GENEALOGICAL GLEANERS AWARD

The GENEALOGICAL GLEANERS AWARD is given in recognition of the hard work performed by selfless volunteers in bringing genealogical data [vital records, church records, wills, and similar information] to the web for the use of others. The links below will take you to the sites the selection committee believes are among the best on the web in terms of the free and accurate information they provide.

Updated 1 Jan 2010

LINKS

NEW ENGLAND

• HUBBARD GLEANINGS
  data on the Hubbard families of New England, photos, vital records, family histories.
• DUNHAM-WILCOX-TROTT-KIRK
  vital records from CT, MA, RI, NJ, NY & MI, including church, town, census, Barbour, town histories, wills; emphasis on Middlesex Co., CT - over 4800 data files on line!
• RAY BROWN'S PLACE FOR NEW ENGLAND GENEALOGY
  vital records from New England
• OLD NEWSPAPERS COLLECTION PROJECT
  transcribed data from newspapers from the 1800's from 12 states
• PANE-JOYCE GENEALOGY
  vital records from MA & NY, maps.

  CONNECTICUT

• FAIRFIELD CO., CT, AHGP SITE
  vital records - including those difficult to find ones from the late 1800s, and more!
• FAIRFIELD CO., CT, GENWEB
  cemetery listings and other good information.
• SOUTHINGTON, HARTFORD CO., GENWEB SITE
  vital records, census, cemeteries.
• LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT AHPG
  vital records from Litchfield Co., CT
• NEW LONDON CO., CT, GENWEB
  lots of information - click on the Research Transcriptions
• OXFORD PAST [OXFORD, NEW HAVEN CO., CT]
  cemeteries [including photos], newspaper clippings, letters
• OUR OXFORD [OXFORD, NEW HAVEN CO., CT]
  census, church histories, town reports, biographies, military
• NORTH STONINGTON, NEW LONDON CO., CT, GENWEB SITE
  vital records & cemetery listings
• VOLUNTOWN, NEW LONDON CO., CT, GENWEB SITE
  Barbour & Hale transcriptions for the town, 1790 census, marriages
• HEBRON, TOLLAND CO., CT GENWEB SITE
  vital records including a link to the Barbour listings for the town
• WINDHAM CO, CT. GENWEB
  vital records [BARBOUR], biographies, newspaper articles, indexes to Windham Co. histories - be sure to check out the town pages!
• FRED'S VERY ECLECTIC FILES
  cemetery listings for Connecticut Civil War soldiers, gravestones, "Little Yankees in Eternity" [especially poignant]

  MASSACHUSETTS

• MASSACHUSETTS VITAL RECORDS
  an ambitious project to put Massachusetts vital records on the web - growing and could use volunteers to help transcribe
• BERKSHIRE CO., MA, GENWEB SITE
  vital records, maps, 1844 Jubilee registry, newspaper notices
• HISTORICAL RECORDS OF DUKES CO., MA
  cemetery listings with photos, vital records, census & more
• ESSEX COUNTY, MA, GENWEB SITE
  vital records, cemetery listings, deeds, wills, links to books on line
• HAMPDEN CO., MA, GENWEB SITE
  vital records, census, cemetery listings, histories, school yearbooks & more
• BOYLSTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM
  vital records, Old Burial Ground listing, The Early Records of Lancaster, MA [actual page images], index of Boylston Historical Series [all under ARCHIVES]
• VITAL RECORDS OF BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS 1640-1793
  book by Samuel A. Bates, pub. 1886
• CAPE COD GRAVESTONES
  cemetery listings, photos, information on the gravestone carvers
• HISTORIC RECORDS OF DUKES COUNTY, MA, GENWEB SITE
  census, vital records, gravestones, histories - look under the SITE MAP for a concise listing
• EASTON, BRISTOL CO., MA
  town records, warnings out, census, vital records.
• HAVERHILL, ESSEX CO., MA, GENWEB SITE
  early families, census, land holders, and other data
• MEDWAY, NORFOLK CO., MA
  Medway library site, epitaphs, settlers, land records, vital records.
• TOWN OF NATICK, MIDDLESEX CO., MA
  1874-1913 vital records, 1937 residents directory
• ANN'S ROYALSTON, MA, GENEALOGY & HISTORY
  vital records, census records
• SHREWSBURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
  History of Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury Vital Statistics to 1850
• YE OLD TOWN OF WOBURN [MA]
  census, cemeteries, probate indexes, photos

