1908 postcard from the Elleanor "Nellie" Roberts Kreischer LaClair collection

Michelle's Links

Syracuse Links:

• Syracuse.com - http://www.syracuse.com/
  
• Syracuse Convention and Visitors Bureau - http://www.visitsyracuse.org/
  
• Syracuse sources GenWEB/Rootsweb - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyononda/SYRACUSE/SYRACUSE.HTM
  
• Syracuse University Library - http://library.syr.edu/
  
• Syracuse & area online obituaries for previous six months - http://www.legacy.com/Syracuse/LegacyHome.asp
  
• Obit Finder - http://www.legacy.com/Syracuse/Obituaries.asp?Page=ObitFinder
  
• The Syracuse Post-Standard News Archives online (free; limited years) - http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/
  
• The Erie Canal Museum - http://www.eriecanalmuseum.org/
  
• 1882-1899 Syracuse City Directories extracts - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyononda/SYRACUSE/SYRCD1882-1899.htm
  
• 1900-1919 Syracuse City Directories extracts - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyononda/SYRACUSE/SYRCD1900-1919.htm
  
• 1920-1935 Syracuse City Directories extracts - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyononda/SYRACUSE/SYRCD1920-1935.html
  
• Galen R Frysinger's galley of Syracuse photos - http://www.galenfrysinger.com/syracuse_new_york.htm

Onondaga County / Central New York Sources:

• Rootsweb's Onondaga Co. NY USGenWeb (the place to start your online genealogy searches) - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyononda/INDEX.HTM
  
• Rootsweb's Onondaga Co. NY USGenWeb Archives - http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/onondaga/onondaga.htm
  
• Onondaga Co. Books and Resources - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyononda/BOOKS.HTM
  
• OCPL - Onondaga County Public Library (Syracuse) - http://www.onlib.org/
  
• OCPL - Local History and Genealogy Department - http://www.onlib.org/web/lh/index.htm
  
• OHA - Onondaga Historical Association Online - http://www.cnyhistory.org/
  
• Onondaga County Clerk/Archives/Courthouse - http://www.ongov.net/clerk/index.html
  
• Onondaga County Estate Documents (County Courthouse in Syracuse) Online records search - http://www.nycourts.gov/courts/5jd/onondaga/surrogate/onbase.shtml
  
• National Register of Historic Places, Onondaga County - http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NY/Onondaga/state.html
  
• Central New York Genealogy Society - https://cnygs.org/about.php
  
• Dick Hillenbrand's Upstate New York Genealogy - http://www.unyg.com/
  
• The 149th New York Volunteer Infantry (Fourth Onondaga) - http://web.cortland.edu/woosterk/genweb/149_inf.html
  
• Northern Onondaga Public Library (Cicero, Brewerton, North Syracuse) - http://www.nopl.org/
  
• Liverpool Public Library - http://www.lpl.org/
  
• Solvay-Geddes Historical Society - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nysghs/

New York State Links:

• New York GenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygenweb/
  
• New York State U.S.GenWeb Archives - http://usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm
  
• New York State Library - http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/
  
• A Guide to New York Historical Resources - http://www.areavibes.com/library/new-york-historical-resources/
  
• New York Vital Records Information - http://www.vitalrec.com/ny.html
  
• New York Obituary Links - http://www.obitlinkspage.com/obit/ny.htm
  
• Sampubco (Surrogate's Records / Probate Files / Probate Records) - New York Wills http://www.sampubco.com/wills/ny/newyork.htm
  
• New York Gravestones - http://www.newyorkgravestones.org/
  
• New York State Newspaper Project - http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/index.html
  
• New York State & Federal Censuses online - http://www.census-online.com/links/NY/
  
• New York Ancestors - http://www.newyorkancestors.org/
  
• Ray's Place: New York State Town Histories, etc. - http://history.rays-place.com/ny/index.htm
  
• New York Central [Railroad] Historical Society - http://www.nycshs.org/
  
• New York State Military Forts - http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/forts/fortsindex.htm
  
• Asylums of New York State - http://nysasylum.com/
  
• New York City Dept. of Correction History - http://www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/nycdoc/html/nycdoc.htm
  
