2 November 2020
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American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940
These life histories were written by the staff of the Folklore Project of the Federal Writers' Project for the U.S. Works Progress (later Work Projects) Administration (WPA) from 1936-1940. The Library of Congress collection includes 2,900 documents representing the work of over 300 writers from 24 states.
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Ancestry Blog - 5 Tips for Finding Your LGBTQ+ Ancestors
By Michael J. Leclerc, CG.
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Árvore Genealógica | A Minha Família
Professional genealogists team in Portugal.
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Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives
The biggest repository of historical materials about LGBTIQ experience in Australia. The Archives was established in 1978.
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The Bland Heritage Foundation is the world‐wide meeting place and repository for BLAND family ancestry, ancestral genealogy, history, and other items of interest for all family members.
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Boldron is a small village of around 40 houses and a number of outlying farms in Teesdale, part of the North Pennine area of England. The site contains details of people and places.
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California As I Saw It First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900
Library of Congress American Memory online exhibit.
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Crawford County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Gateway
Crawford County, PA cemetery records.
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This collection of photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company Collection includes over 25,000 glass negatives and transparencies as well as about 300 color photolithograph prints, mostly of the eastern United States. Subjects strongly represented in the collection include city and town views, including streets and architecture; parks and gardens; recreation; and industrial and work scenes.
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Gala is a centre for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ) culture and education in South Africa. Our mission is to act as a catalyst for the production, preservation and dissemination of knowledge on the history, culture and contemporary experiences of LGBTIQ people.
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Genealogies (Books) by Kenneth W. Shirley
SHIRLEY, DALE, BLEDSOE, BLEVINS, LANE, MURPHY, TOY, KELLEY, YANCEY.
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Geography and Map Reading Room
the largest and most comprehensive cartographic collection in the world, including more than 4.5 million maps and 60,000 atlases as well as a large number of cartographic materials in other formats.
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Gulf Coast Archive and Museum of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender History, Inc.
A large collection of artifacts and stories, from the 1950's to the present, focusing on the Texas Gulf Coast area. GCAM facilitates education and research for all interested in learning about the GLBTQ community. Located in Houston, Texas.
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Heirloom Vault is a free service that allows users to document the history of family heirlooms. The platform is easy to use and conveniently saves information so stories and memories are not lost or forgotten.
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Primary access point for research in the Caribbean, Latin America, and Iberia; the indigenous cultures of those areas; and peoples throughout the world historically influenced by Luso-Hispanic heritage.
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Documenting over 7,400 obituaries from Texas LGBT publications during the AIDS crisis, but not limited to those that died of AIDS.
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Land Ownership Maps in the Library of Congress
A list by state, county and year, of the maps available in the collection held at the Library of Congress.
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The Lesbian Herstory Archives exists to gather and preserve records of Lesbian lives and activities. Located in Brooklyn, New York.
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The history of Manchester's LBGT community is an important part of the social and cultural history of the city and the North West. The city has the United Kingdom's largest LGBT community outside London.
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London School of Economics and Political Science - LGBT collections
The collection contains primary source material mainly relating to gay and lesbian rights. The collection is particularly strong for campaigning from the late 1950s to the 1990s. LSE Library’s main LGBT collection is called the Hall-Carpenter Archives in honour of Radclyffe Hall and Edward Carpenter.
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The Names Project - Memorial Quilt. 48,000 quilt panels created to honor those who died of AIDS. Fully searchable.
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Negative Space: Making Your Genealogy Gaps Work For You (and your family tree)
This genealogy research methods post from The Parchment Rustler introduces the concept of Negative Space - effectively the parts of an ancestor's timeline for which you don't have any documentary evidence. The article shows how you can identify the negative space in your timelines, and use it to your advantage to: direct your research planning; enhance your research questions; guard against anchoring bias; and interpret your evidence in the right context.
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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
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Search by a series of choices including state/county/city, date, keywords, and type of newspaper.
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Northwest Lesbian and Gay History Museum Project
The Northwest Lesbian and Gay History Museum Project (NWGLHMP, or The History Project), founded in 1994, is an organization which researches, interprets and communicates the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the Pacific Northwest for the purposes of study, education and enjoyment. Located in Seattle, Washington.
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NUCMC and its Cousins: 'missing' manuscript locators
Want to find a missing bible, family letters, diary, or the records of the town midwife? NUCMC and related electronic finding aids lead you to millions of manuscript records. Learn more about these finding aids including many free websites. From the blog of Paula Stuart-Warren.
