Welcome to my most-used resources! Tracing family history requires the right tools to break through brick walls. Over years of research, I have come to rely heavily on these core platforms, archives, and regional databases to verify historical records.
Essential Core Database
DNA Resources
Historical & National Repositories
- National Archives (NARA)
- Census Online
- Texas State Library and Archives (TSLAC)
- Libary of Congress (LOC)
- USGenWeb Project
- Missouri State Archives
Education
Newspapers
Specialized German & Bavarian Research
- Spreadsheets (see my blog post)
- Google Maps (see my blog post)
- Google Street View (on Google Maps)
- Evernote
Tools to Protect and Back-up your Research
- External hard drive (don't store it with your computer--if your computer is lost or damaged, you need to have the hard drive in a safe space.)
- Cloud storage
- Google Drive
- 15GB free storage - more for a monthly rate
- Organize documents and photos in folders
- Collaborate with family
- DropBox
- 2GB free storage - more for a monthly rate
- Sync specific folders directly to your computer's hard drive while maintaining cloud copies
- Share massive collections of old family photos and historical documents with others without hitting email limits.
- Also works offline
- Backblaze (This is what I use and it has paid for itself!)
- Backs up files automatically - no more "I'll do it tomorrow."
- Runs in the background and backs up your entire computer hard drive (including all genealogy software files and databases).
- Great if you have large amounts of files, photos, and videos and don't want to worry about losing them.
- Low monthly fee for unlimited storage for one computer.
No comments:
New comments are not allowed.