• A History of the Jefferson County Region - http://marcmny.tripod.com/jeffco.htm
  
• Historic Ogdensburg, New York - http://www.ogdensburg.info/
  
• Fulton History/search free upstate New York historical newspapers - http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html
  
• Buffalo, New York German website - http://www.buffalogerman.com/history.html
  
• Forgotten Buffalo - http://www.forgottenbuffalo.com/
  
• Preservation Buffalo Niagara - http://www.preservationbuffaloniagara.org/
  
• From Germany to Buffalo (New York) - Jillaine Smith's family story - http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~jillaine/genealogy/
  
• Dan Weiskotten's Cazenovia, Fenner & Nelson History Pages (Madison Co., NY) - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyccazen/#award

German/Deutsche links:

• U.S.-Infos.de Städt Syracuse (info on Syracuse for the German-speaking traveler) - http://www.us-infos.de/ny-syracuse.html
  
• Cyndi's List for Germany/Deutschland - http://www.cyndislist.com/germany.htm
  
• Genealogy.net GenWiki (Resources for German-related genealogy) - http://wiki-en.genealogy.net/Main_Page
  
• Information on Germany from soc.culture.german - http://www.watzmann.net/scg/index.html
  
• German Regional Research, 1871 borders - http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/ger1871.html
  
• Germany GenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wggerman/
  
• German/Prussian/Polish/Lithuanian/Russian town names finder - http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp
  
• JewishGEN Shetlseeker (find old villages) - http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/LocTown.asp
  
• Das Telefonbuch (Online German Telephone book) - http://www.telefonbuch.de/
  
• Mapping surnames throughout Germany - http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen.aspx
  
• FamilySearch blog: Tracing German American Immigrants - https://familysearch.org/blog/en/tracing-german-american-immigrants/
  
• Tracing fallen German soldiers - http://www.dd-wast.de/
  
• Order German Antiquarian/Used Books online (in English) - http://www.zvab.com/
  
• More German books available for purchase online - http://www.abebooks.de
  
• Historisches Museum Bremerhaven/German Emigrant Databank - http://www.deutsche-auswanderer-datenbank.de/
  
• DAUSA Research Center for German Emigration, Univ. Oldenburg - http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/nausa/nausae.htm
  
• Leiden University's History of International Migration Site - http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/migration/
  
• Germans to America: 50 Volumes That Are Not To Be Trusted (essay) - http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/nausa/pitfal.htm
  
• Goethe Institut USA - http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/lp/enindex.htm
  
• Welcome to Germany Info / German Embassy, Washington, D.C. - http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/Startseite.html
  
• U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Germany - http://usa.usembassy.de/index.htm
  
• Library of Congress / The Germans in America - http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/european/imde/germany.html
  
• Institut für pfälzische Geschichte und Volkskunde, Kaiserslautern - http://www.bv-pfalz.de/04.kultur/04.InstitutGV/
  
• Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS) - http://www.feefhs.org/
  
• 18th Century Pennsylvania German Naming Customs - http://www.kerchner.com/germname.htm
  
• Fred Kreb's Pfalz page - http://www.krebs-onl.de/pfalz/index.shtml
  
• My Elisabetha: Jillaine Smith's Genealogy Adventures in the Pfalz - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jillaine/pfalz/
  
• Friedrich Huettenberger's Kaiserslautern Homepage - http://www.huettenberger.homepage.t-online.de/
  
• Robert J. Shea's German Resources - http://www.mrshea.com/
  
• Ceil Jensen's Michigan Polonia (some of these West Prussians came to Syracuse, too; good research tools here) - http://mipolonia.net/
  
• German Traces NYC - http://www.germantracesnyc.org/map.php

Translations:

Bing translations - http://www.bing.com/translator/


Google Translate - https://translate.google.com

"Temptation," 1910 postcard

Miscellaneous Research Help:

• Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Family Search site - http://www.familysearch.org/
  
• Castle Garden records online 1820-1913 - http://www.castlegarden.org
  
• Ellis Island Records (American Family Immigration History Center) - http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/
  
• Searching Ellis Island Records Database in One Step, and other search tools by Stephen P. Morse - http://stevemorse.org/
  
