Archives and Libraries

Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, 5300 Caroline Street, Houston, Texas, 77004. As one of the Houston Public Library System’s special collections, the Clayton Library is recognized as one of the nation’s top genealogical research collections. 

Houston Public Library Genealogy Resources online including; 19th Century U. S. Newspapers Digital Archive, Access Newspaper Archive (In Library Use Only), Ancestry Library Edition (In Library Use Only), Genealogy Connect, and HeritageQuest Online (Provided by the Texas State Library’s TexShare Program).

The Louisiana State Archives Research Library, 3851 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70809-2137. Includes the Louisiana Vital Records Index to locate vital records that are maintained by the Louisiana Secretary of State.

New Orleans Public Library, Main Library, 219 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112. The Louisiana Division City Archives & Special Collections and The Louisiana Library Connection is available with a NOPL card. The databases available include; Ancestry Library Edition, HeritageQuest Online, New Orleans Newspapers, Newspapers.com Library Edition, and Sanborn Maps.

WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. WorldCat libraries are dedicated to providing access to their resources on the Web, where most people start their search for information.

Dictionaries and Paleography

Brigham Young University's Script Tutorial offers guidance in the deciphering of documents written in archaic handwriting styles or alphabets. The tutorials and materials gathered here are meant to help a variety of people learn more about old scripts and how to use that knowledge to analyze and interpret the past. The concentration is on European scripts, particularly those in use between 1500 and 1800. There is general introductory material about the history of writing and the development of different scripts (or hands) in the Paleography Introduction pages, as well as extensive and interactive Language Tutorials.

Latin Genealogical Word List  FamilySearch. Latin is the language of the Romans. Through the continuing influence of Roman civilization and the use of Latin by the Catholic Church many genealogical resources are written in Latin. This page provides information about the language, including grammar, and a Latin to English wordlist.

Educational, Genealogical and Historical Organizations

Algiers Historical Society, The Algiers Historical Society was formed in October 1999 to promote the history of Algiers, Louisiana.

The Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, Maine, 04043. Particularly significant are more than 3,000 historical photographs and vintage postcards, plus indexes for Kennebunk-built ships, local history subjects and genealogical collections.  

FamilySearch is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch has been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources free online or through over 4,600 in 132 countries including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

National Genealogical Society (NGS) is here to help individuals learn about their family history.  NGS a non-profit organization headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia.  For the past 117 years, NGS has been the leader in the field in teaching genealogical research skills and providing a pathway to scholarly work.

New Orleans Fire Museum & Educational Center 1135 Washington Ave, New Orleans La., 70130. Former Station #23 was built in 1851 during our volunteer firefighting days and was in-service until 1891, when the paid department went into service.  Station #23 was the last station in the city to trade in its horses for motorized vehicles in 1922.  1991 saw the closing of Station #23 and work began to transform the fire station into a Fire Museum and Educational Center and opening its doors to the public in 1995. On display are teo levels of uniforms, photos, helmets from around the world, unique certificates also wooden and metal hand pulled vehicles plus, horse drawn and motorized apparatus’.

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Productivity Tools (freeware and/or limited service)

Ancestris Unlimited genealogy, designed by volunteers passionate about genealogy, Ancestris is an open source genealogy software respecting the Gedcom standard and totally free.

DocuPub.com   Online Document Conveter makes it posible for anyone to convert Word, Excel, PowerPoint and many other formats to PDF.

FileZilla not only supports FTP, but also FTP over TLS (FTPS) and SFTP. It is open source software distributed free of charge under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

Image Composite Editor Microsoft's Computer Vision Group Image Composite Editor (ICE) is an advanced panoramic image stitcher. Given a set of overlapping photographs of a scene shot from a single camera location, the app creates a seamless high-resolution panorama. (Please note that the Image Composite Editor download is no longer available. This project has been retired.)

Microsoft Expression Web 4  Expression Web is a full-featured professional tool for designing, developing, and publishing compelling, feature-rich websites that conform to web standards. (No longer available to download from Microsoft.)

Paint.net  Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for PCs that run Windows.

updated 19 November 2022