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Our Pick of Hotlinks to
the Most Useful URL Collection
for Genealogy Record Searchers

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Latest Update: 3 January 2002 New Internet Privacy section

Next Scheduled Major Update: 15 June 2002
Webmaster's Note: I have used each of these URL's at least once - I use the "USPO Zip+4" and "Switchboard" most frequently - and I find these URL's are worth sharing. If you come across one that has become a "404" or a "500", or one not listed that merits consideration, please let me know by eMail to the FEEFHS Webmaster I'll correct or delete it.

But beware of "bogus 404's" caused by web server overload during peak activity times. Be sure to "reload" the page before reporting a problem with it.

NATIONAL and INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGY FEDERATIONS and SOCIETIES
- Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (AJGS)
- Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS)
- Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS)
- National Genealogical Society (NGS)

GENEALOGY NEWSGROUPS
- 18 Genealogy Newsgroups and 2 search engines that specialize in searching Usenet newsgroups and their archives.

GENEALOGY - ONLINE NEWLETTERS and PUBLISHERS
- Eastman's Online Genealogy newsletter (Subscription required)
- Everton Publishers
- FEEFHS FrontPage

LOOKUPS - CD-ROM's
- CD Lookups List

INTERNATIONAL LOOKUPS (PEOPLE FINDERS), URL'S, COUNTRY CODES & TIME ZONES.
- W3C List of Web Servers Worldwide All servers - any country of the world.
- Internet Country Codes alpha listings: ca = Canada, de = Germany, ru = Russia, etc.
- InfoSpace - claims 200 million residential listings in Austria, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, and UK plus USA Telephone, address and eMail listings.
- World-Wide Time Zone Converter

U.S. LOOKUPS (PEOPLE FINDERS): TELEPHONE, ADDRESS and EMAIL
- Switchboard U.S. Telephone Directory lookup.
- AT&T 800 Directory Toll-Free U.S. Telephone Directory lookup.
- WhoWhere Telephone, eMail and Web address lookup.
- Four11 White Page Directory Claims over 7 million eMail addresses. Search by first name, last name, domaine, and/or geographic area.
- NetFind eMail address search.
- InfoSpace - claims 200 million residential listings including some International Telephone, address and eMail listings.
- To validate AOL addresses (Only AOL screen names).

INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES:
- World-Wide Telephone Directories on the Web - Rob Hoare's web site includes Canada, Finland, Romania, Russia and Slovenia among many others - IMHO this is the best list of non-US telkephone numbers.
- German Address and Telephone Number Lookup

MAPS
- FEEFHS Map Room (1882) All of Central & Eastern Europe and Russia, including Siberia and Asian Russia.
- Genealogy Unlimited of Orem, Utah.
- Travel Genie Maps of Ames, Iowa
- Map Quest

NEWBIE INTERNET STUFF - "LEARN THE ROPES" ON THE INTERNET
- Learn the net"
- Newbie University - learn the ropes with tutorials on eMail, FTP, IRC, etc.
- Internet educational site
- Spectrum Virtual University Courses OnLine University class
- see also COMPUTER UTILITIES and ADVICE section below.

PERSONAL ANCESTRAL FILE (PAF)
- PAF 3 Notes; More PAF 3 Notes by Thacher Johnson
- Silicon Valley PAF Users Group

The BEST PITSTOPS on the INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY
- Cyndi's List of Internet Genealogy Sites:
- Genealogy Resources on the Web (Christine Gaunt and John Fuller)
- Goblirsch's Genealogy Resoures on the Internet
- Helm's Genealogy Toolbox
- Mann's Menu sites

ROBOTS
- URL-Minder personal web robot. URL-Minder will monitor your URL's of interest and reports back any changes on a weekly basis.

