Designed
by Kan Li
Winner 2000/01
LHS Library
Bookmark Contest
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Lawrence
High School Library
Lawrence, Kansas
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Nameboy
http://www.nameboy.com/
Are you trying to think of a perfect name for a business, web
site, team or a game? Just type in some keywords and the site spits
back possible combos. |
RootsWeb.com
http://www.rootsweb.com
MyFamily.com Reviewed 20 Feb. 2002.
RootsWeb.com, whose banner reads "the oldest and largest free
online community for genealogists," is made up of "extensive
interactive guides and numerous research tools for tracing family
histories." The searcher can type in a name in the search box
or follow the link to "The World Connect Project," which
contains more than 204 million ancestor names. Another search box
is provided on the home page to search records in Ancestor.com,
a fee-based subscription site and the funder/supporter of RootsWeb.
The RootsWeb Surname List consists of a register of over one million
surnames submitted by more than 250,000 genealogists. This Web site
is great to offer to the beginning online genealogist who visits
your library.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2002
Fourth Annual List
RUSA Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS)
American Library Association |
U.S.
Surname Distribution
http://www.hamrick.com/names/
Hamrich Software offers a search feature that shows the distribution
of any of 50,000 surnames by state. Just type the surname, choose
the date range and click the display button. A United States map
color-coded to show how frequently the surname occurs in that population.
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