Iggy's Genealogy Homepage

Howdy! Welcome to the page of my new found obsession and addiction. Genealogy: The process of searching out one's family roots. It really is a fascinating field of study. There is just so much information out there... you just have to know where to look. So I have put together a list of some of the sites I have been frequenting. I hope you enjoy them, and good luck in your research (if you are brave enough to make the journey and climb your own tree!)

I have also created a lookup chart to help identify the relationship between two people.

By the way, I am currently researching the following names (with known or suspected areas of origin in parentheses), e-mail me if you think you can help:

Borawick, Borowick, Borwick, Borovik (from the region surrounding Grodno in present day Belarus)
Biel (Poland or maybe Germany)
Ichniowski, Ichnoski, Ichnowski, Ichniewski, Ichniovsky (Lipnica Murowana, Bochnia, Poland)
Krajewski (Lipnica Murowana, Bochnia, Poland)
Polek (Lipnica Murowana, Bochnia, Poland)
Manzella (Isnello, Palermo, Italy)
Scelsi (Isnello, Palermo, Italy)

Note: I use Family Tree Maker.

General Genealogical Sites:

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet: The most comprehensive list of sites that I have found. This page contains a gazillion links to just about everything that could be related to genealogy, even in the remotest sense.
Ancestral Findings Home Page
Ancestry's Home Page
The Genealogy Home Page
The Family Web Page
European Genealogy Sources
FamilySearch Sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints
GenealogyTODAY.com - home of the Online Genealogy Index
Wholly Genes Software
Behind the name Defines the meaning of first names
Military Genealogy
Genealogy and Military Records
Starter links
Searching for Genealogical Records (basics)
US Immigration Freedom of Information Privacy Act Facts
History at Home: A Guide to Genealogy
Language
- Foreign Languages for Travelers (Language Conversion page)
- Bing Translater
People Finders
- International Telephone Directory
Maps
- Cenus Home Page: Nice to look at, but I haven't found much useful stuff here yet.
- Historic Maps
- Mapquest for locating places.
- Google Maps
Humor
- These Ancestors Cannot be displayed [Note: This link is not broken... read the pseudo-error message!]

Social Security Death Index and Social Security Number Information:

Ancestry's Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Online Search: If you know anyone that has died between 1961 and March 2000, this page will mostly likely give you the month and year (and even the day, if you are lucky).
Social Security Number Defintion (an extract from the SSA and Genealogy FAQ, above)

Now for some of the more specialized pages:
Belarus Belarus Flag

and Eastern Europe

FEEFHS FrontPage: Federation of East European Family History Societies
WWW Belarus
The University of Texas at Austin Russian and Eastern European Network Information Center
Mscibow Amstiveva Belarus

Italy & Sicily Italy Flag

Italian Genealogy: The Q Source for Italians!
In Italy Online: Visiting Italy (Tourist stuff)
The Italian Genealogical Group
Rootsweb: Provincia di Palermo, Sicily Genealogy
Sicily
- Sicily: It's all about the Family

Poland Poland Flag

For all the latest sites available, just take a few minutes and wander through Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet, it has so much information, that my poor excuse for genealogy research page can't even compare. My page is so small in comparision, it is an embarassment.

By the way... there is a saying: "Everytime you shake the family tree, a few nuts fall out." I just thought I should warn you! (In other words, check the state penitentiary and local mental institutions as well!)

Complaints? Comments? Good sites that I have missed? Think you might be my long lost cousin? (Only honest inqueries, please.) Well, then, e-mail me!

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DISCLAIMER: The ideas, thoughts, images and/or pointers on this page may in no way reflect me. So deal with it.