Where to Start: The Triad Member's Guide to Effective Searching on the Internet
This database is meant to be a starting point and not a complete list of search sites. Everyone has a favorite. Use this as a base, save it, and add your own favorites to your copy. http://www.adopting.org/serch.html, A great place to get started. Adoption Laws http://fatty.law.cornell.edu/topics/Table_Adoption.htm, Adoption Laws of the Fifty States Adoption Resources by State http://adoption.about.com/home/adoption/msubadoptres.htm, from about.com which has a very good adoption page PA Adoption Search Menu- http://rombergers.tripod.com/main.html PAFind Email Search/Support Group- http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/pafind Birth Index New York City ONLY http://www.familytreemaker.com/granybth.html, This index to New York City births will provide you with a list of possible matches in one New York City borough you choose. This is not free. Birth Moms http://bmom.net, The Sunflower Birthmom Support Group Web Ring Page Black Market Babies http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/2313/contents.htm, Black Market Adoptee's Registry Cemeteries http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenweb/cem/cdiran.htm, A list of NYS cemeteries. SOME YOU CAN GET A LIST OF THOSE BURIED THERE AND THE INSCRIPTIONS. Churches Catholic http://www.nccbuscc.org/state.htm Catholic Diocese web page. By State. A good page to find a local Catholic Church. Classmates http://www.classmates.com/login.tf, A good place to find those classmates you lost years ago. It works, I know. Colleges and Universities http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ.html, Over 3000 home pages Colleges and Universities http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ/state/#MA, This page of UT Austin Web Central contains a list of regionally-accredited U.S. universities organized by state. World Alumni http://www.alumni.net/, High School and College reunion page Schools [Medical] http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/7895/ List of Medical Schools in the US and Canada County Resources http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/, You can also type in a town and find what county it is in. For NYS Doctors http://www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm, AMA Physician Select provides information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States and its possessions Funeral Homes http://www.funeralnet.com/search.html, Search for funeral home by state in the US and also in Canada. Genealogy http://www.genexchange.com/, Genealogy and Surname Registry. http://www.familysearch.org/, LDS [Latter Day Saints] Search page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenweb/, NYS Genweb site. EXCELLENT SITE. http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/, National Archives and Records Administration http://www.cyndislist.com/, Cyndi's list of Genealogy sites...very large. http://www.jewishgen.org/, The primary internet source connecting researchers of Jewish genealogy worldwide. http://www.genhomepage.com/FHC/fhc.html, This is a listing of LDS Family History Centers generated from data sent by the Family History Center address submission form. Hospital Finder http://www.ahd.com/, Look up hospitals in the US by state. Use the "free" service. You can get a state of city list by not filling in all the areas. http://www.noah.cuny.edu/hospitals/nyhosp2.html#manhatten, This will give you information on all the hospitals in NYC ISRR http://www.isrr.net, The International Soundex Reunion Registry Lawyers http://www.martindale.com/locator/home.html, You don't need to know all the info about a lawyer to find one.. Just fill in what you know. You can search by state and/or town but if you do it by state you many get too many for the site to give you. Best if you do it by state and town if possible. Libraries http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/, NY State Library......Good for research on-line. http://www.digital-librarian.com/newyork.html, Digital Librarian. Mostly history on or about the State of NY. Some links may be helpful. http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/libs/publibs/, Find a public library in NYS by either town or county. Military Records http://www.nara.gov/regional/mpr.html, The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) is the repository of millions of military personnel records. Newspaper Search http://ajr.newslink.org/daily.html, A list of daily newspapers listed by state. It looks to be a very good page. http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/, on-line newspapers around the world. Professional Licenses http://www.nysed.gov/dpls/opnme.html, Use this page to search for individual licensees by name Registries http://www.angelfire.com/on/linelinks/registries.html, Alphabetical list of adoption registries http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/2313/contents.htm, Black Market Registry and Information http://www.koyote.com/personal/hobb/listings.html, Reunion Registries listed by state. S.S.D.I. Social Security Death Index http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm, If your are looking for someone that may be deceased this is the site to use. Note that it on Ancestry.Com, a very good search page. Search Engines http://websearch.miningco.com/internet/websearch/msub17.htm, About.Com http://www.dogpile.com/custom/index.html, Dogpile http://www.yahoo.com/, Yahoo http://www.hsv.tis.net/~pvteye/source.html, CIS Investigative http://www.ferretsoft.com/netferret/download.htm, Ferret [free download of search engines] http://www.reverse-lookup.com/findemt.htm, Freeality [ has reverse searches] http://vsn.org/request.html, Volunteer help group that will aid in your search nation wide. Not free, but charge only for out of pocket expenses. Social Security http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/privacy/ssn/ssn.structure.htm, A guide to where Social Security numbers are issued. Translator http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate, Type in whatever you want and have it translated to another language. English to whatever and whatever to English. Vital Records [NYS] http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/vr.htm, Tells you what you need to know about getting NYS vital records. [USA] http://www.vitalrec.com/, Vital records by state.
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