Top 30 websites for family research!!

The magazine Internet Genealogy published it's top 30 list in the October/November 2010 edition. If you are interested in family research you may want to take a look at this issue and see if there isn't some resource that you haven't tried yet. For instance, http://www.accessgenealogy.com/ is a great resource for seeing what census records are available online broken down by state, but is also is helpful for Native American family research with access to tribal rolls and Indian Tribal histories. Another resource is http://www.castlegarden.org/ which offers access to information on 11 million immigrants from 1820 through 1892. If you've got the family genealogy bug visit us to take a look at this article or the 15 Fantastic Sites for tracing female ancestors article in the same issue which highlights websites less well known to researchers.

Genealogy @ MPL

People who know say that Missoula Public Library has one of the best genealogical collections in Western Montana. In addition to our print resources we provide access to the two main databases available to those researching family histories, Heritage Quest and Ancestry. If you haven't a clue how to use the vast array of resources available for tracking ancestors you may be interested in joining us for a class in our computer classroom on Genealogical Resources on Wednesday, June 30th from 12:30-1:30. A local expert will lead the class and space is limited so sign up now by calling 721-2665.

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Search for your family's soldier stories

We all have heroes in our families. And yours might be in one of the two new collections that have just been added to the 100 million military records on Ancestry.com, the Civil War and WorldWar II collections. With a name or a birth year, you could learn a family soldier story you never knew about by coming into the library and using the Ancestry.com subscription on the library computers. This database is available for use in the library only.