Experience Resources Fees Research Tips Lectures/Courses Publications Useful Links DCJ Homepage Contact Information:     dcjoyce@findmyfamilyplease.com		RESEARCH RESOURCES: My Personal Library: My personal collection numbers over 450 books and 150 CD-ROMs, including full federal census access; PERSI [the periodical source index]; the LDS Index to Scandinavian Records; and other data CDs based on census, marriage, church, land, military and other records. The focus of my personal collection is on American records from 1640 to 1900, with special attention to people who lived in CT, NY, PA, KY, OH, IN, IL, WI, IA, MN, NE and the Dakotas. I also collect references about early American migration routes, Norwegian-Americans, Germans, Swede-Finns, and the Scots-Irish. Special Online Data Access Memberships: Ancestry.com [includes complete data and census image access] GenealogyLibrary.com New England Historic Genealogical Society [NEHGS] , includes online access to NEHGS Register and other data Heritage Quest Online Minnesota Genealogical Society [MGS] Research facilities used most often: Minnesota History Center in St. Paul, MN Family History Center in Crystal, MN MN Genealogical Society Library in Golden Valley, MN University of Minnesota libraries, including Immigration History Center German collection at Concordia College, St. Paul MN. Norwegian resources at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. I make periodic [scheduled] visits to these major repositories: State Library of WI, at Madison, for its' excellent Midwest collection. Vesterheim Research Center, Madison WI. Newberry Library, Chicago Illinois [excellent New England collection] Library of Congress, Washington D.C. DAR Library (Daughters of the American Revolution), Washington D.C National Archives, Washington D.C.
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