Family History Resources
Electronic Resources:
Citrus County Public Library System — http://cclib.org
Citrus County Historical Society – Located in Inverness at the Old County Courthouse and Heritage Museum — http://www.cccourthouse.org/cchshome.asp
Citrus County Genealogical Society — http://www.rootsweb.com/~flccgs2/
Databases – Citrus County Library System:
Items marked with an asterisk* are currently available only to users in the library.
All other items will require your library card number if you are connecting from outside the library.
Ancestry Library Edition™*
With over 1.5 billion names in over 4,000 databases for conducting genealogical and history research. (AncestryPlus .vs Ancestry Library Edition Information)
HeritageQuest Online (Access from inside the Library)
HeritageQuest Online (Library Card Number Required for access from outside of the Library)
HeritageQuest Online provides users with a unique, growing collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture. Library card number required for access.
New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS)*
The New England Historic Genealogical Society, founded in 1845, is the country's oldest genealogical organization, devoted to collecting, preserving, and publishing genealogical and historical matter relating to New England families.
Websites
Some of these web sites are external to CFCC. The owners of these web sites are responsible for their content, including their links to other sites on the World Wide Web. CFCC has not necessarily reviewed this site and assumes no responsibility for the Contents, nor does this “Link” imply endorsement of the site.
CELEBRATIONS (fasts and feasts, festivals, and holidays)
Earth Calendar — www.earthcalendar.net
Provides easy access to holidays by date, country, and religion. Includes brief information with links to related Web sites.
HistoryChannel.com: The History of the Holidays — www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/main.html
Provides history and traditions of Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Hanukkah.
Infoplease: Calendar and Holidays — www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001832.html
Lists calendars for major holidays, both religious and secular.
DECADES (American Decades)
American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century — kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html
A series of Web guides on the decades of the 20th century. The pages are being prepared by the reference librarians at Kingwood College.
Infoplease: Year by Year — www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html
Lists notable events for each year and decade including U.S. and world history and events in economics, sports, entertainment, and science. Listings also include brief biographies of people who died during the decade.
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Anyday: Today in History — www.scopesys.com/anyday/
Provides brief listing of historic events that occurred on a selected days.
dMarie Time Capsule — http://dmarie.com/timecap/
Enter a date and create a time capsule that highlights events, famous people born on that date, popular music, movies, books, TV shows and toys during that time.
The New York Times: On This Day — www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/index.html
Provides brief information on events and photographs of famous people.
This Day in History — www.historychannel.com/today/
Select a date and retrieve general interest or any of the following categories: automotive, Civil War, cold war, crime, entertainment, literary, Old West, Vietnam War, Wall Street, World War II. Provides more detailed information.
Today in History from Library of Congress — lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
Provides in-depth information on national historical events.
COUNTRIES
Background Notes. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of State. — www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Factual publications that contain information on all countries throughout the world with which the United States has relations including facts on the country’s land, people, history, government, political conditions, and economy.
Country Studies. Washington, DC: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. — lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world. Covers 102 countries and regions.
The World Factbook. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 1981– . Annual. ISSN: 02771527. — www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Covers the following categories: geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
DEMOGRAPHICS
American Community Survey — www.census.gov/acs/www/
Demographic, social, economic, and housing data for over 800 geographical areas in narrative and tabular formats.
American Factfinder — factfinder.census.gov
U.S. Department of Commerce statistics on population, housing, industry, and business. Includes the entire 2000 Census of Population and Housing.
Ersys — www.ersys.com
Statistical information on American cities and metropolitan areas in all fifty states, there is information on education, transportation, ethnicity, and more.
The International Data Base (IDB) — www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html
Computerized data bank that contains statistical tables of demographic and socioeconomic data for 227 countries and areas of the world.
FINDING PEOPLE
The resources listed below will get you started on your way to finding old friends, lost family, high school sweethearts and military buddies. Hundreds of free information sources exist to unite you—it’s just knowing that they exist and how to access them. Many of the guides and Web sites below will identify online sources or more traditional methods of using the phone and postal mail to find just about anyone. The terms and phrases listed in the subject headings below can be used to search for more materials in the library’s catalog and research databases. If you need further assistance, please ask a librarian.
Some of these web sites are external to CFCC. The owners of these web sites are responsible for their content, including their links to other sites on the World Wide Web. CFCC has not necessarily reviewed this site and assumes no responsibility for the Contents, nor does this “Link” imply endorsement of the site.
Public Records
National Association of Counties — www.naco.org About Counties, Find a County
Links to county sites. Search for assessor pages, records clerk, or other departments that may gather information on people.
State and Local Government on the Net — www.statelocalgov.net
Provides links to local municipalities on the Web. Click through to the town clerk’s office or the assessor’s page to learn more about accessing property information or vital records.
Where to Write for Vital Records — www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm
To use this valuable tool, you must first determine the State or area where the birth, death, marriage, or divorce occurred, then click on that State or area.
Telephone Directories: Yellow Pages, White Pages and Reverse Lookups
Many directories include search by person’s or company’s name, yellow page heading, or reverse telephone number. These directories may provide postal addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses for people.
411locate — www.411locate.com
AnyWho Online Directory — www.anywho.com
Infobel Worldwide Directories — www.infobel.com/teldir/
InfoSpace — www.infospace.com
International White Page Phone Directory — www.whitepages.com/intl_sites.pl
The Ultimates — www.theultimates.com
Yahoo! People Search — people.yahoo.com
Special Directories
Many times you can locate someone because they are in a certified profession like accountancy, dentistry, or cosmetology. Many times they are a member of an association that publishes its membership directory on the Web. The resources listed below can help get you started. For more information search the following keywords in the library catalog or your favorite search engine: (profession) and directories (i.e., dentist and directories).
Associations on the Net — www.ipl.org/div/aon/
Search by keyword to identify an association. Many times member directories are published on the Web.
People Spot, Special Directories — www.peoplespot.com/directories/
Lists links to Web pages that provide directories of business executives, dentist, physician, real estate agents, veterinarian, and more.
Other Web Sites
National Adoption Directory: State Reunion Directories —
naic.acf.hhs.gov/database/nadd/naddsearch.cfm
Search by state to find out if yours has a state reunion directory. Allows parties of adoption to enter their names on a central registry, where the two parties may be matched and placed in contact with one another.
PeopleSpot.com — www.peoplespot.com
Large portal site with links to hundreds of relevant sites.
Obituaries
Cemetery Junction — www.daddezio.com/cemetery/
Directory of cemeteries within the United States, Canada and Australia.
Family Search from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints —
www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
Search for death and burial records worldwide.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) — www.nara.gov
Online access to a selection of nearly 50 million historic electronic records created by more than 20 federal agencies.
Obituary Daily Times — www.rootsweb.com/~obituary/
Citations to published obituaries in newspapers in the United States and Canada.
Social Security Death Index — www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm
Generated from the U.S. Social Security Administrations Death Master File. It contains the records of deceased persons who possessed Social Security numbers and whose death had been reported to the SSA.
Vital Records Information-State Index — vitalrec.com/index.html
Contains information about where to obtain vital records (such as birth, death and marriage certificates, and divorce decrees) from each state, territory, and county of the United States.
