Las Vegas Nevada FamilySearch Center/Links

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= Research-Area =

FamilySearch Wiki  - https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Main_Page BYU Research Outlines  - http://lib.byu.edu/sites/familyhistory/research_outlines/ USGenweb.org  - http://usgenweb.org/ WorldGenWeb.org   - http://www.worldgenweb.org/ UK &amp; Ireland  - http://www.genuki.org.uk/ FamilySearch Library catalog  - https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog Genealogy Sleuth  - http://www.progenealogists.com/genealogysleuthb.htm Germanroots.com  - http://www.germanroots.com/ Maps - http://www.n2genealogy.com/ State libraries  - http://www.publiclibraries.com/state_library.htm State archives  - http://www.statearchivists.org/states.htm State &amp; local genealogical &amp; historical societies - http://www.usgennet.org/socadmin/

= Research-Ancestors =

New.familysearch.org- includes church records, Pedigree Resource File, Ancestral File, Temple work, and IGI https://new.familysearch.org/en/action/unsec/welcome Start at FamilySearch.org  https://familysearch.org/ Historical records. Scroll down and click on region or All Records Collections. Use left side to filter types of records, time periods and places. SSDI FamilySearch.org-Click All Record Collections and type in search box Social Security to bring up-SSDI (to find those who died since 1967-some earlier records can be found) Heritage Quest-Clark County Library http://lvccld.org Rest cursor over Find Information and click on drop down-Databases A-Z. On page click F-H and last HeritageQuest -will need a library card and pin # to access at home. Only indexed by heads of household. Census Finder http://www.censusfinder.com/index.htm  to help find free online census for federal and state City Directories  http://uscitydirectories.com/ Cemetery Records Online http://interment.net  VA Cemeteries  http://www.cem.va.gov/  Death Indexes http://www.deathindexes.com Find A Grave  http://www.findagrave.com Find County  with city/state information  http://www.getzips.com/city.htm  or http://resources.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cig-bin/townco.cgi  type in town/city name and state to find present county. GEDCOM Index http://www.gedcomindex.com/  to search GEDCOM files for your surname Immigration  http://www.ellisisland.org/  and  http://www.castlegarden.org/  and http://immigrants.byu.edu/  which contains 60,000 names from the British Isles, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Italy Obituary Search http://www.obitlinkspage.com OneStep Find Steve Moorse  http://www.stevemorse.org/ Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Rootsweb Free Pages http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/directory/ Sleuth US http://www.progenealogists.com/genealogysleuthb.htm Sleuth World http://www.progenealogists.com/genealogysleuthi.htm SURNAME Search http://searchforancestors.com/quicksearch &amp; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ &amp; http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/ http://www.surnamesearchutility.com/ Temple http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/codes/ ROAGK http://raogk.com/ Where to order vital records  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w.htm World Bride  http://www.brideindex.info/ World Connect http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi global search

= Using Google =

Genealogy Searcher: http://www.searchforancestors.com/google/searcher.html Genealogy Searcher 2: http://www.searchforancestors.com/google/booksearcher.html Search Google for your family tree: http://www.genealogy-search-help.com/index.html Google Translate http://translate.google.com/# Dictionary Translater  http://translate.reference.com/

= Classes/Training =

Getting Started 4 Lessons with downloadable handouts https://www.familysearch.org/learn/getting_started Research courses: FamilySearch.org-Click on Learn, scroll down and click on Research Courses. https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/home.html Midwest Genealogy Center Online Presentations. http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy/online-presentations Learn web skills with demos, practice and practical links http://www.learnwebskills.com/family/intro.html Learning center @ Ancestry http://learn.ancestry.com/home/hmlnd.aspx Using FHL Version of Ancestry https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/the-new-search-system-in-the-family-history-library-edition-of-ancestry-com/27 Learning to use Footnote now called Fold3.com http://www.fold3.com/page/1176_footnote_search_tips/ Clark County National Genealogy Society http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nvccngs/