SEARCH ENGINES
- The Best Web Search Engines for genealogy.
- Listing of over 1,200 search engines
- Links to all web search engines and related utilities
- http://www.searchenginewatch.com: Status, features, performance comparisions, usage tips, reviews, tutorials and other search engine resources
- Choose the best search engine for your purpose
- Tips on Popular Search Engines

SOUNDEX
Prepare for a more efficient census search by having Soundex codes for all spellings of your surnames accurately listed and in ascending order in advance.
- Soundex Code Lookup.
- US National archives and Records Administration Soundex

U. S. POST OFFICE
- U.S. Postal Service City State / Zip Association Lookup Lists all permitted 5 digit Zip Codes for a given city in a given state.
- U.S. Postal Service Zip+4 Code Lookup Lookup/use a Zip+4 Code for all U.S. locations to speed postal delivery, especially to distant U.S. places.

U.S. GOVERNMENT HELP
- U.S. Census Bureau
- U. S. Library of Congress:
.......Library of Congress genealogy
.......Library of Congress research tools
.......Library of Congress online catalog gateway (LOC and many Universities including the U.California Melvyl system)
- U.S. National Archives:
- U.S. National Archives Genealogy Page (and Directory)
- Social Security Death Index Lookup

UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
- University Library Online Catalogs
- Melvyl UC System includes Sutro Genealogy (California State), Stanford, CSUS, etc.

CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES
- Currency Exchange Rates

SENDING MONEY OVERSEAS
Note: Ruesch International Financial Services no longer accepts or processes small bank drafts of the type most genealogists use. This service is now provided by International Currency Express that advertises "Superior Rates" (I incurred a US$5.00 service charge recently) and "Superior Service" (IMHO acceptable, but average). COMPUTER UTILITIES and ADVICE: COMPUTER VIRUS and VIRUS HOAX QUESTIONS (Is the Message a Hoax or for Real??)
- National Computer Security Association (NCSA) Virus Hoax Alert. Check here BEFORE forwarding that questionable alert - (its probably bogus).
- Internet Virus HOAX? (US Department of Energy [DOE] Computer Incident Advisory)
- Symantec's Hoax web page
- Check Internet Chain Letters (DOE Computer Incident Advisory)
- Compute Virus "Myths" page
- True stuff on REAL viruses from IBM
- Network Associates page - lotsa virus/hoax stuff.

SECURITY ISSUES - DEFENSE AGAINST HACKERS (thanks to Network Magazine)
- Internet Security Newsletter
- Computer Operations Audit Security and Technology website archive of computer security, law, incident response and information protection issues.
- Computer Security Institute archive of online information protection issues
- "Dr. Mudge" et. al. Friendly hacker group offers up advisories, tools and information.
- Cryptographer Bruce Schneier's tools and papers.
- Phrack Magazine Hacker magazine exposes security holes in Microsoft NT (NT = Nice Try)
- Blackhat Briefings - convergence of computer security professionals and the electronic underground organized by Jeff Moss

INTERNET and COMPUTER SECURITY ISSUES
BTW, the correct term for a malicious Hacker is really "Cracker". Here are some Hot links mentioned in the May 2000 issue of PC Magazine: ANTI-SPAM Pages and Techniques
- Spam Exterminator - type "Spam Exterminator" into the ZD Net Software Library Search Engine - a shareware program with 3,000+ known spammers (regularly updated) - it deletes them from your inbox.
- AntiSpam Organization Sign up on the Global Remove List, Free eMail Software, etc.
- Numbers of Net Scammers Abound - C/Net News.Com Article
- Install an Anti-Spam Filter on Eudora in one quick step
- Bigfoot Anti-Spam Defense System Claims to be the only universal anti-spam protection available to all eMail users regardless of your ISP or online service provider
- http://www.spamfree.org/resources/header/reading.html
- http://www.sspam.abuse.net
http://www.junkbusters.com
PRIVACY ISSUES
- use the entry "file shredder, file wipe" in a web search engine for locating software to accomplish these functions on the web.
- http://www.privacy.net
- http://www.dss.mil/isec/nispom.htm
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.... ? - http://www.theclock.com
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.... ? - http://www.aixs.net
- http://www.idzap.com
- http://www.zeroknowledge.com
- http://www.weboot.com

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