The Link Yard   

  A Link to the Past & Present

   Resourceful Links For Your Barry County Ancestors 

Report Broken Links - Donna Cooper

  LINK YARD RESOURCES

GENERAL INFORMATION

Finding Help From RootsWeb Resources

• RootsWeb Meta Search - Data Base Index

• RootsWeb - Town and County Identifier

• RootsWeb Review

• RootsWeb - Social Security - Death Index

• RootsWeb - Soundex Converter

• RootsWeb - Surname List Finder

• RootsWeb - World Connect

• RootsWeb - Guide to Tracing Family Trees (Graphic Intensive)

• Rootsweb - Resource Clusters

• RootsWeb Forms

Some Help From Ancestry & Others

• GenSeeker - RootsWeb Site Search:  Search all the registered WWW documents on RootsWeb.

• New Data Bases at Ancestry

• Census Images - Ancestry

• US GenWeb Project

 Help From LDS Resources  

Parish Records, Census & Submitter Data Bases

• FamilySearch.Org - IGI (LDS)

• Familysearch.Org - Data Base   (LDS)

   National Links & Other Helpful Resources

• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

• www.GenealogyToday.com

• Daughter's of the American Revolution (DAR) Library Online

• Ellis Island

• National Archives

• Land Acquisition in the US

• Understanding Bounty Land Warrants - 1812

• Research in Land Entries

• Land Record Sites

• All About Deeds

• Obtaining Land Warrants & Land Patents

• Retracing the Steps of Your Ancestors in Deeds

• Dear Myrtle, Your Friend in Genealogy

• Random Genealogical Acts of Kindness

• DNA Help With Genealogy

• Quaker Resources on the Web

• Cyndi's Obits

• US Military - Cyndi's List

• Military Indexes and Records

• Heritage Quest - [Check with your local library about membership.] Census, Books & Rev. War Pension Records on Line. Library package may include historical newspapers, too.

American Indian Links -  Native Americans Resources

Color Code Key - Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Osage, Chickasaw

• Kapper's Indian Affairs - Laws & Treaties

• Indian Removal Act 1830

• 1860 Slave Owners - Indian Lands

• Cherokee History

• 1871 Shawnee Census

• 1880 Cherokee Census

• Act of Congress - 1854 Roll Eastern Cherokee

• Dawes Commission - Index - Ancestry.com

• Indian Land Sessions - 1794 -1798 - Ancestry.com 

• Indian Reservations - 1840 - Ancestry.com

• Oklahoma Osage - 1921 - Ancestry.com

• Native American - Land Patents

• Bureau of Indian Affairs

• 1817 Cherokee Emigration Roll

• Cherokee By Blood

• History of the Cherokee Indians

• Cherokee Census of Intruders - African-American

• Cherokee Nation Census - 1835

• Cherokee Strip - Land Run

• Chickasaw Nation - 1837 - 1907

• Choctaw Nation

• Choctaw Freeman

• Choctaw - Armstrong Rolls 1834

• Choctaw Manuscript Collections

• Mississippi Choctaw Index

• Guion Miller Roll - Cherokee

• 1896 Census Applications - Cherokees, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Creek

• Armstrong Roll

• Dawes Final Rolls - Cherokee

• Kern Clifton Roll - Cherokee

• Reservation Roll

• Old Settlers Roll  - Cherokee

• Ute Roll

• Indian Affairs and Treaties

• Wallace Roll - Cherokee Freeman in OK

• All Things Cherokee 

• Ancestral Branches 

• Broken Threads 

• Caddo County Genealogical Society 

• Cherokee Proud, Guide to tracing and honoring your Cherokee Ancestors

• Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 1837-1907 

• Creek Indian Researcher 

• First People of Tennessee and the American Southeast 

• Genealogy Page  Indian Rolls - National Archives and Records Administration

• Native American Records

• Native American Genealogy 

• Native Genealogy - People of the Three Fires 

• Native Press 

• Native-American Genealogy at MyGenealogist.com  

• NativeStudy.com 

• Navajo Genealogy & Family History of Harrison Lapahie Jr. 

