~ Early Web Links ~

Lori Thornton, a genealogist and librarian living near the Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee, shares musings on family history, regional history, and book reviews spanning back to 2004. The blog blends genealogical research with reviews of mystery and historical fiction titles, making it a rich resource for anyone interested in Southern Appalachian heritage.

ORGenWeb is a genealogy resource hub dedicated to Oregon family history research, offering county lists, maps, archives, obituaries, vital records, and pioneer biography indexes. Coordinated by Bob Jenkins and Martha A. Crosley Graham, the site serves as a gateway to Oregon-specific genealogical records including birth, death, marriage, land, and cemetery data.

PAGenWeb is the official Pennsylvania state resource within the USGenWeb Project, connecting researchers to county-level genealogy records, family histories, and data collections across all Pennsylvania counties. Celebrating over 26 years of operation, the project coordinates volunteers and accepts contributed records to help people trace their Pennsylvania ancestry.

Part of the NEGenWeb Project, this site documents Nebraska's rich railroad history with sections covering railroad accidents, worker biographies, job descriptions, and the railroads that served each county. Genealogists will find it especially useful for tracing ancestors who worked on or traveled the Iron Road across Nebraska, including records from the Railway Express Agency spanning 1850 to 1975.

The ALGenWeb Project is a comprehensive genealogy resource covering Alabama as part of the larger USGenWeb network, offering county-by-county links, vital records, census data, land records, and ethnic research guides. Researchers tracing Alabama ancestors will find clickable county maps, state archive connections, mailing lists, message boards, and special projects like tombstone transcriptions and Mexican War veterans files.

The NCGenWeb Project is a volunteer-driven network dedicated to providing genealogical and historical records for all 100 counties in North Carolina, part of the larger USGenWeb initiative. Visitors can explore county-specific resources, an African-American Special Project, a NC Yearbook Index, and opportunities to contribute their own research.

Randy Seaver's long-running genealogy blog chronicles his daily research sessions, covering ancestor discoveries, DNA matches, and tools like RootsMagic, AncestryDNA, and MyHeritage. With hundreds of posts dating back to 2007, it offers a detailed personal record of active family history research alongside news and commentary from the genealogy community.

INGenWeb is Indiana's branch of the USGenWeb Project, providing a county-by-county gateway to genealogical records, obituaries, cemeteries, military records, and historical resources for all 92 Indiana counties. Volunteers coordinate research materials including census projects, orphan train records, historical maps, and a concise 1926 history of Indiana, making it a comprehensive hub for anyone tracing Hoosier ancestry.

Part of the ALGenWeb project, this page presents transcribed Circuit Court minutes from Bibb County, Alabama spanning 1826 to 1836, compiled by Jacquelyn Cox Otts in 1993. Researchers tracing Alabama ancestors will find case-level details including names, dates, and legal proceedings such as divorces, land disputes, and criminal matters drawn directly from the original record books.

Interment.net is a searchable database of nearly 12 million burial records drawn from cemeteries, churches, government agencies, and genealogists across the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and beyond. Unlike Find-a-Grave, it publishes each transcription separately to preserve accuracy, making it a valuable research tool for anyone tracing family history through cemetery records.