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - http://www.immigrantships.net/
  
• The Immigration Experience - http://members.tripod.com/~L_Alfano/immig.htm
  
• The Center for Immigration Studies - http://www.cis.org/
  
• Rootsweb's WorldConnect Project - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
  
• Godfrey Memorial Library/Godfrey Scholar Online Resources subscription - http://www.godfrey.org/
  
• NewsLibrary (online newspaper resources) - http://nl.newsbank.com/nlsite/index.html
  
• World Catalog of Books held in libraries - http://www.worldcat.org/
  
• Genealogy Book Links (online resources) - http://genealogybooklinks.com/
  
• Chronicling America - Historic American Newspapers - http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
  
• Wikipedia: List of online newspaper archives - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_newspaper_archives
  
• Obituarieshelp.org - http://www.obituarieshelp.org/
  
• Obituary Daily Times - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~obituary/
  
• Find A Grave - http://www.findagrave.com/
  
• U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs Veterans' Gravesite Locator - http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/
  
• Antique & Modern Commemorative Flagholders and Plaques Found in Cemeteries - http://www.joycetice.com/flaghold/flaghold.htm
  
• Bible Records Online - http://www.biblerecords.com/
  
• Family History Archives: a free digital repository of family histories (contribute your own) - http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/
  
• Footnote.com (now Fold3) - http://www.footnote.com/
  
• National Archives: Archival Research Catalog - http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/
  
• National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (includes WWII Army enlistment records) - http://aad.archives.gov/aad/
  
• DAR Genealogical Research System - http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/Search/
  
• DAR Library - http://www.dar.org/library/
  
• U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center - https://arena.usahec.org/web/arena
  
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database - http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm
  
• The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and Kindred Societies - http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/gar/
  
• Behind the Name (etymology and history of first names) - http://www.behindthename.com/?sssdmh=dm13.205907
  
• Dick Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter - https://wwweogncom.wildapricot.org
  
• Ancestorville (old photos & other items from CNY & elsewhere for sale) - http://ancestorville.com/
  
• The Food Timeline - http://www.foodtimeline.org/
  
• Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events - http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/timefram.html
  
• The Inflation Calculator - http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
  
• The Universal Currency Converter - http://www.xe.net/ucc/
  
• Time and Date.com/Calendars and the World Clock - http://www.timeanddate.com/
  
• Tombstone Birthday Calculator at Ancestor Search - http://searchforancestors.com/utility/birthday.html
  
• Family Tree DNA (worldwide DNA matching service) - http://www.familytreedna.com/
  
• Ancestor Seekers (professional SLC researchers for hire) - http://www.ancestorseekers.com/research/
  
• USGS GNIS Locator - http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/
  
• Ten Big Myths About Copyright Explained - http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
  
• "New Rules for Using Public Domain Materials" by Attorney Lloyd J. Jassin - http://copylaw.com/new_articles/PublicDomain.html
  
• International Currency Express, Inc. (foreign exchange made easy) - http://www.foreignmoney.com/
  
• Cousin chart - http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/genealogy/cousinchart.html
  
• W3Schools (online web design tutorial) - http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp

Just For Fun or Further Study:

Cornell University Library Digital Collections - http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/


The Farber Gravestone Collection - http://www.davidrumsey.com/farber/


Why U Can't Find Your Ancestors: Misspeld Knames - http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson8.htm
Expatica: Living in, moving to, or working in Germany, plus German news in English - http://www.expatica.com/source/site_content_subchannel.asp?subchannel_id=26


Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German) - http://www.faz.net/s/homepage.html


Deutche Welle (English language, German newspaper) - http://www.dw-world.de/english


Die Stoakogler Online (some of my favorite music) - http://www.stoakogler.at/


The Dull Men's Club - http://www.dullmen.com/


The incredibly prolific James Lileks - http://www.lileks.com/


Forgotten New York - http://www.forgotten-ny.com/index.html


New York City Walk - http://www.newyorkcitywalk.com/


Scouting New York - http://www.scoutingny.com/


Singlespeeds Over New York - http://www.angelfire.com/goth/1x1nyc/


Found photos - http://westfordcomp.com/updated/found.htm

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