• Newberry Library 

• Official Federal Land Patent Records Site 

• OKGenWeb 

• Oklahoma/Indian Territory GenWeb 

• Olive Tree Genealogy 

• Oneida Indian Ancestry 

• Searching for Saponi Town 

• North Carolina Indian Tribes

• North Carolina Indians - NC Museum of History

• So Your Grandmother Was a Cherokee Princess? 

• Source List for Genealogy Research 

• Tracing Your Roots 

• USGenWeb Census Project - Native American 

• Wichita & Caddo Nation, Oklahoma Territory 

• Native American Genealogy

• Indian Treaties

• How to Research Native American Rolls

• Compact Histories, Native American

• Time to ABOLISH the BIA?

• The Five Civilized Tribes Museum

• Indian Removal

• The Five Civilized Tribes Museum "Burial on the Trail"

• NARA Archival Information Locator (NAIL)

• Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940

• Dawes Commission: 64,177 Applications - Submitted Between 1898 and 1914

• Final Rolls of the Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes

• Index to the Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes

• 1896 Citizenship Applications: 9,618 applications received - NARA

• Indian Bounty Land Applications

• Archives Library Information Center (ALIC)

• Early Native Americans

• Delaware Indians History

• Delaware Indian Laws & Treaties

• Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

• Butterfield Stage Through Choctaw Nation

• 1815 Map of Cherokee & Creek lands

• 1818 Map of Alabama  

• LeFlore County, OK - Skullyville

• Tri-Radials: Black Indians of the Upper South

• Indian Tribes & Villages of MO

• Indian Bounty Lands - NARA

• List of Indian Reservations in the US

• Indian Cemeteries - US

• Ft. Smith Criminal Records - Indian Entries

• The Algonquians (of Coastal North Carolina)

• Powhatton's History

• Absentee Shawnee Indian Reservation

• Black Indians - Pitter's Cherokee Trails

   

   

Link Me Help 

Searching for Quality

• Creating Worthwhile Genealogies For Our Families & Descendants - RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees

• Using Newspapers for Genealogical Research - State Historical Society of MO

• Analyzing Wills for Useful Clues:  By Elizabeth Shown Mills, for Newsletter of Board for Certification of Genealogists

• The Genealogical Proof Standards - Standards by the Board for Certification of Genealogists

• Analyzing Deeds for Useful Clues: By Elizabeth Shown Mills, for Newsletter of Board for Certification of Genealogists

• Citing Your Sources: By Elizabeth Shown Mills, for Newsletter of Board for Certification of Genealogists

• Producing Quality Research Notes: By Elizabeth Shown Mills, for Newsletter of Board for Certification of Genealogists

• Transcribing Source Materials: By Elizabeth Shown Mills, for Newsletter of Board for Certification of Genealogists