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Old Bailey Online - Communities - Homosexuality
For the eighteenth century, the Proceedings provide vibrant and detailed evidence of the sophisticated worlds and subcultures of London’s homosexual communities.
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Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910
Library of Congress American Memory online exhibit.
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Located in the D.B. Weldon Library at the University of Western Ontario, London ON, Canada.
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The Rowland Xref Project is linking Rowland DNA to family ancestral trees. It is worldwide in scope and includes variants of ROWLAND, ROLAND, ROWLANDS, ROLLAND, RULAND, and others.
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Saint Michael MN Historical Society
Great resource for St Michael, Minnesota area records and the research page is full of great links for many types of ethnicities, but really excels in German research.
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Six Generations - Blog - LGBTQ Genealogy
A blog series by Stewart Blandón Traiman, MD.
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Web site and blog for Stewart Blandón Traiman, MD. Genealogist, researcher, former physician and Health IT expert. Genealogy speaker on LGBTQ Ancestors, Excel and other topics.
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Six Generations Genealogy (Twitter)
Genealogist, researcher, former physician and Health IT expert. Genealogy speaker on LGBTQ Ancestors, Excel and other topics.
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Online catalog of resources relating to Stearns County, Minnesota including photos, oral histories, and newspapers.
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Stonewall National Museum & Archives
Located at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Stonewall National Museum and Archives (SNMA) is one of the largest gay archives and libraries in the United States, now almost 50 years old.
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Summer Lovin': Marriage Trends Through the Generations
This article from The Parchment Rustler examines England & Wales marriage statistics from official sources. It looks at how people's ages at marriage and the time of year marriages took place have been influenced by national and international events.
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This is the history of Casa Bianca Plantation in Monticello, FL. It includes a searchable database of 61 surnames and 394 individuals of those enslaved including MCGUIRE, NELSON, OWENS, PLEASANT, SANDERS, STRAWS, HUGGINS, THOMAS, WILLIAMS, BELLAMY . Stories of some of these families have been collected and are presented here. Also included is the history of the plantation which involved presidents, congressmen, a supreme court justice and other well-known names in American history.
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Documenting over 7,400 obituaries from Texas LGBT publications during the AIDS crisis, but not limited to those that died of AIDS.
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Founded in 2011, The Dallas Way has led the effort to gather and preserve the untold and under-told stories of the Rainbow Community of Dallas, through the collection and preservation of historical archives, the capturing of video and audio recordings of personal oral histories of individuals, the collecting and publishing of the written stories of Dallas-area LGBTQ organizations and members of the LGBTQ community, and the public speaking presentations of personal stories as told by individuals from within the LGBTQ community and by the many dedicated allies of our community.
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The National Archives (UK) Archives Media Player - Lgbt history
Podcasts about LGBT history by the National Archives of the UK.
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The Resource Center LGBT Collection: 50 Years of LGBT History
From the University of North Texas Libraries.
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Tracing You Genetic Genealogy Services
Genetic and traditional genealogy services by Rhonda Kevorkian. Adoption cases, unknown parentage, unknown ancestors and other services.
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The Trans Doe Task Force was created to research cold cases in which the subject may have been transgender or gender-variant. TDTF also advises and educates the public, media, and law enforcement regarding the needs of and sensitive differences between Trans Doe cases and other Doe cases. The TDTF also reaches out to assist law enforcement departments, medical examiners, and forensic anthropologists with getting their cases submitted for forensic genealogy.
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LAMMP - LGBT + Accountability for Missing and Murdered Persons
Working with the admins from Trans Cold Cases and LGBTQ Missing and Murdered, the Trans Doe Task Force is facilitating a database to serve the community and attempt to match any unidentified people with missing people whose cases require LGBT+ informed care and consideration.
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Special Collections and Archives at the UC Irvine Libraries is working with individuals in Orange County LGBT communities to collect records that document their organizations, lives, interests, concerns, and activities.
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Walking in their Footsteps: Maps and the Family Historian
This post on The Parchment Rustler explores a range of practical mapping methods which can help you to amke decisions in your genealogy research. Illustrations depict the Outlier Method, used to identify possible errors or unusual points in your work, and Context Embedding, where you use maps to highlight other record sources to look at. A variety of digital resources and working tips are also included.
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Devoted to etymology. The study of word and phrase origins. It can reveal fascinating insights into history and the nature of humanity. Language not only grows and changes with the times, it also is central to our identities.