  NEW HAMPSHIRE

• MERRIMACK CO., NH, GENWEB SITE
  births, marriages, deaths, cemeteries, church records, pensions & biographies
• THE NEWPORT CEMETERIES
  cemetery enumerations from Newport Township, NH
• STRAFFORD CO., NH, GENWEB SITE
  vital records, tax lists, wills, divorces, cemeteries, & more

  RHODE ISLAND

• PROVIDENCE CO., RI, GENWEB
  Birth & Marriages, 1777 Military Census, Alien Registration Lists

  MAINE

• ANDOVER, MAINE
  cemeteries, births, deaths, marriages
• DANARAE'S LITTLE CORNER
  vital records from Maine
• DOWNEAST ME GENEALOGY
  Western Washington Co., Maine, birth, marriage, cemeteries & census
• A FEW CEMETERIES IN MAINE
  cemetery listings - lots of them!!
• FRANKLIN COUNTY, MAINE, GENWEB
  vital records, census, and other information
• READFIELD, MAINE, IN KENNEBEC COUNTY
  early settlers, cemeteries, schools, veterans, old houses

  VERMONT

• VERMONT
  vital records, town directories, photos, and beautiful graphics - this site is a visual delight
• DANBY, RUTLAND CO., VT, HISTORY & GENEALOGY
  early settlers, freemen, military, town meetings
• NORTHEAST KINGDOM GENEALOGY
  vital records, newspapers & cemeteries from north-eastern Vermont
• VERMONT IN THE CIVIL WAR
  histories of Vermont military units, military reports, and much more [use pull down menu in upper right corner to access data]
• WASHINGTON CO, VT GENWEB
  town directories, 1850 census, cemeteries & death records

