USEFUL SITES
   

  Ancestry.com   ☻ The largest collection of family history records on the web (?).

  Beginners ☻ Shirley Hornbeck's tips for genealogists.

  BMD-Certificates ☻ A commercial enterprise that locates and obtains UK records.

  Bureau of Land Management ☻ Search land patents.  All states are not available.

  Cemeteries of the United States ☻Incomplete

  Cemeteries and Tombstones ☻ Other info included.

  Church of LDS   ☻ Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

  Colonial Laws and Customs   ☻ Excellent site.  Go to the bottom of the home page.

  Copyright Laws  ☻ Copyright fundamentals for genealogy.

  Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites  ☻ More than 186,000 genealogy links.

  Deciphering Old Hand Writing  ☻ Handy for old records.

  Divorce in Old Dominion  ☻ Solutions to the "no divorce" laws.

  Dower Rights  ☻ What happens to the dower.

  Everton Helper   ☻ A magazine that has been around for a long time.

  Family Tree Maker  ☻ Most popular genealogy software.

  Gen Serv   ☻ A collection of GEDCOMS.

  Gen Forum   ☻ Surname search.

  Genealogy Today  ☻ Good site for beginners.

  Genealogy Home Page   ☻ Links to other genealogy sites.

  Geddex   ☻ Surname search.

  Life in Elizabethian England 1558-1603  ☻ Customs etc. that our ancestors brought to Isle of Wight County.

  Latin Translations  ☻ Useful in translating church and legal documents.

  Linkpendium  ☻  Genealogy links to all states.

  Migrations   ☻ Another database and links.

  Mountain Press  ☻ Genealogy book publisher.

  NARA  ☻ U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.  Regional Archives also.

  Nicknames  ☻ Nicknames and naming traditions.

  Nicknames and Old Hand Writing  ☻ Nicknames and old writing further explained.

  Personal Ancestral File ☻ Download genealogy management file system from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  This program is for Windows.  There is a program for Mac users (2.3.1) but I haven't found a link.

  Poll Tax in NC  ☻ More than you wanted to know.

  Progenealogists  ☻ Records Retrieval and Ancestry Research.  Includes citation guide and documentation.

  Roots Web  ☻ The oldest and largest free genealogy site. 

  Social Security Death Index  ☻ Search for anyone receiving social security death benefits since 1937.

  Soundex Codes  ☻ A program that computes the code.

  Surname Distribution    ☻ Search for location of Braswells by year.

  States Census   ☻ Excellent but incomplete.

  Vital Records-US ☻ Partially associated with Ancestry.com

  World History   ☻ Excellent links plus timelines.

MILITARY

  Civil War  ☻ Civil War resources.

  Civil War Rosters  ☻ Search both sides by surname.

  Civil War Rosters  ☻  Search by soldier or unit.

  Confederate Parole Records  ☻ Search for BRA----

 DAR ☻  I haven't gotten any good answers from this organization.

  Index to Georgia Civil War Soldiers  ☻  Search for BRA----.

  Nationwide Gravesite Locator ☻ Search for veterans and their dependants.

  Revolutionary War  ☻ Lists of Revolutionary War soldiers by state.

  Revolutionary War Pensions   ☻ Information for sale.  Not recommended for Braswells.

  Ships of the Civil War  ☻ Lists ships only and nothing else.

 Skedaddle  ☻  A Google searchable site.   Click on "Cancel" when sign-in appears.

  The American Civil War  ☻  Large site by Dakota Statue University

  Tory  ☻  British loyalists in the colonies during the Revolutionary War