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Using Repositories In Your Genealogical Research

Posted on January 16th, 2010 by Carol

I have a funny story to tell you on myself. Many, many years ago when I first began doing genealogy online I was researching my James Harrison line and had joined a mailing list for that surname through Rootsweb. After being on the list just a short time, the list owner invited me to take a look at the Harrison surname repository site. I was so new and not sure of anything in those days, and even though I knew what a repository was, I asked her if there was a charge to get into the site. Of course, there wasn’t, and I felt like a super-noob at the time, but it opened my eyes to the idea that there was a place where everyone researching a particular surname could add their documented information, and also search the site for more. What a deal!

Repositories are kind of the “unsung heros” of genealogical caching. Cyndi’s List has a page dedicated just to U.S. State Level Records, which include State Libraries, Archives, Genealogical & Historical Societies. The site also has a listing of Surnames and Family Associations that is quite extensive too. So now, if I want to go to the Harrison Surname Repository I can just search Cyndi’s List or Google and find it easily.

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4 Responses to “Using Repositories In Your Genealogical Research”

Miriam Robbins Midkiff (4 comments.), on March 17th, 2008 at 6:28 PM Said:

I have found a Super Repository Directory at the University of Idaho website: http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/
Other.Repositories.html (this is all one URL). They have repositories from all over the world listed!

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webduck (69 comments.), on March 20th, 2008 at 10:00 AM Said:

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Thanks for that information Miriam! I will check it out and add it to my resources.
new zealand news (2 comments.), on March 25th, 2008 at 5:34 PM Said:

I have been helping my father do searches lately for our family history. His internet skills are lacking so I try and help him dig up new info. Thanks for another resource!
webduck (69 comments.), on March 26th, 2008 at 3:59 PM Said:

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You are most welcome NZN!