This post shows links included in the handout, April 11, 2007 B.C.G.S. U.S. Special Interest session in which I compared my recent experiences with both Footnote.com & GenealogyBank.com in searching for MCKILLIP, MARTIN and SKYLES relatives in and near Altoona, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
GenealogyBank.com—currently all U.S. content; $ website
(many yearly offers e.g. $119.95 yr; or $19.95 monthly US$)
From NewsBank Inc., with co-operation from the American Antiquarian Society.
Historical newspapers, 1690-1977 (81.3 million articles), historical books, 1801-1900 (11,700--sermons, advertising cards, concert playbills) & historical documents, 1789-1980 (American State Papers, U.S. Serial Set), obituaries, 1977 on (23.6 million), Social Security Death Index, 1937 on (updated weekly)
Website: http://www.genealogybank.com
Footnote.com—currently all U. S. content; $ website
Some content free. ($99 per year or 9.99 per month; or $1.99 each premium image. US$)
With newly digitized original documents (over 4.5 million pages) from National Archives of the U.S.A. (viewable free at the Archives in Washington & regional centres); & an non-exclusive agreement. NARA will make images viewable free on-line in 5 years. Examples: Blue Book Project (U.F.O.s) & Pennsylvania Archives publications, free; Civil War Pension Index; Lincoln Assassination Papers; Naturalization indexes, Photos Fine Arts Commission (includes WW I & II cemeteries). Must be 13 years old; 13-18 year olds require parental consent.
Also user submitted content---comments, annotations, photographs, web pages
Website: http://www.footnote.com
Other resources:
Paper of Record: www.paperofrecord.com
21 million newspaper images, U.S., Canadian & worldwide newspapers. Free with registration (was a subscription site.)
New England Historic Genealogical Society: http://www.newenglandancestors.org
Membership resources include various early New England newspapers & other records. S.S.D.I. updated monthly free. (Most available at the B.C.G.S. Library free):
Godfrey Memorial Library: www.godfrey.org
Premium sites available to members include 19th Century U.S. newspapers (InfoTrac, Gale Research); NewspaperARCHIVE.com (Heritage Microfilm); Early American Newspapers 1690-1876 (Readex); Newsbank America’s Obituaries; Newsbank U.S. & World Newspapers (1980’s-current); Accessible Archives Inc. (18th, 19th century publications; various)
(Membership: $35 U.S.$ per year)
Google News Archive Search (Beta): http://news.google.com/archivesearch
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers from the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, U.S.A. (Beta): http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica
Library of Congress, U.S.A.: http://www.loc.gov/index.html
American Memory, Library of Congress, U.S.A.: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
American Antiquarian Society: http://www.americanantiquarian.org
U.S.A. GenWeb Portal: http://www.usgenweb.org
U.S.A. GenWeb Search: http://www.usgenweb-search.us
Beta site; incomplete. States not yet included: CA, IL, IN, KY, OH, TN, WI, WV
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Diane’s ‘new’ surnames: MCKILLIP, SKYLES & variants, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Related surnames: HEELEY, MARTIN, WOOD & variants, Yorkshire, England to Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, U.S.A. 1850’s; some to Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada 1860’s.
Rootsweb Message Boards: MCKILLIP, MCKILLIPS, MCKILLOP & SKYLES
Rootsweb Mailing Lists: MCKILLOP, SKILES
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