{"id":3954,"date":"2020-07-22T14:59:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T20:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/?page_id=3954"},"modified":"2020-07-25T09:57:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T15:57:00","slug":"research-links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/genealogy\/research-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Links"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/ancestry.com\">Ancestry (Database)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bringing together billions of historical records, millions of\nfamily trees, and millions of enthusiastic family researchers, Ancestry is the\nworld\u2019s largest online family history resource and the best place to build a\nfamily tree, find new ancestors, and share discoveries with family. <strong><br>\n<\/strong><em><strong>NOTE: The\nlibrary does have a membership to Ancestry however it can only be used in the\nlibrary.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ellis Island  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ellisisland.org\" target=\"_blank\">Ellis Island <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ellis Island, now a 27.5-acre site located just minutes off the southern tip of Manhattan Island, New York, is likely to connect with more of the American population than any other spot in the country. It has been estimated that nearly half of all Americans today can trace their family history to at least one person who passed through the Port of New York at Ellis Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"FamilySearch (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">FamilySearch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FamilySearch is the largest genealogy organization in the world. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services each year to learn more about their family history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fold3.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Fold3 (Database) (opens in a new tab)\">Fold3 (Database)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fold3 provides convenient access to military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"GenLookups (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.genealogybuff.com\" target=\"_blank\">GenLookups<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> GenLookups.com is a directory to point your way to genealogy lookup volunteers both on this site and around the web. We also host a huge archive of obituaries by state and marriage records search engines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/history.churchofjesuschrist.org\/subsection\/nebraska\/omaha\/mormon-trails-center-at-winter-quarters?lang=eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Morman Trail Center (opens in a new tab)\">Morman Trail Center<\/a><br><br>The Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters, located in Omaha, Nebraska, is a visitors\u2019&nbsp;center with exhibits about Winter Quarters, a major settlement for Latter-day Saint pioneers after they left&nbsp;Nauvoo, Illinois. The&nbsp;exhibits&nbsp;describe the Latter-day Saints\u2019&nbsp;westward migration to the Salt Lake Valley in Utah by wagon, handcart, sailing ship, and train. Next to the trail center are the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery and the Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple. The Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, which was a burial site for some of the pioneers who died at Winter Quarters, includes a monument called&nbsp;<em>Tragedy of Winter Quarters,<\/em>&nbsp;sculpted by Avard Fairbanks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"United States Vital Records (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/vitalrec.com\" target=\"_blank\">United States Vital Records<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How to obtain birth, death, &amp; marriage information state by state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ancestry (Database) Bringing together billions of historical records, millions of family trees, and millions of enthusiastic family researchers, Ancestry is the world\u2019s largest online family history resource and the best place to build a family tree, find new ancestors, and <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/genealogy\/research-links\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Research Links<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":0,"parent":24,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3954","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5oMVT-11M","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3954"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3957,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3954\/revisions\/3957"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}