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updated 11/21/02

• U.S. Government:
  • Bureau of Land Management (U.S.)
    • Land Patent Search land patents online 1820-1908
    • Links to Research Sites
  • Library of Congress Catalog
  • Geographical Names Information System find a cemetery, school or town, etc.
  • Census Bureau (U.S.)
    • Census Records: a complete all-US database of the actual census taken from 1790 - 1930. You can see pictures of the actual census pages, not transcribed text. This is not a federal government web site.
• United Kingdom
  • PROCAT: UK's Public Record Office's online catalogue of archives of central government, courts of law and other national bodies.
  • COPAC: merged online catalogues of 22 of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland plus the British Library.
  • Royalty and Noble Database
  • Cyndi's List of Royalty and Nobility, a rich resource for this topic
  • Heraldry Links
• Genealogical Societies, Groups, etc.
  • Societe Jerriaise
  • Channel Islands Family History Society
  • RootsWeb perhaps the ultimate genealogy web site.
  • National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
  • National Genealogical Society
  • RAND Genealogy Club
• GenWeb Project:
  • USGenWeb Project home page where you can link to information for all states and counies in the U.S. and around the world. MEanwhile, here are some specific links for Virginia, where our family first settled in the mid 1600's.
  • Virginia GenWeb Project
    • Williamsburg (a.k.a New Plantation) where immigrant George first lived and was a vestryman at Bruton Parish Church.
    • Bedford County where Revolutionary War Captain, Joseph Poindexter, and many of his family lived in or near Lynchburg, VA.
    • Lynchburg, VA
    • Louisa County Archives, each new generation of the family continued to move outward to settle more land and create new counties.
    • Louisa County, (new link Feb. 03) a GenWeb related independant site (hint: use the search tool to find Poindexter or other surname listings faster)
    • New Kent County where our immigrant George built his home, Criss Cross, see more info
    • Other Virginia counties
• LDS Links:
  • Family History Library
• Genealogical Research Tools and Resources:
• Ancestry.com
• Genealogy.com
• RootsWeb.com
• Diogenes LLC (an investigative association), a great list of links to public records
• Find-A-Grave
• SOUNDEX: convert surnames to Soundex. Poindexter is "P532".
• Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Web Site
• American Civil War Research Database, searchable database of United States Civil War soldiers and events.
• GenServ: Connecting Family Histories Around The World
• The SurnameWeb
• Genealogy Software Springboard:
  • old web site (still active November, 2002)
  • new web site (different design)
• GenSource
• Helm's Genealogy Toolbox
• Cyndi's List of tools and links to all sorts of genealogical information, a standard in the industry.
• Jenialogy: Jennifer Sawyer's genealogy resources web site, with links to cemeteries, old maps, e-newsletter and much more.
• Ellis Island records from this famous port of entry for may immigrants are online. Note, the Poindexter family arrived here prior to Ellis Island, but this link may be helpful in researching other families.

Also see "Poindexter Links" for sites related to our surname. Examples: St. Peter's Parish, Virginia Historical Society, etc.

Looking for people on the Internet

• AltaVista
• Excite's PeopleFinder

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