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Revised 8 January 2008 by Jon Schweitzer. Heritage Quest (H.Q.) is now available Free online at the LARFHC!
The Web address for this page has changed to
http://www.encinojon.com/larfhc/
Please make a new bookmark.
ANCESTRY.COM IS BACK!
Better than ever!
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A BIG EXPLOSION OF
NEW ONLINE DATABASES
AT THE LARFHC
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See this link about how to research H.Q.. http://www.larfhc.org/hqresearch.htm H.Q. has all 1790 - 1930 census images online.
Coming very soon to the LARFHC will be more NEW major databases. See them HERE.
All patrons are invited to participate in the FamilySearch Indexing Projects. They will take the place of Ancestry.com and will be free to everyone online. See the information HERE. You must have Broadband and XP or Vista.
The Latest News about the Los Angeles
Regional Family History Center or LARFHC
The new Internet address for the LARFHC website is http://www.larfhc.org/
The Los Angeles Family History Center is now called
the Los Angeles Regional Family History Center or LARFHC.
I am the new Webmaster for the official LARFHC website at http://www.larfhc.org/
See the many new databases and many changes.
LARFHC has Richard McBride available for help with TempleReady on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10 AM to 5 PM.
PAF 2.31, 3 and 4 users may wish to upgrade to PAF 4 and/or 5.
PAF 2.31 users should upgrade to PAF 4 and then PAF 5.
See www.svpafug.org/convert.pdf for more details.
You may also download these free PAF 4 and 5 programs
from the Salt Lake Website.
User's Guides for PAF 4 and 5 are in red 3 ring notebooks
to the left of the Classroom.
Upcoming Events
NONE
SEE THE OFFICIAL LARFHC WEB SITE AT http://www.larfhc.org/
Because I am also the Webmaster for the official LARFHC Website, I will be adding to and maintaining only the official Website pages and will in time place most of my pages below on the official site.
The Latest News about Research on the Internet Latin American Microfilms at the LARFHC
101 Best (Genealogy) Web Sites on Family Tree Magazine's Web Site at
http://familytreemagazine.com/101sites/2007/ for 2007 and
http://familytreemagazine.com/101sites/2006/ for 2006 and
Civil War Photographs Online Catalog is explained at http://eogn.typepad.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2004/07/american_civil_.html#more
WWII Army Enlistments Online Searchable Database of 9+ million names is explained HERE and linked to HERE.
The great Sanborn Maps for only California cities may be accessed from the Los Angeles City Public Library's website at: http://search2.webfeat.org/la.html You need a Los Angeles City Public Library card number to access the maps. Enter your card number, Submit, Click on S-T databases and find and click on the Sanborn Maps 1867-1970 link. Then click Browse Maps, Select State, Select City and Select Date. Search the sheets for the street and address. Suggest you use city directories to find the address. For the best printed copy I suggest you do not choose "Print Current View" but choose "Download Map" and print the Acrobat Reader PDF image or right mouse click on the image and "Save Picture As" to a file and print. If you need the free Acrobat Reader to read PDF files you can download it at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
VA Offers On-Line Nationwide Gravesite Locator
"More than 3 million records showing where veterans have been buried in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) national cemeteries are now available online. The innovation will make it easy for anyone with Internet access to search for the gravesite locations of deceased family members and friends." You can access this resource by using the link "The National Grave Locator" on the left at http://www.cem.va.gov/
The wonderful Heritage Quest website with it's U.S. Census resources may NOW be accessed from the Los Angeles City Public Library's website at: http://search2.webfeat.org/la.html You need a Los Angeles City Public Library card number to access the Heritage Quest website. Enter your card number, Submit, Click on "H" database and find Heritage Quest and finally click on Heritage Quest link.
The BLM (Bureau of Land Management) website with GLO Records is at http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
The Sites with the Latest Genealogy News http://eogn.typepad.com/
http://www.topix.net/hobbies/genealogy/
http://genealogy.about.com/