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Introductory Material:
Preface
Chapter 1
The Edwards Coat of Arms

Family Records:
John 1
John 2
John 3
Richard 3
Jonathan 3
Samuel 3
Nathaniel 3
William 3

Other
Timeline
The Crockett Connection
Edwards and the Civil War
Cemeteries
Vignettes
Photo Album
Our Immigrant Ancestors
1906 Census

Family Fun
Mayberry Hill Chronicles
This Old House
Justin Edwards had a Farm
Letters from Henry

 

Major Sites
AccessGenealogy (Free)

AncestralFindings ("the most popular free genealogy lookup site")

Ancestry.com ("The largest collection of family history records on the web") (subscription-based)

Cindi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

Daughter's of the American Revolution

Edwards DNA

FamilySearch.org ("Free Family History, Family Tree, and Genealogy Records and Resources from Around the World")

GeneaLinks ("A Marriage Records Database")

Genealogy.com (subscription-based)

National Archives Genealogy Main Page

RootsWeb ("The oldest and largest FREE genealogy site")

The Olive Tree Genealogy ("Your Link to the Past") (FREE)

Early Ancestors
A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692 by James Savage (searchable)

newenglandancestors.org ("website of the New England Historic Genealogical Society")

Plymouth Public Library Local History and Genealogy Websites

The Mayflower Society ("General Society of Mayflower Descendants Founded at Plymouth, Massachusetts 1897")

The Winthrop Society (Descendants of the Great Migration)

Thru the Looking Glass (mayflowerfamilies.com)

MA Revolutionary Soldiers

1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or military services

Early Vital Records of Massachusetts from 1600 to 1850

Massachusetts Archives Collection Database (1629-1799) "a searchable, descriptive index and catalog for documents of eighteen volumes of the Massachusetts Archives Collection"

Maine Resources
Bowdoin/Civil War Resources

list of Maine Family History Centers

Maine Genealogical Society

Maine Historical Society

Maine in the Civil War from RootsWeb

Maine Old Cemetery Association Dedicated to the Preservation of Maine's Neglected Cemeteries

Maine Genealogy Resources

Maine Marriage Database from the Maine State Archives - marriage search form (1892-2009)

Place Names
Haverhill and Bradford GenWeb Project (Essex County, Massachusetts)

Gorham (Cumberland County, Maine)

Gilmanton (Belknap County, New Hampshire)

Otisfield (Oxford County, Maine, formerly part of Cumberland County, Maine)

The Massachusetts Historical Society

Gorham Historical Society

New Hampshire Historical Society

Genealogy Help
Cousin Calculator

Dangerous Dates from genealogy.com - adoption of the Gregorian calendar and date format

Genealogy Abbreviations from RootsWeb

Historical Census Browser historical background of the U. S. census

History Toolkit ("...short essays designed to help the beginning historian conduct and organize his or her own historical research")

Maine Towns in the 1790 Census

New England Archivists ( "... represents individuals and institutions responsible for acquiring, preserving, and making accessible records of continuing value")

Unincorporated and Unofficial Names of Massachusetts Communities

Researching Your Family's History at the Massachusetts Archives

 Deciphering Old Handwriting From a course taught by Sabina J. Murray

19th Century Photography

Dating Old Photographs

Preserving and Protecting Photographs from the American Museum of Photography

CHARTS FOR REFERENCE IN GENEALOGY RESEARCH (GLOSSARY, OCCUPATION, WAR, & DISEASE CHARTS)

Epidemics & Diseases in American History

Encyclopedia of Genealogy "An online reference manual created by you and others like you"

official census dates (RootsWeb Guide to Tracing Family Trees)

Civil War Resources
The American Civil War from Dakota State University

The American Civil War Homepage

Andersonville Civil War Prison

The Civil War Archive

Civil War Data (fee-based)

Civil War Medical Terminology

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System ("a cooperative effort by the National Park Service (NPS) and several other public and private partners, to computerize information about the Civil War")

Massachusetts Civil War research center

New Hampshire Heritage

 Vermont in the Civil War "a Vermont Military History Site"

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War National Graves Registration Database

Message Boards~Mailing Lists

EDWARDS-L Archives

Edwards Family Genealogy Forum