful pages. Case studies demonstrate using the Wiki for genealogical research. Editing and adding articles to the Wiki are covered.

Premium Online Genealogical Sites
FamilySearch Center Portal: The Center's computers provide free access to many premium family history websites that generally require a subscription fee. These include:
 * 19th Century British Library Newspapers - This fully searchable database of the British Library's newspaper holdings provides a complete run of 48 national and regional Victorian British newspapers for the 19th century from 1800 to 1900. These support the study of colonial history, genealogical research, politics, urban studies, and media courses.
 * Alexander Street Press – The America Civil War
 * Research Data: Contains indexed, searchable information on over 4 million soldiers and thousands of battles, together with 15,000 photographs. The database has thousands of regimental rosters and officer profiles. It includes a record for virtually every soldier who served in the war. There are descriptions of thousands of battles, with detailed multi-page battle orders and reports for significant battles such as Shiloh, Antietam, and Gettysburg.
 * Letters and Diaries - Contains 2,009 authors and approximately 100,000 pages of diaries, letters and memoirs. It is indexed. Each source has been carefully chosen using leading bibliographies.
 * Images of the American Civil War - Provides a vivid visual history of a nation in crisis. Thousands of dramatic images from the fields of battle, the home front, politics, and general society. The database currently holds over 12,200 images.
 * Social and Cultural History - Personal accounts of well-known historical figures.
 * Women and Social Movements in the United States
 * American Ancestors - Created by the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), America's founding genealogical organization, American Ancestors is the portal to the nation's leading resource for the highest-quality, comprehensive family history services. Access millions of exclusive and sought-after records online. Explore the largest collection of original family history research materials in America.
 * Ancestry FamilySearch Library Edition – This site has 10+ billion records. Access to thousands of collections of records from around the world, including immigration, census, voter, vital, and military records; newspapers and periodicals; family trees; photos and images; directories, maps, court records, land records, wills and financial records, stories, memories, and histories; and detailed records about births, marriages, deaths, land ownership, and much more.
 * ArkivDigital Online – It is the largest private provider of Swedish Church Records and other historical records online! All images are newly photographed color images of the original documents.
 * FamNet - The online Family history network for New Zealand roots.
 * Findmypast – Search indexes for England and Wales, parish registers, death duty registers, passport applications, passenger lists leaving UK, 1841 through 1911, censuses, and military records.Search census records and trace births, marriages, and deaths to bring your family history to life. Please note that not all of the content from Findmypast is available in FamilySearch centers.
 * Fold 3 – The Fold3 name reflects military history and honor, since traditionally, the third fold in a flag-folding ceremony honors and remembers veterans for their sacrifice in defending their country and promoting peace in the world.
 * Search or browse millions of historical documents and photos. Fold3 has refocused their efforts on gathering the best online collection of military records and stories.
 * Resources cover colonial to mid-1900s US records. Includes some census records, vital records, photos, city directories, newspapers, town records, naturalizations, Revolutionary War records and Civil war and later military indexes, World War II "Old man's Draft" Cards, War of 1812 Pension Files, Mexican War Service Records, World War I. Officer Experience Reports, and Confederate Casualty Reports.
 * Geneanet - The first site dedicated to genealogy in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Germany. The Geneanet community has 2 million members who exchange genealogical information.
 * My Heritage - Library Edition. A family tree program. Some searchable records.
 * NewspaperArchive — NewspaperArchive is the world's largest online newspaper archive. Featuring billions of articles from historical newspapers around the U.S. and the world. Discover fascinating news in archived newspapers hundreds of years old—including obituaries, birth announcements, sports articles, comics, and more. Fully searchable.

Hardware and Equipment

 * ''4 computers
 * 1 printer/scanner