  NEW YORK

• ALBANY & EASTERN NEW YORK GENEALOGY
  vital records from Albany, NY, & the surrounding counties
• ALLEGANY CO., NY, GENWEB
  vital records, court & church records, cemeteries, military, gazeetters & county history
• BERNE HISTORICAL PROJECT [ALBANY CO., NY]
  cemeteries, census, church records, military
• BRISTOL, ONTARIO CO., NY, TOWN HISTORY
  early settlers, veterans of various wars, maps
• MARCRI'S EARLY FAMILES OF BROOME CO., NY
  biographies, land records, marriages
• CATTARAUGUS CO., NY, GENWEB
  cemeteries, military records, census, pioneers
• CHAUTAQUA CO., NY, GENWEB SITE
  cemeteries, census records, military, & BM&Ds from church records 1809-1961
• CHENANGO CO., NY, GENWEB SITE
  biographies, cemeteries, county directories, marriages & deaths, & more
• DELAWARE CO, NY, GENEALOGY & HISTORY SITE
  cemetery, census, church, military, probate, school, & vital records and more
• DUTCHESS CO. NY, HISTORY & GENEALOGY
  cemeteries, marriages, lots of Quaker records
• DUTCHESS CO., NY, GENWEB SITE
  lots of cemeteries and other records.
• SOME FINGER LAKES GENEALOGY
  marriages, obituaries, cemetery listing, news articles & village directory from Geneva, Ontario Co., NY; military pensioners in 1841 for several counties; Romulus, NY, church directory.
• FULTON CO., NY, GENWEB
  census, baptism, birth, marriage, death, cemeteries [check under "Of Vital Importance"]
• GINNY'S GENEALOGY - DUTCHESS & PUTNAM COUNTIES, NY
  cemeteries & poor house listings, church records from North & South Highlands ME churches.
• JEFFERSON CO., NY, AMERICAN LOCAL HISTORY NETWORK
  vital records, cemeteries, census
• JEFFERSON CO., NY, GENWEB
  cemeteries, business directories, maps, early settlers
• LEWIS CO., NY, GENWEB
  cemetery lists, military records, postcards, lots of goodies!
• LIVINGSTON CO., NY, GENWEB
  indexes to histories of Livingston Co., obits, biographies, wills
• LONG ISLAND GENEALOGY
  vital records, cemeteries, family histories, military
• MADISON CO., NY, GENWEB
  1915 cemetery transcriptions, civil war military data, maps, biographies
• MADISON CO., NY, A BIT OF THE PAST
  maps, biographies, recent obituaries, town gazetteers
• MONROE CO., NY, GENWEB SITE
  cemeteries, vital records, gazetteer, maps, etc.
• CAZENOVIA, FENNER & NELSON [MADISON CO., NY]
  cemetery transcriptions, local history texts, census, military and more.
• HERKIMER & MONTGOMERY COUNTIES, NY - GENWEB SITE
  cemeteries, vital records, census, military, & more
• NASSAU CO., NY, GENWEB
  biographies, obituaries, wills, cemeteries
• ONEIDA CO., NY, GENWEB
  cemetery lists, military records, marriages, census, obituaries, wills, & more
• ONONDAGA CO., NY, GENWEB
  cemeteries, land records, census, military, & much more
• ONTARIO CO., NY, GENWEB
  cemeteries, biographies, vital records, & more
• OTSEGO CO. NY GENWEB SITE
  vital records, cemeteries, guardianship records, military, histories, biographies.
• RENSSELAER & OTHER COUNTIES, NY - BARBARA'S GENEALOGY PAGE
  census, probate, vital records, cemeteries
• SENECA CO., NY GENWEB SITE
  cemeteries, military & church records, coroner's reports, jury lists, and more
• STEUBEN CO., NY GENWEB SITE
  vital records, cemeteries, maps, census, newspapers
• TIOGA CO., NY, GENWEB SITE
  church records, cemeteries, town directories, links to census and other data
• TOMPKINS Co., NY GENWEB SITE
  cemeteries, vital records, church records, wills, deeds
• PAINTED HILLS GENEALOGY SOCIETY
  Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, McKean, Potter & Steuben County data, cemeteries, military, census, bios
• TRI-COUNTIES GENEALOGY & HISTORY
  resource materials for Tioga & Bradford Counties in PA and Chemung Co. in NY

  PENNSYLVANIA

• BERKS CO., PA, GENWEB
  will abstracts, church records, cemeteries, obituaries
• CRAWFORD CO., PA, GENWEB
  vital records, deeds, wills, census, tax records
• LOWER LUZERNE CO., PA
  wills, military, tombstones, marriages [under articles]
• SCHUYLKIL CO., PA, GENWEB SITE
  naturalizations, census, military, cemeteries, tax-lists, & more

  MIDWEST STATES

• KRIS KUHN KRUMM'S CEMETERY SITES
  Cemetery listings from Ohio, Florida, Illinois, Indiana & Michigan - some with photos

  MICHIGAN

• THE MICHIGAN COLLECTION, MICHIGAN HISTORY IN PICTURES & MORE
  plat maps & cemeteries from a number of Michigan counties, old postcards, North Star Twp., Gratiot Co., MI, GenWeb site.
• CLINTON CO., MI, GENWEB
  biographies, census, cemetery, marriage, death & military records, all under archives
• KALAMAZOO CO., MI, ALHN & KALAMAZOO CO., MI, CEMETERIES
  use the buttons along the top of the first site to access maps, history, photos, & resources.
• LIVINGSTON CO., MI, GENWEB
  vital records, plat maps!, county histories, cemetery photos
• MT. CLEMENS LIBRARY GENEALOGY COLLECTION & SERVICES
  includes on-line database for cemetery, obituary, military, etc for Macomb Co., MI
• URSULA'S HOMEPAGE
  Northern Macomb & Southern St. Clair Counties, Michigan
  census, maps, church records, cemetery listings
• ST. CLAIR CO., MI, MARRIAGES & DEATHS
  marriages - 1838-1898, deaths - 1868-1974 & after
• TUSCOLA CO., MI, AHGP SITE
  vital records, naturalizations, maps, military.