• Taking the Mystery out of Land Records

• Public Domain Land States - MO

• MO Newspaper Links

• Deed Books & Deeds

• Land Records Reference

• Mets & Bounds System - Land

• Surveying Units & Terms  - Land Records

• Legal Terms in Land Records

• Free Genealogy Classes  - For Beginner's at Genealogy.com

• Common Errors in English

• Help With Latin Listings

• Learn How to Search & Find

• Researching Records - Donna Cooper

 BARRY COUNTY'S BACK YARD

 Learning About our Link to the Past

• Looking for Church Records - Southern Baptist Churches in Barry County

• 1895 Atlas - Barry County

• Barry County, MO News

• Barry County Topo Zone and Aerial Maps - Includes GPS Locators

• National Register of Historical Places

• Barry County Newspapers - State Historical Society

• Barry County - Public Records Directory

• University of MO Extension Office - Barry County

• Butterfield Overland Mail- Some History

• Butterfield Overland Stage

• Barry County, MO - Cousin Connect

• ePodunk - Barry County

• Court House - Barry County

• Missouri Court Houses

• Missouri Land Patents: 1831 - 1910 - Includes Barry

• Missouri Pioneers

• Missouri Century Farms

• Missouri Libraries & Societies

• Mid Continent Library - Independence, MO

• Cassville Community Profile

• Roaring River State Park

• Roaring River - Private Development 1836 -1929 - by Emery Melton

• Roaring River Spring Falls

• Historical Items of Barry & Newton Counties - By Bob Banks

• MO Birth, Stillbirth & Death Database

• MO Death Index

• MO Public Domain State & Private Land Claims State

• MO Genealogy and Historical Societies - Includes Barry County

• MO State Archives - Includes Barry County

• Monett Times - Obits

• Cassville Democrat

• Haddock Family Web Page - Extracts of Barry County Newspapers

• Wheaton News

• Search Social Security Death Index

• MO State Archives - Death Certificates

• Land Records, Deeds & Homesteads 

• Heritage Quest - Browse by MO County - or by Records

• Heritage Quest - Barry County, MO

• MO Time Line

• MO Libraries

• Directions & Names - Funeral Homes, Barry Co., MO  - MapQuest Site - 20 Listings

• Directions & Names  - Libraries, Barry Co., MO - Yahoo Site - Map 

• Barry County Public Libraries

• Census Finder - MO Counties - Including Barry County

• Answers.Com - Barry County 

• Barry County Newspapers on Microfilm

• Vital Records - Order on Line Service

• Genealogy - Barry County Forum

• Migrations - Barry County, MO

• County Records on Microfilm - Secretary of State

• Barry County Deeds - 1853 - 1903  - Secretary of State

• Barry County Marriages 1837 -1919 - Secretary of State

• Barry County Records - Wills, Marriages, Probate, Inventories, Etc. - Secretary of State

• Barry County - Birth & Death Records  - Secretary of State

• Barry County - Collection Catalog - Secretary of State

• Missouri Supreme Court Historical Database - Secretary of State

• Local Records Inventory Database - Barry County  - Secretary of State

Barry County's Connection to Military Events - Etc.

• Civil War Days in Barry County - by Emery Melton

• Important Events in the Civil War - Barry County

• Stone Prairie Home Guard - by Bob Banks

• MO in Civil War

• MO Civil War Veterans

• MO Civil War Currency

• MO in WWI

• WW II - NARA - Dead & Missing

• Barry County, Missouri - World War II Casualties Army & Air Force

• Battles of the Civil War

• Battle of Pea Ridge - Elk Horn Tavern - Many Barry County soldiers fought here.

• Pea Ridge National Park

• NARA Archival Data Bases - Battles, Wars & Lots More

• Books on Civil War Soldiers - MO Historical Society

• MO Confederate Units - Rosters

• Military Records And More - St. Louis Library

• Heritage Quest Learning Center - MO Civil War

• Barry County Union Provost Marshal Papers: 1861 - 1866  - Secretary of State

• Missouri - Union Provost Marshal Papers: 1861-1866 - Search Page  - Secretary of State

• Soldiers Database: War of 1812 - World War I  - Secretary of State

Link Tool Box

TV, Blogs, Forms & Charts

• AccessGenealogy.com - Free Genealogy Charts:  Family Tree Charts, Research Calendar, etc.

• Ancestry.com Free Ancestral Chart, Research Calendar, Research Extract, Census Forms, Correspondence Record, Family Group Sheets, and Source Summary.  Some Require Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is free from Adobe.

• FamilySearch.org (LDS Website) - Free Genealogy Forms

• Genealogy.com - Census Abstract Forms and Form Letters for Research in PDF format, which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Free from Adobe.  

• Cyndi's Blog List

• RootsWeb Forms

• Roots TV

Youthful Ideas 

 "Link Me Up, Ma"

Kids  - Join in the Fun

Learning how to search for your family's roots and learning the history of your ancestors, too, is a family adventure that you will never forget.

Below are some links that you may find helpful as you learn something about the proper way to do research:

• USGenWeb Kidz Page

• Genealogy Today - Junior Edition

• Eyewitness to History.com  

• Genealogy Instruction Beginner's

• Articles about Genealogy - GenealogySpot.com

• "You Asked For It" - Questions about Genealogy - GenealogySpot.com

• Genealogy "To Do" - Activities -  GenealogySpot.com

• "Do You Know" - Genealogy Trivia - GenealogySpot.com

• Census Kidz - USGenWeb.com - Census Page 

• WorldGenWeb for Kids

• Ask Jeeves for Kids - Search Engine

• Ask For Kids - Jeeves Search Engine