jerry, the rootsweb site and the familysearch site definitely have info for other countries. for the genweb site, there is also a world genweb. if you google it, you'll find it and then can pick the country. karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "jerry martin" <jandymar...@clear.net> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] family tree web sites
Karen: Regarding the links that you suppliedLois, do you know if any of these websites would have information from European countries such as Hanover Germany? Thanks. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "karen schrade" <kschr...@sbcglobal.net> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 2:04 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] family tree web sites > Hi Lois, If you are looking for online records, There are several really > helpful free family tree websites. these are screen reader friendly: > the u. s. genweb. > > http://www.usgenweb.org/ > > if you go to that site, you'll find a list of states. enter on the state > you > want and you'll get the counties lists. some counties have more > information > than others. > > You can also check out rootsweb. it's free and you can search for your > relatives names, narrowing it to places as well through the advanced > search. > > http://www.rootsweb.com > > they have hundreds of mailing lists for surnames and places. if you know > where your relative lived, you can find a mailing list for that place and > search for the name. > They also have lots of user contributed family trees. if you're lucky, you > may find a distant cousin. that's called World Connect. > > then, you can check out the LDS genealogy site: > > http://www.familysearch.org > > if you type into the search box the name, first and last, then the place, > and narrow it to time, i. e. 1900 to 1930,, you will get lots of hits. > then, you can narrow that by birthplace, europe or us, death place, > the same, birth year, 1700s, 1800s, 1900s etc. you may find more than you > imagined. I've had very good luck with the family search site lately. > It's > a bit tricky to get used to but it's definitely doable. > > good luck. If you have other questions about genealogy and screen > readers, > i'd be happy to try to help off list. karen > kschr...@sbcglobal.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lois" <w5...@sbcglobal.net> > To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 1:41 PM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] family tree web sites > > > Are there any family tree web sites that don't charge an arm and leg? > Thanks > for the help in advance. > > Lois > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