  OHIO

• CLERMONT CO., OH, GENEALOGY & LOCAL HISTORY
  cemeteries, census, tax lists, will index 1800-1915, military, vital records
• LAKE COUNTY, OH, GENWEB SITE
  biographies, cemeteries, census, churches, history, maps, military, & more
• LAWRENCE REGISTER, GENEALOGICAL & HISTORICAL WEBSITE
  bible records, wills, obituaries, court records, vital records, & more
• MARION COUNTY, OHIO
  photos, cemetery inscriptions, deeds, vital records, maps

  INDIANA

  ILLINOIS

• RESEARCHING YOUR ROOTS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  Morgan Co., IL, vitals, naturalizations, records from churches, poor farms, probate; links to general IL records.
• ILLINOIS TRAILS HISTORY & GENEALOGY
  census, military, newspapers
• MORGAN AREA GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION - WAVERLY GENEALOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY
  a *wealth* of vitals, census, cemeteries, biographies, wills & probates, military & more for Morgan, Cass, Greene, Macoupin, Menard, Sangamon & Scott Counties!!

  KANSAS

• ORPHAN TRAINS OF KANSAS
  Lists of orphans and the families who adopted them, newpaper articles, history of the trains

  IOWA

• CLINTON CO., IOWA, GENWEB
  census, cemeteries, vital records, military & more
• LINN CO., IA
  census, cemetery, bible records, military, & more

  WISCONSIN

• BURLINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY [RACINE CO., WI]
  marriages, people, homes & farms [searchable databases]
• KENOSHA CO., WI, GENWEB
  cemeteries, biographies, land records, census, county directories
• LA CROSSE CO., WI, GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
  cemeteries, churches, military
• OCONTO CO., WI, GENEALOGY & FAMILY HISTORY
  census, cemetery, obituaries, vital records, land records & maps, military records
• RICHLAND CO., WI, GENEALOGY & HISTORY
  cemeteries, census, obituaries, some vital records.
• JIM SPONHOLZ'S HOME PAGE
  records from Whitefish Bay, WI; Erie Railroad & Milwaukee Firemen

  MISSOURI

• AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN MISSOURI
  marriage, census & cemetery and other difficult to find records

  TEXAS

• CEMETERIES PHOTOGRAPHED IN TEXAS, OKLAHOMA AND THE WORLD
  hundreds of photos of actual gravestones

  GENERAL SITES

• ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
  look under Biographies for information about people buried there - not a genealogical site, but useful.

  CIVIL WAR

• ANDERSONVILLE CIVIL WAR PRISON
  lists of the Union prisoners & the Confederate guards that died here, links to other Civil War prisons & national cemeteries
• VERMONT IN THE CIVIL WAR
  histories of Vermont military units, military reports, and much more [use pull down menu in upper right corner to access data]

  CANADA

• EARLY ONTARIO RECORDS
  vital records & histories from a difficult to research area

  SCOTLAND

• SOUTHRONALDSAY.NET - Focus on 19th-century South Ronaldsay and Burray, Orkney... containing 19th-century Civil Death Registers, 19th-century Marriage Registers, plus the only original on-line source for the "South Ronaldsay, Burray, Swona and Pentland Skerries 1821 Census"... also a Genealogy Queries page specific to the area, and 19th-century to early 20th-century photographs contributed by the site's visitors. Ever-growing site with more transcription projects being developed.

  IRELAND

• County of Tyrone, Ireland
  vital records, wills, land records, tax records, etc.